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Ghosts of NEID's Past

The NEID spectrograph is a R $\sim$ 120,000 resolution fiber-fed and highly stabilized spectrograph for extreme radial velocity (RV) precision. It is being commissioned at the 3.5 m WIYN telescope in Kitt Peak National Observatory with a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 Shubham Kanodia , Joe P. Ninan , Andrew J. Monson , Suvrath Mahadevan , Colin Nitroy , Christian Schwab , Samuel Halverson , Chad F. Bender , Ryan Terrien , Frederick R. Hearty , Emily Lubar , Michael W. McElwain , Lawrence. W. Ramsey , Paul M. Robertson , Arpita Roy , Gudmundur Stefansson , Daniel J. Stevens

Ultra-Stable Environment Control for the NEID Spectrometer: Design and Performance Demonstration

Two key areas of emphasis in contemporary experimental exoplanet science are the detailed characterization of transiting terrestrial planets, and the search for Earth analog planets to be targeted by future imaging missions. Both of these…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-22 Paul Robertson , Tyler Anderson , Gudmundur Stefansson , Frederick R. Hearty , Andrew Monson , Suvrath Mahadevan , Scott Blakeslee , Chad Bender , Joe P. Ninan , David Conran , Eric Levi , Emily Lubar , Amanda Cole , Adam Dykhouse , Shubham Kanodia , Colin Nitroy , Joseph Smolsky , Demetrius Tuggle , Basil Blank , Matthew Nelson , Cullen Blake , Samuel Halverson , Chuck Henderson , Kyle F. Kaplan , Dan Li , Sarah E. Logsdon , Michael W. McElwain , Jayadev Rajagopal , Lawrence W. Ramsey , Arpita Roy , Christian Schwab , Ryan Terrien , Jason T. Wright

Stable fiber-illumination for extremely precise radial velocities with NEID

NEID is a high-resolution red-optical precision radial velocity (RV) spectrograph recently commissioned at the WIYN 3.5 m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA. NEID has an extremely stable environmental control system,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-17 Shubham Kanodia , Andrea S. J. Lin , Emily Lubar , Samuel Halverson , Suvrath Mahadevan , Chad F. Bender , Sarah E. Logsdon , Lawrence W. Ramsey , Joe P. Ninan , Gudmundur Stefansson , Andrew Monson , Christian Schwab , Arpita Roy , Leonardo A. Paredes , Eli Golub , Jesus Higuera , Jessica Klusmeyer , William McBride , Cullen Blake , Scott A. Diddams , Fabien Grise , Arvind F. Gupta , Fred Hearty , Michael W. McElwain , Jayadev Rajagopal , Paul Robertson , Ryan Terrien

Target Prioritization and Observing Strategies for the NEID Earth Twin Survey

NEID is a high-resolution optical spectrograph on the WIYN 3.5-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory and will soon join the new generation of extreme precision radial velocity instruments in operation around the world. We plan to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-03 Arvind F. Gupta , Jason T. Wright , Paul Robertson , Samuel Halverson , Jacob Luhn , Arpita Roy , Suvrath Mahadevan , Eric B . Ford , Chad F. Bender , Cullen H. Blake , Fred Hearty , Shubham Kanodia , Sarah E. Logsdon , Michael W. McElwain , Andrew Monson , Joe P. Ninan , Christian Schwab , Gudmundur Stefansson , Ryan C. Terrien

Deep learning solutions to telescope pointing and guiding

The WIYN 3.5m Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory hosts a suite of optical and near infrared instruments, including an extreme precision, optical spectrograph, NEID, built for exoplanet radial velocity studies. In order to achieve…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-07 Jackson Zariski , Kaitlin Kratter , Sarah Logsdon , Chad Bender , Dan Li , Heidi Schweiker , Jayadev Rajagopal , Bill McBride , Emily Hunting

FRIENDS GUI: A graphical user interface for data collection and visualization of vaping behavior from a passive vaping monitor

Understanding puffing topography (PT), which includes puff duration, intra-puff interval, and puff count per session, is critical for evaluating Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) use, toxicant exposure, and informing regulatory…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Shehan Irteza Pranto , Brett Fassler , Md Rafi Islam , Ashley Schenkel , Larry W. Hawk , Edward Sazonov

FitED: A User-Centric, Extensible Software Environment for Robust Peak-Profile and General Functional Data Fitting

Reliable parameter extraction from experimental data is central to quantitative analysis in spectroscopy, diffraction, photoluminescence, chromatography, microscopy, and time-resolved measurements. We present FitED, a Python-based desktop…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2026-05-04 Mustafa Mahmoud Aboulsaad

SHINS, the SHARK-NIR Instrument Control Software

SHARK-NIR is a new compact instrument for coronagraphic imaging, direct imaging, and coronagraphic spectroscopy in the near-infrared wavelengths mounted at LBT. Taking advantage of the telescope's adaptive optics system, it provides high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-16 Davide Ricci , Fulvio Laudisio , Alessandro Lorenzetto , Marco De Pascale , Andrea Baruffolo , Daniele Vassallo , Domenico Barbato , Maria Bergomi , Florian Briegel , Elena Carolo , Simone Di Filippo , Marco Dima , Valentina D'Orazi , Tania Sofia Gomes Machado , Davide Greggio , Luca Marafatto , Dino Mesa , Lars Mohr , Gabriele Rodeghiero , Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari , Gabriele Umbriaco , Valentina Viotto , Jacopo Farinato

NELM: Modern Open-Source Software for Multipurpose Impedance Spectra Analysis

Nowadays electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) has become an advanced experimental technique with a wide range of applications: from simple passive circuits diagnostics to semiconductor high-end device development and breakthrough…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-06-04 Natalia A. Boitsova , Anna A. Abelit , Daniil D. Stupin

Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength range. In this reference article we illuminate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , K. Jahnke , W. Gillard , M. Schirmer , A. Ealet , T. Maciaszek , E. Prieto , R. Barbier , C. Bonoli , L. Corcione , S. Dusini , F. Grupp , F. Hormuth , S. Ligori , L. Martin , G. Morgante , C. Padilla , R. Toledo-Moreo , M. Trifoglio , L. Valenziano , R. Bender , F. J. Castander , B. Garilli , P. B. Lilje , H. -W. Rix , N. Auricchio , A. Balestra , J. -C. Barriere , P. Battaglia , M. Berthe , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , W. Bon , A. Bonnefoi , A. Caillat , V. Capobianco , M. Carle , R. Casas , H. Cho , A. Costille , F. Ducret , S. Ferriol , E. Franceschi , J. -L. Gimenez , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , M. Jhabvala , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , R. Laureijs , D. Le Mignant , I. Lloro , E. Medinaceli , Y. Mellier , G. Polenta , G. D. Racca , A. Renzi , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , P. Strada , G. Smadja , L. Stanco , S. Wachter , S. Anselmi , E. Borsato , L. Caillat , F. Cogato , C. Colodro-Conde , P. -E. Crouzet , V. Conforti , M. D'Alessandro , Y. Copin , J. -C. Cuillandre , J. E. Davies , S. Davini , A. Derosa , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , D. Di Ferdinando , R. Farinelli , A. G. Ferrari , F. Fornari , L. Gabarra , C. M. Gutierrez , F. Giacomini , P. Lagier , F. Gianotti , O. Krause , F. Madrid , F. Laudisio , J. Macias-Perez , G. Naletto , M. Niclas , J. Marpaud , N. Mauri , R. da Silva , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , I. Risso , B. G. B. Solheim , M. Scodeggio , P. Stassi , J. Steinwagner , M. Tenti , G. Testera , R. Travaglini , S. Tosi , A. Troja , O. Tubio , C. Valieri , C. Vescovi , S. Ventura , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , J. Amiaux , S. Andreon , H. Aussel , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , P. -Y. Chabaud , A. Cimatti , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , I. Hook , P. Hudelot , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , V. Lindholm , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , J. Martignac , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , T. Nutma , K. Paech , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , S. Serrano , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , P. N. Appleton , C. Baccigalupi , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , M. Crocce , G. De Lucia , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , F. Finelli , K. George , J. Gracia-Carpio , S. Ilić , P. Liebing , C. Liu , G. Mainetti , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , P. W. Morris , C. Neissner , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , Z. Sakr , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , V. Allevato , E. Aubourg , M. Ballardini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , G. Calderone , G. Canas-Herrera , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , G. Castignani , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , Y. Charles , R. Chary , J. Colbert , S. Contarini , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , M. Costanzi , O. Cucciati , B. De Caro , S. de la Torre , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , H. Dole , S. Escoffier , P. G. Ferreira , I. Ferrero , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , S. Hosseini , M. Huertas-Company , O. Ilbert , J. Jacobson , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , F. Lacasa , V. Le Brun , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , G. Libet , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , R. B. Metcalf , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , S. Nadathur , L. Nicastro , Nicholas A. Walton , J. Odier , M. Oguri , V. Popa , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , P. -F. Rocci , R. P. Rollins , B. Rusholme , M. Sahlén , A. G. Sánchez , C. Scarlata , J. Schaye , J. A. Schewtschenko , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , M. Sereno , F. Shankar , A. Shulevski , G. Sikkema , A. Silvestri , P. Simon , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , N. Tessore , R. Teyssier , S. Toft , M. Tucci , J. Valiviita , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , J. R. Weaver , L. Zalesky , I. A. Zinchenko , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , C. L. Bennett , T. Bouvard , F. Caro , S. Conseil , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , T. Gasparetto , I. Kova{č}ić , S. Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , M. Radovich , E. Sarpa , E. Tommasi , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , M. E. Levi , J. Martín-Fleitas

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope -- I. Instrument Overview and in-Flight Performance

The Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) is the science module of the Canadian-built Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NIRISS has four observing modes: 1) broadband imaging…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 Rene Doyon , C. J Willott , John B. Hutchings , Anand Sivaramakrishnan , Loic Albert , David Lafreniere , Neil Rowlands , M. Begona Vila , Andre R. Martel , Stephanie LaMassa , David Aldridge , Etienne Artigau , Peter Cameron , Pierre Chayer , Neil J. Cook , Rachel A. Cooper , Antoine Darveau-Bernier , Jean Dupuis , Colin Earnshaw , Nestor Espinoza , Joseph C. Filippazzo , Alexander W. Fullerton , Daniel Gaudreau , Roman Gawlik , Paul Goudfrooij , Craig Haley , Jens Kammerer , David Kendall , Scott D. Lambros , Luminita Ilinca Ignat , Michael Maszkiewicz , Ashley McColgan , Takahiro Morishita , Nathalie N. -Q. Ouellette , Camilla Pacifici , Natasha Philippi , Michael Radica , Swara Ravindranath , Jason Rowe , Arpita Roy , Karl Saad , Sangmo Tony Sohn , Geert Jan Talens , Deepashri Thatte , Joanna M. Taylor , Thomas Vandal , Kevin Volk , Michel Wander , Gerald Warner , Sheng-Hai Zheng , Julia Zhou , Roberto Abraham , Mathilde Beaulieu , Bjorn Benneke , Laura Ferrarese , Doug Johnstone , Lisa Kaltenegger , Michael R. Meyer , Judy L. Pipher , Julien Rameau , Marcia Rieke , Salma Salhi , Marcin Sawicki

Keck Infrared Transient Survey I: Survey Description and Data Release 1

We present the Keck Infrared Transient Survey (KITS), a NASA Key Strategic Mission Support program to obtain near-infrared (NIR) spectra of astrophysical transients of all types, and its first data release, consisting of 105 NIR spectra of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-14 S. Tinyanont , R. J. Foley , K. Taggart , K. W. Davis , N. LeBaron , J. E. Andrews , M. J. Bustamante-Rosell , Y. Camacho-Neves , R. Chornock , D. A. Coulter , L. Galbany , S. W. Jha , C. D. Kilpatrick , L. A. Kwok , C. Larison , J. R. Pierel , M. R. Siebert , G. Aldering , K. Auchettl , J. S. Bloom , S. Dhawan , A. V. Filippenko , K. D. French , A. Gagliano , M. Grayling , W. V. Jacobson-Galán , D. O. Jones , X. Le Saux , P. Macias , K. S. Mandel , C. McCully , E. Padilla Gonzalez , A. Rest , C. Rojas-Bravo , M. F. Skrutskie , S. Thorp , Q. Wang , S. M. Ward

Surface relief grating near-eye display waveguide design

A near-eye display device (NED) is a visual optical system that places a miniature display in front of the human eye to provide an immersive viewing experience. NEDs have been playing an irreplaceable role in both early military flight…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-06 Haodong Wang , Donglin Ma

HIDE & SEEK: End-to-End Packages to Simulate and Process Radio Survey Data

As several large single-dish radio surveys begin operation within the coming decade, a wealth of radio data will become available and provide a new window to the Universe. In order to fully exploit the potential of these data sets, it is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-16 Joel Akeret , Sebastian Seehars , Chihway Chang , Christian Monstein , Adam Amara , Alexandre Refregier

Euclid Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer instrument flight model presentation, performance and ground calibration results summary

The NISP (Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer) is one of the two Euclid instruments. It operates in the near-IR spectral region (950-2020nm) as a photometer and spectrometer. The instrument is composed of: a cold (135 K)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-20 T. Maciaszek , A. Ealet , W. Gillard , K. Jahnke , R. Barbier , E. Prieto , W. Bon , A. Bonnefoi , A. Caillat , M. Carle , A. Costille , F. Ducret , C. Fabron , B. Foulon , J. L. Gimenez , E. Grassi , M. Jaquet , D. Le Mignant , L. Martin , T. Pamplona , P. Sanchez , J. C. Clémens , L. Caillat , M. Niclas , A. Secroun , B. Kubik , S. Ferriol , M. Berthe , J. C. Barrière , J. Fontigne , L. Valenziano , N. Auricchio , P. Battaglia , A. De Rosa , R. Farinelli , E. Franceschi , E. Medinaceli , G. Morgante , F. Sortino , M. Trifoglio , L. Corcione , V. Capobianco , S. Ligori , S. Dusini , E. Borsato , F. Dal Corso , F. Laudisio , C. Sirignano , L. Stanco , S. Ventura , L. Patrizii , T. Chiarusi , F. Fornari , F. Giacomini , A. Margiotta , N. Mauri , L. Pasqualini , G. Sirri , M. Spurio , M. Tenti , R. Travaglini , C. Bonoli , F. Bortoletto , A. Balestra , M. D'Alessandro , F. Grupp , D. Penka , J. Steinwagner , F. Hormuth , M. Schirmer , G. Seidel , C. Padilla , R. Casas , I. Lloro , R. Toledo-Moreo , J. Gomez , C. Colodro-Conde , D. Lizán , J. J. Diaz , P. B. Lilje , M. I. Andersen , J. Andersen , A. Sørensen , A. Hornstrup , N. C. Jessen , C. Thizy , W. Holmes , M. Pniel , M. Jhabvala , S. Pravdo , M. Seiffert , A. Waczynski , R. J. Laureijs , G. Racca , J. C. Salvignol , T. Boenke , P. Strada , Y. Mellier

An Instrument for Precision Controlled Radiation Exposures, Charged Beam Profile Measurement, and Real-time Fluence Monitoring Beyond $10^{16}$ n$_{\textrm{eq}}$/cm$^{2}$

An instrument has been developed for precision controlled exposures of electronic devices and material samples in particle beams. The instrument provides simultaneously a real time record of the profile of the beam and the fluence received.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-03 M. R. Hoeferkamp , J. S. T. Wickramasinghe , A. Grummer , I. Rajen , S. Seidel

Improvements to SHINS, the SHARK-NIR Instrument Software, during the AIT phase

In the context of SHARK-NIR (System for coronagraphy with High Order adaptive optics in Z and H band), we present the development of SHINS, the SHARK-NIR INstrument control Software, in particular focusing on the changes introduced during…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-15 Davide Ricci , Fulvio Laudisio , Marco De Pascale , Sona Shivaji Rao Chavan , Andrea Baruffolo

The NIRSpec Micro-Shutter Array: Operability and Operations After Two Years of JWST Science

The Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope affords the astronomical community an unprecedented space-based Multi-Object Spectroscopy (MOS) capability through the use of a programmable array of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-29 Katie Bechtold , Torsten Böker , David E. Franz , Maurice te Plate , Timothy D. Rawle , Rai Wu , Peter Zeidler

SDAI: a key piece of software to manage the new wideband backend at Robledo

A joint collaborative project was recently developed to provide the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex with a state-of-the-art wideband backend. This new backend provides from 100 MHz to 6 GHz of instantaneous bandwidth, and spectral…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. R. Rizzo , M. Gutiérrez Bustos , T. B. H. Kuiper , J. Cernicharo , I. Sotuela , A. Pedreira

SPAN: A cross-platform Python GUI software for optical and near-infrared spectral analysis

The increasing availability of high-quality optical and near-infrared spectroscopic data, as well as advances in modelling techniques, have greatly expanded the scientific potential of spectroscopic studies. However, the software tools…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-23 Daniele Gasparri , Lorenzo Morelli , Umberto Battino , Jairo Méndez Abreu , Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres