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We describe the implementation of the PhotoZ code in the framework of the Astro-WISE package and as part of the Photometric Classification Server of the PanSTARRS pipeline. Both systems allow the automatic measurement of photometric…

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We investigate the angular clustering and effective bias of photometrically selected quasars in the Kilo-Degree Survey Data Release 4 (KiDS DR4). We update the previous photometric redshifts (photo-$z$s) of the KiDS quasars using Hybrid-z,…

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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a NASA MIDEX mission, will survey the entire sky in four bands from 3.3 to 23 microns with a sensitivity 1000 times greater than the IRAS survey. The WISE survey will extend the Two Micron All…

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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…

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Public Imaging Surveys: Scientific Opportunities

The start of operation of several large-aperture telescopes has motivated several groups around the world to conduct deep large imaging surveys, complementing other wide-area but shallower surveys. A special class of imaging surveys are the…

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The American Astronomical Society's WorldWide Telescope (WWT) project enables terabytes of astronomical images, data, and stories to be viewed and shared among researchers, exhibited in science museums, projected into full-dome immersive…

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KiDS-1000 Methodology: Modelling and inference for joint weak gravitational lensing and spectroscopic galaxy clustering analysis

We present the methodology for a joint cosmological analysis of weak gravitational lensing from the fourth data release of the ESO Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS-1000) and galaxy clustering from the partially overlapping BOSS and 2dFLenS surveys.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 B. Joachimi , C. -A. Lin , M. Asgari , T. Tröster , C. Heymans , H. Hildebrandt , F. Köhlinger , A. G. Sánchez , A. H. Wright , M. Bilicki , C. Blake , J. L. van den Busch , M. Crocce , A. Dvornik , T. Erben , F. Getman , B. Giblin , H. Hoekstra , A. Kannawadi , K. Kuijken , N. R. Napolitano , P. Schneider , R. Scoccimarro , E. Sellentin , H. Y. Shan , M. von Wietersheim-Kramsta , J. Zuntz

DIOS: the Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor

We present our proposal for a small X-ray mission DIOS (Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor), consisting of a 4-stage X-ray telescope and an array of TES microcalorimeters, cooled with mechanical coolers, with a total weight of about 400…

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KiDS-1000: Cosmology with improved cosmic shear measurements

We present refined cosmological parameter constraints derived from a cosmic shear analysis of the fourth data release of the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS-1000). Our main improvements include enhanced galaxy shape measurements made possible by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-29 Shun-Sheng Li , Henk Hoekstra , Konrad Kuijken , Marika Asgari , Maciej Bilicki , Benjamin Giblin , Catherine Heymans , Hendrik Hildebrandt , Benjamin Joachimi , Lance Miller , Jan Luca van den Busch , Angus H. Wright , Arun Kannawadi , Robert Reischke , HuanYuan Shan

The Power of DESI for Photometric Redshift Calibration: A Case Study with KiDS-1000

Accurate redshift estimates are a critical requirement for weak lensing surveys and one of the main uncertainties in constraints on dark energy and large-scale cosmic structure. In this paper, we study the potential to calibrate photometric…

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The VIRMOS-VLT Deep Survey

The aim of the VIRMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) is to study of the evolution of galaxies, large scale structures and AGNs from a sample of more than 150,000 galaxies with measured redshifts in the range 0<z<5+. The VVDS will rely on the VIMOS…

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The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT): A Small Robotic Telescope for Large-Area Synoptic Surveys

The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) project is a survey for planetary transits of bright stars. It consists of a small-aperture, wide-field automated telescope located at Winer Observatory near Sonoita, Arizona. The telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-16 Joshua Pepper , Richard W. Pogge , D. L. DePoy , J. L. Marshall , K. Z. Stanek , Amelia M. Stutz , Shawn Poindexter , Robert Siverd , Thomas P. O'Brien , Mark Trueblood , Patricia Trueblood

Mini-EUSO: A high resolution detector for the study of terrestrial and cosmic UV emission from the International Space Station

The Mini-EUSO instrument is a UV telescope to be placed inside the International Space Station (ISS), looking down on the Earth from a nadir-facing window in the Russian Zvezda module. Mini-EUSO will map the earth in the UV range (300 - 400…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-18 Francesca Capel , Alexander Belov , Marco Casolino , Pavel Klimov

Digital Sky Surveys: Software Tools and Technologies

Large digital sky surveys, over a broad range of wavelengths, both from the ground and from space observatories, are becoming a major source of astronomical data. Some examples include the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Digital…

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Dark matter halo properties of GAMA galaxy groups from 100 square degrees of KiDS weak lensing data

The Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) is an optical wide-field survey designed to map the matter distribution in the Universe using weak gravitational lensing. In this paper, we use these data to measure the density profiles and masses of a sample…

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UltraVISTA: a new ultra-deep near-infrared survey in COSMOS

In this paper we describe the first data release of the UltraVISTA near-infrared imaging survey of the COSMOS field. We summarise the key goals and design of the survey and provide a detailed description of our data reduction techniques .…

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