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A far Ultra-Violet Polarimeter by reflection for Pollux on board LUVOIR

The ultra-violet (UV) high-resolution spectropolarimeter Pollux is being studied in Europe under CNES leadership for the LUVOIR space mission. LUVOIR is a projected 15-m telescope equipped with a suite of instruments proposed to NASA.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-30 Maelle Le Gal , Arturo Lopez Ariste , Coralie Neiner

The integration and testing of the Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger system

The Mini-EUSO telescope is designed by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to observe the UV emission of the Earth from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit. The main goal of the mission is to map the Earth…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 A. Belov , M. Bertaina , F. Capel , F. Faust , F. Fenu , P. Klimov , M. Mignone , H. Miyamoto

Closing the UV Gap: Rest-frame EUV science from high-redshift QSOs as a legacy-defining capability

The Hubble Space Telescope is the only high-resolution ultraviolet spectroscopic facility that will exist until the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) achieves first light in the mid-2040s. We describe a coherent class of science, coupling…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-29 Rongmon Bordoloi , J. Michael Shull

UVscope and its application aboard the ASTRI-Horn telescope

UVscope is an instrument, based on a multi-pixel photon detector, developed to support experimental activities for high-energy astrophysics and cosmic ray research. The instrument, working in single photon counting mode, is designed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-02 M. C. Maccarone , G. La Rosa , O. Catalano , S. Giarrusso , A. Segreto , B. Biondo , P. Bruno , C. Gargano , A. Grillo , D. Impiombato , Fr. Russo , G. Sottile

Mapping Distortion of Detectors in UVIT Onboard AstroSat Observatory

Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the payloads onboard AstroSat, India's first multi-wavelength Astronomy mission. UVIT is primarily designed to make high resolution images in wide field, in three wavelength channels…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 V. Girish , Shyam N. Tandon , S. Sriram , Amit Kumar , Joe Postma

An Automated Pipeline for Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT)

We describe a versatile pipeline for processing the data collected by the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board Indian Multi-wavelength astronomical satellite AstroSat.The UVIT instrument carries out simultaneous astronomical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 S. K. Ghosh , S. N. Tandon , S. K. Singh , D. S. Shelat , P. Tahlani , A. K. Singh , T. P. Srinivasan , P. Joseph , A. Devaraj , K. George , R. Mohan , J. Postma , C. S. Stalin

Design of the Front End Electronics for the Infrared Camera of JEM-EUSO, and manufacturing and verification of the prototype model

The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) will be launched and attached to the Japanese module of the International Space Station (ISS). Its aim is to observe UV photon tracks produced by ultra-high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-27 Oscar Maroto , Laura Díez-Merino , Jordi Carbonell , Albert Tomàs , Marcos Reyes , Enrique Joven , Yolanda Martín , J. A. Morales de los Ríos , Luis Del Peral , M. D. Rodríguez Frías

Results of the EUSO-SPB1 flight

The latest and most advanced effort towards a space-based optical cosmic ray detector developed within the Joint Experiment Mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (JEM-EUSO) collaboration was the Extreme Universe Space…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-27 J. Eser , A. Olinto , L. Wiencke

Euclid. II. The VIS Instrument

This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Visible Camera (VIS) on the ESA Euclid mission. VIS is a large optical-band imager with a field of view of 0.54 deg^2 sampled at 0.1" with an array of 609 Megapixels and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , M. S. Cropper , A. Al-Bahlawan , J. Amiaux , S. Awan , R. Azzollini , K. Benson , M. Berthe , J. Boucher , E. Bozzo , C. Brockley-Blatt , G. P. Candini , C. Cara , R. A. Chaudery , R. E. Cole , P. Danto , J. Denniston , A. M. Di Giorgio , B. Dryer , J. -P. Dubois , J. Endicott , M. Farina , E. Galli , L. Genolet , J. P. D. Gow , P. Guttridge , M. Hailey , D. Hall , C. Harper , H. Hoekstra , A. D. Holland , B. Horeau , D. Hu , R. E. James , A. Khalil , R. King , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , C. Larcheveque , A. Lawrenson , P. Liebing , S. J. Liu , J. Martignac , R. Massey , H. J. McCracken , L. Miller , N. Murray , R. Nakajima , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , S. Paltani , A. Pendem , A. Philippon , C. Plana , P. Pool , S. Pottinger , G. D. Racca , J. Rhodes , A. Rousseau , K. Ruane , M. Salatti , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Sciortino , A. Short , J. Skottfelt , S. J. A. Smit , I. Swindells , M. Szafraniec , P. D. Thomas , W. Thomas , E. Tommasi , S. Tosti , F. Visticot , D. M. Walton , G. Willis , B. Winter , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , H. Aussel , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , R. Bender , F. Bernardeau , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , R. Casas , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Crocce , J. -G. Cuby , J. -C. Cuillandre , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , J. Dinis , C. Dolding , M. Douspis , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , M. Fabricius , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , P. Franzetti , P. -A. Frugier , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , O. Herent , J. Hoar , M. S. Holliman , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , S. Ilić , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , R. Laureijs , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , T. Nutma , C. Padilla , K. Paech , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , A. Renzi , G. Riccio , Hans-Walter Rix , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , B. Rusholme , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , J. A. Schewtschenko , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , E. Sefusatti , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. -L. Starck , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , S. Wachter , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , R. Farinelli , F. Finelli , J. Gracia-Carpio , H. Israel , N. Mauri , H. N. Nguyen-Kim , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , V. Scottez , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , V. Allevato , S. Anselmi , E. Aubourg , M. Ballardini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , G. Calderone , G. Canas-Herrera , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , R. Chary , S. Contarini , A. R. Cooray , O. Cordes , M. Costanzi , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , B. De Caro , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , S. Di Domizio , H. Dole , S. Escoffier , A. G. Ferrari , P. G. Ferreira , I. Ferrero , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , F. Fornari , L. Gabarra , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , M. Huertas-Company , O. Ilbert , A. Jimenez Muñoz , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , F. Lacasa , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , G. Libet , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , R. B. Metcalf , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , Nicholas A. Walton , J. Odier , M. Oguri , L. Patrizii , V. Popa , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , P. Reimberg , I. Risso , P. -F. Rocci , R. P. Rollins , M. Sahlén , C. Scarlata , J. Schaye , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , M. Sereno , F. Shankar , G. Sikkema , A. Silvestri , P. Simon , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , N. Tessore , G. Testera , M. Tewes , R. Teyssier , S. Toft , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , J. Valiviita , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , J. R. Weaver , L. Zalesky , I. A. Zinchenko , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , T. Bouvard , F. Caro , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , T. Gasparetto , C. M. Gutierrez , I. Kovačić , S. Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , E. Sarpa , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , J. Martín-Fleitas , D. Scott

Photometric Calibration of the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope

We present the photometric calibration of the Swift UltraViolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) which includes: optimum photometric and background apertures, effective area curves, colour transformations, conversion factors for count rates to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-09 T. S. Poole , A. A. Breeveld , M. J. Page , W. Landsman , S. T. Holland , P. Roming , N. P. M. Kuin , P. J. Brown , C. Gronwall , S. Hunsberger , S. Koch , K. O. Mason , P. Schady , D. Vanden Berk , A. J. Blustin , P. Boyd , P. Broos , M. Carter , M. M. Chester , A. Cucchiara , B. Hancock , H. Huckle , S. Immler , M. Ivanushkina , T. Kennedy , F. Marshall , A. Morgan , S. Pandey , M. de Pasquale , P. J. Smith , M. Still

The Mini-EUSO telescope on board the International Space Station: Launch and first results

Mini-EUSO is a telescope launched on board the International Space Station in 2019 and currently located in the Russian section of the station. Main scientific objectives of the mission are the search for nuclearites and Strange Quark…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 M Casolino , D Barghini , M Battisti , A Belov , M Bertaina , F Bisconti , C Blaksley , K Bolmgren , F Cafagna , G Cambiè , F Capel , T Ebisuzaki , F Fenu , A Franceschi , C Fuglesang , A Golzio , P Gorodetzki , F Kajino , H Kasuga , P Klimov , V. Kungel , M Manfrin , W Marszał , H Miyamoto , M Mignone , T Napolitano , G Osteria , E Parizot , P Picozza , L W Piotrowski , Z Plebaniak , G Prévôt , E Reali , M Ricci , N Sakaki , K Shinozaki , Y Takizawa , S Wada , L. Wiencke

Ultraviolet Technology To Prepare For The Habitable Worlds Observatory

We present here the current state of a collection of promising ultraviolet technologies in preparation for the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Working with experts representing a significant number of groups working in the ultraviolet, we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-19 Sarah Tuttle , Mark Matsumura , David R. Ardila , Pin Chen , Michael Davis , Camden Ertley , Emily Farr , Brian Fleming , Kevin France , Cynthia Froning , Fabien Grisé , Erika Hamden , John Hennessy , Keri Hoadley , Stephan R. McCandliss , Drew M. Miles , Shouleh Nikzad , Manuel Quijada , Isu Ravi , Luis Rodriguez de Marcos , Paul Scowen , Oswald Siegmund , Carlos J. Vargas , Dmitry Vorobiev , Emily M. Witt

Beyond the disk: EUV coronagraphic observations of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on board Solar Orbiter

Most observations of the solar corona beyond 2 Rs consist of broadband visible light imagery from coronagraphs. The associated diagnostics mainly consist of kinematics and derivations of the electron number density. While the measurement of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Auchère , F. , Berghmans , D. , Dumesnil , C. , Halain , J. -P. , Mercier , R. , Rochus , P. , Delmotte , F. , François , S. , Hermans , A. , Hervier , V. , Kraaikamp , E. , Meltchakov , E. , Morinaud , G. , Philippon , A. , Smith , P. J. , Stegen , K. , Verbeeck , C. , Zhang , X. Y. , Andretta , V. , Abbo , L. , Buchlin , E. , Frassati , F. , Gissot , S. , Gyo , M. , Harra , L. , Jerse , G. , Landini , F. , Mierla , M. , Nicula , B. , Parenti , S. , Renotte , E. , Romoli , M. , Russano , G. , Sasso , C. , Schühle , U. , Schmutz , W. , Soubrié , E. , Susino , R. , Teriaca , L. , West , M. , Zhukov , A. N

Additional Calibration of the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope on board AstroSat

Results of the initial calibration of the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) were reported earlier by Tandon et al. (2017). The results reported earlier were based on the ground calibration as well as the first observations in orbit.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 S. N. Tandon , J. Postma , P. Joseph , A. Devaraj , A Subramaniam , I. V. Barve , K. George , S. K. Ghosh , V. Girish , J. B. Hutchings , P. U. Kamath , S. Kathiravan , A. Kumar , J. P. Lancelot , D. Leahy , P. K. Mahesh , R. Mohan , S. Nagabhushana , A. K. Pati , N. Kameswara Rao , K. Sankarasubramanian , S. Sriram , C. S. Stalin

The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope onboard Aditya-L1

The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) is an instrument onboard the Aditya-L1 mission of ISRO that will measure and monitor the solar radiation emitted in the near-ultraviolet wavelength range (200-400 nm). SUIT will simultaneously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 Durgesh Tripathi , A. N. Ramaprakash , Aafaque Khan , Avyarthana Ghosh , Subhamoy Chatterjee , Dipankar Banerjee , Pravin Chordia , Achim Gandorfer , Natalie Krivova , Dibyendu Nandy , Chaitanya Rajarshi , Sami K. Solanki

Calibration and performance of the photon-counting detectors for the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescopes (UVIT) of the Astrosat observatory

We describe calibration data, and discuss performance of the photon-counting flight detectors for the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescopes on the Astrosat observatory. The paper describes dark current, flat field and light-spot images for FUV,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Postma , J. B. Hutchings , D. Leahy

WST -- Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: Motivation, science drivers and top-level requirements for a new dedicated facility

In this paper, we describe the wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST) project. WST is a 12-metre wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope with simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (3 sq. degree), high-multiplex (20,000)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 Roland Bacon , Vincenzo Maineiri , Sofia Randich , Andrea Cimatti , Jean-Paul Kneib , Jarle Brinchmann , Richard Ellis , Eline Tolstoi , Rodolfo Smiljanic , Vanessa Hill , Richard Anderson , Paula Sanchez Saez , Cyrielle Opitom , Ian Bryson , Philippe Dierickx , Bianca Garilli , Oscar Gonzalez , Roelof de Jong , David Lee , Steffen Mieske , Angel Otarola , Pietro Schipani , Tony Travouillon , Joel Vernet , Julia Bryant , Marc Casali , Matthew Colless , Warrick Couch , Simon Driver , Adriano Fontana , Matthew Lehnert , Laura Magrini , Ben Montet , Luca Pasquini , Martin Roth , Ruben Sanchez-Janssen , Matthias Steinmetz , Laurence Tresse , Christophe Yeche , Bodo Ziegler

EUSO-SPB2 Telescope Optics and Testing

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory - Super Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) mission will fly two custom telescopes that feature Schmidt optics to measure \v{C}erenkov- and fluorescence-emission of extensive air-showers from cosmic rays at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-20 Viktoria Kungel , Randy Bachman , Jerod Brewster , Madeline Dawes , Julianna Desiato , Johannes Eser , William Finch , Lindsey Huelett , Angela V. Olinto , Justin Pace , Miroslav Pech , Patrick Reardon , Petr Schovanek , Chantal Wang , Lawrence Wiencke

Nine years of UVIT: assessing sensitivity variation

The Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the five payloads onboard the first Indian multiwavelength astronomical observatory, AstroSat, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on 28 September 2015. UVIT, designed for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Akanksha Dagore , Prajwel Joseph , S. N. Tandon , Annapurni Subramaniam , S. K. Ghosh , C. S. Stalin

Overview of the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mission

The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer satellite observes light in the far-ultraviolet spectral region, 905 - 1187 A with high spectral resolution. The instrument consists of four coaligned prime-focus telescopes and Rowland…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. W. Moos