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1. Euclid : Estimation of the Impact of Correlated Readout Noise for Flux Measurements with the Euclid NISP Instrument

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Muñoz, A. Jiménez, Macías-Pérez, J., Secroun, A., Gillard, W., Kubik, B., Auricchio, N., Balestra, A., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Casas, R., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Costille, A., Cropper, M., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Dusini, S., Ealet, A., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Jahnke, K., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kümmel, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Massey, R., Medinaceli, E., Mei, S., Meneghetti, M., Meylan, G., Moscardini, L., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Percival, W. J., Pires, S., Polenta, G., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Rebolo, R., Roncarelli, M., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sauvage, M., Scaramella, R., Schneider, P., Seidel, G., Serrano, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Tavagnacco, D., Taylor, A. N., Teplitz, H. I., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Valenziano, L., Vassallo, T., Kleijn, G. A. Verdoes, Wang, Y., Weller, J., Wetzstein, M., Zamorani, G., and Zoubian, J.

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2021

3. The VVDS Data‐Reduction Pipeline: Introducing VIPGI, the VIMOS Interactive Pipeline and Graphical Interface

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Scodeggio, M., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Zanichelli, A., Paltani, S., Maccagni, D., Bottini, D., Le Brun, V., Contini, T., Scaramella, R., Adami, C., Bardelli, S., Zucca, E., Tresse, L., Ilbert, O., Foucaud, S., Iovino, A., Merighi, R., Zamorani, G., Gavignaud, I., Rizzo, D., McCracken, H. J., Le Fèvre, O., Picat, J. P., Vettolani, G., Arnaboldi, M., Arnouts, S., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Guzzo, L., Marano, B., Marinoni, C., Mathez, G., Mazure, A., Meneux, B., Pellò, R., Pollo, A., Pozzetti, L., and Radovich, M.

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2005
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4. The VIMOS Integral Field Unit: Data‐Reduction Methods and Quality Assessment

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Zanichelli, A., Garilli, B., Scodeggio, M., Franzetti, P., Rizzo, D., Maccagni, D., Merighi, R., Picat, J. P., Le Fèvre, O., Foucaud, S., Bottini, D., Le Brun, V., Scaramella, R., Tresse, L., Vettolani, G., Adami, C., Arnaboldi, M., Arnouts, S., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Gavignaud, I., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., McCracken, H. J., Marano, B., Marinoni, C., Mathez, G., Mazure, A., Meneux, B., Paltani, S., Pellò, R., Pollo, A., Pozzetti, L., Radovich, M., Zamorani, G., and Zucca, E.

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2005
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5. The Very Large Telescope Visible Multi‐Object Spectrograph Mask Preparation Software

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Bottini, D., Garilli, B., Maccagni, D., Tresse, L., Le Brun, V., Le Fèvre, O., Picat, J. P., Scaramella, R., Scodeggio, M., Vettolani, G., Zanichelli, A., Adami, C., Arnaboldi, M., Arnouts, S., Bardelli, S., Bolzonella, M., Cappi, A., Charlot, S., Ciliegi, P., Contini, T., Foucaud, S., Franzetti, P., Guzzo, L., Ilbert, O., Iovino, A., McCracken, H. J., Marano, B., Marinoni, C., Mathez, G., Mazure, A., Meneux, B., Merighi, R., Paltani, S., Pollo, A., Pozzetti, L., Radovich, M., Zamorani, G., and Zucca, E.

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2005
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6. Euclid: Estimation of the Impact of Correlated Readout Noise for Flux Measurements with the Euclid NISP Instrument*

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Jiménez Muñoz, A., primary, Macías-Pérez, J., additional, Secroun, A., additional, Gillard, W., additional, Kubik, B., additional, Auricchio, N., additional, Balestra, A., additional, Bodendorf, C., additional, Bonino, D., additional, Branchini, E., additional, Brescia, M., additional, Brinchmann, J., additional, Capobianco, V., additional, Carbone, C., additional, Carretero, J., additional, Casas, R., additional, Castellano, M., additional, Cavuoti, S., additional, Cimatti, A., additional, Cledassou, R., additional, Congedo, G., additional, Conversi, L., additional, Copin, Y., additional, Corcione, L., additional, Costille, A., additional, Cropper, M., additional, Degaudenzi, H., additional, Douspis, M., additional, Dubath, F., additional, Dusini, S., additional, Ealet, A., additional, Franceschi, E., additional, Franzetti, P., additional, Fumana, M., additional, Garilli, B., additional, Gillis, B., additional, Giocoli, C., additional, Grazian, A., additional, Grupp, F., additional, Haugan, S. V. H., additional, Holmes, W., additional, Hormuth, F., additional, Jahnke, K., additional, Kermiche, S., additional, Kiessling, A., additional, Kilbinger, M., additional, Kümmel, M., additional, Kunz, M., additional, Kurki-Suonio, H., additional, Laureijs, R., additional, Ligori, S., additional, Lilje, P. B., additional, Lloro, I., additional, Maiorano, E., additional, Mansutti, O., additional, Marggraf, O., additional, Markovic, K., additional, Massey, R., additional, Medinaceli, E., additional, Mei, S., additional, Meneghetti, M., additional, Meylan, G., additional, Moscardini, L., additional, Niemi, S. M., additional, Padilla, C., additional, Paltani, S., additional, Pasian, F., additional, Pedersen, K., additional, Percival, W. J., additional, Pires, S., additional, Polenta, G., additional, Poncet, M., additional, Popa, L., additional, Pozzetti, L., additional, Raison, F., additional, Rebolo, R., additional, Roncarelli, M., additional, Rossetti, E., additional, Saglia, R., additional, Sauvage, M., additional, Scaramella, R., additional, Schneider, P., additional, Seidel, G., additional, Serrano, S., additional, Sirignano, C., additional, Sirri, G., additional, Tavagnacco, D., additional, Taylor, A. N., additional, Teplitz, H. I., additional, Tereno, I., additional, Toledo-Moreo, R., additional, Valenziano, L., additional, Vassallo, T., additional, Verdoes Kleijn, G. A., additional, Wang, Y., additional, Weller, J., additional, Wetzstein, M., additional, Zamorani, G., additional, and Zoubian, J., additional

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2021
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7. Euclid

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A. Jiménez Muñoz, J. Macías-Pérez, A. Secroun, W. Gillard, B. Kubik, N. Auricchio, A. Balestra, C. Bodendorf, D. Bonino, E. Branchini, M. Brescia, J. Brinchmann, V. Capobianco, C. Carbone, J. Carretero, R. Casas, M. Castellano, S. Cavuoti, A. Cimatti, R. Cledassou, G. Congedo, L. Conversi, Y. Copin, L. Corcione, A. Costille, M. Cropper, H. Degaudenzi, M. Douspis, F. Dubath, S. Dusini, A. Ealet, E. Franceschi, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, B. Garilli, B. Gillis, C. Giocoli, A. Grazian, F. Grupp, S. V. H. Haugan, W. Holmes, F. Hormuth, K. Jahnke, S. Kermiche, A. Kiessling, M. Kilbinger, M. Kümmel, M. Kunz, H. Kurki-Suonio, R. Laureijs, S. Ligori, P. B. Lilje, I. Lloro, E. Maiorano, O. Mansutti, O. Marggraf, K. Markovic, R. Massey, E. Medinaceli, S. Mei, M. Meneghetti, G. Meylan, L. Moscardini, S. M. Niemi, C. Padilla, S. Paltani, F. Pasian, K. Pedersen, W. J. Percival, S. Pires, G. Polenta, M. Poncet, L. Popa, L. Pozzetti, F. Raison, R. Rebolo, M. Roncarelli, E. Rossetti, R. Saglia, M. Sauvage, R. Scaramella, P. Schneider, G. Seidel, S. Serrano, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, D. Tavagnacco, A. N. Taylor, H. I. Teplitz, I. Tereno, R. Toledo-Moreo, L. Valenziano, T. Vassallo, G. A. Verdoes Kleijn, Y. Wang, J. Weller, M. Wetzstein, G. Zamorani, J. Zoubian, Department of Physics, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Jimenez Munoz, A., Macias-Perez, J., Secroun, A., Gillard, W., Kubik, B., Auricchio, N., Balestra, A., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Casas, R., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Costille, A., Cropper, M., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Dusini, S., Ealet, A., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Jahnke, K., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kummel, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Massey, R., Medinaceli, E., Mei, S., Meneghetti, M., Meylan, G., Moscardini, L., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Percival, W. J., Pires, S., Polenta, G., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Rebolo, R., Roncarelli, M., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sauvage, M., Scaramella, R., Schneider, P., Seidel, G., Serrano, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Tavagnacco, D., Taylor, A. N., Teplitz, H. I., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Valenziano, L., Vassallo, T., Verdoes Kleijn, G. A., Wang, Y., Weller, J., Wetzstein, M., Zamorani, G., Zoubian, J., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Euclid, Astronomy, European Commission, Academy of Finland, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), German Research Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Netherlands Research School for Astronomy, Norwegian Space Agency, Swiss Space Office, UK Space Agency, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Jimenez Munoz A., Macias-Perez J., Secroun A., Gillard W., Kubik B., Auricchio N., Balestra A., Bodendorf C., Bonino D., Branchini E., Brescia M., Brinchmann J., Capobianco V., Carbone C., Carretero J., Casas R., Castellano M., Cavuoti S., Cimatti A., Cledassou R., Congedo G., Conversi L., Copin Y., Corcione L., Costille A., Cropper M., Degaudenzi H., Douspis M., Dubath F., Dusini S., Ealet A., Franceschi E., Franzetti P., Fumana M., Garilli B., Gillis B., Giocoli C., Grazian A., Grupp F., Haugan S.V.H., Holmes W., Hormuth F., Jahnke K., Kermiche S., Kiessling A., Kilbinger M., Kummel M., Kunz M., Kurki-Suonio H., Laureijs R., Ligori S., Lilje P.B., Lloro I., Maiorano E., Mansutti O., Marggraf O., Markovic K., Massey R., Medinaceli E., Mei S., Meneghetti M., Meylan G., Moscardini L., Niemi S.M., Padilla C., Paltani S., Pasian F., Pedersen K., Percival W.J., Pires S., Polenta G., Poncet M., Popa L., Pozzetti L., Raison F., Rebolo R., Roncarelli M., Rossetti E., Saglia R., Sauvage M., Scaramella R., Schneider P., Seidel G., Serrano S., Sirignano C., Sirri G., Tavagnacco D., Taylor A.N., Teplitz H.I., Tereno I., Toledo-Moreo R., Valenziano L., Vassallo T., Verdoes Kleijn G.A., Wang Y., Weller J., Wetzstein M., Zamorani G., and Zoubian J.

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[PHYS]Physics [physics], Infrared Astronomical Satellite, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, 114 Physical sciences, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Infrared photometry
Abstract

Jiménez-Muñoz, A., et al., The Euclid satellite, to be launched by ESA in 2022, will be a major instrument for cosmology for the next decades. Euclid is composed of two instruments: The Visible instrument and the Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP). In this work, we estimate the implications of correlated readout noise in the NISP detectors for the final in-flight flux measurements. Considering the multiple accumulated readout mode, for which the UTR (Up The Ramp) exposure frames are averaged in groups, we derive an analytical expression for the noise covariance matrix between groups in the presence of correlated noise. We also characterize the correlated readout noise properties in the NISP engineering-grade detectors using long dark integrations. For this purpose, we assume a (1/f ) α-like noise model and fit the model parameters to the data, obtaining typical values of s = - 19.7+0.8 1.1 e− Hz−0.5, = ( - ) f 5.2+ 10- Hz knee 1.3 1.8 3 and a = - 1.24+0.21 0.26. Furthermore, via realistic simulations and using a maximum likelihood flux estimator we derive the bias between the input flux and the recovered one. We find that using our analytical expression for the covariance matrix of the correlated readout noise we diminish this bias by up to a factor of four with respect to the white noise approximation for the covariance matrix. Finally, we conclude that the final bias on the in-flight NISP flux measurements should still be negligible even in the white readout noise approximation, which is taken as a baseline for the Euclid on-board processing to estimate the on-sky flux. Unified Astronomy Thesaurus concepts: Infrared photometry (792); Infrared Astronomical Satellite (785)., The Euclid Consortium acknowledges the European Space Agency and a number of agencies and institutes that have supported the development of Euclid, in particular, the Academy of Finland, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, the Belgian Science Policy, the Canadian Euclid Consortium, the Centre National dEtudes Spatiales, the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the Danish Space Research Institute, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Netherlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie, the Norwegian Space Agency, the Romanian Space Agency, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) at the Swiss Space Office (SSO), and the United Kingdom Space Agency. A complete and detailed list is available on the Euclid website (http://www.euclid-ec.org).

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2021
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8. The Very Large Telescope Visible Multi‐Object Spectrograph Mask Preparation Software

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G. Mathez, G. Vettolani, Magda Arnaboldi, A. Pollo, C. Adami, Alain Mazure, S. Paltani, Roberto Scaramella, D. Maccagni, A. Cappi, B. Garilli, V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert, R. Merighi, T. Contini, E. Zucca, S. Bardelli, M. Bolzonella, Stephane Charlot, H. J. McCracken, A. Iovino, J. P. Picat, L. Tresse, D. Bottini, B. Meneux, Stephane Arnouts, Bruno Marano, Sylvie Foucaud, Lucia Pozzetti, Christian Marinoni, P. Franzetti, O. Le Fevre, Paolo Ciliegi, Mario Radovich, A. Zanichelli, Marco Scodeggio, Luigi Guzzo, G. Zamorani, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (OAC), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bottini D., Garilli B., Maccagni D., Tresse L., Le Brun V., Le Fèvre O., Picat J. P., Scaramella R., Scodeggio M., Vettolani G., Zanichelli A., Adami C., Arnaboldi M., Arnouts S., Bardelli S., Bolzonella M., Cappi A., Charlot S., Ciliegi P., Contini T., Foucaud S., Franzetti P., Guzzo L., Ilbert O., Iovino A., McCracken H. J., Marano B., Marinoni C., Mathez G., Mazure A., Meneux B., Merighi R., Paltani S., Pollo A., Pozzetti L., Radovich M., Zamorani G., and Zucca E.

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Physics, Very Large Telescope, Single exposure, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Software tool, Instrumentation: Spectrographs, Techniques: Spectroscopic, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Object (computer science), 01 natural sciences, Multiplexing, Software, Optics, Space and Planetary Science, Observatory, Methods: Numerical, 0103 physical sciences, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectrograph, Remote sensing
Abstract

VIMOS (Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph) is a multiobject imaging spectrograph installed at the VLT (Very large Telescope) at the ESO (European Southern Observatory) Paranal Observatory that is especially suited for survey work. VIMOS is characterized by its very high multiplexing factor: it is possible to take up to 800 spectra with 10" long slits in a single exposure. To fully exploit its multiplexing potential, we designed and implemented a dedicated software tool: the VIMOS Mask Preparation Software (VMMPS), which allows the astronomer to select the objects to be spectroscopically observed, and provides for automatic slit positioning and slit number maximization within the instrumental constraints. The output of VMMPS is used to manufacture the slit masks to be mounted in the instrument for spectroscopic observations.

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2005
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