Astrophysical: Instrumentation

  • Publication
    ATREIDES: I. Embarking on a trek across the exo-Neptunian landscape with the TOI-421 system
    The distribution of close-in exoplanets is shaped by a complex interplay between atmospheric and dynamical processes. The Desert, Ridge, and Savanna...
  • Publication
    Balloon-Borne Submillimeter Polarimetry of the Vela C Molecular Cloud: Systematic Dependence of Polarization Fraction on Column Density and Local Polarization-Angle Dispersion
    We present results for Vela C obtained during the 2012 flight of the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry. We mapped polarized...
  • Publication
    Benchmark stars, benchmark spectrographs. Detailed spectroscopic comparison of ESPRESSO, PEPSI, and HARPS data for Gaia benchmark stars
    Context. Gaia benchmark stars are selected to be calibration stars for different spectroscopic surveys. Very high-quality and homogeneous spectroscopic data for...
  • Publication
    Building galaxies, stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars. The science behind the European Ultraviolet-Visible Observatory
    This contribution gathers the contents of the white paper submitted by the UV community to the Call issued by the European Space Agency in March 2013, for the...
  • Publication
    CASPER: A mission to study the time-dependent evolution of the magnetic solar chromosphere and transition regions
    Our knowledge about the solar chromosphere and transition region (TR) has increased in the last decade thanks to the huge scientific return of space-borne...
  • Publication
    CCD Camera Systems for the GTC
    The construction of the GTC (Gran Telescopio Canarias) on La Palma, Canary Islands, is well under way with first light planned for October 2003. All subsystems...
  • Publication
    CCDs and CCD controllers for the GTC Day One
    The need of the GTC for acquisition cameras, wavefront sensors and scientific instrumentation operating in the optical wavelength range has led to the...
  • Publication
    Characterization of telescope polarization properties across the visible and near-infrared spectrum. Case study: the Dunn Solar Telescope
    Accurate astrophysical polarimetry requires a proper characterization of the polarization properties of the telescope and instrumentation employed to obtain the...
  • Publication
    Characterization of the K2-38 planetary system. Unraveling one of the densest planets known to date
    Context. An accurate characterization of the known exoplanet population is key to understanding the origin and evolution of planetary systems. Determining true...