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The Galactic centre and its surrounding space are important in studying galaxy-scale evolution, and stellar populations therein are expected to have imprints of the long-term evolution. Interstellar extinction, however, severely limits…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-03 Noriyuki Matsunaga

Full sky coverage with 30-40 meter-class telescopes is essential to answer fundamental questions in Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Physics, such as the composition of the Universe and the formation of the first stars and supermassive black…

The advent of Extremely Large Telescopes ELTs, ground-based optical or infrared observatories with primary mirrors exceeding 20 m heralds a transformative epoch in observational astronomy. This article examines the dawn of this new era and…

Popular Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Priya Hasan

Wide-field multi-object spectroscopy is a high priority for European astronomy over the next decade. Most 8-10m telescopes have a small field of view, making 4-m class telescopes a particularly attractive option for wide-field instruments.…

Transmission spectroscopy has proven to be an effective technique for characterizing exoplanet atmospheres. However, transmission spectroscopy requires planetary transits, which occur for only a small fraction of planetary systems due to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-24 Parvathy Menon , Sivarani T , Sriram S , Manjunath Bestha , Devika K Divakar , Rajaguru S P , Arun Surya

The next generation ground-based extremely large telescopes (ELTs) present incredible opportunities to discover and characterize diverse planetary systems, even potentially habitable worlds. Adaptive-optics assisted thermal-IR (3-14 micron)…

Building on the comprehensive White Paper on the scientific case for multi-object spectroscopy on the European ELT, we present the top-level instrument requirements that are being used in the Phase A design study of the MOSAIC concept. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-24 C. J. Evans , M. Puech , M. Rodrigues , B. Barbuy , J. -G. Cuby , G. Dalton , E. Fitzsimons , F. Hammer , P. Jagourel , L. Kaper , S. L. Morris , T. J. Morris

With this paper we participate to the call for ideas issued by the European Space Agency to define the Science Program and plan for space missions from 2035 to 2050. In particular we present five science cases where major advancements can…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-26 A. Zanella , C. Zanoni , F. Arrigoni-Battaia , A. Rubin , A. Pala , C. Peroux , R. Augustin , C. Circosta , E. Emsellem , E. George , D. Milakovic , R. van der Burg , T. Kupfer

The first generation of ELT instruments includes an optical-infrared high-resolution spectrograph, indicated as ELT-HIRES and recently christened ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph). ANDES consists of three fibre-fed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-23 A. Marconi , M. Abreu , V. Adibekyan , V. Alberti , S. Albrecht , J. Alcaniz , M. Aliverti , C. Allende Prieto , J. D. Alvarado Gómez , C. S. Alves , P. J. Amado , M. Amate , M. I. Andersen , S. Antoniucci , E. Artigau , C. Bailet , C. Baker , V. Baldini , A. Balestra , S. A. Barnes , F. Baron , S. C. C. Barros , S. M. Bauer , M. Beaulieu , O. Bellido-Tirado , B. Benneke , T. Bensby , E. A. Bergin , P. Berio , K. Biazzo , L. Bigot , A. Bik , J. L. Birkby , N. Blind , O. Boebion , I. Boisse , E. Bolmont , J. S. Bolton , M. Bonaglia , X. Bonfils , L. Bonhomme , F. Borsa , J. -C. Bouret , A. Brandeker , W. Brandner , C. H. Broeg , M. Brogi , D. Brousseau , A. Brucalassi , J. Brynnel , L. A. Buchhave , D. F. Buscher , L. Cabona , A. Cabral , G. Calderone , R. Calvo-Ortega , F. Cantalloube , B. L. Canto Martins , L. Carbonaro , Y. Caujolle , G. Chauvin , B. Chazelas , A. -L. Cheffot , Y. S. Cheng , A. Chiavassa , L. Christensen , R. Cirami , M. Cirasuolo , N. J. Cook , R. J. Cooke , I. Coretti , S. Covino , N. Cowan , G. Cresci , S. Cristiani , V. Cunha Parro , G. Cupani , V. D'Odorico , K. Dadi , I. de Castro Leão , A. De Cia , J. R. De Medeiros , F. Debras , M. Debus , A. Delorme , O. Demangeon , F. Derie , M. Dessauges-Zavadsky , P. Di Marcantonio , S. Di Stefano , F. Dionies , A. Domiciano de Souza , R. Doyon , J. Dunn , S. Egner , D. Ehrenreich , J. P. Faria , D. Ferruzzi , C. Feruglio , M. Fisher , A. Fontana , B. S. Frank , C. Fuesslein , M. Fumagalli , T. Fusco , J. Fynbo , O. Gabella , W. Gaessler , E. Gallo , X. Gao , L. Genolet , M. Genoni , P. Giacobbe , E. Giro , R. S. Goncalves , O. A. Gonzalez , J. I. González Hernández , C. Gouvret , F. Gracia Temich , M. G. Haehnelt , C. Haniff , A. Hatzes , R. Helled , H. J. Hoeijmakers , I. Hughes , P. Huke , Y. Ivanisenko , A. S. Järvinen , S. P. Järvinen , A. Kaminski , J. Kern , J. Knoche , A. Kordt , H. Korhonen , A. J. Korn , D. Kouach , G. Kowzan , L. Kreidberg , M. Landoni , A. A. Lanotte , A. Lavail , B. Lavie , D. Lee , M. Lehmitz , J. Li , W. Li , J. Liske , C. Lovis , S. Lucatello , D. Lunney , M. J. MacIntosh , N. Madhusudhan , L. Magrini , R. Maiolino , J. Maldonado , L. Malo , A. W. S. Man , T. Marquart , C. M. J. Marques , E. L. Marques , P. Martinez , A. Martins , C. J. A. P. Martins , J. H. C. Martins , P. Maslowski , C. A. Mason , E. Mason , R. A. McCracken , M. A. F. Melo e Sousa , P. Mergo , G. Micela , D. Milaković , P. Molliere , M. A. Monteiro , D. Montgomery , C. Mordasini , J. Morin , A. Mucciarelli , M. T. Murphy , M. N'Diaye , N. Nardetto , B. Neichel , N. Neri , A. T. Niedzielski , E. Niemczura , B. Nisini , L. Nortmann , P. Noterdaeme , N. J. Nunes , L. Oggioni , F. Olchewsky , E. Oliva , H. Onel , L. Origlia , G. Ostlin , N. N. -Q. Ouellette , E. Palle , P. Papaderos , G. Pariani , L. Pasquini , J. Peñate Castro , F. Pepe , C. Peroux , L. Perreault Levasseur , S. Perruchot , P. Petit , O. Pfuhl , L. Pino , J. Piqueras , N. Piskunov , A. Pollo , K. Poppenhaeger , M. Porru , J. Puschnig , A. Quirrenbach , E. Rauscher , R. Rebolo , E. M. A. Redaelli , S. Reffert , D. T. Reid , A. Reiners , P. Richter , M. Riva , S. Rivoire , C. Rodriguez-López , I. U. Roederer , D. Romano , M. Roth , S. Rousseau , J. Rowe , A. Saccardi , S. Salvadori , N. Sanna , N. C. Santos , P. Santos Diaz , J. Sanz-Forcada , M. Sarajlic , J. -F. Sauvage , D. Savio , A Scaudo , S. Schäfer , R. P. Schiavon , T. M. Schmidt , C. Selmi , R. Simoes , A. Simonnin , S. Sivanandam , M. Sordet , R. Sordo , F. Sortino , D. Sosnowska , S. G. Sousa , A. Spang , R. Spiga , E. Stempels , J. R. Y. Stevenson , K. G. Strassmeier , A. Suárez Mascareño , A. Sulich , X. Sun , N. R. Tanvir , F. Tenegi-Sangines , S. Thibault , S. J. Thompson , P. Tisserand , A. Tozzi , M. Turbet , J. -P. Veran , P. Vallee , I. Vanni , R. Varas , A. Vega-Moreno , K. A. Venn , A. Verma , J. Vernet , M. Viel , G. Wade , C. Waring , M. Weber , J. Weder , B. Wehbe , J. Weingrill , M. Woche , M. Xompero , E. Zackrisson , A. Zanutta , M. R. Zapatero Osorio , M. Zechmeister , J. Zimara

High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) concerns itself with observations on short scales normally defined as being lower than the conventional read-out time of a CCD. As such it is concerned with condensed objects such as neutron stars,…

One of the key science goals for a diffraction limited imager on an Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is the resolution of individual stars down to faint limits in distant galaxies. The aim of this study is to test the proposed capabilities…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. Deep , G. Fiorentino , E. Tolstoy , E. Diolaiti , M. Bellazzini , P. Ciliegi , R. I. Davies , J. -M. Conan

(Abridged) We consider the scientific case for a large aperture (10-12m class) optical spectroscopic survey telescope with a field of view comparable to that of LSST. Such a facility could enable transformational progress in several areas…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-10 Richard S. Ellis , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Malcolm Bremer , Jarle Brinchmann , Luigi Guzzo , Johan Richard , Hans-Walter Rix , Eline Tolstoy , Darach Watson

The search for life in the universe is currently focused on Earth-analog planets. However, we should be prepared to find a diversity of terrestrial exoplanets not only in terms of host star but also in terms of surface environment.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-03 Jack Madden , Lisa Kaltenegger

Einstein Telescope (ET) is the European project for a gravitational-wave (GW) observatory of third-generation. In this paper we present a comprehensive discussion of its science objectives, providing state-of-the-art predictions for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-15 Adrian Abac , Raul Abramo , Simone Albanesi , Angelica Albertini , Alessandro Agapito , Michalis Agathos , Conrado Albertus , Nils Andersson , Tomas Andrade , Igor Andreoni , Federico Angeloni , Marco Antonelli , John Antoniadis , Fabio Antonini , Manuel Arca Sedda , M. Celeste Artale , Stefano Ascenzi , Pierre Auclair , Matteo Bachetti , Charles Badger , Biswajit Banerjee , David Barba-Gonzalez , Daniel Barta , Nicola Bartolo , Andreas Bauswein , Andrea Begnoni , Freija Beirnaert , Michal Bejger , Enis Belgacem , Nicola Bellomo , Laura Bernard , Maria Grazia Bernardini , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Christopher P. L. Berry , Emanuele Berti , Gianfranco Bertone , Dario Bettoni , Miguel Bezares , Swetha Bhagwat , Sofia Bisero , Marie Anne Bizouard , Jose J. 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Broekgaarden , Tomasz Bulik , Alessandra Buonanno , Fiorella Burgio , Adam Burrows , Gianluca Calcagni , Sofia Canevarolo , Enrico Cappellaro , Giulia Capurri , Carmelita Carbone , Roberto Casadio , Ramiro Cayuso , Pablo Cerda-Duran , Prasanta Char , Sylvain Chaty , Tommaso Chiarusi , Martyna Chruslinska , Francesco Cireddu , Philippa Cole , Alberto Colombo , Monica Colpi , Geoffrey Compere , Carlo Contaldi , Maxence Corman , Francesco Crescimbeni , Sergio Cristallo , Elena Cuoco , Giulia Cusin , Tito Dal Canton , Gergely Dalya , Paolo D'Avanzo , Nazanin Davari , Valerio De Luca , Viola De Renzis , Massimo Della Valle , Walter Del Pozzo , Federico De Santi , Alessio Ludovico De Santis , Tim Dietrich , Ema Dimastrogiovanni , Guillem Domenech , Daniela Doneva , Marco Drago , Ulyana Dupletsa , Hannah Duval , Irina Dvorkin , Nancy Elias-Rosa , Stephen Fairhurst , Anthea F. 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Paola Vaccaro , Michele Valentini , Peter Van , Jesse van Dongen , Joris van Heijningen , Zeb van Ranst , Marco Vardaro , Patrice Verdier , Daniele Vernieri , Nico Wagner , Janis Woehler , Joachim Wolf , Guido Zavattini , Adrian Zink , Andreas Zmija

Plans for the next generation of optical-infrared telescopes, the Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), are well advanced. With primary apertures in excess of 20m, they will revolutionise our ground-based capabilities. In this review I…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-24 C. J. Evans

Exoplanet research has shown an incessant growth since the first claim of a hot giant planet around a solar-like star in the mid-1990s. Today, the new facilities are working to spot the first habitable rocky planets around low-mass stars as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Serena Benatti