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ESO telbib: learning from experience, preparing for the future

The ESO telescope bibliography (telbib) dates back to 1996. During the 20+ years of its existence, it has undergone many changes. Most importantly, the telbib system has been enhanced to cater to new use cases and demands from its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-25 Uta Grothkopf , Silvia Meakins , Dominic Bordelon

The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview

The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect Local Universe transients and short time-scale variability…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-25 Paul J. Groot , S. Bloemen , P. Vreeswijk , J. van Roestel , P. G. Jonker , G. Nelemans , M. Klein-Wolt , R. Le Poole , D. Pieterse , M. Rodenhuis , W. Boland , M. Haverkorn , C. Aerts , R. Bakker , H. Balster , M. Bekema , E. Dijkstra , P. Dolron , E. Elswijk , A. van Elteren , A. Engels , M. Fokker , M. de Haan , F. Hahn , R. ter Horst , D. Lesman , J. Kragt , J. Morren , H. Nillissen , W. Pessemier , A de Rijke , G. Raskin , L. H. A. Scheers , M. Schuil , S. T. Timmer , L. Antunes Amaral , E. Arancibia-Rojas , I. Arcavi , N. Blagorodnova , S. Biswas , R. Breton , H. Dawson , P. Dayal , S. De Wet , C. Duffy , S. Faris , M. Fausnaugh , A. Gal-Yam , S. Geier , A. Horesh , C. Johnston , R. A. D. Wijnands , D. Modiano , G. Katusiime , C. Kelley , A. Kosakowski , T. Kupfer , G. Leloudas , O. Mogawana , J. Munday , J. A. Paice , F. Patat , I. Pelisoli , G. Ramsay , P. T. Ranaivomanana , R. Ruiz-Carmona , V. Schaffenroth , S. Scaringi , F. Stoppa , R. Street , H. Tranin , M. Uzundag , S. Valenti , M. Veresvarska , M. Vuckovic , H. C. I. Wichern , R. A. M. J. Wijers , E. Zimmerman

The Pierre Auger Observatory Upgrade - Preliminary Design Report

The Pierre Auger Observatory has begun a major Upgrade of its already impressive capabilities, with an emphasis on improved mass composition determination using the surface detectors of the Observatory. Known as AugerPrime, the upgrade will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-14 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , A. Aab , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , E. J. Ahn , I. Al Samarai , I. F. M. Albuquerque , I. Allekotte , P. Allison , A. Almela , J. Alvarez Castillo , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , R. Alves Batista , M. Ambrosio , A. Aminaei , L. Anchordoqui , S. Andringa , C. Aramo , F. Arqueros , N. Arsene , H. Asorey , P. Assis , J. Aublin , M. Ave , M. Avenier , G. Avila , N. Awal , A. M. Badescu , K. B. Barber , J. Bäuml , C. Baus , J. J. Beatty , K. H. Becker , J. A. Bellido , C. Berat , M. E. Bertaina , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , P. Billoir , S. G. Blaess , A. Blanco , M. Blanco , J. Blazek , C. Bleve , H. Blümer , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , N. Borodai , J. Brack , I. Brancus , A. Bridgeman , P. Brogueira , W. C. Brown , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , S. Buitink , M. Buscemi , K. S. Caballero-Mora , B. Caccianiga , L. Caccianiga , M. Candusso , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , R. Cester , A. G. Chavez , A. Chiavassa , J. A. Chinellato , J. Chudoba , M. Cilmo , R. W. Clay , G. Cocciolo , R. Colalillo , A. Coleman , L. Collica , M. R. Coluccia , R. Conceição , F. Contreras , M. J. Cooper , A. Cordier , S. Coutu , C. E. Covault , J. Cronin , R. Dallier , B. Daniel , S. Dasso , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , R. M. de Almeida , S. J. de Jong , G. De Mauro , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , J. de Oliveira , V. de Souza , L. del Peral , O. Deligny , H. Dembinski , N. Dhital , C. Di Giulio , A. Di Matteo , J. C. Diaz , M. L. Díaz Castro , F. Diogo , C. Dobrigkeit , W. Docters , J. C. D'Olivo , A. Dorofeev , Q. Dorosti Hasankiadeh , M. T. Dova , J. Ebr , R. Engel , M. Erdmann , M. Erfani , C. O. Escobar , J. Espadanal , A. Etchegoyen , H. Falcke , K. Fang , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , A. P. Ferguson , M. Fernandes , B. Fick , J. M. Figueira , A. Filevich , A. Filipčič , B. D. Fox , O. Fratu , M. M. Freire , B. Fuchs , T. Fujii , B. García , D. Garcia-Pinto , F. Gate , H. Gemmeke , A. Gherghel-Lascu , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giammarchi , M. Giller , D. Głas , C. Glaser , H. Glass , G. Golup , M. Gómez Berisso , P. F. Gómez Vitale , N. González , B. Gookin , J. Gordon , A. Gorgi , P. Gorham , P. Gouffon , N. Griffith , A. F. Grillo , T. D. Grubb , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , M. R. Hampel , P. Hansen , D. Harari , T. A. Harrison , S. Hartmann , J. L. Harton , A. Haungs , T. Hebbeker , D. Heck , P. Heimann , N. Hemery , A. E. Herve , G. C. Hill , C. Hojvat , N. Hollon , E. Holt , P. Homola , J. R. Hörandel , P. Horvath , M. Hrabovský , D. Huber , T. Huege , A. Insolia , P. G. Isar , I. Jandt , S. Jansen , C. Jarne , J. A. Johnsen , M. Josebachuili , A. Kääpä , O. Kambeitz , K. H. Kampert , P. Kasper , I. Katkov , B. Kégl , B. Keilhauer , A. Keivani , E. Kemp , R. M. Kieckhafer , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , R. Krause , N. Krohm , O. Krömer , D. Kuempel , G. Kukec Mezek , N. Kunka , D. LaHurd , L. Latronico , R. Lauer , M. Lauscher , P. Lautridou , S. Le Coz , D. Lebrun , P. Lebrun , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , A. Letessier-Selvon , I. Lhenry-Yvon , K. Link , L. Lopes , R. López , A. López Casado , K. Louedec , L. Lu , A. Lucero , M. Malacari , S. Maldera , M. Mallamaci , J. Maller , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , A. G. Mariazzi , V. Marin , I. C. Mariş , G. Marsella , D. Martello , L. Martin , H. Martinez , O. Martínez Bravo , D. Martraire , J. J. Masías Meza , H. J. Mathes , S. Mathys , J. Matthews , J. A. J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , D. Maurizio , E. Mayotte , P. O. Mazur , C. Medina , G. Medina-Tanco , R. Meissner , V. B. B. Mello , D. Melo , A. Menshikov , S. Messina , R. Meyhandan , M. I. Micheletti , L. Middendorf , I. A. Minaya , L. Miramonti , B. Mitrica , L. Molina-Bueno , S. Mollerach , F. Montanet , C. Morello , M. Mostafá , C. A. Moura , M. A. Muller , G. Müller , S. Müller , R. Mussa , G. Navarra , S. Navas , P. Necesal , L. Nellen , A. Nelles , J. Neuser , P. H. Nguyen , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , M. Niechciol , L. Niemietz , T. Niggemann , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , V. Novotny , L. Nožka , L. Ochilo , F. Oikonomou , A. Olinto , N. Pacheco , D. Pakk Selmi-Dei , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , P. Papenbreer , G. Parente , A. Parra , T. Paul , M. Pech , J. Pȩkala , R. Pelayo , I. M. Pepe , L. Perrone , E. Petermann , C. Peters , S. Petrera , Y. Petrov , J. Phuntsok , R. Piegaia , T. Pierog , P. Pieroni , M. Pimenta , V. Pirronello , M. Platino , M. Plum , A. Porcelli , C. Porowski , R. R. Prado , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , V. Purrello , E. J. Quel , S. Querchfeld , S. Quinn , J. Rautenberg , O. Ravel , D. Ravignani , D. Reinert , B. Revenu , J. Ridky , S. Riggi , M. Risse , P. Ristori , V. Rizi , W. Rodrigues de Carvalho , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , J. Rodriguez Rojo , M. D. Rodríguez-Frías , D. Rogozin , J. Rosado , M. Roth , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , S. J. Saffi , A. Saftoiu , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , A. Saleh , F. Salesa Greus , G. Salina , F. Sánchez , P. Sanchez-Lucas , E. Santos , E. M. Santos , F. Sarazin , B. Sarkar , R. Sarmento , R. Sato , C. Scarso , M. Schauer , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , D. Schmidt , O. Scholten , H. Schoorlemmer , P. Schovánek , F. G. Schröder , A. Schulz , J. Schulz , J. Schumacher , S. J. Sciutto , A. Segreto , M. Settimo , A. Shadkam , R. C. Shellard , I. Sidelnik , G. Sigl , O. Sima , A. Śmiałkowski , R. Šmída , G. R. Snow , P. Sommers , J. Sorokin , R. Squartini , Y. N. Srivastava , D. Stanca , S. Stanič , J. Stapleton , J. Stasielak , M. Stephan , A. Stutz , F. Suarez , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , M. S. Sutherland , J. Swain , Z. Szadkowski , O. A. Taborda , A. Tapia , A. Tepe , V. M. Theodoro , C. Timmermans , C. J. Todero Peixoto , G. Toma , L. Tomankova , B. Tomé , A. Tonachini , G. Torralba Elipe , D. Torres Machado , P. Travnicek , M. Trini , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Urban , J. F. Valdés Galicia , I. Valiño , L. Valore , G. van Aar , P. van Bodegom , A. M. van den Berg , S. van Velzen , A. van Vliet , E. Varela , B. Vargas Cárdenas , G. Varner , R. Vasquez , J. R. Vázquez , R. A. Vázquez , D. Veberič , V. Verzi , J. Vicha , M. Videla , L. Villaseñor , B. Vlcek , S. Vorobiov , H. Wahlberg , O. Wainberg , D. Walz , A. A. Watson , M. Weber , K. Weidenhaupt , A. Weindl , F. Werner , A. Widom , L. Wiencke , H. Wilczyński , T. Winchen , D. Wittkowski , B. Wundheiler , S. Wykes , L. Yang , T. Yapici , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , A. Zepeda , Y. Zhu , B. Zimmermann , M. Ziolkowski , Z. Zong , F. Zuccarello

Observing GRBs with TMT

The Thirty-Meter Telescope is an ambitious project to build a giant segmented mirror telescope with fully integrated adaptive optics systems that will produce diffraction-limited images. A powerful suite of instruments is being developed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 David Crampton , Luc Simard

Demonstration of a next-generation wavefront actuator for gravitational-wave detection

In the last decade, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the European Virgo observatory have opened a new observational window on the universe. These cavity-enhanced laser interferometers sense spacetime…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-11 Tyler Rosauer , Huy Tuong Cao , Mohak Bhattacharya , Peter Carney , Luke Johnson , Shane Levin , Cynthia Liang , Xuesi Ma , Luis Martin Gutierrez , Michael Padilla , Liu Tao , Aiden Wilkin , Aidan Brooks , Jonathan W. Richardson

Status of the GEO 600 squeezed-light laser

In the course of the high-frequency upgrade of GEO 600, its optical configuration was extended by a squeezed-light laser [1]. Recently, a non-classically enhanced measurement sensitivity of GEO 600 was reported [2]. In this paper, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Alexander Khalaidovski , Henning Vahlbruch , Nico Lastzka , Christian Graef , Harald Lueck , Karsten Danzmann , Hartmut Grote , Roman Schnabel

The Upgrade of VERITAS with High Efficiency Photomultipliers

We are in the process of upgrading the VERITAS array of Cherenkov telescopes with new, high efficiency photomultipliers (PMT) that will considerably lower the energy threshold of the instrument and improve the overall sensitivity. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Nepomuk Otte

Camera update for GONG refurbishment: Development and validation

This report provides a brief summary of the properties of new cameras selected for NSF's Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG) facilities operated by the NSO Integrated Synoptic Program (NISP). These camera replacements are part of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-31 Anna L. H. Hughes , Timothy J. Purdy , Thomas M. Wentzel , Niles Oien , Luca Bertello , Sushant Tripathy , Shukur Kholikov , Kiran Jain , Gordon Petrie , Detrick D. Branston , Sanjay Gosain , Alexei A. Pevtsov

Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes

Adaptive Optics has become a key technology for the largest ground-based telescopes currently under or close to begin of construction. Adaptive optics is an indispensable component and has basically only one task, that is to operate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-24 Stefan Hippler

INTEGRAL - status of the mission

The ESA gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL, launched on 17 October 2002, continues to produce a wealth of discoveries and new results on compact high energy Galactic objects, nuclear gamma-ray line emission, diffuse line and continuum emission,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-10-28 Christoph Winkler

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, testing and performance measurements of the NIR 2 spectroscopic surveyor from the laboratory to in-orbit commissioning

The SPHEREx near-infrared space telescope is an all-sky spectroscopic survey mission launched on March 12th, 2025 UTC. In addition to providing the community with a spectral database applicable to a wide range of investigations, it is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Phil M. Korngut , James J. Bock , Samuel Condon , C. Darren Dowell , Candice M. Fazar , Howard Hui , Bradley D. Moore , Bret J. Naylor , Chi H. Nguyen , Stephen Padin , James Wincentsen , Asad M. Aboobaker , Rachel Akeson , John M. Alred , Farah Alibay , Matthew L. N. Ashby , Yoonsoo P. Bach , Joseph Bichel , Douglas Bolton , David F. Braun , Thomas Brown , Sean A. Bryan , Jill Burnham , Thomas A. Burk , Nicholas Burke , Ben Catching , Tzu-Ching Chang , Shuang-Shuang Chen , Yun-Ting Cheng , Yi-Kuan Chiang , Yong Chong , Asantha Cooray , Walter R. Cook , Velibor Cormarkovic , Brendan P. Crill , Ari J. Cukierman , Andrew Davis , Dan Darga , Thomas Disarro , Olivier Dore , Beth E. Fabinsky , Andreas L. Faisst , James L. Fanson , Allen H. Farrington , Tamim Fatahi , Richard M. Feder , Eric H. Frater , Tatiana Goldina , Varoujan Gorjian , William G. Hart , Warren Hendricks , Joseph L. Hora , Viktor Hristov , Zhaoyu Huai , Charles A. Hulse , Young-Soo Jo , Woong-Seob Jeong , Makenzie L. Kamei , Jae Hwan Kang , Branislav Kecman , Will Marchant , Giacomo Mariani , Daniel C. Masters , Gary J. Melnick , Hiromasa Miyasaka , Giulia Murgia , Christina Nelson , Hien T. Nguyen , Christopher Owen , Roberta Paladini , Sung-Joon Park , Harshad Patil , Konstantin Penanen , Chris Piazzo , Jeonghyun Pyo , Amelia Quon , Keshav Ramanathan , Zafar Rustamkulov , Daniel J. Reiley , Eric B. Rice , Flora Ridenhour , Amber Roberts , Jennifer M. Rocca , Alessandro Signorini , Sara Susca , Volker Tolls , Phani Velicheti , Pao-Yu Wang , Michael W. Werner , Casey White , Ross Williamson , Yujin Yang , Michael Zemcov

Gemini multi-conjugate adaptive optics system review II: Commissioning, operation and overall performance

The Gemini Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics System - GeMS, a facility instrument mounted on the Gemini South telescope, delivers a uniform, near diffraction limited images at near infrared wavelengths (0.95 microns- 2.5 microns) over a field…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Benoit Neichel , François Rigaut , Fabrice Vidal , Marcos A. van Dam , Vincent Garrel , Eleazar Rodrigo Carrasco , Peter Pessev , Claudia Winge , Maxime Boccas , Céline d'Orgeville , Gustavo Arriagada , Andrew Serio , Vincent Fesquet , William N. Rambold , Javier Lührs , Cristian Moreno , Gaston Gausachs , Ramon L. Galvez , Vanessa Montes , Tomislav B. Vucina , Eduardo Marin , Cristian Urrutia , Ariel Lopez , Sarah J. Diggs , Claudio Marchant , Angelic W. Ebbers , Chadwick Trujillo , Matthieu Bec , Gelys Trancho , Peter McGregor , Peter J. Young , Felipe Colazo , Michelle L. Edwards

A telescope control and scheduling system for the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer

The detection of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave signal in August 2017 marked the start of a new era of multi-messenger astrophysics. An unprecedented number of telescopes around the world were involved in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-16 Martin J Dyer

Gemini Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph: Instrument Overview

The Gemini Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph (GIRMOS) is a powerful new instrument being built to facility-class standards for the Gemini telescope. It takes advantage of the latest developments in adaptive optics and integral field…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-06 Suresh Sivanandam , Scott Chapman , Luc Simard , Paul Hickson , Kim Venn , Simon Thibault , Marcin Sawicki , Adam Muzzin , Darren Erickson , Roberto Abraham , Masayuki Akiyama , David Andersen , Colin Bradley , Raymond Carlberg , Shaojie Chen , Carlos Correia , Tim Davidge , Sara Ellison , Kamal El-Sankary , Gregory Fahlman , Masen Lamb , Olivier Lardiere , Marie Lemoine-Busserolle , Dae-Sik Moon , Norman Murray , Alison Peck , Cyrus Shafai , Gaetano Sivo , Jean-Pierre Veran , Howard Yee

The GREGOR Fabry-Perot Interferometer - A New Instrument for High-Resolution Spectropolarimetric Solar Observations

Fabry-Perot interferometers have advantages over slit spectrographs because they allow fast narrow-band imaging and post-factum image reconstruction of spectropolarimetric data. Temperature, plasma velocity, and magnetic field maps can be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-14 Klaus G. Puschmann , Horst Balthasar , Svend-Marian Bauer , Thomas Hahn , Emil Popow , Thomas Seelemann , Reiner Volkmer , Manfred Woche , Carsten Denker

Design and Optimization of Gregorian-based Reflector Systems for THz Imaging System Optics

Application of reflector antenna configurations in designing the optical section of terahertz imaging systems has attracted great attention during recent years. Advantages of reflective optics in comparison with refractive optics is one of…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-15 Mohammad Ghamsari , Mehdi Ahmadi-boroujeni , Saeed Babanejad

Science Requirement Document (SRD) for the European Solar Telescope (EST) (3rd Edition, December 2025)

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) included the European Solar Telescope (EST) as an ESFRI Project in its 2016 Roadmap and confirmed this status in 2021. During the Preparatory Phase (2017 to 2022), the EST…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Rolf Schlichenmaier , Luis R. Bellot Rubio , Manuel Collados Vera , Robertus Erdelyi , Alex Feller , Lyndsay Fletcher , Jan Jurčák , Elena Khomenko , Jorrit Leenaarts , Sara Matthews , Luca Belluzzi , Mats Carlsson , Sanja Danilovic , Peter Gömöry , Christoph Kuckein , Rafail Manso Sainz , Marián Martínez González , Mihalis Mathioudakis , Ada Ortiz , Tino L. Riethmüller , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Paolo J. A. Simoes , Javier Trujillo Bueno , Dominik Utz , Francesca Zuccarello , Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez , Luca Giovanelli , Shahin Jafarzadeh , David B. Jess , Ivan Milic , Chris Nelson , Michiel van Noort , Claudia Ruiz de Galarreta , Franziska Zeuner

Liger at Keck Observatory: Design of Imager Optical Assembly and Spectrograph Re-Imaging Optics

Liger is an adaptive optics (AO) fed imager and integral field spectrograph (IFS) designed to take advantage of the Keck All-sky Precision Adaptive-optics (KAPA) upgrade for the W.M. Keck Observatory. We present the design and analysis of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-18 James Wiley , Aaron Brown , Renate Kupke , Maren Cosens , Shelley A. Wright , Michael Fitzgerald , Chris Johnson , Tucker Jones , Marc Kassis , Evan Kress , James E. Larkin , Kenneth Magnone , Rosalie McGurk , Nils Rundquist , Eric Wang , Sherry Yeh

Status of advanced ground-based laser interferometers for gravitational-wave detection

Ground-based laser interferometers for gravitational-wave (GW) detection were first constructed starting 20 years ago and as of 2010 collection of several years' worth of science data at initial design sensitivities was completed. Upgrades…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-11 Katherine L Dooley , Tomotada Akutsu , Sheila Dwyer , Paola Puppo

The Camera of the MAGIC-II Telescope

The MAGIC 17m diameter Cherenkov telescope will be upgraded with a second telescope within the year 2007. The camera of MAGIC-II will include several new features compared to the MAGIC-I camera. Photomultipliers with the highest available…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-18 C. C. Hsu , A. Dettlaff , D. Fink , F. Goebel , W. Haberer , J. Hose , R. Maier , R. Mirzoyan , W. Pimpl , O. Reimann , A. Rudert , P. Sawallisch , J. Schlammer , S. Schmidl , A. Stipp , M. Teshima