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20162024
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7.1k citations · 9.4k across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.IM2024★ 33 cited

The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview

Paul J. Groot, S. Bloemen, P. Vreeswijk +75

The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 18 cited

Non-intrusive hierarchical coupling strategies for multi-scale simulations in gravitational dynamics

Simon Portegies Zwart, Inti Pelupessy, Carmen Martinez-Barbosa +2

Hierarchical code coupling strategies make it possible to combine the results of individual numerical solvers into a self-consistent symplectic solution. We explore the possibility…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 24 cited

The consequences of a nearby supernova on the early Solar System

Simon Portegies Zwart, Inti Pelupessy, Arjen van Elteren +2

If the Sun was born in a relatively compact open cluster, it is quite likely that a massive (10MSun) star was nearby when it exploded in a supernova. The repercussions of a superno…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 115 cited

Gaia Data Release 1, Pre-processing and source list creation

C. Fabricius, U. Bastian, J. Portell +1

The first data release from the Gaia mission contains accurate positions and magnitudes for more than a billion sources, and proper motions and parallaxes for the majority of the 2…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 2.1k cited

Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +5

At about 1000 days after the launch of Gaia we present the first Gaia data release, Gaia DR1, consisting of astrometry and photometry for over 1 billion sources brighter than magni…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 7.1k cited

The Gaia mission

Gaia Collaboration

Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in which the original…