Dr. Rosario Cosentino Profile

Dr. Rosario Cosentino

Staff Astronomer at Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF

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Publications (92)

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

On-board control procedures for the PLATO space mission

Simone Chiarucci, Mauro Focardi, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Rosario Cosentino, Giovanni Giusi, Andrea Russi, Scige John Liu, Marina Vela Nunez, Vladimiro Noce, Pierpaolo Merola

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309246 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018675

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Control systems, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The PLATO ICU data compression chain: SW architecture and preliminary performance test results

Andrea Russi, Giovanni Giusi, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Dominik Loidolt, Harald Ottacher, Simone Chiarucci, Scige Liu, Maria Farina, Fabrizio De Angelis, Mauro Focardi, Rosario Cosentino, Roland Ottensamer

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309248 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020165

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Image compression, Data processing, Data compression, Cameras, Satellites, Data acquisition, Algorithm development, Satellite communications, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Advancements and evolution of PLATO's instrument control unit: insights from engineering model performance testing to qualification model development

Rosario Cosentino, Mauro Focardi, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Simone Chiarucci, Fabrizio De Angelis, Carlo Del Vecchio Blanco, Devitt Dini, Maria Farina, Giuseppe Giglio, Giovanni Giusi, Harald Jeszenszky, Gunter Laky, Scige John Liu, Dominik Loidolt, Armin Luntzer, Vladimiro Noce, Harald Ottacher, Roland Ottensamer, Alessio Pannocchia, Marco Passerai, Andrea Russi, Luca Serafini, Jorge Tonfat, Luca Toscano, Marina Vela Nuñez, Marco Verna

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309247 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019909

KEYWORDS: Performance modeling, Instrument modeling, Equipment, Engineering, Space operations, Image compression, Electromagnetism, Data processing, Vacuum, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The planetary transit and oscillations (PLATO) mission status: flight model build and initial ground testing

Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Thomas Walloschek, Ana Heras, José Aroca, Tobias Boenke, Fabrice Boquet, Claudio Casagrande, Emanuelle De Biasi, Atul Deep, Andrea Galbiati, Edoardo Giana, Duncan Goulty, Ian Harrison, Nadia Hidalgo Torres, Joseph Huesler, Thomas Kanitz, Arnoud Jan Keereman, Matej Koubek, Philipp Laget, Isabelle Luthold, Sean Madden, Francesca Molendini, Sami Matias Niemi, Juan Pablo Rodríguez García, Theo Ridder, Hans Rozemeijer, Daniele Teti, Amadou Whitaker, James Windsor, Alistair Winton, Steve Foley, David Milligan, Laurence O'Rourke, Isabella Pagano, Gianalfredo Nicolini, Rosario Cosentino, Heike Rauer, Juan Cabrera, Martin Pertenais, Anders Erikson, Gisbert Peter, Philipp Eigmüller, Jose Miguel Mas-Hesse, Andrea Sacchetti, Pablo Jorba Coloma, Bart Vandenbussche, Ana Balado, Thomas Kennedy, Philippe Plasson, Aline Hermans, Julio Rodríguez, Rosario Sanz, Ana Di Giorgio, Gonzalo Ramos Zapata, Cydalise Dumesnilr, Lorenza Ferrari

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309215 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020491

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Space operations, Stars, Design, Data processing, Control systems, Planets, Scanning tunneling microscopy, Satellites, X band, Exoplanets, Astronomical telescopes, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

End-to-end simulation framework for astronomical spectrographs: SOXS, CUBES, and ANDES

A. Scaudo, M. Genoni, G. Li Causi, L. Cabona, M. Landoni, S. Campana, P. Schipani, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Munari, K. Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, F. Battaini, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, L. Marty, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura, G. Cupani, M. Porru, M. Franchini, R. Cirami, G. Calderone, S. Covino, R. Smiljanic, M. Monteiro, A. Balestra, R. Sordo, E. Mason, S. Rousseau, I. de Castro Leão, A. Zanutta, A. de Meideros Martins, D. Sosnowska, T. Marquart, I. Boisse, S. Sousa, J. Hernandez, N. Piskunov, J. Puschnig, N. Sanna, B. Martins, P. Di Marcantonio, A. Marconi

Proceedings Volume 13099, 1309905 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019941

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Spectrographs, Device simulation, Lamps, Astronomy, Point spread functions, Design, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

SOXS system engineering from design to installation: challenges and results

Riccardo Claudi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Federico Battaini, Simone Di Filippo, Lorenzo Cabona, Sergio Campana, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Laura Asquini, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben Ami, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Giulio Capasso, Mirko Colapietro, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Sergio D'Orsi, Matteo Genoni, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakty, Marco Landoni, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Eugenio Martinetti, Antonio Miccichè, Matteo Munari, Gaetano Nicotra, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Adam Rubin, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvo Scuderi, Stephen Smartt, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Jani Achrén, Iair Arcavi, Enrico Capellaro, Massimo Della Valle, Avishay Gal-Yam, Seppo Matila, Marco Riva

Proceedings Volume 13099, 130991N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020030

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Near infrared, Systems engineering, Calibration, Sensors, Observatories, Design, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper

The SOXS instrument control software approaching the PAE

Davide Ricci, Bernardo Salasnich, Andrea Baruffolo, Jani Achrén, Matteo Aliverti, José A. Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Laura Asquini, Federico Battaini, Sagi Ben-Ami, Alex Bichkovsky, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Lorenzo Cabona, Sergio Campana, Giulio Capasso, Enrico Cappellaro, Riccardo Claudi, Mirko Colapietro, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Sergio D'Orsi, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Simone Di Filippo, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez Díaz, Ofir Hershko, Jari Kotilainen, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Matteo Munari, Luca Oggioni, Hector Pérez Ventura, Giorgio Pariani, Giuliano Pignata, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Stephen Smartt, Michael Rappaport, Marco Riva, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Salvatore Scuderi, Maximilian Stritzinger, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131012G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018278

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Control software, Astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Software development, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Automation of the full functional tests by execution of the regression verification of the main functionalities of the boot software (BSW) of the PLATO payload

M. Vela Nuñez, A. Pannocchia, M. Focardi, C. del Vecchio Blanco, V. Noce, S. Chiarucci, A. Russi, G. Giusi, A. M. Di Giorgio, R. Cosentino

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131012Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018407

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Technetium, Diagnostics, Control systems, Automation, Data communications, Thulium, Telecommunications, Design, Virtual reality

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Automated scheduler for the SOXS instrument: design and performance

Laura Asquini, Marco Landoni, Dave Young, Laurent Marty, Stephen Smartt, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Jani Achrén, Matteo Aliverti, José A. Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Federico Battaini, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Andrea Bianco, Alex Bichkovsky, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Giulio Capasso, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Massimo Della Valle, Sergio D'Orsi, Rosario Di Benedetto, Simone Di Filippo, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Ofir Hershko, Jari Kotilainen, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Matteo Munari, Giorgio Pariani, Hector Pérez Ventura, Giuliano Pignata, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Adam Rubin, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Maximilian Stritzinger, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131012F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018271

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Telescopes, Astronomy, Databases, Lanthanum, Detection and tracking algorithms, Design, Tunable filters, Observatories, Adverse weather

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We present the advancements in the development of the scheduler for the Son Of X-shooter (SOXS, 1,2) instrument at the ESO-NTT 3.58-m telescope in La Silla, Chile. SOXS is designed as a single-object spectroscopic facility and features a high-efficiency spectrograph with two arms covering the spectral range of 350-2000 nm and a mean resolving power of approximately R=4500. Its primary purpose is to conduct UV-visible and near-infrared follow-up observations of astrophysical transients, drawing from a broad pool of targets accessible through the streaming services of wide-field telescopes, both current and future, as well as high-energy satellites. The instrument is set to cater to various scientific objectives within the astrophysical community, each entailing specific requirements for observation planning, a challenge that the observing scheduler must address. A notable feature of SOXS is that it will operate at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in La Silla, without the presence of astronomers on the mountain. This poses a unique challenge for the scheduling process, demanding a fully automated algorithm that is autonomously interacting with the appropriate databases and the La Silla Weather API, and is capable of presenting the operator not only with an ordered list of optimal targets (in terms of observing constraints) but also with optimal backups in the event of changing weather conditions. This requirement imposes the necessity for a scheduler with rapid-response capabilities without compromising the optimization process, ensuring the high quality of observations and best use of the time at the telescope. We thus developed a new highly available and scalable architecture, implementing API Restful applications like Docker Containers, API Gateway, and Python-based Flask frameworks. We provide an overview of the current state of the scheduler, which is now ready for the approaching on-site testing during Commissioning phase, along with insights into its web interface and preliminary performance tests.

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

SOXS NIR: optomechanical integration and alignment, optical performance verification before full instrument assembly

M. Genoni, M. Aliverti, G. Pariani, L. Oggioni, F. Vitali, F. D' Alessio, P. D' Avanzo, S. Campana, M. Munari, R. Zanmar Sanchez, A. Scaudo, M. Landoni, D. Young, S. Scuderi, P. Schipani, M. Riva, R. Claudi, K. Radhakrishnan, F. Battaini, A. Rubin, A. Baruffolo, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, G. Pignata, S. Ben-Ami, A. Brucalassi, J. Achren, J. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, L. Asquini, R. Bruch, E. Capellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez Díaz, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, L. Marty, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130962T (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019253

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Spectrographs, Sensors, Cameras, Image quality, Equipment, Optical fabrication, Spectral resolution, Prisms, Optical alignment

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Final alignment and image quality test for the acquisition and guiding system of SOXS

José Araiza-Durán, Giuliano Pignata, Anna Brucalassi, Matteo Aliverti, Federico Battaini, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Simone Di Filippo, Luigi Lessio, Riccardo Claudi, Davide Ricci, Mirko Colapietro, Rosario Cosentino, Sergio D'Orsi, Matteo Munari, Marco Dima, Pietro Schipani, Sergio Campana, Andrea Baruffolo, Ricardo Zanmar Sánchez, Marco Riva, Matteo Genoni, Sagi Ben-Ami, Adam Rubin, Rachel Bruch, Giulio Capasso, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, Iair Arcavi, Enrico Cappellaro, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Avishay Gal-Yam, Marcos Hernandez Diaz, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Perez Ventura, Laura Asquini, Alex Bichkovsky, Salvatore Savarese, Lorenzo Cabona

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309672 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019190

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Distortion, Tolerancing, Image quality, Monte Carlo methods, Image filtering, Optical filters, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

The integration of the SOXS control electronics towards the PAE

M. Colapietro, S. D'Orsi, G. Capasso, S. Savarese, P. Schipani, L. Marty, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Aliverti, F. Battaini, S. Di Filippo, K. Radhakrishnan, D. Ricci, B. Salasnich, S. Campana, R. Claudi, J. Araiza-Durán, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, A. Bichkovsky, A. Brucalassi, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, R. Di Benedetto, M. Genoni, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, L. Lessio, E. Martinetti, A. Miccichè, G. Nicotra, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, I. Arcavi, L. Asquini, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez Díaz, J. Kotilainen, M. Landoni, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, M. Munari, H. Pérez Ventura, M. Rappaport, M. Riva, S. Smartt, M. Stritzinger, D. Young

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130962W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018619

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Equipment, Observational astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

The status of the NIR arm of the SOXS Instrument toward the PAE

Fabrizio Vitali, Matteo Genoni, Matteo Aliverti, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Federico Battaini, Paolo D'Avanzo, Francesco D'Alessio, Giorgio Pariani, Luca Oggioni, Salvatore Scuderi, Davide Ricci, Eugenio Martinetti, Antonio Miccichè, Gaetano Nicotra, Mirko Colapietro, Sergio D'Orsi, Matteo Munari, Luigi Lessio, Simone Di Filippo, Andrea Scaudo, Giancarlo Bellassai, Rosario Di Benedetto, Giovanni Occhipinti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Accardo, Leander Mehrgan, Derek Ives, Carlotta Scirè, Sergio Campana, Pietro Schipani, Riccardo Claudi, Giulio Capasso, Marco Riva, Ricardo Zanmar Sánchez, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Rosario Cosentino, Marco De Pascale, Massimo Della Valle, Avishay Gal-Yam, Marcos Hernandez Diaz, Ofir Hershko, Jari Kotilainen, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Hector Pérez Ventura, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Adam Rubin, Bernardo Salasnich, Steven Smartt, Maximilian Stritzinger, David Young

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130962V (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017072

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Equipment, Spectrographs, Cryostats, Sensors, Observational astronomy, Observatories, Telescopes, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Walking with SOXS towards the transient sky

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, G. Capasso, M. Colapietro, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, M. Genoni, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, D. Ricci, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, M. Accardo, J. Achrén, J. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, L. Asquini, F. Battaini, A. Bichkovsky, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, L. Cabona, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, S. Di Filippo, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez, D. Ives, H.-U. Kaeufl, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, L. Lessio, L. Marty, S. Mattila, L. Mehrgan, L. Pasquini, E. Pompei, M. Rappaport, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Savarese, I. Saviane, M. Schöller, A. Silber, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, A. Sulich, H. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961T (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019809

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Equipment, Telescopes, Observatories, Near infrared, Spectral resolution, Cameras, Astronomy, Lamps, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Characterisation and assessment of the SOXS Spectrograph UV-VIS detector system

Rosario Cosentino, Marcos Hernandez, Hector Ventura, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Laura Asquini, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Battaini, Sagi Ben-Ami, Alex Bichkovsky, Giulio Capasso, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Simone Di Filippo, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Matteo Accardo, Leander Mehrgan, Derek Ives

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130962U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019853

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, CCD image sensors, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Astronomy, Observational astronomy, Human-machine interfaces, Sensors, Quantum reading, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

What is your favorite transient event? SOXS is almost ready to observe!

Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Simone Di Filippo, Silvio Di Rosa, Lorenzo Cabona, Riccardo Claudi, Luigi Lessio, Marco Dima, David Young, Marco Landoni, Mirko Colapietro, Sergio D'Orsi, Matteo Aliverti, Matteo Genoni, Matteo Munari, Ricardo Zanmar Sánchez, Fabrizio Vitali, Davide Ricci, Pietro Schipani, Sergio Campana, Jani Achrén, José Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Alex Bichkovsky, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Giulio Capasso, Enrico Cappellaro, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Avishay Gal-Yam, Marcos Hernandez Diaz, Ofir Hershko, Jari Kotilainen, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Eugenio Martinetti, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Antonio Miccichè, Gaetano Nicotra, Luca Oggioni, Hector Perez Ventura, Giorgio Pariani, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Marco Riva, Adam Rubin, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Salvatore Scuderi, Steven Smartt, Maximilian Stritzinger

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309673 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019020

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The vacuum and cryogenics system of the SOXS spectrograph

S. Scuderi, G. Bellassai, R. Di Benedetto, E. Martinetti, A. Micciché, G. Nicotra, G. Occhipinti, C. Sciré, M. Aliverti, M. Genoni, F. Vitali, S. Campana, R. Claudi, P. Schipani, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, A. Rubin, D. Young, J. Achren, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, F. Battaini, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez Díaz, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, L. Marty, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Pérez Ventura

Proceedings Volume 12188, 1218844 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629378

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Near infrared, Spectrographs, Control systems, Optical benches, Charge-coupled devices, Head, Resistors, Cryogenics, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The quality check system architecture for Son-Of-X-Shooter SOXS

Marco Landoni, Laurent Marty, Dave Young, Laura Asquini, Stephen Smartt, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Federico Battaini, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Andrea Bianco, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Matteo Genoni, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrén, José Araiza-Duran Anotonio, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Marcos Hernandez-Diaz, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Luca Oggioni, Giorgio Pariani, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salsanich, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630049

KEYWORDS: Databases, Quality systems, Calibration, Observatories, Lanthanum, Telescopes, Spectrographs, New and emerging technologies, Data storage, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Dynamic scheduling for SOXS instrument: environment, algorithms and development

Laura Asquini, Marco Landoni, Dave Young, Laurent Marty, Stephen J. Smartt, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Federico Battaini, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Andrea Bianco, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo d'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Scuderi Salvatore, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrèn, Josè Araiza-Duràn, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez Díaz, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Giorgio Pariani, Micheal Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890A (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628890

KEYWORDS: Databases, Detection and tracking algorithms, Algorithm development, Telescopes, Visualization, Lanthanum, Interfaces, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The Son-Of-X-Shooter (SOXS) data-reduction pipeline

David R. Young, Marco Landoni, Stephen J. Smartt, Sergio Campana, Paolo D'Avanzo, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Federico Battaini, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Pérez Ventura

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121891I (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629282

KEYWORDS: Data conversion, Near infrared, Data archive systems, Calibration, Spectrographs, Cameras, Sensors, Telescopes, Observatories, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The integration and alignment phase for the acquisition and guiding system of SOXS

José Araiza-Durán, Giuliano Pignata, Anna Brucalassi, Federico Battaini, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Riccardo Claudi, Sergio Campana, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, Iair Arcavi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez Díaz, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Pérez Ventura

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218483 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630001

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Optical system integration, Optomechanical design, Monte Carlo methods, Cameras, Mirrors, Optical filters, Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Sensors, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Progress on the SOXS NIR spectrograph AIT

Fabrizio Vitali, Matteo Aliverti, Francesco D'Alessio, Matteo Genoni, Salvatore Scuderi, Matteo Munari, Luca Oggioni, Andrea Scaudo, Giorgio Pariani, Giancarlo Bellassai, Rosario Di Benedetto, Eugenio Martinetti, Antonio Miccichè, Gaetano Nicotra, Giovanni Occhipinti, Sergio Campana, Pietro Schipani, Riccardo Claudi, Giulio Capasso, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, R. Z. Sanchez, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Battaini, Sagi Ben-Ami, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Rosario Cosentino, Paolo D'Avanzo, Sergio D'Orsi, Massimo Della Valle, Avishay Gal-Yam, Marcos Hernandez Díaz, Ofir Hershko, Jari Kotilainen, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Hector Pérez Ventura, Giuliano Pignata, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Michael Rappaport, Adam Rubin, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Maximilian Stritzinger, David Young

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121847Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629783

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Spectrographs, Sensors, Observatories, Cryogenics, Control systems, Optomechanical design, Neon, Multiplexers, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Progress on the SOXS transients chaser for the ESO-NTT

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, F. Battaini, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez Díaz, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, L. Lessio, L. Marty, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Savarese, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, G. Umbriaco, H. Pérez Ventura, L. Pasquini, M. Schöller, H.-U. Kaüfl, M. Accardo, L. Mehrgan, E. Pompei, I. Saviane

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840O (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628329

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Cameras, Near infrared, Control systems, Calibration, Sensors, Astronomy, Observatories, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The internal alignment and validation of a powered ADC for SOXS

F. Battaini, K. Radhakrishnan, R. Claudi, M. Munari, R. Z. Sánchez, M. Aliverti, M. Colapietro, D. Ricci, L. Lessio, M. Dima, S. Di Filippo, F. Biondi, S. Campana, P. Schipani, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, L. Marty, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218480 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629848

KEYWORDS: Optics manufacturing, Optical alignment, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Point spread functions, Tolerancing, Optical simulations, Observatories, Near infrared

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

From assembly to the complete integration and verification of the SOXS common path

Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Riccardo Claudi, Alessandra Slemer, F. Biondi, M. Munari, R. Z. Sanchez, M. Aliverti, L. Oggioni, M. Colapietro, D. Ricci, L. Lessio, M. Dima, L. Marafatto, S. Campana, P. Schipani, S. D'Orsi, B. Salasnich, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Anna Brucalassi, R. Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, R. Di Benedetto, A. Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, Michael Rappaport, M. Riva, S. Smartt, M. Stritzinger, H. Venturae

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218482 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629962

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Point spread functions, Near infrared, CMOS sensors, Telescopes, Optomechanical components, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Laboratory test of the VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT Telescope

Rosario Cosentino, Marcos Hernandez, Hector Ventura, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Laurent Marty, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Alessandra Slemer, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121845I (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628246

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, CCD image sensors, Spectrographs, CCD cameras, Control systems, Telescopes, Quantum efficiency, Interference (communication), Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Paper

SOXS mechanical integration and verification in Italy

M. Aliverti, F. Battaini, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Genoni, G. Pariani, L. Oggioni, O. Hershko, M. Colapietro, S. D'Orsi, A. Brucalassi, G. Pignata, H. Kuncarayakti, S. Campana, R. Claudi, P. Schipani, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza Durán, I. Arcavi, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, R. Bruch, G. Capasso, E. Cappellaro, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez Díaz, J. Kotilainen, M. Landoni, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, M. Munari, M. Rappaport, K. E. M. A. Redaelli, D. Ricci, M. Riva, A. Rubin, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Scuderi, M. Stritzinger, H. Pérez Ventura, F. Vitali, D. Young

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218481 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629959

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Mirrors, Near infrared, Optical alignment, Manufacturing, Kinematics, Calibration, Optical components, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

SOXS AIT: a paradigm for system engineering of a medium class telescope instrument

Riccardo Claudi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Federico Battaini, Sergio Campana, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Anna Brucalassi, Giulio Capasso, Mirko Colapietro, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Matteo Genoni, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Stephen Smartt, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Jani Achrén, Iair Arcavi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Massimo Della Valle, Avishay Gal-Yam, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Seppo Mattila, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Maximilian Stritzinger

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218484 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630116

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Sensors, Near infrared, Calibration, Lanthanum, Systems engineering, Safety, Optical instrument design, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

PLATO payload, big data PUS packets classifier and astronomical digital imagette data decompression

M. Vela Nuñez, E. Galli, D. Loidolt, C. Ziemke, A. Pannocchia, V. Noce, C. del Vecchio Blanco, M. Focardi, R. Cosentino

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121804O (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628230

KEYWORDS: Image compression, Stars, CCD cameras, Thulium, Cameras, Space operations, Planets, Image transmission, Image processing, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

PLATO: the status of the instrument control unit following its critical design review

Rosario Cosentino, Mauro Focardi, Emanuele Galli, Manfred Steller, Carlo Del Vecchio Blanco, Stefano Pezzuto, Giovanni Giusi, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, David Biondi, Harald Jeszenszky, Harald Ottacher, Gunter Laky, Luca Serafini, Dominik Loidolt, Roland Ottensamer, Andrea Russi, Marina Vela Nuñez, Armin Luntzer, Franz Kerschbaum

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121801B (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628548

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Field programmable gate arrays, Double positive medium, Space operations, Stars, Thermal modeling, Image compression, Interfaces, Control systems, Data processing

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PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is the third medium-class mission (M3), selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2014 and adopted in 2017 for the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 scientific program. The launch is scheduled in 2026 from the French Guiana (Kourou) for a nominal in-orbit lifetime of 4 years plus up to 4 years of possible extension. The main purpose of the mission is the discovery and preliminary characterization of many different types of exoplanets down to rocky terrestrial planets orbiting around bright solar-type stars. The PLATO spacecraft will operate from a halo orbit around L2 (the Sun-Earth 2nd Lagrangian Point), a virtual point in space, 1.5 million km beyond Earth as seen from the Sun and its Payload will consist of 26 small telescopes (24 normal and 2 fast), pointing at the same target stars, that provide images every 25 seconds with the normal camera and every 2.5 seconds for the two fast cameras, operating in a close loop with the AOCS (S/C Attitude and Orbit Control System). Each camera (consisting of a telescope, the Focal Plane Assembly and its Front-End Electronics) will host four CCDs producing 20.3 megapixels images adding up to 81.4 megapixels per normal camera and 2.11 gigapixels for the overall Payload (P/L). This huge amount of data cannot be transmitted to the ground and need to be processed on-board by the P/L Data Processing System (DPS) made up of various processing electronic units. The DPS of the PLATO instrument comprises the Normal and Fast DPUs (Data Processing Units) and a single ICU (Instrument Control Unit), in charge of HW and SW lossless data compression and managing the P/L through a SpaceWire (SpW) network. In this paper we will review the status of the Instrument Control Unit (ICU) after its Critical Design Review (CDR) process, performed by ESA and PMC (PLATO Mission Consortium), the results of the performance test preliminary run on the Engineering Model (EM), waiting for the following Engineering and Qualification Model (EQM) and Proto-Flight Model (PFM), and the status of the early models development (Engineering Models 1 and 2, Mass and Thermal Dummy - MTD) that, along with the Boot SW (BSW) burning in PROM readiness, will enable the EQM manufacturing.

Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Paper

The PLATO instrument control unit software: a model based SW architecture

Emanuele Galli, Giovanni Giusi, Andrea Russi, Fabrizio De Angelis, Maria Farina, Scige Liu, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Stefano Pezzuto, Mauro Focardi, Marina Vela Nuñez, Rosario Cosentino

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121804P (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630056

KEYWORDS: Instrument modeling, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Progress on the simulation tools for the SOXS spectrograph: exposure time calculator and end-to-end simulator

M. Genoni, A. Scaudo, G. Li Causi, L. Cabona, M. Landoni, S. Campana, P. Schipani, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Munari, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, F. Battaini, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, L. Marty, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 12187, 121870C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628863

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Near infrared, Calibration, Spectrographs, Lamps, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Signal to noise ratio, Optical simulations, Modeling and simulation

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Proceedings Article | 28 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Manufacturing, integration, and mechanical verification of SOXS

Matteo Aliverti, Luca Oggioni, Matteo Genoni, Giorgio Pariani, Ofir Hershko, Anna Brucalassi, Giuliano Pignata, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Matteo Munari, Sergio Campana, Pietro Schipani, Riccardo Claudi, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Marco Landoni, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Iair Arcavi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Edoardo Maria Alberto Redaelli, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114476O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563883

KEYWORDS: Manufacturing, Spectrographs, Interfaces, Lanthanum, Near infrared, Cameras, Spectral calibration, Calibration, Finite element methods

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Proceedings Article | 18 December 2020 Poster + Paper

SOXS: effects on optical performances due to gravity flexures, temperature variations, and subsystems alignment

Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Matteo Aliverti, Matteo Munari, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114475F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561576

KEYWORDS: Optical alignment, Spectrographs, Image quality, Thermography, New and emerging technologies, Telescopes, Lanthanum, Temperature metrology, Thermal effects, Near infrared

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Development status of the UV-VIS detector system of SOXS for the ESO-NTT telescope

Rosario Cosentino, Marcos Hernandez, Hector Ventura, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Matteo Accardo, Leander Mehrgan, Derek Ives, Josh Hopgood

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114476C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561147

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Detector development, CCD image sensors, Near infrared, Cameras, Imaging systems, Charge-coupled devices, Near infrared spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2020 Poster + Paper

The instrument control unit of the PLATO payload: design consolidation following the preliminary design review by ESA

Rosario Cosentino, Mauro Focardi, Stefano Pezzuto, Giovanni Giusi, Emanuele Galli, Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Scige Liu, Alessio Traficante, David Biondi, Johan Hasiba, Karl Hofmann, Harald Jeszenszky, Gunter Laky, Harald Ottacher, Michael Steinberger, Manfred Steller, Jorge Tonfat, Robert Wallner, Sonja Neukirchner, Mario Leichtfried, Carlo Del Vecchio Blanco, Luca Serafini, Devitt Dini, Luca Pilato, Luca Toscano, Valfredo Zolesi, Manuel Guedel, Franz Kerschbaum, Roland Ottensamer, Armin Luntzer, Dominik Loidolt

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114434V (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562003

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Stars, Double positive medium, Instrument modeling, Telescopes, Data processing, Space operations, Exoplanets, Planets, Target detection

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Design and validation of the boot software for the instrument control unit of the PLATO mission

S. Baldacci, F. Granata, L. Serafini, A. Pannocchia, M. Azzali, C. Del Vecchio Blanco, V. Zolesi, M. Focardi, R. Cosentino, G. Giusi, E. Galli, S. Pezzuto

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114434X (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562209

KEYWORDS: Stars, Space operations, Neodymium, Planetary systems, Telescopes, Sun, Exoplanets, Data processing, Double positive medium, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

A combined software and hardware data compression approach in PLATO

Dominik Loidolt, Roland Ottensamer, Armin Luntzer, Franz Kerschbaum, Harald Ottacher, Jorge Tonfat, Manfred Steller, Stefano Pezzuto, Mauro Focardi, Rosario Cosentino

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114434S (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561137

KEYWORDS: Data compression, Field programmable gate arrays, Computer programming, Space operations, Cameras, Sensors, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Data processing, Target detection

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PLATO is ESA's upcoming exoplanet-hunting mission. The spacecraft has 26 cameras equipped with a total of 104 individual CCDs, which together provide more than 2,000 megapixels, giving a combined optical sensitivity surface of 0.66m². This is more than twice as much detector area than on ESA's Gaia mission, the largest camera ever flown in space. To measure changes in stellar brightness, the CCDs are read out at a cadence of 25 seconds, resulting in a massive amount of data that has to be processed on-board. In a pre-reduction step, hundreds of thousands of small windows of the target stars, called imagettes, are extracted from the detector arrays. This reduction process decreases the data volume down from several gigabytes to 25 MiB per acquisition period. Following this step, the remaining science data are sent to the instrument control unit (ICU), where they are processed and compressed in a lossless manner. While some science data products, such as measured backgrounds and fluxes, can be processed in software, the number of imagettes to be compressed (90% of the total science data) exceeds the available CPU resources. To solve this critical problem, a specialised hardware data compressor logic was developed for an RTAX-2000 field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The implemented compression method decorrelates the data temporally by a running average, which has an exponential tail. This pre-encoding step results in an almost geometric distribution of the residuals, a suitable input for the successive Golomb encoder. The set of parameters that control the encoder are semi- adaptive, i.e., they self-adjust to the data at certain intervals. While in principle being quite straightforward, the implementation turned out to be very challenging with the required handling of the data streams in real-time. With our approach we are able to meet the high requirements and managed to process the imagette data lossless with a speed of 2 MBps at a compression ratio up to 3.2. This paper shows how the PLATO data compression concept works, which algorithms are involved in it, and discusses the specifics of the hardware and software implementation.

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Design and development of the SOXS calibration unit

Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Jani Achrén, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144766 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560951

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lamps, Spectrographs, Telescopes, New and emerging technologies, Integrating spheres, Switching, Safety, Switches, Ultraviolet radiation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

SOXS end-to-end simulator: development and applications for pipeline design

M. Genoni, M. Landoni, G. Li Causi, G. Pariani, M. Aliverti, S. Campana, P. Schipani, R. Claudi, M. Munari, A. Rubin, P. D'Avanzo, M. Riva, A. Baruffolo, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, G. Pignata, S. Scuderi, K. Radhakrishnan, S. Ben-Ami, F. Vitali, D. Young, A. Brucalassi, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez Diaz, J. Kotilainen, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Pérez Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11450, 114501B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560640

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Photons, Target detection, Sensors, Computer architecture, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

The development status of the NIR Arm of the new SoXS instrument at the ESO/NTT telescope

F. Vitali, M. Aliverti, G. Capasso, F. D'Alessio, M. Munari, M. Riva, S. Scuderi, R. Zanmar Sánchez, S. Campana, P. Schipani, R. Claudi, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, A. Brucalassi, R. Cosentino, D. Ricci, P. D'Avanzo, H. Kuncarayakti, A. Rubin, J. Achrén, J. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, O. Hershko, J. Kotilainen, M. Landoni, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Rappaport, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Stritzinger, E. Ventura, D. Young

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114475N (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562147

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Near infrared, Telescopes, Optical filters, New and emerging technologies, Lanthanum, Astrophysics, Spectroscopes, Remote sensing, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

Adam Rubin, Sagi Ben-Ami, Ofir Hershko, Michael Rappaport, Avishay Gal-Yam, Rachel Bruch, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Thomas Flügel-Paul, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Susann Sadlowski, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114475L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560644

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Optics manufacturing, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design, New and emerging technologies, Telescopes, Optical design, Spectral resolution, Mechanical engineering, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Progress and tests on the instrument control electronics for SOXS

M. Colapietro, G. Capasso, S. D'Orsi, P. Schipani, L. Marty, S. Savarese, I. Coretti, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11452, 1145225 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561234

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Electronics, Near infrared spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, New and emerging technologies, Telescopes, Lanthanum, Near infrared, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

The AIV strategy of the common path of Son Of X-Shooter

Federico Biondi, Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Riccardo Claudi, Matteo Aliverti, Luca Marafatto, Davide Greggio, Marco Dima, Gabriele Umbriaco, Nancy Elias-Rosa, Sergio Campana, Pietro Schipani, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez Diaz, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zánmar Sánchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Héctor Pérez Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114476P (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561323

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Near infrared, New and emerging technologies, Lanthanum, Spectroscopes, Ranging, Calibration, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Operational modes and efficiency of SOXS

R. Claudi, F. Biondi, N. Elias-Rosa, M. Genoni, M. Munari, K. Radhakrishnan, D. Ricci, R. Zánmar Sánchez, S. Campana, P. Schipani, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, A. Brucalassi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, R. Di Benedetto, M. De Pascale, S. D'Orsi, M. Hernandez, A. Gal-Yam, G. Li Causi, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Stritzinger, M. Turatto, H. Pérez Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114477C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562321

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Near infrared, Cameras, Imaging systems, Calibration, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Development status of the SOXS instrument control software

Davide Ricci, Andrea Baruffolo, Bernardo Salasnich, Marco De Pascale, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, David Young, Jani Achrén, José Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Marco Riva, Stephen Smartt, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Héctor Ventura, Kalyan Radhakrishnan

Proceedings Volume 11452, 114522Q (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560653

KEYWORDS: Software development, Spectrographs, Cameras, Sensors, Near infrared, Stars, Spectroscopes, Visible radiation, Calibration, Optomechanical design

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, Bernardo. Salasnich, S. Savarese, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura, L. Pasquini, M. Schöller, H.-U. Kaüfl, M. Accardo, L. Mehrgan, E. Pompei

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144709 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560799

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, New and emerging technologies, Lanthanum, Electromagnetism, Stars, Gamma radiation, Asteroids, Comets, Near infrared

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

The SOXS data-reduction pipeline

David Young, Marco Landoni, Stephen Smartt, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Giuliano Pignata, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Iair Arcavi, Anna Brucalassi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Marcos Hernandez, Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Michael Rappaport, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Maximilian Stritzinger, Héctor Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11452, 114522D (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561015

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Data conversion, Near infrared, Telescopes, Calibration, Spectrographs, Cameras, New and emerging technologies, Lanthanum, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Final design and development status of the acquisition and guiding system for SOXS

Anna Brucalassi, Giuliano Pignata, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Mirko Colapietro, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Matteo Genoni, Ofir Hershko, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Marco Landoni, Matteo Munari, Kalian Radhakrishnan, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Adam Rubin, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Ricardo Zánmar Sánchez, David Young, Jani Achrén, Iair Arcavi, Rachel Bruch, Enrico Cappellaro, Massimo Della Valle, Marco De Pascale, Rosario Di Benedetto, Sergio D'Orsi, Avishay Gal-Yam, Marcos Hernandez , Jari Kotilainen, Gianluca Li Causi, Seppo Mattila, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Maximilian Stritzinger, Hector Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114475V (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561802

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Spectrographs, New and emerging technologies, Lanthanum, Observatories, Near infrared, Spectral resolution, Calibration, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

GIANO-B online data reduction software at the TNG

Avet Harutyunyan, Monica Rainer, Nauzet Hernandez, Ernesto Oliva, Jose Guerra, Marcello Lodi, Jose San Juan, Andrea Bignamini, Adriano Ghedina, Francesca Ghinassi, Emilio Molinari, Serena Benatti, Ilaria Carleo, Riccardo Claudi, Giuseppina Micela, Andrea Tozzi, Carlo Baffa, Andrea Baruffolo, Valdemaro Biliotti, Nicolas Buchschacher, Massimo Cecconi, Rosario Cosentino, Gilberto Falcini, Daniela Fantinel, Luca Fini, Alberto Galli, Elisabetta Giani, Carlos Gonzalez, Esther Gonzalez-Alvarez, Manuel Gonzalez, Raffaele Gratton, Marcos Hernandez Diaz, Marcella Iuzzolino, Luca Malavolta, Jesus Maldonado, Livia Origlia, Ennio Poretti, Hector Perez Ventura, Alfio Puglisi, Carlos Riverol, Luis Riverol, Nicoletta Sanna, Salvatore Scuderi, Ulf Seeman, Alessandro Sozzetti, Mauro Sozzi

Proceedings Volume 10706, 1070642 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312690

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Databases, Data processing, Near infrared

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

BATMAN @ TNG: instrument integration and performance

Frederic Zamkotsian, Patrick Lanzoni, Nicolas Tchoubaklian, Harald Ramarijaona, Manuele Moschetti, Marco Riva, Marc Jaquet, Paolo Spano, William Bon, Mathieu Vachey, Luciano Nicastro, Emilio Molinari, Rosario Cosentino, Adriano Ghedina, Manuel Gonzalez, Walter Boschin, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Igor Coretti, Roberto Cirami, Filippo Zerbi, Luca Valenziano

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107025P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2315222

KEYWORDS: Digital micromirror devices, Mirrors, Micromirrors, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Imaging spectroscopy, Telescopes, Cameras, Astronomical instrumentation

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

SOXS: a wide band spectrograph to follow up transients

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, H. U. Käufl, M. Accardo, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben Ami, F. Biondi, A. Brucalassi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, D. Gardiol, H. Kuncarayacti, M. Munari, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, J. Antonio Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, O. Diner, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, D. Loreggia, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, G. Pignata, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Smartt, M. Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307349

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Cameras, Near infrared, Telescopes, Sensors, Lamps, Mirrors, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The mechanical design of SOXS for the NTT

M. Aliverti, O. Hershko, O. Diner, A. Brucalassi, G. Pignata, H. Kuncarayakti, A. Bianco, S. Campana, R. Claudi, P. Schipani, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, M. Munari, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Turatto, R. Zanmar Sanchez

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070231 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313404

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Near infrared, Cameras, Calibration, Lamps, Aluminum, Copper, Mechanical engineering, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

MITS: the multi-imaging transient spectrograph for SOXS

Adam Rubin, Sagi Ben-Ami, Ofir Hershko, Michael Rappaport, Oz Diner, Avishay Gal-Yam, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Biondi, Anna Brucalassi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Duran, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Bianco, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Sergio D'Orsi, Daniela Fantinel, Johan Fynbo, Matteo Genoni, Mika Hirvonen, Jari Kotilainen, Tarun Kumar, Marco Landoni, Jussi Lehti, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Seppo Mattila, Giorgio Pariani, Giuliano Pignata, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Stephen Smartt, Massimo Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107022Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313338

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Mirrors, Sensors, Aspheric lenses, Spectrographs, Optical design, Reflection, Tolerancing, Manufacturing, Silica

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The NIR spectrograph for the new SOXS instrument at the NTT

F. Vitali, M. Aliverti, G. Capasso, F. D'Alessio, M. Munari, M. Riva, S. Scuderi, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Campana, P. Schipani, R. Claudi, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, A. Brucalassi, R. Cosentino, D. Ricci, P. D'Avanzo, O. Diner, H. Kuncarayakti, A. Rubin, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, G. Pignata, M. Rappaport, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070228 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311466

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Spectrographs, Sensors, Telescopes, Cryogenics, Connectors, Astrophysics, Cameras, Optical filters, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The acquisition camera system for SOXS at NTT

A. Brucalassi, J. Araiza-Durán, G. Pignata, S. Campana, R. Claudi, P. Schipani, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, D. Gardiol, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Munari, D. Ricci, M. Riva, A. Rubin, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, O. Diner, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, D. Loreggia, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, M. Rappaport, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107022M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312677

KEYWORDS: Content addressable memory, Cameras, Imaging systems, Sensors, Mirrors, Optical filters, Telescopes, Collimators, Image acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Optical design of the SOXS spectrograph for ESO NTT

Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Matteo Munari, Adam Rubin, Sagi Ben Ami, Anna Brucalassi, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Jani Achrén, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Biondi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Salvatore Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Bianco, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Oz Diner, Sergio D'Orsi, Daniela Fantinel, Johan Fynbo, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Ofir Hershko, Mika Hirvonen, Jari Kotilainen, Tarun Kumar, Marco Landoni, Jussi Lehti, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Seppo Mattila, Giorgio Pariani, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, Stephen Smartt, Massimo Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070227 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311320

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Near infrared, Telescopes, Cameras, Sensors, Prisms, Optical design, Collimators, Mirrors, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The design of the instrument control unit and its role within the data processing system of the ESA PLATO Mission

M. Focardi, S. Pezzuto, R. Cosentino, G. Giusi, A. M. Di Giorgio, D. Biondi, C. Del Vecchio Blanco, L. Serafini, D. Vangelista, M. Steller, H. Jeszenszky, H. Ottacher, G. Laky, R. Ottensamer, F. Kerschbaum, M. Guedel, V. Noce, E. Pace, M. Pancrazzi, K. Westerdorff, G. Peter, B. Ulmer, R. Berlin, P. Plasson, I. Pagano, E. Tommasi, S. Natalucci

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106984G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312019

KEYWORDS: Stars, Field programmable gate arrays, Data processing, Planets, Cameras, Data communications, Control systems, Electronics, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The VIS detector system of SOXS

Rosario Cosentino, Matteo Aliverti, Salvatore Scuderi, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Andrea Baruffolo, Sagi Ben-Ami, L. Mehrgan, Derek Ives, Federico Biondi, Anna Brucalassi, Giulio Capasso, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Oz Diner, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Adam Rubin, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrén, José Antonio Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Bianco, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Sergio D'Orsi, Daniela Fantinel, Johan Fynbo, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Mika Hirvonen, Jari Kotilainen, Tarun Kumar, Marco Landoni, Jussi Lehti, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Seppo Mattila, Giorgio Pariani, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Davide Ricci, Marco Riva, Bernardo Salasnich, R. Zanmar Sanchez, Stephen Smartt, Massimo Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107022J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312539

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, CCD image sensors, Camera shutters, Head, Power supplies, Spectrographs, Quantum efficiency, Cameras, Cooling systems

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software

Davide Ricci, Andrea Baruffolo, Bernardo Salasnich, Daniela Fantinel, Josefina Urrutia, Sergio Campana, Riccardo Claudi, Pietro Schipani, Matteo Aliverti, Sagi Ben-Ami, Federico Biondi, Anna Brucalassi, Giulio Capasso, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Oz Diner, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Matteo Munari, Adam Rubin, Salvo Scuderi, Fabrizio Vitali, Jani Achrén, José A. Araiza-Durán, Iair Arcavi, Andrea Bianco, Enrico Cappellaro, Mirko Colapietro, Massimo Della Valle, Sergio D'Orsi, Johan Fynbo, Avishay Gal-Yam, Matteo Genoni, Mika Hirvonen, Jari Kotilainen, Tarun Kumar, Marco Landoni, Jussi Lehti, Gianluca Li Causi, Luca Marafatto, Seppo Mattila, Giorgio Pariani, Giuliano Pignata, Michael Rappaport, Marco Riva, Stephen Smartt, Massimo Turatto, Ricardo Zánmar Sánchez

Proceedings Volume 10707, 107071G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310092

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Spectrographs, Sensors, Stars, Calibration, Control systems, Lamps, Software development, Near infrared, Telescopes, Telescope instrument control software, Astronomy, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

GIARPS: commissioning and first scientific results

R. Claudi, S. Benatti, I. Carleo, A. Ghedina, J. Guerra, F. Ghinassi, A. Harutyunyan, G. Micela, E. Molinari, E. Oliva, M. Rainer, A. Tozzi, C. Baffa, A. Baruffolo, V. Biliotti, N. Buchschacher, M. Cecconi, R. Cosentino, G. Falcini, D. Fantinel, L. Fini, E. Giani, E. Gonzalez-Alvarez, M. Gonzalez, C. Gonzalez, R. Gratton, N. Hernandez, M. Iuzzolino, M. Lodi, L. Malavolta, J. Maldonado, L. Origlia, A. Puglisi, N. Sanna, J. San Juan Gómez, S. Scuderi, U. Seemann, A. Sozzetti, M. Sozzi, H. Perez Ventura, M. Hernandez Diaz, A. Galli, L. Riverol, C. Riverol

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312555

KEYWORDS: Stars, Near infrared, Spectrographs, Planets, Calibration, Jupiter, Telescopes, Observatories, Exoplanets, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Introducing GOFIO: a DRS for the GIANO-B near-infrared spectrograph

Monica Rainer, Avet Harutyunyan, Ilaria Carleo, Ernesto Oliva, Serena Benatti, Andrea Bignamini, Riccardo Claudi, Esther Gonzalez-Alvarez, Nicoletta Sanna, Adriano Ghedina, Giuseppina Micela, Emilio Molinari, Andrea Tozzi, Carlo Baffa, Andrea Baruffolo, Nicolas Buchschacher, Massimo Cecconi, Rosario Cosentino, Gilberto Falcini, Daniela Fantinel, Luca Fini, Alberto Galli, Francesca Ghinassi, Elisabetta Giani, Carlos Gonzalez, Manuel Gonzalez, Raffaele Gratton, Jose Guerra, Marcos Hernandez Diaz, Nauzet Hernandez, Marcella Iuzzolino, Marcello Lodi, Luca Malavolta, Jesus Maldonado, Livia Origlia, Hector Perez Ventura, Alfio Puglisi, Carlos Riverol, Luis Riverol, Jose San Juan, Salvo Scuderi, Ulf Seeman, Alessandro Sozzetti, Mauro Sozzi

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070266 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312130

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lamps, Sensors, Spectrographs, Signal to noise ratio, Infrared radiation, Spectroscopy, Signal detection, Data processing, Near infrared spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

SOXS control electronics design

G. Capasso, M. Colapietro, S. D'Orsi, P. Schipani, M. Aliverti, H. Kuncarayakti, S. Scuderi, I. Coretti, S. Campana, R. Claudi, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, A. Brucalassi, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, M. Munari, A. Rubin, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, J. Antonio Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, O. Diner, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, G. Pignata, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Smartt, M. Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10707, 107072H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312780

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Control systems, Switches, Photonic integrated circuits, Computer programming, Near infrared, Data transmission, Sensors, Power supplies, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The common path of SOXS (Son of X-Shooter)

R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, F. Biondi, M. Munari, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Campana, P. Schipani, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, A. Brucalassi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, O. Diner, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, G. Pignata, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107023T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314576

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Telescopes, Prisms, Cameras, Interfaces, Calibration, Optical components, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The assembly integration and test activities for the new SOXS instrument at NTT

F. Biondi, R. Claudi, L. Marafatto, J. Farinato, D. Magrin, R. Ragazzoni, S. Campana, P. Schipani, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, A. Brucalassi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Munari, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, J. Antonio Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, O. Diner, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, G. Pignata, M. Rappaport, M. Riva, D. Ricci, B. Salasnich, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Smartt, M. Turatto

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107023D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313944

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Mirrors, Telescopes, Near infrared, Sensors, Optical alignment, Interfaces, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The HARPS-North@TNG polarimeter

Francesco Leone, Massimo Cecconi, Rosario Cosentino, Adriano Ghedina, Marina Giarrusso, Marcos Hernandez Diaz, Manuel Gonzalez, Matteo Munari, Héctor Pérez Ventura, Luis Riverol, José San Juan Gómez, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99087K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231781

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Wave plates, Cameras, Telescopes, Polarizers, Interfaces, Polarization, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The new SOXS instrument for the ESO NTT

P. Schipani, R. Claudi, S. Campana, A. Baruffolo, S. Basa, S. Basso, E. Cappellaro, E. Cascone, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, V. De Caprio, M. Della Valle, A. de Ugarte Postigo, S. D'Orsi, R. Franzen, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, D. Gardiol, E. Giro, M. Hamuy, M. Iuzzolino, D. Loreggia, S. Mattila, M. Munari, G. Pignata, M. Riva, S. Savarese, B. Schmidt, S. Scuderi, S. Smartt, F. Vitali

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990841 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231866

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Lamps, Near infrared, Calibration, Control systems, Mirrors, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

GIARPS: the unique VIS-NIR high precision radial velocity facility in this world

R. Claudi, S. Benatti, I. Carleo, A. Ghedina, E. Molinari, E. Oliva, A. Tozzi, A. Baruffolo, M. Cecconi, R. Cosentino, D. Fantinel, L. Fini, F. Ghinassi, M. Gonzalez, R. Gratton, J. Guerra, A. Harutyunyan, N. Hernandez, M. Iuzzolino, M. Lodi, L. Malavolta, J. Maldonado, G. Micela, N. Sanna, J. Sanjuan, S. Scuderi, A. Sozzetti, H. Pérez Ventura, H. Diaz Marcos, A. Galli, C. Gonzalez, L. Riverol, C. Riverol

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231845

KEYWORDS: Stars, Spectrographs, Near infrared, Planets, Optical fibers, Telescopes, Calibration, Visible radiation, Lamps, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

The instrument control unit of the ESA-PLATO 2.0 mission

M. Focardi, S. Pezzuto, R. Cosentino, G. Giusi, M. Pancrazzi, V. Noce, R. Ottensamer, M. Steller, A. Di Giorgio, E. Pace, P. Plasson, G. Peter, I. Pagano

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231658

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Space telescopes, Double positive medium, Telescopes, Connectors, Field programmable gate arrays, Image compression, Electronics, Power supplies, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

An astro-comb calibrated solar telescope to search for the radial velocity signature of Venus

David Phillips, Alex Glenday, Xavier Dumusque, Nicolas Buchschacher, Andrew Collier Cameron, Massimo Cecconi, David Charbonneau, Rosario Cosentino, Adriano Ghedina, Raphäelle Haywood, David Latham, Chih-Hao Li, Marcello Lodi, Christophe Lovis, Emilio Molinari, Francesco Pepe, Dimitar Sasselov, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Stephane Udry, Ronald Walsworth

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99126Z (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232452

KEYWORDS: Solar telescopes, Sun, Calibration, Exoplanets, Spectrographs, Venus, Spectral calibration, Integrating spheres, Telescopes, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

A polarimetric unit for HARPS-North at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo: HANPO

Francesco Leone, Massimo Cecconi, Rosario Cosentino, Adriano Ghedina, Marina Giarrusso, Manuel Gonzalez, Vania Lorenzi, Matteo Munari, Hector Perez Ventura, Luis Riverol, Jose San Juan, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91472F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054757

KEYWORDS: Prisms, Polarimetry, Wave plates, Mirrors, Polarization, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Polarizers

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

HARPS-N @ TNG, two year harvesting data: performances and results

Rosario Cosentino, Christophe Lovis, Francesco Pepe, Andrew Cameron, David Latham, Emilio Molinari, Stephane Udry, Naidu Bezawada, Nicolas Buchschacher, Pedro Figueira, Michel Fleury, Adriano Ghedina, Alexander Glenday, Manuel Gonzalez, Jose Guerra, David Henry, Ian Hughes, Charles Maire, Fatemeh Motalebi, David Forrest Phillips

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91478C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055813

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Planets, Spectrographs, Stars, Velocity measurements, Optical fibers, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Charge-coupled devices, Signal to noise ratio, Laser stabilization

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

BATMAN: a DMD-based multi-object spectrograph on Galileo telescope

Frederic Zamkotsian, Paolo Spano, Patrick Lanzoni, Harald Ramarijaona, Manuele Moschetti, Marco Riva, William Bon, Luciano Nicastro, Emilio Molinari, Rosario Cosentino, Adriano Ghedina, Manuel Gonzalez, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Igor Coretti, Roberto Cirami, Filippo Zerbi, Luca Valenziano

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914713 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055192

KEYWORDS: Micromirrors, Digital micromirror devices, Cameras, Sensors, Space telescopes, Spectrographs, Molybdenum, Spectroscopes, Telescopes, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

BATMAN: a DMD-based MOS demonstrator on Galileo Telescope

Frédéric Zamkotsian, Paolo Spanò, William Bon, Marco Riva, Patrick Lanzoni, Luciano Nicastro, Emilio Molinari, Rosario Cosentino, Adriano Ghedina, Manuel Gonzalez, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Igor Coretti, Roberto Cirami, Marco Manetta, Filippo Zerbi, Daniela Tresoldi, Luca Valenziano

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84464U (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926330

KEYWORDS: Digital micromirror devices, Spectrographs, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Molybdenum, Telescopes, Micromirrors, Spectroscopy, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Conceptual design of the control software for the European Solar Telescope

P. Di Marcantonio, R. Cirami, P. Romano, R. Cosentino, I. Ermolli, F. Giorgi

Proceedings Volume 8451, 84510S (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925119

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Optical instrument design, Solar telescopes, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Data modeling, Polarimetry, Solar processes

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

Rosario Cosentino, Christophe Lovis, Francesco Pepe, Andrew Collier Cameron, David Latham, Emilio Molinari, Stephane Udry, Naidu Bezawada, Martin Black, Andy Born, Nicolas Buchschacher, Dave Charbonneau, Pedro Figueira, Michel Fleury, Alberto Galli, Angus Gallie, Xiaofeng Gao, Adriano Ghedina, Carlos Gonzalez, Manuel Gonzalez, Jose Guerra, David Henry, Keith Horne, Ian Hughes, Dennis Kelly, Marcello Lodi, David Lunney, Charles Maire, Michel Mayor, Giusi Micela, Mark Ordway, John Peacock, David Phillips, Giampaolo Piotto, Don Pollacco, Didier Queloz, Ken Rice, Carlos Riverol, Luis Riverol, Jose San Juan, Dimitar Sasselov, Damien Segransan, Alessandro Sozzetti, Danuta Sosnowska, Brian Stobie, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Andy Vick, Luc Weber

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84461V (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925738

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Spectrographs, Optical fibers, Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Stars, Sensors, Control systems, Lamps, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Conceptual design of the data handling system for the European Solar Telescope

Ilaria Ermolli, Gianna Cauzzi, Manuel Collados, Frederic Paletou, Kevin Reardon, Jean Aboudarham, Roberto Cirami, Rosario Cosentino, Dario Del Moro, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Fabrizio Giorgi, Martine Lafon, Ermanno Pietropaolo, Paolo Romano

Proceedings Volume 8448, 84481S (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926109

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Data storage, Data archive systems, Data processing, Data acquisition, Optical instrument design, Databases, Data centers, Solar telescopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 2011 Paper

The architecture of the PLATO instrument control unit

M. Focardi, M. Pancrazzi, E. Pace, R. Cosentino, S. Pezzuto, A. Di Giorgio, R. Ottensamer, A. Luntzer

Proceedings Volume 8167, 81672B (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896310

KEYWORDS: Stars, Cameras, Data processing, Exoplanets, Planets, Digital electronics, Electronics, Power supplies, Analog electronics, Digital signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

Path to the stars: the evolution of the species in the hunting to the GRBs

Fabrizio Vitali, Guido Chincarini, Mario Zannoni, Stefano Covino, Emilio Molinari, Stefano Benetti, Carlotta Bonoli, Favio Bortoletto, Enrico Cascone, Rosario Cosentino, Francesco D'Alessio, Paolo D'Avanzo, Vincenzo De Caprio, Massimo Della Valle, Alberto Fernandez-Soto, Dino Fugazza, Enrico Giro, Demetrio Magrin, Giuseppe Malaspina, Lech Mankiewicz, Raffaella Margutti, Ruben Mazzoleni, Luciano Nicastro, Alberto Riva, Marco Riva, Ruben Salvaterra, Paolo Spanò, Monica Sperandio, Mauro Stefanon, Gino Tosti, Vincenzo Testa

Proceedings Volume 7733, 77330W (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856841

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Near infrared, Sensors, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Stars, Optical filters, Imaging systems, Collimators

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During the last years, a number of telescopes and instruments have been dedicated to the follow-up of GRBs: recent studies of the prompt emission (see for instance GRB080319B) and of their afterglows, evidenced a series of phenomena that do not fit very well within the standard fireball model. In those cases, optical observations were fundamental to distinguish among different emission mechanisms and models. In particular, simultaneous observation in various optical filters became essential to understand the physics, and we discovered the need to have a detailed high time resolution follow up. Finally, recent observations of the polarization in GRB 090102 clearly indicate the presence of an ordered magnetic field favoring the electromagnetic outflows models. This is, however, only one case and, in order to detail properly the model, we need a bit of statistics. But, after the Swift launch, the average observed intensity of GRB afterglows showed to be lower than thought before. Robotic telescopes, as demonstrated by REM, ROTSE, TAROT, etc. (but see also the GROND set up) is clearly the winning strategy. Indeed, as we will also briefly discuss later on, the understanding of the prompt emission mechanism depends on the observations covering the first few hundreds seconds since the beginning of the event with high temporal resolution. To tackle these problems and track down a realistic model, we started the conceptual design and phase A study of a 4 meter class, fast-pointing telescope (40 sec on target), equipped with multichannel imagers, from Visible to Near Infrared (Codevisir/Pathos). In the study we explored all the different parts of the project, from the telescope to the instrumental suite to data managing and analysis, to the dome and site issue. Contacts with industry have been fruitful in understanding the actual feasibility of building such a complex machine and no show stoppers have been identified, even if some critical points should be better addressed in the Phase B study. In this paper, we present the main results of the feasibility study we performed.

Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

Data handling and control for the European Solar Telescope

Ilaria Ermolli, Felix Bettonvil, Gianna Cauzzi, Lluis Cavaller, Manuel Collados, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Frederic Paletou, Paolo Romano, Jean Aboudarham, Roberto Cirami, Rosario Cosentino, Fabrizio Giorgi, Martine Lafon, Didier Laforgue, Kevin Reardon, Guus Sliepen

Proceedings Volume 7740, 77400G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856938

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Data storage, Control systems, Databases, Sensors, Space telescopes, Data centers, Data acquisition, Observatories, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Instrument remote control project at TNG: SARG implementation

Rosario Cosentino, Pietro Bruno, Manuel Gonzalez, Manuel Huertas, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551464

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Charge-coupled devices, Spectrographs, Telecommunications, Sensors, Human-machine interfaces, Telescopes, Local area networks, Lamps, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

The new active optics system of TNG

Adriano Ghedina, Manuel Gonzalez, Marcello Lodi, Massimo Cecconi, Ernesto Oliva, Salvo Scuderi, Rosario Cosentino, Alessandro Caproni

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552571

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Active optics, Telescopes, Control systems, Actuators, Standards development, CCD cameras, Human-machine interfaces, Charge-coupled devices, Vignetting

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2004 Paper

Silicon planar technology for single-photon optical detectors

Emilio Sciacca, Andrea Giudice, Delfo Sanfilippo, Salvatore Lombardo, Franco Zappa, Rosario Cosentino, Massimo Mazzillo, Massimo Ghioni, Giorgio Fallica, Massimiliano Belluso, Giovanni Bonanno, Sergio Cova, Emanuele Rimini

Proceedings Volume 5459, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.545026

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Quantum efficiency, Diffusion, Silicon, Single photon, Photodetectors, Quenching (fluorescence), Singular optics, Boron, Photon counting

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

Progress on photon-counting intensified APS

Michela Uslenghi, Giovanni Bonanno, Massimiliano Belluso, Antonio Cali, Cristina Timpanaro, Rosario Cosentino, Salvatore Scuderi, Angelo Modica

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459807

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Microchannel plates, Clocks, Data processing, Photon counting, Modulation transfer functions, Charge-coupled devices, Field programmable gate arrays, Cameras, Optical computing

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

High-resolution spectropolarimetry at the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Franco Leone, Pietro Bruno, Antonio Cali, Riccardo Claudi, Rosario Cosentino, Giovanni Gentile, Raffaele Gratton, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 4843, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458623

KEYWORDS: Wave plates, Polarization, Polarimetry, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectral resolution, Optical components, Optical testing, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

Design study of an adaptive optics visual echelle spectrograph and imager for the VLT

Roberto Pallavicini, Luca Pasquini, Bernard Delabre, Norbert Hubin, Paolo Conconi, Luciano Mantegazza, Ruben Mazzoleni, Emilio Molinari, Filippo Zerbi, Paolo Molaro, P. Bonifacio, Paolo Santin, P. Dimarcantonio, Mariagrazia Franchini, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Rosario Cosentino, Salvatore Scuderi, Santo Catalano, Marcello Rodono, Pasquale Caldara, Francesco Damiani, Maurizio Comari, S. Monai, F. Passaretta

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395463

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Adaptive optics, Imaging spectroscopy, Sensors, Imaging systems, Spectroscopes, Telescopes, Visualization, Control systems, Relays

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

Tests of SARG: the high-resolution spectrograph for TNG

Raffaele Gratton, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Antonio Cali, Riccardo Claudi, Rosario Cosentino, Silvano Desidera, Giancarlo Farisato, Giorgio Martorana, Mauro Rebeschini, Salvatore Scuderi, Maria Timpanaro

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395479

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Spectral resolution, Cameras, Iodine, Lamps, Telescopes, Thermography, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 1998 Paper

AIR WATCH: air-induced fluorescence by radiation laboratory experiments

Salvatore Giarrusso, Osvaldo Catalano, Filippo Celi, G. Fazio, Giovanni La Rosa, G. Richiusa, T. Schillaci, Giovanni Bonanno, Rosario Cosentino, Rosario Di Benedetto, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 3445, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330306

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Luminescence, X-rays, Nitrogen, Gamma radiation, Quantum efficiency, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, Electrons, Quartz, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 1998 Paper

AIRWATCH: the fast detector

Anna Gregorio, Roberto Stalio, Ezio Alippi, Giovanni Bonanno, Luciano Bosisio, Pietro Bruno, Rosario Cosentino, Rosario Di Benedetto, Flavio Fontanelli, Gianrossano Giannini, Valerio Gracco, Anna Lenti, Alessandro Petrolini, Mario Sannino, Livio Scarsi, Salvatore Scuderi, Paolo Trampus, Andrea Vacchi

Proceedings Volume 3445, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330309

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Signal detection, Electrons, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric sensing, Space telescopes, Atmospheric particles, Photons, Microchannel plates

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 1998 Paper

High-resolution spectrograph of TNG: a status report

Raffaele Gratton, Andrea Cavazza, Riccardo Claudi, Mauro Rebeschini, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Antonio Cali, Salvatore Scuderi, Rosario Cosentino, Silvano Desidera

Proceedings Volume 3355, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316762

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Control systems, Sensors, Spectral resolution, Mechanics, Active optics, Collimators, Refractor telescopes, Optical benches

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Proceedings Article | 31 October 1996 Paper

Catania Astrophysical Observatory facility for UV CCD characterization

Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Antonio Cali, Rosario Cosentino, Rosario Di Benedetto, Mario Puleo, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 2808, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255998

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Quantum efficiency, Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Lamps, Monochromators, Magnesium fluoride, Cameras, Photodiodes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 25 March 1996 Paper

CCD cameras for the Italian national telescope Galileo

Fabio Bortoletto, Carlotta Bonoli, Maurizio D'Alessandro, D. Fantinel, Giancarlo Farisato, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Rosario Cosentino, G. Bregoli, Maurizio Comari

Proceedings Volume 2654, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236107

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Digital signal processing, Cameras, Sensors, CCD image sensors, Imaging systems, Adaptive optics, CCD cameras, Signal processing

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