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Final design and development status of the acquisition and guiding system for SOXS

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be the new medium resolution (R~4500 for 1'' slit), high-efficiency, wide band spectrograph for the ESO NTT at La Silla, optimized for classification and follow-up of transient events. SOXS will simultaneously…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 A. Brucalassi , G. Pignata , J. A. Araiza Duran , S. Campana , R. Claudi , P. Schipani , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben Ami , F. Biondi , G. Capasso , M. Colapietro , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , M. Genoni , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , M. Munari , K. Radhakrishnan , M. Rappaport , D. Ricci , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , R. Z. Sanchez , D. Young , J. Achren , I. Arcavi , R. Bruch , E. Cappellaro , M. Della Valle , M. De Pascale , R. Di Benedetto , S. D'Orsi , A. Gal Yam , M. Hernandez , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , S. Mattila , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Smartt , M. Stritzinger , H. Ventura

Final Alignment and Image Quality Test for the Acquisition and Guiding System of SOXS

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be the new medium-resolution (R 4500 for 1 slit), high-efficiency, wide-band spectrograph for the ESO NTT at La Silla Observatory, Chile. It will be dedicated to the follow-up of any kind of transient events,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-25 J. A. Araiza-Duran , G. Pignata , A. Brucalassi , M. Aliverti , F. Battaini , K. Radhakrishnan , S. Di Filippo , L. Lessio , R. Claudi , D. Ricci , M. Colapietro , R. Cosentino , S. D'Orsi , M. Munari , M. Dima , P. Schipani , S. Campana , A. Baruffolo , R. Zanmar Sanchez , M. Riva , M. Genoni , S. Ben-Ami , A. Rubin , R. Bruch , G. Capasso , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , J. Achren , I. Arcavi , E. Cappellaro , M. Della Valle , R. Di Benedetto , A. Gal-Yam , M. Hernandez Diaz , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , L. Marty , S. Mattila , M. Rappaport , B. Salasnich , S. Smartt , M. Stritzinger , H. Perez Ventura , L. Asquini , A. Bichkovsky , S. Savarese , L. Cabona

The assembly integration and test activities for the new SOXS instrument at NTT

Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is the new instrument for the ESO 3.5 m New Technology Telescope (NTT) in La Silla site (Chile) devised for the spectroscopic follow-up of transient sources. SOXS is composed by two medium resolution spectrographs…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 F. Biondi , R. Claudi , L. Marafatto , J. Farinato , D. Magrin , R. Ragazzoni , S. Campana , P. Schipani , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , A. Brucalassi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Munari , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , J. Achrén , J. Antonio Araiza-Durán , I. Arcavi , A. Bianco , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , O. Diner , S. D'Orsi , D. Fantinel , J. Fynbo , A. Gal-Yam , M. Genoni , M. Hirvonen , J. Kotilainen , T. Kumar , M. Landoni , J. Lehti , G. Li Causi , S. Mattila , G. Pariani , G. Pignata , M. Rappaport , M. Riva , D. Ricci , B. Salasnich , R. Zanmar Sanchez , S. Smartt , M. Turatto

Optical design of the SOXS spectrograph for ESO NTT

An overview of the optical design for the SOXS spectrograph is presented. SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new wideband, medium resolution (R>4500) spectrograph for the ESO 3.58m NTT telescope expected to start observations in 2021 at La…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez , Matteo Munari , Adam Rubin , Sagi Ben-Ami , Anna Brucalassi , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Jani Achrén , Sergio Campana , Riccardo Claudi , Pietro Schipani , Matteo Aliverti , Andrea Baruffolo , Federico Biondi , Giulio Capasso , Rosario Cosentino , Francesco D'Alessio , Paolo D'Avanzo , Salvatore Scuderi , Fabrizio Vitali , José Antonio Araiza-Duran , Iair Arcavi , Andrea Bianco , Enrico Cappellaro , Mirko Colapietro , Massimo Della Valle , Oz Diner , Sergio D'Orsi , Daniela Fantinel , Johan Fynbo , Avishay Gal-Yam , Matteo Genoni , Ofir Hershko , Mika Hirvonen , Jari Kotilainen , Tarun Kumar , Marco Landoni , Jussi Lehti , Gianluca Li Causi , Luca Marafatto , Seppo Mattila , Giorgio Pariani , Giuliano Pignata , Michael Rappaport , Davide Ricci , Marco Riva , Bernardo Salasnich , Stephen Smartt , Massimo Turatto

The new SOXS instrument for the ESO NTT

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a unique spectroscopic facility for the ESO-NTT 3.5-m telescope in La Silla (Chile), able to cover the optical/NIR band (350-1750 nm). The design foresees a high-efficiency spectrograph with a resolution-slit…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 P. Schipani , R. Claudi , S. Campana , A. Baruffolo , S. Basa , S. Basso , E. Cappellaro , E. Cascone , R. Cosentino , F. DAlessio , V. De Caprio , M. Della Valle , A. de Ugarte Postigo , S. DOrsi , R. Franzen , J. Fynbo , A. Gal-Yam , D. Gardiol , E. Giro , M. Hamuy , M. Iuzzolino , D. Loreggia , S. Mattila , M. Munari , G. Pignata , M. Riva , S. Savarese , B. Schmidt , S. Scuderi , S. Smartt , F. Vitali

Operational modes and efficiency of SOXS

Son of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of $\sim 4500$ over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral range 350-2000 nm. It consists of three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 R. Claudi , F. Biondi , N. Elias-Rosa , M. Genoni , M. Munari , K. Radhakrishnan , D. Ricci , R. Zanmar Sanchez , S. Campana , P. Schipani , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , A. Brucalassi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , G. Pignata , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , J. Achrén , J. A. Araiza-Duran , I. Arcavi , Bruch , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , R. Di Benedetto , M. De Pascale , S. D'Orsi , M. Hernandez , A. Gal-Yam , G. Li Causi , L. Marafatto , S. Matila , M. Rappaport , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Smartt , M. Stritzinger , M. Turatto , H. Perez Ventura

Walking with SOXS towards the transient sky

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new ESO instrument that is going to be installed on the 3.58-m New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory. SOXS is a single object spectrograph offering a wide simultaneous spectral coverage from U-…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-25 P. Schipani , S. Campana , R. Claudi , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , G. Capasso , M. Colapietro , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , M. Genoni , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , M. Munari , G. Pignata , K. Radhakrishnan , D. Ricci , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , M. Accardo , J. Achrén , J. A. Araiza-Durán , I. Arcavi , L. Asquini , F. Battaini , A. Bichkovsky , A. Brucalassi , R. Bruch , L. Cabona , E. Cappellaro , M. Della Valle , S. Di Filippo , R. Di Benedetto , S. D'Orsi , A. Gal-Yam , M. Hernandez , D. Ives , H. -U. Kaeufl , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , L. Lessio , L. Marty , S. Mattila , L. Mehrgan , L. Pasquini , E. Pompei , M. Rappaport , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Savarese , I. Saviane , M. Schöller , A. Silber , S. Smartt , R. Zanmar Sanchez , M. Stritzinger , A. Sulich , H. Ventura

Progress on the SOXS transients chaser for the ESO-NTT

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph offering a simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory. It is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-16 P. Schipani , S. Campana , R. Claudi , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , M. Munari , G. Pignata , K. Radhakrishnan , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , J. Achrén , J. A. Araiza-Durán , I. Arcavi , F. Battaini , A. Brucalassi , R. Bruch , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , R. Di Benedetto , S. D'Orsi , A. Gal-Yam , M. Genoni , M. Hernandez Díaz , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , L. Lessio , L. Marty , S. Mattila , M. Rappaport , D. Ricci , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Savarese , S. Smartt , R. Zanmar Sanchez , M. Stritzinger , G. Umbriaco , H. Pérez Ventura , L. Pasquini , M. Schöller , H. -U. Kaüfl , M. Accardo , L. Mehrgan , E. Pompei , I. Saviane

The Common Path of SOXS (Son of X-Shooter)

Son of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of $\sim 4500$ (goal 5000) over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral range 350-2000 nm. It consists of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-13 R. Claudi , M. Aliverti , F. Biondi , M. Munari , R. Zanmar R. Sanchez , S. Campana , P. Schipani , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , A. Brucalassi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , J. Achrén , J. A. Araiza--Duran , I. Arcavi , A. Bianco , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , O. Diner , S. D'Orsi , D. Fantinel Fynbo , A. Gal--Yam , M. Genoni , M. Hirvonen , J. Kotilainen , T. Kumar , M. Landoni , J. Lehti , G. Li Causi , L. Marafatto , S. Matila , G. Pariani , G. Pignata , M. Rappaport , D. Ricci , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Smartt , M. Turatto

SOXS AIT: a paradigm for system engineering of a medium class telescope instrument

SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of 3500 over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral range 350-2000 nm. It consists of three scientific arms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-16 Riccardo Claudi , Kalyan Radhakrishnan , Federico Battaini , Sergio Campana , Pietro Schipani , Matteo Aliverti , Jose Antonio Araiza-Duran , Andrea Baruffolo , Sagi Ben-Ami , Anna Brucalassi , Giulio Capasso , Mirko Colapietro , Rosario Cosentino , Francesco D'Alessio , Paolo D'Avanzo , Rosario Di Benedetto , Sergio D'Orsi , Matteo Genoni , Ofir Hershko , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Marco Landoni , Matteo Munari , Giuliano Pignata , Michael Rappaport , Davide Ricci , Adam Rubin , Salvo Scuderi , Stephen Smartt , Fabrizio Vitali , David Young , Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez , Jani Achren , Iair Arcavi , Rachel Bruch , Enrico Cappellaro , Massimo Della Valle , Avishay Gal-Yam , Gianluca Li Causi , Luca Marafatto , Seppo Matila , Marco Riva , Bernardo Salasnich , Maximilian Stritzinger

What is your favorite transient event? SOXS is almost ready to observe!

The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be the specialized facility to observe any transient event with a flexible scheduler at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, Chile. SOXS is a single object spectrograph offering simultaneous…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-25 Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari , Federico Battaini , Simone Di Filippo , Silvio Di Rosa , Lorenzo Cabona , Riccardo Claudi , Luigi Lessio , Marco Dima , David Young , Marco Landoni , Mirko Colapietro , Sergio D'Orsi , Matteo Aliverti , Matteo Genoni , Matteo Munari , Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez , Fabrizio Vitali , Davide Ricci , Pietro Schipani , Sergio Campana , Jani Achren , Jose Araiza-Duran , Iair Arcavi , Andrea Baruffolo , Sagi Ben-Ami , Alex Bitchkovsky , Anna Brucalassi , Rachel Bruch , Giulio Capasso , Enrico Cappellaro , Rosario Cosentino , Francesco D'Alessio , Paolo D'Avanzo , Massimo Della Valle , Rosario Di Benedetto , Avishay Gal-Yam , Marcos Hernandez Diaz , Ofir Hershko , Jari Kotilainen , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Gianluca Li Causi , Luca Marafatto , Eugenio Martinetti , Laurent Marty , Seppo Mattila , Antonio Micciche , Gaetano Nicotra , Luca Oggioni , Hector Perez Ventura , Giorgio Pariani , Giuliano Pignata , Michael Rappaport , Marco Riva , Adam Rubin , Bernardo Salasnich , Salvatore Savarese , Salvatore Scuderi , Steven Smartt , Maximilian Stritzinger

The mechanical design of SOXS for the NTT

SOXS (Son of X-shooter) is a wide band, medium resolution spectrograph for the ESO NTT with a first light expected in 2021. The instrument will be composed by five semi-independent subsystems: a pre-slit Common Path, an Acquisition Camera,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 M Aliverti , O Hershko , O Diner , A Brucallassi , G Pignata , H Kuncarayakti , A Bianco , S Campana , R Claudi , P Schipani , A Baruffolo , S Ben-Ami , F Biondi , G Capasso , R Cosentino , F DAlessio , P DAvanzo , M Munari , A Rubin , S Scuderi , F Vitali , J Achrén , J. A. Araiza-Duran , I Arcavi , E Cappellaro , M Colapietro , M Della Valle , S DOrsi , D Fantinel , J Fynbo , A Gal-Yam , M Genoni , M Hirvonen , J Kotilainen , T Kumar , M Landoni , J Lethi , G Li Causi , L Marafatto , S Mattila , G Pariani , M Rappaport , D Ricci , M Riva , B Salasnich , S Smartt , M Turatto , R Zanmar Sanchez

SOXS: a wide band spectrograph to follow up transients

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope capable to cover the optical and NIR bands, based on the heritage of the X-Shooter at the ESO-VLT. SOXS will be built and run by an international consortium, carrying…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-09 P. Schipani , S. Campana , R. Claudi , H. U. Käufl , M. Accardo , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , F. Biondi , A. Brucalassi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , D. Gardiol , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Munari , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , J. Achrén , J. Antonio Araiza-Duran , I. Arcavi , A. Bianco , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , O. Diner , S. D'Orsi , D. Fantinel , J. Fynbo , A. Gal-Yam , M. Genoni , M. Hirvonen , J. Kotilainen , T. Kumar , M. Landoni , J. Lehti , G. Li Causi , D. Loreggia , L. Marafatto , S. Mattila , G. Pariani , G. Pignata , M. Rappaport , D. Ricci , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , R. Zanmar Sanchez , S. Smartt , M. Turatto

From Assembly to the Complete Integration and Verification of the SOXS Common Path

The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph offering simultaneous spectral coverage in UV-VIS (350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) wavelength regimes with an average of R close to 4500 for a 1 slit. SOXS also has imaging…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-16 Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari , Federico Battaini , Riccardo Claudi , Alessandra Slemer , F. Biondi , M. Munari , R. Z. Sanchez , M. Aliverti , L. Oggioni , M. Colapietro , D. Ricci , L. Lessio , M. Dima , L. Marafatto , J. Farinato , S. Campana , P. Schipani , S. DOrsi , B. Salasnich , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben Ami , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D Alessio , P. DAvanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , G. Pignata , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , J. Achrn , Jos Antonio Araiza Durn , I. Arcavi , Anna Brucalassi , R. Bruch , Enrico Cappellaro , M. Della Valle , R. Di Benedetto , A. Gal Yam , Matteo Genoni , M. Hernandez , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , L. Marty , S. Mattila , Michael Rappaport , M. Riva , S. Smartt , M. Stritzingerv , H. Venturae

MITS: the Multi-Imaging Transient Spectrograph for SOXS

The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a medium resolution spectrograph R~4500 proposed for the ESO 3.6 m NTT. We present the optical design of the UV-VIS arm of SOXS which employs high efficiency ion-etched gratings used in first order (m=1) as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 Adam Rubin , Sagi Ben-Ami , Ofir Hershko , Michael Rappaport , Oz Diner , Avishay Gal-Yam , Sergio Campana , Riccardo Claudi , Pietro Schipani , Matteo Aliverti , Andrea Baruffolo , Federico Biondi , Anna Brucalassi , Giulio Capasso , Rosario Cosentino , Rosario Cosentino , Francesco D'Alessio , Paolo D'Avanzo , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Matteo Munari , Salvatore Scuderi , Fabrizio Vitali , Jani Achrén , José Antonio Araiza-Duran , Iair Arcavi , Andrea Bianco , Enrico Cappellaro , Mirko Colapietro , Massimo Della Valle , Sergio D'Orsi , Daniela Fantinel , Johan Fynbo , Matteo Genoni , Mika Hirvonen , Jari Kotilainen , Tarun Kumar , Marco Landoni , Jussi Lehti , Gianluca Li Causi , Luca Marafatto , Seppo Mattila , Giorgio Pariani , Giuliano Pignata , Davide Ricci , Marco Riva , Bernardo Salasnich , Ricardo Zenmar-Sanchez , Stephen Smartt , Massimo Turatto

SOXS: Effects on optical performances due to gravity flexures, temperature variations, and subsystems alignment

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new medium resolution wide-band spectrograph to be installed at the 3.6m New Technology Telescope (NTT) in La Silla. SOXS will offer simultaneous wavelength coverage from 0.35 to 2.0 {\mu}m and will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez , Matteo Aliverti , Matteo Munari , Sergio Campana , Riccardo Claudi , Pietro Schipani , Andrea Baruffolo , Sagi Ben-Ami , Federico Biondi , Giulio Capasso , Rosario Cosentino , Francesco D'Alessio , Paolo D'Avanzo , Ofir Hershko , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Marco Landoni , Giuliano Pignata , Adam Rubin , Salvatore Scuderi , Fabrizio Vitali , David Young , Jani Achrén , José Antonio Araiza-Duran , Iair Arcavi , Anna Brucalassi , Rachel Bruch , Enrico Cappellaro , Mirko Colapietro , Massimo Della Valle , Marco de Pascale , Rosario di Benedetto , Sergio D'Orsi , Avishay Gal-Yam , Matteo Genoni , Marcos Hernandez , Jari Kotilainen , Gianluca Li Causi , Seppo Mattila , Michael Rappaport , Kalyan Radhakrishnan , Davide Ricci , Marco Riva , Bernardo Salasnich , Stephen Smartt , Maximilian Stritzinger , Hector Ventura

Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph, characterized by offering a wide simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.6-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 P. Schipani , S. Campana , R. Claudi , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , F. Biondi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , M. Munari , G. Pignata , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , J. Achren , J. A. Araiza-Duran , I. Arcavi , A. Brucalassi , R. Bruch , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , M. De Pascale , R. Di Benedetto , S. D'Orsi , A. Gal-Yam , M. Genoni , M. Hernandez , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , L. Marty , S. Mattila , K. Radhakrishnan , M. Rappaport , D. Ricci , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Savarese , S. Smartt , R. Zanmar Sanchez , M. Stritzinger , H. Ventura , L. Pasquini , M. Scholler , H. U. Kaufl , M. Accardo , L. Mehrgan , E. Pompei

Manufacturing, integration, and mechanical verification of SOXS

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a medium resolution (~4500) wide-band (0.35 - 2.0 {\mu}m) spectrograph which passed the Final Design Review in 2018. The instrument is planned to be installed at the NTT in La Silla and it is mainly composed by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 M. Aliverti , L. Oggioni , M. Genoni , G. Pariani , O. Hershko , A. Brucalassi , G. Pignata , H. Kuncarayakti , R. Zanmar Sanchez , M. Munari , S. Campana , P. Schipani , R. Claudi , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , F. Biondi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , M. Landoni , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , J. Achrén , J. A. Araiza-Duran , I. Arcavi , R. Bruch , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , M. De Pascale , R. Di Benedetto , S. D'Orsi , A. Gal-Yam , M. Hernandez , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , S. Mattila , M. Rappaport , K. Radhakrishnan , E. M. A. Redaelli , D. Ricci , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Smartt , M. Stritzinger , E. Ventura

Son of X--Shooter: a multi--band instrument for a multi--band universe

Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be a new instrument designed to be mounted at the Nasmyth--A focus of the ESO 3.5 m New Technology Telescope in La Silla site (Chile). SOXS is composed of two high-efficiency spectrographs with a resolution slit…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 R. Claudi , S. Campana , P. Schipani , M. Aliverti , A. Baruffolo , S. Ben-Ami , F. Biondi , A. Brucalassi , G. Capasso , R. Cosentino , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Munari , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , J. Achren , J. Antonio Araiza-Duran , I. Arcavi , A. Bianco , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , O. Diner , S. D'Orsi , D. Fantinel , J. Fynbo , A. Gal-Yam , M. Genoni , M. Hirvonen , J. Kotilainen , T. Kumar , M. Landoni , J. Lehti , G. Li Causi , L. Marafatto , S. Mattila , G. Pariani , G. Pignata , M. Rappaport , M. Riva , D. Ricci , B. Salasnich , S. Smartt , M. Turatto , R. Zanmar Sanchez , H. U. Kaufl , M. Accardo

Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a new spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope, currently in the final design phase. The main instrument goal is to allow the characterization of transient sources based on alerts. It will cover from near-infrared…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 Davide Ricci , Andrea Baruffolo , Bernardo Salasnich , Daniela Fantinel , Josefina Urrutia , Sergio Campana , Riccardo Claudi , Pietro Schipani , Matteo Aliverti , Sagi Ben-Ami , Federico Biondi , Anna Brucalassi , Giulio Capasso , Rosario Cosentino , Francesco D'Alessio , Paolo D'Avanzo , Oz Diner , Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Matteo Munari , Adam Rubin , Salvatore Scuderi , Fabrizio Vitali , Jani Achrén , José Antonio Araiza-Duran , Iair Arcavi , Andrea Bianco , Enrico Cappellaro , Mirko Colapietro , Massimo Della Valle , Sergio D'Orsi , Johan Fynbo , Avishay Gal-Yam , Matteo Genoni , Mika Hirvonen , Jari Kotilainen , Tarun Kumar , Marco Landoni , Jussi Lehti , Gianluca Li Causi , Luca Marafatto , Seppo Mattila , Giorgio Pariani , Giuliano Pignata , Michael Rappaport , Marco Riva , Stephen Smartt , Massimo Turatto , Ricardo Sanchez