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First light of VLT/HiRISE: High-resolution spectroscopy of young giant exoplanets

A major endeavor of this decade is the direct characterization of young giant exoplanets at high spectral resolution to determine the composition of their atmosphere and infer their formation processes and evolution. Such a goal represents…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 A. Vigan , M. El Morsy , M. Lopez , G. P. P. L. Otten , J. Garcia , J. Costes , E. Muslimov , A. Viret , Y. Charles , G. Zins , G. Murray , A. Costille , J. Paufique , U. Seemann , M. Houllé , H. Anwand-Heerwart , M. Phillips , A. Abinanti , P. Balard , I. Baraffe , J. -A. Benedetti , P. Blanchard , L. Blanco , J. -L. Beuzit , E. Choquet , P. Cristofari , S. Desidera , K. Dohlen , R. Dorn , T. Ely , E. Fuenteseca , N. Garcia , M. Jaquet , F. Jaubert , M. Kasper , J. Le Merrer , A. -L. Maire , M. N'Diaye , L. Pallanca , D. Popovic , R. Pourcelot , A. Reiners , S. Rochat , C. Sehim , R. Schmutzer , A. Smette , N. Tchoubaklian , P. Tomlinson , J. Valenzuela Soto

Results of the EUSO-SPB1 flight

The latest and most advanced effort towards a space-based optical cosmic ray detector developed within the Joint Experiment Mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (JEM-EUSO) collaboration was the Extreme Universe Space…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-27 J. Eser , A. Olinto , L. Wiencke

Stellar Imaging Coronagraph and Exoplanet Coronal Spectrometer: Two Additional Instruments for Exoplanet Exploration Onboard The WSO-UV 1.7 Meter Orbital Telescope

The World Space Observatory for Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) is an orbital optical telescope with a 1.7 m-diameter primary mirror currently under development. The WSO-UV is aimed to operate in the 115-310 nm UV spectral range. Its two major science…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-18 Alexander Tavrov , Shingo Kameda , Andrey Yudaev , Ilia Dzyuban , Alexander Kiselev , Inna Shashkova , Oleg Korablev , Mikhail Sachkov , Jun Nishikawa , Motohide Tamura , Go Murakami , Keigo Enya , Masahiro Ikoma , Norio Narita

Three super-Earths and a possible water world from TESS and ESPRESSO

Since 2018, the ESPRESSO spectrograph at the VLT has been hunting for planets in the Southern skies via the RV method. One of its goals is to follow up candidate planets from transit surveys such as the TESS mission, particularly small…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 M. J. Hobson , F. Bouchy , B. Lavie , C. Lovis , V. Adibekyan , C. Allende Prieto , Y. Alibert , S. C. C. Barros , A. Castro-González , S. Cristiani , V. D'Odorico , M. Damasso , P. Di Marcantonio , X. Dumusque , D. Ehrenreich , P. Figueira , R. Génova Santos , J. I. González Hernández , J. Lillo-Box , G. Lo Curto , C. J. A. P. Martins , A. Mehner , G. Micela , P. Molaro , N. J. Nunes , E. Palle , F. Pepe , R. Rebolo , J. Rodrigues , N. Santos , S. G. Sousa , A. Sozzetti , A. Suárez Mascareño , H. M. Tabernero , S. Udry , M. -R. Zapatero Osorio , D. J. Armstrong , D. R. Ciardi , K. A. Collins , K. I. Collins , M. Everett , D. Gandolfi , S. B. Howell , J. M. Jenkins , J. Kielkopf , J. H. Livingston , M. B. Lund , I. Mireles , G. R. Ricker , R. P. Schwarz , S. Seager , T. -G. Tan , E. B. Ting , J. N. Winn

A sub-Neptune and a non-transiting Neptune-mass companion unveiled by ESPRESSO around the bright late-F dwarf HD 5278 (TOI-130)

[Abridged] We exploit the extreme radial velocity (RV) precision of the ultra-stable echelle spectrograph ESPRESSO on the VLT to unveil the physical properties of the transiting sub-Neptune TOI-130 b, uncovered by TESS orbiting the nearby,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 A. Sozzetti , M. Damasso , A. S. Bonomo , Y. Alibert , S. G. Sousa , V. Adibekyan , M. R. Zapatero Osorio , J. I. González Hernández , S. C. C. Barros , J. Lillo-Box , K. G. Stassun , J. Winn , S. Cristiani , F. Pepe , R. Rebolo , N. C. Santos , R. Allart , T. Barclay , F. Bouchy , A. Cabral , D. Ciardi , P. Di Marcantonio , V. D'Odorico , D. Ehrenreich , M. Fasnaugh , P. Figueira , J. Haldemann , J. M. Jenkins , D. W. Latham , B. Lavie , G. Lo Curto , C. Lovis , C. J . A. P. Martins , D. Mégevand , A. Mehner , G. Micela , P. Molaro , N. J. Nunes , M. Oshagh , J. Otegi , E. Pallé , E. Poretti , G. Ricker , D. Rodriguez , S. Seager , A. Suárez Mascareño , J. D. Twicken , S. Udry

FORS-Up: Making the most versatile instrument in Paranal ready for 15 more years of operations

The FORS Upgrade project (FORS-Up) aims at bringing a new life to the highly demanded workhorse instrument attached to ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). FORS2 is a multimode optical instrument, which started regular science operations in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 H. M. J. Boffin , F. Derie , A. Manescau , R. Siebenmorgen , V. Baldini , G. Calderone , R. Cirami , I. Coretti , P. Di Marcantonio , J. Kolsmanski , P. Lilley , S. Moehler , M. Nonino , G. Rupprecht , A. Silber

JEM-EUSO experiment for extreme energy cosmic ray observation

The planned JEM-EUSO (Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the ISS Japanese Experimental Module) will measure the energy spectra of cosmic rays up to the range of 1000 EeV and will search for direction to their sources. It will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Blahoslav Pastirčák , Pavol Bobík , Karel Kudela

VTXO: The Virtual Telescope for X-ray Observations

The Virtual Telescope for X-ray Observations (VTXO) will use lightweight Phase Fresnel Lenses (PFLs) in a virtual X-ray telescope with $\sim$1 km focal length and with $\sim$50 milli-arcsecond angular resolution. VTXO is formed by using…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-01 John F. Krizmanic , Neerav Shah , Philip C. Calhoun , Alice K. Harding , Lloyd R. Purves , Cassandra M. Webster , Michael F. Corcoran , Chris R. Shrader , Steven J. Stochaj , Kyle A. Rankin , Daniel T. Smith , Hyeongjun Park , Laura E. Boucheron , Krishna Kota , Asal Naseri

RISTRETTO: coronagraph and AO designs enabling High Dispersion Coronagraphy at 2 lambda/D

RISTRETTO is the evolution of the original idea of coupling the VLT instruments SPHERE and ESPRESSO, aiming at High Dispersion Coronagraphy. RISTRETTO is a visitor instrument that should enable the characterization of the atmospheres of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 N. Blind , B. Chazelas , J. Kühn , E. Hocini , C. Lovis , M. Beaulieu , T. Fusco , L. Genolet , O. Guyon , J. Hagelberg , I. Hughes , P. Martinez , J. -F. Sauvage , R. Schnell , M. Sordet , A. Spang

The opto-mechanical alignment procedure of the VLT Survey Telescope

The VLT Survey Telescope is a f/5.5 modified Ritchey-Chretien imaging telescope, which is being installed at the ESO-Paranal Observatory. It will provide a one square degree corrected field of view to perform survey-projects in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-15 Carmelo Arcidiacono , Roberto Ragazzoni , Gabriele Umbriaco , Jacopo Farinato , Demetrio Magrin

Observation of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO detector

Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) is a telescope observing the Earth from the International Space Station since 2019. The instrument employs a Fresnel-lens optical system and a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-06 M. Casolino , D. Barghini , M. Battisti , C. Blaksley , A. Belov , M. Bertaina , M. Bianciotto , F. Bisconti , S. Blin , K. Bolmgren , G. Cambiè , F. Capel , I. Churilo , M. Crisconio , C. De La Taille , T. Ebisuzaki , J. Eser , F. Fenu , M. A. Franceschi , C. Fuglesang , A. Golzio , P. Gorodetzky , H. Kasuga , F. Kajino , P. Klimov , V. Kuznetsov , M. Manfrin , L. Marcelli , G. Mascetti , W. Marsza , H. Miyamoto , A. Murashov , T. Napolitano , H. Ohmori , A. Olinto , E. Parizot , P. Picozza , L. W. Piotrowski , Z. Plebaniak , G. Prévôt , E. Reali , G. Romoli , M. Ricci , N. Sakaki , K. Shinozaki , J. Szabelski , Y. Takizawa , G. Valentini , M. Vrabel , L. Wiencke

Considerations for a new low-/moderate-resolution optical facility spectrograph at the VLT Coud\'e focus

Observing at the VLT Coude focus can boost the collecting area by combining light from multiple VLT unit telescopes (UTs; albeit with some losses in the light train). An instrument at the Coude enjoys significant operational flexibility…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-28 Valentin D. Ivanov , Jean-Louis Lizon

ESPRESSO high resolution transmission spectroscopy of WASP-76b

Aims. We report on ESPRESSO high-resolution transmission spectroscopic observations of two primary transits of the highly-irradiated, ultra-hot Jupiter-size planet WASP-76b. We investigate the presence of several key atomic and molecular…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 H. M. Tabernero , M. R. Zapatero Osorio , R. Allart , F. Borsa , N. Casasayas-Barris , O. Demangeon , D. Ehrenreich , J. Lillo-Box , C. Lovis , E. Pallé , S. G. Sousa , R. Rebolo , N. C. Santos , F. Pepe , S. Cristiani , V. Adibekyan , C. Allende Prieto , Yann Alibert , S. C. C. Barros , F. Bouchy , V. Bourrier , V. D'Odorico , X. Dumusque , J. P. Faria , P. Figueira , R. Génova Santos , J. I. González Hernández , S. Hojjatpanah , G. Lo Curto , B. Lavie , C. J. A. P. Martins , J. H. C. Martins , A. Mehner , G. Micela , P. Molaro , N. J. Nunes , E. Poretti , J. V. Seidel , A. Sozzetti , A. Suárez Mascareño , S. Udry , M. Aliverti , M. Affolter , D. Alves , M. Amate , G. Avila , T. Bandy , W. Benz , A. Bianco , C. Broeg , A. Cabral , P. Conconi , J. Coelho , C. Cumani , S. Deiries , H. Dekker , B. Delabre , A. Fragoso , M. Genoni , L. Genolet , I. Hughes , J. Knudstrup , F. Kerber , M. Landoni , J. L. Lizon , C. Maire , A. Manescau , P. Di Marcantonio , D. Mégevand , M. Monteiro , M. Monteiro , M. Moschetti , E. Mueller , A. Modigliani , L. Oggioni , A. Oliveira , G. Pariani , L. Pasquini , J. L. Rasilla , E. Redaelli , M. Riva , S. Santana-Tschudi , P. Santin , P. Santos , A. Segovia , D. Sosnowska , P. Spanò , F. Tenegi , O. Iwert , A. Zanutta , F. Zerbi

Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) instrument was launched out of Wanaka, New Zealand, by NASA in April, 2017 as a mission of opportunity. The detector was developed as part of the Joint…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 J. H. Adams , L. Allen , R. Bachman , S. Bacholle , P. Barrillon , J. Bayer , M. Bertaina , C. Blaksley , S. Blin-Bondil , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , M. Casolino , M. J. Christl , A. Cummings , S. Dagoret-Campagne , A. Diaz Damian , A. Ebersoldt , T. Ebisuzaki , J. Escobar , J. Eser , J. Evrard , F. Fenu , W. Finch , C. Fornaro , P. Gorodetzky , R. Gregg , F. Guarino , A. Haungs , W. Hedber , P. Hunt , A. Jung , Y. Kawasaki , M. Kleifges , E. Kuznetsov , S. Mackovjak , L. Marcelli , W. Marszał , G. Medina-Tanco , S. S. Meyer , H. Miyamoto , M. Mastafa , A. V. Olinto , G. Osteria , W. Painter , B. Panico , E. Parizot , T. Paul , F. Perfetto , P. Picozza , L. W. Piotrowski , Z. Plebaniak , Z. Polonski , G. Prévôt , M. Przybylak , M. Rezazadeh , M. Ricci , J. C. Sanchez Balanzar , A. Santangelo , F. Sarazin , V. Scotti , K. Shinozaki , J. Szabelski , Y. Takizawa , L. Wiencke , R. Young , P. von Ballmoos

A closer look at LTT 9779b: The ESPRESSO endeavour to pierce the atmospheric veil

The proliferation of exoplanet discoveries in exotic environments like the Neptune desert challenges our understanding of planetary atmospheres under intense irradiation. The unexpected discovery of LTT9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune within…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-31 R. Ramírez Reyes , James S. Jenkins , Elyar Sedaghati , J. V. Seidel , Yakiv Pavlenko , E. Palle , Mercedes López-Morales , Douglas Alves , José Vines , Pablo A. Peña R , Matías R. Díaz , Patricio Rojo

Fundamental Cosmology from Precision Spectroscopy: I. Varying Couplings

The observational evidence for the acceleration of the universe demonstrates that canonical theories of cosmology and particle physics are incomplete, if not incorrect, and that new physics is out there, waiting to be discovered.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. C. O. Leite , C. J. A. P. Martins , P. O. J. Pedrosa , N. J. Nunes

CRIRES$^{+}$ on sky at the ESO Very Large Telescope

The CRyogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrograph (CRIRES) Upgrade project CRIRES$^{+}$ extended the capabilities of CRIRES. It transformed this VLT instrument into a cross-dispersed spectrograph to increase the wavelength range that is covered…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-08 R. J. Dorn , P. Bristow , J. V. Smoker , F. Rodler , A. Lavail , M. Accardo , M. van den Ancker , D. Baade , A. Baruffolo , B. Courtney-Barrer , L. Blanco , A. Brucalassi , C. Cumani , R. Follert , A. Haimerl , A. Hatzes , M. Haug , U. Heiter , R. Hinterschuster , N. Hubin , D. J. Ives , Y. Jung , M. Jones , J-P. Kirchbauer , B. Klein , O. Kochukhov , H. H. Korhonen , J. Köhler , J-L. Lizon , C. Moins , I. Molina-Conde , T. Marquart , M. Neeser , E. Oliva , L. Pallanca , L. Pasquini , J. Paufique , N. Piskunov , A. Reiners , D. Schneller , R. Schmutzer , U. Seemann , D. Slumstrup , A. Smette , J. Stegmeier , E. Stempels , S. Tordo , E. Valenti , J. J. Valenzuela , J. Vernet , J. Vinther , A. Wehrhahn

Integration and qualification of the Mini-EUSO telescope on board the ISS

Mini-EUSO is a compact telescope ($37 \times 37 \times 62$~cm$^3$) currently hosted on board the International Space Station. Mini-EUSO is devoted primarily to study Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) above $10^{21}$~eV but also to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-10 G. Cambié , A. Belov , F. Capel , M. Casolino , A. Franceschi , P. Klimov , L. Marcelli , T. Napolitano , P. Picozza , L. W. Piotrowski , E. Reali , M. Ricci

Simulation study of performance of the Very Large Area gamma-ray Space Telescope

The Very Large Area gamma-ray Space Telescope (VLAST) is a mission concept proposed to detect gamma-ray photons through both the Compton scattering and electron-positron pair production mechanisms, enabling the detection of photons with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-02 Xu Pan , Wei Jiang , Chuan Yue , Shi-Jun Lei , Yu-Xin Cui , Qiang Yuan

Development of a cosmic ray oriented trigger for the fluorescence telescope on EUSO-SPB2

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2), in preparation, aims to make the first observations of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) from near space using optical techniques. EUSO-SPB2 will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-11 George Filippatos , Matteo Battisti , Alexander Belov , Mario Bertaina , Francesca Bisconti , Johannes Eser , Marco Mignone , Fred Sarazin , Lawrence Wiencke