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Detector fabrication development for the LiteBIRD satellite mission

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led strategic Large-Class satellite mission designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and cosmic foregrounds from 34 to 448 GHz across the entire sky from L2 in the late 2020's. The primary…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 Benjamin Westbrook , Christopher Raum , Shawn Beckman , Adrian T. Lee , Nicole Farias , Trevor Sasse , Aritoki Suzuki , Elijah Kane , Jason E. Austermann , James A Beall , Shannon M. Duff , Johannes Hubmayr , Gene C. Hilton , Jeff Van Lanen , Michael R. Vissers , Michael R. Link , Greg Jaehnig , Nils Halverson , Tommaso Ghinga , Samantha Stever , Yuto Minami , Keith L. Thompson , Megan Russell , Kam Arnold , Joseph Siebert , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , the LiteBIRD Joint Study Group

Observation data pre-processing and scientific data products generation of POLAR

POLAR is a compact space-borne detector initially designed to measure the polarization of hard X-rays emitted from Gamma-Ray Bursts in the energy range 50-500keV. This instrument was launched successfully onboard the Chinese space…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-16 Zheng-Heng Li , Jian-Chao Sun , Li-Ming Song , Bo-Bing Wu , Lu Li , Xing Wen , Hua-Lin Xiao , Shao-Lin Xiong , Lai-Yu Zhang , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Yong-Jie Zhang

Building a scalable global data processing pipeline for large astronomical photometric datasets

Astronomical photometry is the science of measuring the flux of a celestial object. Since its introduction, the CCD has been the principle method of measuring flux to calculate the apparent magnitude of an object. Each CCD image taken must…

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Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). Photometric redshifts and physical properties of galaxies through the PHZ processing function

The ESA Euclid mission will measure the photometric redshifts of billions of galaxies in order to provide an accurate 3D view of the Universe at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. Photometric redshifts are determined by the PHZ…

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Simulation and Validation of a SpaceWire On-Board Data-Handling Network for the PLATO Mission

PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is a medium-class mission belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA) Cosmic Vision programme. The mission payload is composed of 26 telescopes and cameras which will observe…

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The Science Case for PILOT II: the Distant Universe

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C deliver a high sensitivity, high…

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Science Programs for a 2 m-class Telescope at Dome C, Antarctica: PILOT, the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope

The cold, dry and stable air above the summits of the Antarctic plateau provides the best ground-based observing conditions from optical to sub-mm wavelengths to be found on the Earth. PILOT is a proposed 2 m telescope, to be built at Dome…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 M. G. Burton , J. Lawrence , M. C. B. Ashley , J. A. Bailey , C. Blake , T. R. Bedding , J. Bland-Hawthorn , I. A. Bond , K. Glazebrook , M. G. Hidas , G. Lewis , S. N. Longmore , S. T. Maddison , S. Mattila , V. Minier , S. D. Ryder , R. Sharp , C. H. Smith , J. W. V. Storey , C. G. Tinney , P. Tuthill , A. J. Walsh , W. Walsh , M. Whiting , T. Wong , D. Woods , P. C. M. Yock

The Sky Polarization Observatory

SPOrt is an ASI-funded experiment specifically designed to measure the sky polarization at 22, 32 and 90 GHz, which was selected in 1997 by ESA to be flown on the International Space Station. Starting in 2006 and for at least 18 months, it…

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Detection of Spaceborne Lasers with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The detection of side-scattered ultraviolet light from spaceborne lasers with fluorescence telescopes of cosmic ray observatories offers unique opportunities for systematic studies of the aerosol content of the local atmosphere. It also…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 Michael Unger , Oliver Lux , Oliver Reitebuch

On-orbit performance of the Gaia CCDs at L2

The European Space Agency's Gaia satellite was launched into orbit around L2 in December 2013 with a payload containing 106 large-format scientific CCDs. The primary goal of the mission is to repeatedly obtain high-precision astrometric and…

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The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP): mission overview II

The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is an Earth-orbiting CubeSat mission designed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band using a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP will enable the study of…

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The Science Case for PILOT III: the Nearby Universe

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at DomeC on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C deliver a high sensitivity, high…

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Mirax: A Brazilian X-Ray Astronomy Satellite Mission

We describe the ``Monitor e Imageador de Raios-X'' (MIRAX), an X-ray astronomy satellite mission proposed by the high energy astrophysics group at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil to the Brazilian Space Agency.…

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Experimental parametric study of the self-coherent camera

Direct imaging of exoplanets requires the detection of very faint objects orbiting close to very bright stars. In this context, the SPICES mission was proposed to the European Space Agency for planet characterization at visible wavelength.…

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Scientific Validation of the SPARC4 Pipeline: Multi-band Imaging, Polarimetry, and Photometric Time Series for Improved Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets

High-cadence multi-band imaging and polarimetry have important scientific applications in astronomy. Observations of transits of exoplanets are a particular application that requires robust data reduction and analysis. We present the SPARC4…

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IPRT polarized radiative transfer model intercomparison project - Three-dimensional test cases (phase B)

Initially unpolarized solar radiation becomes polarized by scattering in the Earth's atmosphere. In particular molecular scattering polarizes electromagnetic radiation, but also scattering of radiation at aerosols, cloud droplets and ice…

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The multi-physics analysis, design and testing of CUSP, a CubeSat mission for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry

The space-based CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission aims to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP is a project in the framework of the Alcor Program of…

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PHASES: a concept for a satellite-borne ultra-precise spectrophotometer

The Planet Hunting and Asteroseismology Explorer Spectrophotometer, PHASES, is a concept for a space-borne instrument to obtain flux calibrated spectra and measure micro-magnitude photometric variations of nearby stars. The science drivers…

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Instrument Performance and Simulation Verification of the POLAR Detector

POLAR is a new satellite-born detector aiming to measure the polarization of an unprecedented number of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the 50-500 keV energy range. The instrument, launched on-board the Tiangong-2 Chinese Space lab on the 15th of…

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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…

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