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most citedX-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope

1.2k citations · 1.4k across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.HE2023

Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Jarred Gershon Green, Alessandro Carosi, Lara Nava +563

The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Interpolation of Instrument Response Functions for the Cherenkov Telescope Array in the Context of pyirf

Rune Michael Dominik, Maximilian Linhoff, Julian Sitarek

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory, constituted by tens of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes…

astro-ph.HE2023

Variability studies of active galactic nuclei from the long-term monitoring program with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Guillaume Grolleron, Josefa Becerra González, Jonathan Biteau +13

Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a relativistic jet oriented toward the observer. This jet is composed of accelerated particles which can display emission over the ent…

astro-ph.IM2023

Performance update of an event-type based analysis for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Juan Bernete, Orel Gueta, Tarek Hassan +3

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation observatory in the field of very-high-energy (20 GeV to 300 TeV) gamma-ray astroparticle physics. The traditional ap…

astro-ph.HE2023

Dark matter searches in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Francesco Gabriele Saturni, Michele Doro, Aldo Morselli +1

Dark matter (DM) is one of the major components in the Universe. However, at present its existence is still only inferred through indirect astronomical observations. DM particles c…

astro-ph.IM2019

Assessment of the GCT prototype's optical system implementation and other key performances for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. Dmytriiev, L. Dangeon, G. Fasola +12

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project, led by an international collaboration of institutes, aims to create the world's largest next generation observatory for Very High Energ…

astro-ph.IM2017

Towards final characterisation and performance of the GCT prototype telescope structure for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Oriane Le Blanc, Gilles Fasola, Jean-Laurent Dournaux +12

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is an innovative dual-mirror solution proposed for the Small Size Telescopes of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), capable of imagi…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 5 cited

Performance of the Mechanical Structure of the SST-2M GCT Proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Jean-Laurent Dournaux, Jean-Michel Huet, Delphine Dumas +5

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium aims to create the next generation Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory. It will be devoted to the observation of gamma rays over a…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 8 cited

4MOST - 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Eric Depagne, the 4MOST consortium

4MOST (4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope) is a spectroscopic facility that will be installed on ESO's VISTA around 2020. The science rationale of this facility are to be foun…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 196 cited

4MOST - 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Roelof S. de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Cristina Chiappini +82

The 4MOST consortium is currently halfway through a Conceptual Design study for ESO with the aim to develop a wide-field (>3 square degree, goal >5 square degree), high-multiplex (…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 1.2k cited

X-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope

Joel Vernet, H. Dekker, S. D'Odorico +87

X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope(VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installe…