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The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a pathfinder instrument devoted to millimetric astronomy. In 2009 it was the first multiplexed KID camera on the sky; currently it is installed at the focal plane of the IRAM 30-meters telescope at Pico…

The Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) is currently the only sky survey providing optical ($ugri$) plus near-infrared (NIR, $ZYHJK_S$) seeing matched photometry over an area larger than 1000 $\rm deg^2$. This is obtained by incorporating the NIR…

We present the methodology for a joint cosmological analysis of weak gravitational lensing from the fourth data release of the ESO Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS-1000) and galaxy clustering from the partially overlapping BOSS and 2dFLenS surveys.…

There are several new projects to survey the sky with millimetre eyes, the biggest being Simons Observatory and CMB-S4, in the Southern Hemisphere. The NIKA2 collaboration has acquired sufficient knowledge to build a large focal plane KID…

In recent years Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) have emerged as one of the most promising novel low temperature detector technologies. Their unrivaled scalability makes them very attractive for many modern applications and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-17 Gerhard Ulbricht , Mario De Lucia , Eoin Baldwin

We present cosmological parameter constraints from a joint analysis of three cosmological probes: the tomographic cosmic shear signal in $\sim$450 deg$^2$ of data from the Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS), the galaxy-matter cross-correlation…

The Space Interferometry Mission PlanetQuest Light (or SIM-Lite) is a new concept for a space borne astrometric instrument, to be located in a solar Earth-trailing orbit. SIM-Lite utilizes technology developed over the past ten years for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Goullioud , J. H. Catanzarite , F. G. Dekens , M. Shao , J. C. Marr

In a previous paper we described a method of estimating the single-measurement bias to be expected in astrometric observations of targets in crowded fields with the future Space Interferometry Mission (SIM). That study was based on a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Sridharan , Ronald J. Allen

Robust and accurate pose estimation of a robotic platform, so-called sensor-based odometry, is an essential part of many robotic applications. While many sensor odometry systems made progress by adding more complexity to the ego-motion…

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is a cryogenically cooled 1.8-m space telescope designed to address fundamental questions about the evolution of galactic ecosystems, the origins of planetary atmospheres, and the…

The Infra-Red Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is one of the three first light instruments for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and is the only one to directly sample the diffraction limit. The instrument consists of a parallel imager and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Anna M. Moore , Brian J. Bauman , Elizabeth J. Barton , David Crampton , Alex Delacroix , James E. Larkin , Luc Simard , Ryuji Suzuki , Shelley A. Wright

We perform a combined analysis of cosmic shear tomography, galaxy-galaxy lensing tomography, and redshift-space multipole power spectra (monopole and quadrupole) using 450 deg$^2$ of imaging data by the Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) overlapping…

IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph) is a first light near-infrared diffraction limited imager and integral field spectrograph being designed for the future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). IRIS is optimized to perform astronomical studies…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revolutionizing our view of the Universe through unprecedented sensitivity and resolution in the infrared, with some of the largest gains realized at its longest wavelengths. We present the…

We present a tomographic weak lensing analysis of the Kilo Degree Survey Data Release 4 (KiDS-1000), using a new pseudo angular power spectrum estimator (pseudo-$C_{\ell}$) under development for the ESA Euclid mission. Over 21 million…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 A. Loureiro , L. Whittaker , A. Spurio Mancini , B. Joachimi , A. Cuceu , M. Asgari , B. Stölzner , T. Tröster , A. H. Wright , M. Bilicki , A. Dvornik , B. Giblin , C. Heymans , H. Hildebrandt , H. Shan , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , B. Garilli , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , K. Jahnke , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , K. Kuijken , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , F. Marulli , R. Massey , M. Meneghetti , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , B. Morin , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , S. M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. Popa , F. Raison , J. Rhodes , H. Rix , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. L. Starck , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , E. A. Valentijn , Y. Wang , N. Welikala , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , S. Andreon , M. Baldi , S. Camera , R. Farinelli , G. Polenta , N. Tessore

The INTEGRAL satellite is an observatory-class gamma-ray telescope due for launch in early 2002. It comprises two main instruments, one optimised for imaging (IBIS) and the other for spectroscopy (SPI). The PICsIT telescope is the high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. B. Stephen , L. Foschini

In the two decades since the first extra-solar planet was discovered, the detection and characterization of extra-solar planets has become one of the key endeavors in all of modern science. Recently direct detection techniques such as…

The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) is the first of a new generation of hemispheric imaging projects to extend the work of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) by reaching three magnitudes deeper in YJHK imaging, to K=18.2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kuenley Chiu , Gordon T. Richards , Paul C. Hewett , Natasha Maddox

We present the successful measurement of the squared visibility of Sirius at a telescope separation of 3.3 m using small 0.25 m Newtonian-style telescopes in an urban backyard setting. The primary science goal for small-scale intensity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-20 Thomas J. Mozdzen , Richard M. Scott , Ricardo R. Rodriguez , Philip D. Mauskopf

We present the first "clipped" cosmic shear measurement using data from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS-450). "Clipping" transformations suppress the signal from the highest density, non-linear regions of cosmological fields. We demonstrate…