537 citations · 3k across the 121 of their papers we have counts for
22 papers · 1 filter
CUBES: a UV spectrograph for the future
S. Covino, S. Cristiani, J. M. Alcala' +86
In spite of the advent of extremely large telescopes in the UV/optical/NIR range, the current generation of 8-10m facilities is likely to remain competitive at ground-UV wavelength…
Finding high-redshift gamma-ray bursts in tandem near-infrared and optical surveys
S. Campana, G. Ghirlanda, R. Salvaterra +8
The race for the most distant object in the Universe has been played by long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), star-forming galaxies and quasars. GRBs took a temporary lead with th…
CUBES and its software ecosystem: instrument simulation, control, and data processing
Giorgio Calderone, Roberto Cirami, Guido Cupani +11
CUBES (Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph) is the recently approved high-efficiency VLT spectrograph aimed to observe the sky in the UV ground-based region (305-400 nm) with…
SOXS AIT: a paradigm for system engineering of a medium class telescope instrument
Riccardo Claudi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Federico Battaini +40
SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of 3500 over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral…
The vacuum and cryogenics system of the SOXS spectrograph
S. Scuderi, G. Bellassai, R. Di Benedetto +49
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph built by an international consortium for the ESO NTT telescope. SOXS is based on the heritage of the X-Shooter at the ESO-VL…
Progress on the SOXS NIR Spectrograph AIT
Fabrizio Vitali, Matteo Aliverti, Francesco D'Alessio +50
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory, ranging f…
The internal alignment and validation of a powered ADC for SOXS
F. Battaini, K. Radhakrishnan, R. Claudi +47
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a two-channel spectrograph along with imaging capabilities, characterized by a wide spectral coverage (350nm to 2000nm), designed for the NTT telesco…
From Assembly to the Complete Integration and Verification of the SOXS Common Path
Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Riccardo Claudi +50
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph offering simultaneous spectral coverage in UV-VIS (350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) wavelength regimes with an average…
The Son-Of-X-shooter (SOXS) Data-Reduction Pipeline
David R. Young, Marco Landoni, Stephen J. Smartt +43
The Son-Of-XShooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph (UV-VIS & NIR) and acquisition camera scheduled to be mounted on the ESO 3.58-m New Technology Telescope at the La Silla…
Progress on the SOXS transients chaser for the ESO-NTT
P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi +53
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph offering a simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Tec…
Progress on the simulation tools for the SOXS spectrograph: Exposure time calculator and End-to-End simulator
M. Genoni, A. Scaudo, G. Li Causi +46
We present the progresses of the simulation tools, the Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) and End-to-End simulator (E2E), for the Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) instrument at the ESO-NTT 3.58…
The Quality Check system architecture for Son-Of-X-Shooter SOXS
Marco Landoni, Laurent Marty, Dave Young +47
We report the implemented architecture for monitoring the health and the quality of the Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) spectrograph for the New Technology Telescope in La Silla at the Eur…
SOXS mechanical integration and verification in Italy
M. Aliverti, F. Battaini, K. Radhakrishnan +46
SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a medium resolution (~4500) wide-band (0.35 - 2.0 μm) spectrograph which passed the Final Design Review in 2018. The instrument is in the final integrati…
Dynamic scheduling for SOXS instrument: environment, algorithms and development
Laura Asquini, Marco Landoni, Dave Young +47
We present development progress of the scheduler for the Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) instrument at the ESO-NTT 3.58 meter telescope. SOXS will be a single object spectroscopic facility…
Laboratory test of the VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT telescope
Rosario Cosentino, Marcos Hernandez, Hector Ventura +45
SOXS is the new spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope able to cover the optical and NIR bands thanks to two different arms: the UV-VIS (350-850 nm), and the NIR (800-2000 nm). In…
ASTRI Mini-Array Core Science at the Observatorio del Teide
S. Vercellone, C. Bigongiari, A. Burtovoi +84
The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Project led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing and will deploy at the Obse…
CUBES, the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph
S. Cristiani, J. M. Alcalá, S. H. P. Alencar +74
In the era of Extremely Large Telescopes, the current generation of 8-10m facilities are likely to remain competitive at ground-UV wavelengths for the foreseeable future. The Casse…
Maximally informed Bayesian modelling of disc galaxies
Fabio Rigamonti, Massimo Dotti, Stefano Covino +5
Dissecting the underlying structure of galaxies is of main importance in the framework of galaxy formation and evolution theories. While a classical bulge+disc decomposition of dis…
The CUBES Instrument Model and Simulation Tools. Their role in the project Phase A study
Matteo Genoni, Marco Landoni, Guido Cupani +8
We present the simulation tools developed to aid the design phase of the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES) for the Very Large Telescope (VLT), exploring aspects of t…
CUBES Phase A design overview -- The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph for the Very Large Telescope
Alessio Zanutta, Stefano Cristiani, David Atkinson +51
We present the baseline conceptual design of the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES) for the Very Large Telescope. CUBES will provide unprecedented sensitivity for spe…
Post-AO high-resolution imaging using the Kraken multi-frame blind deconvolution algorithm
Douglas A. Hope, Stuart M. Jefferies, Gianluca Li Causi +4
In the context of extreme adaptive optics (ExAO) for large telescopes, we present the Kraken multi-frame blind deconvolution (MFBD) algorithm for processing high-cadence acquisitio…
Testing particle acceleration models for BL LAC jets with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
L. Di Gesu, F. Tavecchio, I. Donnarumma +3
To determine if the recently launched Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) can follow the polarization variations induced by different particle acceleration mechanisms in blaz…