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The development status of the NIR Arm of the new SoXS instrument at the ESO/NTT telescope
F. Vitali, M. Aliverti, G. Capasso +45
We present here the development status of the NIR spectrograph of the Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) instrument, for the ESO/NTT telescope at La Silla (Chile). SOXS is a R~4,500 mean reso…
Development status of the UV-VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT telescope
Rosario Cosentino, Marcos Hernandez, Hector Ventura +47
SOXS will be the new spectroscopic facility for the ESO NTT telescope able to cover the optical and NIR bands by using two different arms: the UV-VIS (350-850 nm), and the NIR (800…
Progress and tests on the Instrument Control Electronics for SOXS
M. Colapietro, G. Capasso, S. D'Orsi +46
The forthcoming SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a new spectroscopic facility for the ESO New Technology Telescope in La Silla, focused on transient events and able to cover both th…
Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope
P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi +51
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph, characterized by offering a wide simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for…
Manufacturing, integration, and mechanical verification of SOXS
M. Aliverti, L. Oggioni, M. Genoni +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 planned to be installe…
Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit
Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Jani Achren, Sergio Campana +43
SOXS is a new spectrograph for the New Technology Telescope (NTT), optimized for transient and variable objects, covering a wide wavelength range from 350 to 2000 nm. SOXS is equip…
SOXS End-to-End simulator: development and applications for pipeline design
M. Genoni, M. Landoni, G. Li Causi +44
We present the development of the End-to-End simulator for the SOXS instrument at the ESO-NTT 3.5-m telescope. SOXS will be a spectroscopic facility, made by two arms high efficien…
Development status of the SOXS instrument control software
Davide Ricci, Andrea Baruffolo, Bernardo Salasnich +43
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a forthcoming instrument for ESO-NTT, mainly dedicated to the spectroscopic study of transient events and is currently starting the AIT (Assembly, Integr…
Final design and development status of the acquisition and guiding system for SOXS
A. Brucalassi, G. Pignata, J. A. Araiza Duran +43
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be the new medium resolution (R~4500 for 1'' slit), high-efficiency, wide band spectrograph for the ESO NTT at La Silla, optimized for classification a…
Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS
Adam Rubin, Sagi Ben-Ami, Ofir Hershko +45
We present our progress on the UV-VIS arm of Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS), a new spectrograph for the NTT. Our design splits the spectral band into four sub-bands that are imaged onto a…
SOXS: Effects on optical performances due to gravity flexures, temperature variations, and subsystems alignment
Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Matteo Aliverti, Matteo Munari +43
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new medium resolution wide-band spectrograph to be installed at the 3.6m New Technology Telescope (NTT) in La Silla. SOXS will offer simultaneous wav…
The AIV strategy of the Common Path of Son of X-Shooter
Federico Biondi, Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Riccardo Claudi +48
Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a double-armed (UV-VIS, NIR) spectrograph designed to be mounted at the ESO-NTT in La Silla, now in its Assembly Integration and Verification (AIV) phase…
The SOXS Data-Reduction Pipeline
David R. Young, Marco Landoni, Stephen J. Smartt +43
The SOXS is a dual-arm spectrograph (UV-VIS & NIR) and AC due to mounted on the ESO 3.6m NTT in La Silla. Designed to simultaneously cover the optical and NIR wavelength range from…
The SOXS scheduler for remote operation at LaSilla:Concept and design
Marco Landoni, Dave Young, Laurent Marty +46
In this paper we present the SOXS Scheduler, a web-based application aimed at optimising remote observations at the NTT-ESO in the context of scientific topics of both the SOXS Con…
The Zwicky Transient Facility Bright Transient Survey. II. A Public Statistical Sample for Exploring Supernova Demographics
Daniel A. Perley, Christoffer Fremling, Jesper Sollerman +34
We present a public catalog of transients from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Bright Transient Survey (BTS), a magnitude-limited (m<19 mag in either the g or r filter) survey…
Bright, months-long stellar outbursts announce the explosion of interaction-powered supernovae
Nora L. Strotjohann, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam +53
Interaction-powered supernovae (SNe) explode within an optically-thick circumstellar medium (CSM) that could be ejected during eruptive events. To identify and characterize such pr…
A large fraction of hydrogen-rich supernova progenitors experience elevated mass loss shortly prior to explosion
Rachel J. Bruch, Avishay Gal-Yam, Steve Schulze +43
Spectroscopic detection of narrow emission lines traces the presence of circumstellar mass distributions around massive stars exploding as core-collapse supernovae. Transient emiss…
SN2020bvc: a Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova with a Double-peaked Optical Light Curve and a Luminous X-ray and Radio Counterpart
A. Y. Q. Ho, S. R. Kulkarni, D. A. Perley +34
We present optical, radio, and X-ray observations of SN2020bvc (=ASASSN20bs; ZTF20aalxlis), a nearby (; =114 Mpc) broad-lined (BL) Type Ic supernova (SN). Our observat…
Early Ultra-Violet observations of type IIn supernovae constrain the asphericity of their circumstellar material
Maayane T. Soumagnac, Eran O. Ofek, Jingyi Liang +41
We present a survey of the early evolution of 12 Type IIn supernovae (SNe IIn) in the Ultra-Violet (UV) and visible light. We use this survey to constrain the geometry of the circu…