J-PAS (Javalambre-PAU Astrophysical Survey) is a Spanish-Brazilian collaboration to conduct an innovative photometric survey of more than 8000 square degrees of...
Design of the observation queue scheduler for WEAVE on the WHT
The Observation Queue Scheduler (OQS) for WEAVE is described in this paper, with particular emphasis on the scheduling algorithm. WEAVE is the new 2-deg field...
Design of the opto-mechanical mounts of the ESPRESSO spectograph
ESPRESSO is the next generation European exoplanet hunter, combining the efficiency of a modern echelle spectrograph with extreme radial velocity and...
Design of the primary mirror segment support system for the E-ELT
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is a 42-m class optical telescope with a segmented primary mirror composed of 984 segments which is currently...
Design, fabrication, and testing of aluminum mirrors for the cold optics of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) infrared camera
The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias infrared camera is intended as a common user instrument for the Cassegrain focus of the Carlos Sanchez Telescope at the...
Design-considerations For A Ground-based Transit Survey To Find Habitable Planets Around L And T Dwarfs
Detection of planets in the habitable zone is one of the key drivers of the exoplanet science community. We present a detailed strategy for such detection...
Detailed Bayesian Analysis of the CoRoT-7 Lightcurve
With a mass of 7.4 Earth masses and radius of 1.6 Earth radii, CoRoT-7b is among the smallest transiting planets found to date. Due to its small size, the...
Detailed chemical abundances of solar analogs with and without planets: no terrestial planet connection
We present the detailed chemical abundance patterns of 95 solar analogs, 24 hosting planets and 71 without detected planets, using very high-quality HARPS and...