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1. Euclid: Detecting Solar System objects in Euclid images and classifying them using Kohonen self-organising maps

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Nucita, A. A., Conversi, L., Verdier, A., Franco, A., Sacquegna, S., Pöntinen, M., Altieri, B., Carry, B., De Paolis, F., Strafella, F., Orofino, V., Maiorano, M., Kansal, V., Vavrek, R. D., Miluzio, M., Granvik, M., Testa, V., Aghanim, N., Andreon, S., Auricchio, N., Baldi, M., Bardelli, S., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Camera, S., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Casas, S., Castellano, M., Castignani, G., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Congedo, G., Conselice, C. J., Copin, Y., Courbin, F., Courtois, H. M., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Di Giorgio, A. M., Dinis, J., Dubath, F., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Farina, M., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Fumana, M., Galeotta, S., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Gómez-Alvarez, P., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Hoar, J., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Hornstrup, A., Hudelot, P., Jahnke, K., Jhabvala, M., Keihänen, E., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kohley, R., Kubik, B., Kümmel, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lindholm, V., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Martinet, N., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Masters, D. C., Medinaceli, E., Mei, S., Mellier, Y., Meneghetti, M., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Moscardini, L., Nakajima, R., Niemi, S. -M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Polenta, G., Poncet, M., Popa, L. A., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Rebolo, R., Renzi, A., Rhodes, J., Riccio, G., Romelli, E., Roncarelli, M., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sapone, D., Sartoris, B., Schirmer, M., Schneider, P., Secroun, A., Seidel, G., Serrano, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Skottfelt, J., Stanco, L., Steinwagner, J., Tallada-Crespí, P., Taylor, A. N., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Tutusaus, I., Valenziano, L., Vassallo, T., Kleijn, G. Verdoes, Veropalumbo, A., Wang, Y., Weller, J., Zacchei, A., Zucca, E., Bolzonella, M., Burigana, C., and Scottez, V.

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The ESA Euclid mission will survey more than 14,000 deg$^2$ of the sky in visible and near-infrared wavelengths, mapping the extra-galactic sky to constrain our cosmological model of the Universe. Although the survey focusses on regions further than 15 deg from the ecliptic, it should allow for the detection of more than about $10^5$ Solar System objects (SSOs). After simulating the expected signal from SSOs in Euclid images acquired with the visible camera (VIS), we describe an automated pipeline developed to detect moving objects with an apparent velocity in the range of 0.1-10 arcsec/h, typically corresponding to sources in the outer Solar System (from Centaurs to Kuiper-belt objects). In particular, the proposed detection scheme is based on Sourcextractor software and on applying a new algorithm capable of associating moving objects amongst different catalogues. After applying a suite of filters to improve the detection quality, we study the expected purity and completeness of the SSO detections. We also show how a Kohonen self-organising neural network can be successfully trained (in an unsupervised fashion) to classify stars, galaxies, and SSOs. By implementing an early-stopping method in the training scheme, we show that the network can be used in a predictive way, allowing one to assign the probability of each detected object being a member of each considered class., Comment: Accepted for publication on Astronomy and Astrophysics. 15 Pages, 11 Figures

Published
2025

2. Euclid. I. Overview of the Euclid mission

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Euclid Collaboration, Mellier, Y., Abdurro'uf, Barroso, J. A. Acevedo, Achúcarro, A., Adamek, J., Adam, R., Addison, G. E., Aghanim, N., Aguena, M., Ajani, V., Akrami, Y., Al-Bahlawan, A., Alavi, A., Albuquerque, I. S., Alestas, G., Alguero, G., Allaoui, A., Allen, S. W., Allevato, V., Alonso-Tetilla, A. V., Altieri, B., Alvarez-Candal, A., Alvi, S., Amara, A., Amendola, L., Amiaux, J., Andika, I. T., Andreon, S., Andrews, A., Angora, G., Angulo, R. E., Annibali, F., Anselmi, A., Anselmi, S., Arcari, S., Archidiacono, M., Aricò, G., Arnaud, M., Arnouts, S., Asgari, M., Asorey, J., Atayde, L., Atek, H., Atrio-Barandela, F., Aubert, M., Aubourg, E., Auphan, T., Auricchio, N., Aussel, B., Aussel, H., Avelino, P. P., Avgoustidis, A., Avila, S., Awan, S., Azzollini, R., Baccigalupi, C., Bachelet, E., Bacon, D., Baes, M., Bagley, M. B., Bahr-Kalus, B., Balaguera-Antolinez, A., Balbinot, E., Balcells, M., Baldi, M., Baldry, I., Balestra, A., Ballardini, M., Ballester, O., Balogh, M., Bañados, E., Barbier, R., Bardelli, S., Baron, M., Barreiro, T., Barrena, R., Barriere, J. -C., Barros, B. J., Barthelemy, A., Bartolo, N., Basset, A., Battaglia, P., Battisti, A. J., Baugh, C. M., Baumont, L., Bazzanini, L., Beaulieu, J. -P., Beckmann, V., Belikov, A. N., Bel, J., Bellagamba, F., Bella, M., Bellini, E., Benabed, K., Bender, R., Benevento, G., Bennett, C. L., Benson, K., Bergamini, P., Bermejo-Climent, J. R., Bernardeau, F., Bertacca, D., Berthe, M., Berthier, J., Bethermin, M., Beutler, F., Bevillon, C., Bhargava, S., Bhatawdekar, R., Bianchi, D., Bisigello, L., Biviano, A., Blake, R. P., Blanchard, A., Blazek, J., Blot, L., Bosco, A., Bodendorf, C., Boenke, T., Böhringer, H., Boldrini, P., Bolzonella, M., Bonchi, A., Bonici, M., Bonino, D., Bonino, L., Bonvin, C., Bon, W., Booth, J. T., Borgani, S., Borlaff, A. 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G., Sanchez, E., Sanders, D. B., Sapone, D., Saponara, M., Sarpa, E., Sarron, F., Sartori, S., Sartoris, B., Sassolas, B., Sauniere, L., Sauvage, M., Sawicki, M., Scaramella, R., Scarlata, C., Scharré, L., Schaye, J., Schewtschenko, J. A., Schindler, J. -T., Schinnerer, E., Schirmer, M., Schmidt, F., Schmidt, M., Schneider, A., Schneider, M., Schneider, P., Schöneberg, N., Schrabback, T., Schultheis, M., Schulz, S., Schuster, N., Schwartz, J., Sciotti, D., Scodeggio, M., Scognamiglio, D., Scott, D., Scottez, V., Secroun, A., Sefusatti, E., Seidel, G., Seiffert, M., Sellentin, E., Selwood, M., Semboloni, E., Sereno, M., Serjeant, S., Serrano, S., Setnikar, G., Shankar, F., Sharples, R. M., Short, A., Shulevski, A., Shuntov, M., Sias, M., Sikkema, G., Silvestri, A., Simon, P., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Skottfelt, J., Slezak, E., Sluse, D., Smith, G. P., Smith, L. C., Smith, R. E., Smit, S. J. A., Soldano, F., Solheim, B. G. B., Sorce, J. G., Sorrenti, F., Soubrie, E., Spinoglio, L., Mancini, A. Spurio, Stadel, J., Stagnaro, L., Stanco, L., Stanford, S. A., Starck, J. -L., Stassi, P., Steinwagner, J., Stern, D., Stone, C., Strada, P., Strafella, F., Stramaccioni, D., Surace, C., Sureau, F., Suyu, S. H., Swindells, I., Szafraniec, M., Szapudi, I., Taamoli, S., Talia, M., Tallada-Crespí, P., Tanidis, K., Tao, C., Tarrío, P., Tavagnacco, D., Taylor, A. N., Taylor, J. E., Taylor, P. L., Teixeira, E. M., Tenti, M., Idiago, P. Teodoro, Teplitz, H. I., Tereno, I., Tessore, N., Testa, V., Testera, G., Tewes, M., Teyssier, R., Theret, N., Thizy, C., Thomas, P. D., Toba, Y., Toft, S., Toledo-Moreo, R., Tolstoy, E., Tommasi, E., Torbaniuk, O., Torradeflot, F., Tortora, C., Tosi, S., Tosti, S., Trifoglio, M., Troja, A., Trombetti, T., Tronconi, A., Tsedrik, M., Tsyganov, A., Tucci, M., Tutusaus, I., Uhlemann, C., Ulivi, L., Urbano, M., Vacher, L., Vaillon, L., Valageas, P., Valdes, I., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Valieri, C., Valiviita, J., Broeck, M. Van den, Vassallo, T., Vavrek, R., Vega-Ferrero, J., Venemans, B., Venhola, A., Ventura, S., Kleijn, G. Verdoes, Vergani, D., Verma, A., Vernizzi, F., Veropalumbo, A., Verza, G., Vescovi, C., Vibert, D., Viel, M., Vielzeuf, P., Viglione, C., Viitanen, A., Villaescusa-Navarro, F., Vinciguerra, S., Visticot, F., Voggel, K., von Wietersheim-Kramsta, M., Vriend, W. J., Wachter, S., Walmsley, M., Walth, G., Walton, D. M., Walton, N. A., Wander, M., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Weaver, J. R., Weller, J., Wetzstein, M., Whalen, D. J., Whittam, I. H., Widmer, A., Wiesmann, M., Wilde, J., Williams, O. R., Winther, H. -A., Wittje, A., Wong, J. H. W., Wright, A. H., Yankelevich, V., Yeung, H. W., Yoon, M., Youles, S., Yung, L. Y. A., Zacchei, A., Zalesky, L., Zamorani, G., Vitorelli, A. Zamorano, Marc, M. Zanoni, Zennaro, M., Zerbi, F. M., Zinchenko, I. A., Zoubian, J., Zucca, E., and Zumalacarregui, M.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The current standard model of cosmology successfully describes a variety of measurements, but the nature of its main ingredients, dark matter and dark energy, remains unknown. Euclid is a medium-class mission in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) that will provide high-resolution optical imaging, as well as near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy, over about 14,000 deg^2 of extragalactic sky. In addition to accurate weak lensing and clustering measurements that probe structure formation over half of the age of the Universe, its primary probes for cosmology, these exquisite data will enable a wide range of science. This paper provides a high-level overview of the mission, summarising the survey characteristics, the various data-processing steps, and data products. We also highlight the main science objectives and expected performance., Comment: Accepted for publication in the A&A special issue`Euclid on Sky'

Published
2024

3. Euclid preparation: XVI. Exploring the ultra low-surface brightness Universe with Euclid/VIS

Author

Borlaff, A. S., Gómez-Alvarez, P., Altieri, B., Marcum, P. M., Vavrek, R., Laureijs, R., Kohley, R., Buitrago, F., Cuillandre, J. C., Duc, P. A., Venancio, L. M. Gaspar, Amara, A., Andreon, S., Auricchio, N., Azzollini, R., Baccigalupi, C., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Baldi, M., Bardelli, S., Bender, R., Biviano, A., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Bozzo, E., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Burigana, C., Cabanac, R., Camera, S., Candini, G. P., Capobianco, V., Cappi, A., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Carvalho, C. S., Casas, S., Castander, F. J., Castellano, M., Castignani, G., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Colodro-Conde, C., Congedo, G., Conselice, C. J., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Coupon, J., Courtois, H. M., Cropper, M., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Di Ferdinando, D., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Duncan, C. A. J., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Ealet, A., Fabricius, M., Farina, M., Farrens, S., Ferreira, P. G., Ferriol, S., Finelli, F., Flose-Reimberg, P., Fosalba, P., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Fumana, M., Galeotta, S., Ganga, K., Garilli, B., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Gozaliasl, G., Graciá-Carpio, J., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Jahnke, K., Keihanen, E., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kirkpatrick, C. C., Kitching, T., Knapen, J. H., Kubik, B., Kümmel, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Liebing, P., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lindholm, V., Lloro, I., Mainetti, G., Maino, D., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Martinelli, M., Martinet, N., Martínez-Delgado, D., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Maturi, M., Maurogordato, S., Medinaceli, E., Mei, S., Meneghetti, M., Merlin, E., Metcalf, R. B., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Morgante, G., Moscardini, L., Munari, E., Nakajima, R., Neissner, C., Niemi, S. M., Nightingale, J. W., Nucita, A., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Patrizii, L., Pedersen, K., Percival, W. J., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Potter, D., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Rebolo, R., Renzi, A., Rhodes, J., Riccio, G., Romelli, E., Roncarelli, M., Rosset, C., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sánchez, A. G., Sapone, D., Sauvage, M., Schneider, P., Scottez, V., Secroun, A., Seidel, G., Serrano, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Skottfelt, J., Stanco, L., Starck, J. L., Sureau, F., Tallada-Crespí, P., Taylor, A. N., Tenti, M., Tereno, I., Teyssier, R., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Tutusaus, I., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Valiviita, J., Vassallo, T., Viel, M., Wang, Y., Weller, J., Whittaker, L., Zacchei, A., Zamorani, G., and Zucca, E.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

While Euclid is an ESA mission specifically designed to investigate the nature of Dark Energy and Dark Matter, the planned unprecedented combination of survey area ($\sim15\,000$ deg$^2$), spatial resolution, low sky-background, and depth also make Euclid an excellent space observatory for the study of the low surface brightness Universe. Scientific exploitation of the extended low surface brightness structures requires dedicated calibration procedures yet to be tested. We investigate the capabilities of Euclid to detect extended low surface brightness structure by identifying and quantifying sky background sources and stray-light contamination. We test the feasibility of generating sky flat-fields to reduce large-scale residual gradients in order to reveal the extended emission of galaxies observed in the Euclid Survey. We simulate a realistic set of Euclid/VIS observations, taking into account both instrumental and astronomical sources of contamination, including cosmic rays, stray-light, zodiacal light, ISM, and the CIB, while simulating the effects of the presence of background sources in the FOV. We demonstrate that a combination of calibration lamps, sky flats and self-calibration would enable recovery of emission at a limiting surface brightness magnitude of $\mu=29.5^{+0.08}_{-0.27} $ mag arcsec$^{-2}$ ($3\sigma$, $10\times10$ arcsec$^2$) in the Wide Survey, reaching regions 2 magnitudes deeper in the Deep Surveys. Euclid/VIS has the potential to be an excellent low surface brightness observatory. Covering the gap between pixel-to-pixel calibration lamp flats and self-calibration observations for large scales, the application of sky flat-fielding will enhance the sensitivity of the VIS detector at scales of larger than 1 degree, up to the size of the FOV, enabling Euclid to detect extended surface brightness structures below $\mu=31$ mag arcsec$^{-2}$ and beyond., Comment: 23 pages, 13 figures, Euclid Consortium Key Project, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2021
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4. Euclid preparation: I. The Euclid Wide Survey

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Scaramella, R., Amiaux, J., Mellier, Y., Burigana, C., Carvalho, C. S., Cuillandre, J. -C., Da Silva, A., Derosa, A., Dinis, J., Maiorano, E., Maris, M., Tereno, I., Laureijs, R., Boenke, T., Buenadicha, G., Dupac, X., Venancio, L. M. Gaspar, Gómez-Álvarez, P., Hoar, J., Alvarez, J. Lorenzo, Racca, G. D., Saavedra-Criado, G., Schwartz, J., Vavrek, R., Schirmer, M., Aussel, H., Azzollini, R., Cardone, V. F., Cropper, M., Ealet, A., Garilli, B., Gillard, W., Granett, B. R., Guzzo, L., Hoekstra, H., Jahnke, K., Kitching, T., Meneghetti, M., Miller, L., Nakajima, R., Niemi, S. M., Pasian, F., Percival, W. J., Sauvage, M., Scodeggio, M., Wachter, S., Zacchei, A., Aghanim, N., Amara, A., Auphan, T., Auricchio, N., Awan, S., Balestra, A., Bender, R., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brau-Nogue, S., Brescia, M., Candini, G. P., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carlberg, R. G., Carretero, J., Casas, R., Castander, F. J., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conselice, C. J., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Costille, A., Courbin, F., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Duncan, C. A. J., Dusini, S., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Fosalba, P., Fourmanoit, N., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Hudelot, P., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kohley, R., Kubik, B., Kümmel, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Maurogordato, S., Melchior, M., Merlin, E., Meylan, G., Mohr, J. J., Moresco, M., Morin, B., Moscardini, L., Munari, E., Nichol, R. C., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Peacock, J., Pedersen, K., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Rebolo, R., Rhodes, J., Rix, H. -W., Roncarelli, M., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Schneider, P., Schrabback, T., Secroun, A., Seidel, G., Serrano, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Skottfelt, J., Stanco, L., Starck, J. L., Tallada-Crespí, P., Tavagnacco, D., Taylor, A. N., Teplitz, H. I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Trifoglio, M., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Kleijn, G. A. Verdoes, Wang, Y., Welikala, N., Weller, J., Wetzstein, M., Zamorani, G., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., Baldi, M., Bardelli, S., Boucaud, A., Camera, S., Fabbian, G., Farinelli, R., Graciá-Carpio, J., Maino, D., Medinaceli, E., Mei, S., Neissner, C., Polenta, G., Renzi, A., Romelli, E., Rosset, C., Sureau, F., Tenti, M., Vassallo, T., Zucca, E., Baccigalupi, C., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Battaglia, P., Biviano, A., Borgani, S., Bozzo, E., Cabanac, R., Cappi, A., Casas, S., Castignani, G., Colodro-Conde, C., Coupon, J., Courtois, H. M., Cuby, J., de la Torre, S., Desai, S., Di Ferdinando, D., Dole, H., Fabricius, M., Farina, M., Ferreira, P. G., Finelli, F., Flose-Reimberg, P., Fotopoulou, S., Galeotta, S., Ganga, K., Gozaliasl, G., Hook, I. M., Keihanen, E., Kirkpatrick, C. C., Liebing, P., Lindholm, V., Mainetti, G., Martinelli, M., Martinet, N., Maturi, M., McCracken, H. J., Metcalf, R. B., Morgante, G., Nightingale, J., Nucita, A., Patrizii, L., Potter, D., Riccio, G., Sánchez, A. G., Sapone, D., Schewtschenko, J. A., Schultheis, M., Scottez, V., Teyssier, R., Tutusaus, I., Valiviita, J., Viel, M., Vriend, W., and Whittaker, L.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

Euclid is an ESA mission designed to constrain the properties of dark energy and gravity via weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering. It will carry out a wide area imaging and spectroscopy survey (EWS) in visible and near-infrared, covering roughly 15,000 square degrees of extragalactic sky on six years. The wide-field telescope and instruments are optimized for pristine PSF and reduced straylight, producing very crisp images. This paper presents the building of the Euclid reference survey: the sequence of pointings of EWS, Deep fields, Auxiliary fields for calibrations, and spacecraft movements followed by Euclid as it operates in a step-and-stare mode from its orbit around the Lagrange point L2. Each EWS pointing has four dithered frames; we simulate the dither pattern at pixel level to analyse the effective coverage. We use up-to-date models for the sky background to define the Euclid region-of-interest (RoI). The building of the reference survey is highly constrained from calibration cadences, spacecraft constraints and background levels; synergies with ground-based coverage are also considered. Via purposely-built software optimized to prioritize best sky areas, produce a compact coverage, and ensure thermal stability, we generate a schedule for the Auxiliary and Deep fields observations and schedule the RoI with EWS transit observations. The resulting reference survey RSD_2021A fulfills all constraints and is a good proxy for the final solution. Its wide survey covers 14,500 square degrees. The limiting AB magnitudes ($5\sigma$ point-like source) achieved in its footprint are estimated to be 26.2 (visible) and 24.5 (near-infrared); for spectroscopy, the H$_\alpha$ line flux limit is $2\times 10^{-16}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ at 1600 nm; and for diffuse emission the surface brightness limits are 29.8 (visible) and 28.4 (near-infrared) mag arcsec$^{-2}$., Comment: 43 pages, 51 figures, submitted to A&A

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2021
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5. Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Report

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Meixner, M., Cooray, A., Leisawitz, D., Staguhn, J., Armus, L., Battersby, C., Bauer, J., Bergin, E., Bradford, C. M., Ennico-Smith, K., Fortney, J., Kataria, T., Melnick, G., Milam, S., Narayanan, D., Padgett, D., Pontoppidan, K., Pope, A., Roellig, T., Sandstrom, K., Stevenson, K., Su, K., Vieira, J., Wright, E., Zmuidzinas, J., Sheth, K., Benford, D., Mamajek, E. E., Neff, S., De Beck, E., Gerin, M., Helmich, F., Sakon, I., Scott, D., Vavrek, R., Wiedner, M., Carey, S., Burgarella, D., Moseley, S. H., Amatucci, E., Carter, R. C., DiPirro, M., Wu, C., Beaman, B., Beltran, P., Bolognese, J., Bradley, D., Corsetti, J., D'Asto, T., Denis, K., Derkacz, C., Earle, C. P., Fantano, L. G., Folta, D., Gavares, B., Generie, J., Hilliard, L., Howard, J. M., Jamil, A., Jamison, T., Lynch, C., Martins, G., Petro, S., Ramspacher, D., Rao, A., Sandin, C., Stoneking, E., Tompkins, S., and Webster, C.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

The Origins Space Telescope (Origins) traces our cosmic history, from the formation of the first galaxies and the rise of metals to the development of habitable worlds and present-day life. Origins does this through exquisite sensitivity to infrared radiation from ions, atoms, molecules, dust, water vapor and ice, and observations of extra-solar planetary atmospheres, protoplanetary disks, and large-area extragalactic fields. Origins operates in the wavelength range 2.8 to 588 microns and is 1000 times more sensitive than its predecessors due to its large, cold (4.5 K) telescope and advanced instruments. Origins was one of four large missions studied by the community with support from NASA and industry in preparation for the 2020 Decadal Survey in Astrophysics. This is the final study report., Comment: 376 pages

Published
2019

6. Simultaneous LSST and Euclid observations - advantages for Solar System Objects

Author

Snodgrass, C., Carry, B., Berthier, J., Eggl, S., Mommert, M., Petit, J. -M., Spoto, F., Granvik, M., Laureijs, R., Altieri, B., Vavrek, R., Conversi, L., Nucita, A., Popescu, M., Kleijn, G. Verdoes, Kidger, M., Jones, G. H., Oszkiewicz, D., Juric, M., and Jones, L.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The ESA Euclid mission is a space telescope that will survey ~15,000 square degrees of the sky, primarily to study the distant universe (constraining cosmological parameters through the lensing of galaxies). It is also expected to observe ~150,000 Solar System Objects (SSOs), primarily in poorly understood high inclination populations, as it will mostly avoid +/-15 degrees from the ecliptic plane. With a launch date of 2022 and a 6 year survey, Euclid and LSST will operate at the same time, and have complementary capabilities. We propose a LSST mini-survey to coordinate quasi-simultaneous observations between these two powerful observatories, when possible, with the primary aim of greatly improving the orbits of SSOs discovered by these facilities. As Euclid will operate from a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrangian point, there will be significant parallax between observations from Earth and Euclid (0.01 AU). This means that simultaneous observations will give an independent distance measurement to SSOs, giving additional constraints on orbits compared to single Euclid visits., Comment: white paper submitted as part of the LSST survey strategy call

Published
2018

7. The Far-Infrared Surveyor Mission Study: Paper I, the Genesis

Author

Meixner, M., Cooray, A., Carter, R., DiPirro, M., Flores, A., Leisawitz, D., Armus, L., Battersby, C., Bergin, E., Bradford, C. M., Ennico, K., Melnick, G. J., Milam, S., Narayanan, D., Pontoppidan, K., Pope, A., Roellig, T., Sandstrom, K., Su, K. Y. L., Vieira, J., Wright, E., Zmuidzinas, J., Alato, S., Carey, S., Gerin, M., Helmich, F., Menten, K., Scott, D., Sakon, I., and Vavrek, R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

This paper describes the beginning of the Far-Infrared Surveyor mission study for NASA's Astrophysics Decadal 2020. We describe the scope of the study, and the open process approach of the Science and Technology Definition Team. We are currently developing the science cases and provide some preliminary highlights here. We note key areas for technological innovation and improvements necessary to make a Far-Infrared Surveyor mission a reality., Comment: 8 pages, SPIE proceedings of the Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave conference

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2016
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8. The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) on the Herschel Space Observatory

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Poglitsch, A., Waelkens, C., Geis, N., Feuchtgruber, H., Vandenbussche, B., Rodriguez, L., Krause, O., Renotte, E., van Hoof, C., Saraceno, P., Cepa, J., Kerschbaum, F., Agnese, P., Ali, B., Altieri, B., Andreani, P., Augueres, J. -L., Balog, Z., Barl, L., Bauer, O. H., Belbachir, N., Benedettini, M., Billot, N., Boulade, O., Bischof, H., Blommaert, J., Callut, E., Cara, C., Cerulli, R., Cesarsky, D., Contursi, A., Creten, Y., De Meester, W., Doublier, V., Doumayrou, E., Duband, L., Exter, K., Genzel, R., Gillis, J. -M., Grözinger, U., Henning, T., Herreros, J., Huygen, R., Inguscio, M., Jakob, G., Jamar, C., Jean, C., de Jong, J., Katterloher, R., Kiss, C., Klaas, U., Lemke, D., Lutz, D., Madden, S., Marquet, B., Martignac, J., Mazy, A., Merken, P., Montfort, F., Morbidelli, L., Müller, T., Nielbock, M., Okumura, K., Orfei, R., Ottensamer, R., Pezzuto, S., Popesso, P., Putzeys, J., Regibo, S., Reveret, V., Royer, P., Sauvage, M., Schreiber, J., Stegmaier, J., Schmitt, D., Schubert, J., Sturm, E., Thiel, M., Tofani, G., Vavrek, R., Wetzstein, M., Wieprecht, E., and Wiezorrek, E.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) is one of the three science instruments on ESA's far infrared and submillimetre observatory. It employs two Ge:Ga photoconductor arrays (stressed and unstressed) with 16x25 pixels, each, and two filled silicon bolometer arrays with 16x32 and 32x64 pixels, respectively, to perform integral-field spectroscopy and imaging photometry in the 60-210\mu\ m wavelength regime. In photometry mode, it simultaneously images two bands, 60-85\mu\ m or 85-125\mu\m and 125-210\mu\ m, over a field of view of ~1.75'x3.5', with close to Nyquist beam sampling in each band. In spectroscopy mode, it images a field of 47"x47", resolved into 5x5 pixels, with an instantaneous spectral coverage of ~1500km/s and a spectral resolution of ~175km/s. We summarise the design of the instrument, describe observing modes, calibration, and data analysis methods, and present our current assessment of the in-orbit performance of the instrument based on the Performance Verification tests. PACS is fully operational, and the achieved performance is close to or better than the pre-launch predictions.

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2010
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9. Euclid preparation. XVI. Exploring the ultra-low surface brightness Universe with Euclid/VIS

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Euclid Collaboration, Borlaff, A. S., Gómez-Alvarez, P., Altieri, B., Marcum, P. M., Vavrek, R., Laureijs, R., Kohley, R., Buitrago, F., Cuillandre, J. -C., Duc, P. -A., Gaspar Venancio, L. M., Amara, A., Andreon, S., Auricchio, N., Azzollini, R., Baccigalupi, C., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Baldi, M., Bardelli, S., Bender, R., Biviano, A., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Bozzo, E., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Burigana, C., Cabanac, R., Camera, S., Candini, G. P., Capobianco, V., Cappi, A., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Carvalho, C. S., Casas, S., Castander, F. J., Castellano, M., Castignani, G., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Colodro-Conde, C., Congedo, G., Conselice, C. J., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Coupon, J., Courtois, H. M., Cropper, M., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Di Ferdinando, D., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Duncan, C. A. J., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Ealet, A., Fabricius, M., Farina, M., Farrens, S., Ferreira, P. G., Ferriol, S., Finelli, F., Flose-Reimberg, P., Fosalba, P., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Fumana, M., Galeotta, S., Ganga, K., Garilli, B., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Gozaliasl, G., Graciá-Carpio, J., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Jahnke, K., Keihanen, E., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kirkpatrick, C. C., Kitching, T., Knapen, J. H., Kubik, B., Kümmel, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Liebing, P., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lindholm, V., Lloro, I., Mainetti, G., Maino, D., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Martinelli, M., Martinet, N., Martínez-Delgado, D., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Maturi, M., Maurogordato, S., Medinaceli, E., Mei, S., Meneghetti, M., Merlin, E., Metcalf, R. B., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Morgante, G., Moscardini, L., Munari, E., Nakajima, R., Neissner, C., Niemi, S. M., Nightingale, J. W., Nucita, A., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Patrizii, L., Pedersen, K., Percival, W. 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diffuse light, stellar haloes, FOS: Physical sciences, Galaxies: general, Instrumentation: detectors, Methods: observational, Space vehicles: instruments, Techniques: image processing, Techniques: photometric, virgo cluster, techniques: image processing, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Space vehicles: instrument, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, instruments [Space vehicles], techniques: photometric, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, spiral galaxies, image processing [Techniques], observational [Methods], space vehicles: instruments, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, detectors [Instrumentation], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, data release, Instrumentation: detector, substructure, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, instrumentation: detectors, photometric [Techniques], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, general [Galaxies], 115 Astronomy, Space science, calibration, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, galaxies: general, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), deep, methods: observational, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, tidal features, tracing galaxy formation
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Full list of authors: Borlaff, A. S.; Gómez-Alvarez, P.; Altieri, B.; Marcum, P. M.; Vavrek, R.; Laureijs, R.; Kohley, R.; Buitrago, F.; Cuillandre, J. -C.; Duc, P. -A.; Gaspar Venancio, L. M.; Amara, A.; Andreon, S.; Auricchio, N.; Azzollini, R.; Baccigalupi, C.; Balaguera-Antolínez, A.; Baldi, M.; Bardelli, S.; Bender, R.; Biviano, A.; Bodendorf, C.; Bonino, D.; Bozzo, E.; Branchini, E.; Brescia, M.; Brinchmann, J.; Burigana, C.; Cabanac, R.; Camera, S.; Candini, G. P.; Capobianco, V.; Cappi, A.; Carbone, C.; Carretero, J.; Carvalho, C. S.; Casas, S.; Castander, F. J.; Castellano, M.; Castignani, G.; Cavuoti, S.; Cimatti, A.; Cledassou, R.; Colodro-Conde, C.; Congedo, G.; Conselice, C. J.; Conversi, L.; Copin, Y.; Corcione, L.; Coupon, J.; Courtois, H. M.; Cropper, M.; Da Silva, A.; Degaudenzi, H.; Di Ferdinando, D.; Douspis, M.; Dubath, F.; Duncan, C. A. J.; Dupac, X.; Dusini, S.; Ealet, A.; Fabricius, M.; Farina, M. ; Farrens, S.; Ferreira, P. G.; Ferriol, S.; Finelli, F.; Flose-Reimberg, P.; Fosalba, P.; Frailis, M.; Franceschi, E.; Fumana, M.; Galeotta, S.; Ganga, K.; Garilli, B.; Gillis, B.; Giocoli, C.; Gozaliasl, G.; Graciá-Carpio, J.; Grazian, A.; Grupp, F.; Haugan, S. V. H.; Holmes, W.; Hormuth, F.; Jahnke, K.; Keihanen, E.; Kermiche, S.; Kiessling, A.; Kilbinger, M.; Kirkpatrick, C. C.; Kitching, T.; Knapen, J. H.; Kubik, B.; Kümmel, M.; Kunz, M.; Kurki-Suonio, H.; Liebing, P.; Ligori, S.; Lilje, P. B.; Lindholm, V.; Lloro, I.; Mainetti, G.; Maino, D.; Mansutti, O.; Marggraf, O.; Markovic, K.; Martinelli, M.; Martinet, N.; Martínez-Delgado, D.; Marulli, F.; Massey, R.; Maturi, M.; Maurogordato, S.; Medinaceli, E.; Mei, S.; Meneghetti, M.; Merlin, E.; Metcalf, R. B.; Meylan, G.; Moresco, M.; Morgante, G.; Moscardini, L.; Munari, E.; Nakajima, R.; Neissner, C.; Niemi, S. M.; Nightingale, J. W.; Nucita, A.; Padilla, C.; Paltani, S.; Pasian, F.; Patrizii, L.; Pedersen, K.; Percival, W. J.; Pettorino, V.; Pires, S.; Poncet, M.; Popa, L.; Potter, D.; Pozzetti, L.; Raison, F.; Rebolo, R.; Renzi, A.; Rhodes, J.; Riccio, G.; Romelli, E.; Roncarelli, M.; Rosset, C.; Rossetti, E.; Saglia, R.; Sánchez, A. G.; Sapone, D.; Sauvage, M.; Schneider, P.; Scottez, V.; Secroun, A.; Seidel, G.; Serrano, S.; Sirignano, C.; Sirri, G.; Skottfelt, J.; Stanco, L.; Starck, J. L.; Sureau, F.; Tallada-Crespí, P.; Taylor, A. N.; Tenti, M.; Tereno, I.; Teyssier, R.; Toledo-Moreo, R.; Torradeflot, F.; Tutusaus, I.; Valentijn, E. A.; Valenziano, L.; Valiviita, J.; Vassallo, T.; Viel, M.; Wang, Y.; Weller, J.; Whittaker, L.; Zacchei, A.; Zamorani, G.; Zucca, E.; Euclid Collaboration., Context. While Euclid is an ESA mission specifically designed to investigate the nature of dark energy and dark matter, the planned unprecedented combination of survey area (∼15 000 deg2), spatial resolution, low sky-background, and depth also make Euclid an excellent space observatory for the study of the low surface brightness Universe. Scientific exploitation of the extended low surface brightness structures requires dedicated calibration procedures that are yet to be tested. Aims. We investigate the capabilities of Euclid to detect extended low surface brightness structure by identifying and quantifying sky-background sources and stray-light contamination. We test the feasibility of generating sky flat-fields to reduce large-scale residual gradients in order to reveal the extended emission of galaxies observed in the Euclid survey. Methods. We simulated a realistic set of Euclid/VIS observations, taking into account both instrumental and astronomical sources of contamination, including cosmic rays, stray-light, zodiacal light, interstellar medium, and the cosmic infrared background, while simulating the effects of background sources in the field of view. Results. We demonstrate that a combination of calibration lamps, sky flats, and self-calibration would enable recovery of emission at a limiting surface brightness magnitude of μlim = 29.5−0.27+0.08 mag arcsec−2 (3σ, 10 × 10 arcsec2) in the Wide Survey, and it would reach regions deeper by 2 mag in the Deep Surveys. Conclusions.Euclid/VIS has the potential to be an excellent low surface brightness observatory. Covering the gap between pixel-to-pixel calibration lamp flats and self-calibration observations for large scales, the application of sky flat-fielding will enhance the sensitivity of the VIS detector at scales larger than 1″, up to the size of the field of view, enabling Euclid to detect extended surface brightness structures below μlim = 31 mag arcsec−2 and beyond. © ESO 2022., A. B. was supported by an appointment to the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the NASA Ames Research Center, administered by Universities Space Research Association under contract with NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA), through the European Space Astronomy Center Faculty. We acknowledge 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 d’Etudes 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 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 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). This work has made use of data from the ESA mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. This research made use of NumPy (Van Der Walt et al. 2011), Astropy, a community-developed core Python package for Astronomy (Astropy Collaboration 2013). All of the figures on this publication were generated using Matplotlib (Hunter 2007). This work was partly done using GNU Astronomy Utilities (Gnuastro, ascl.net/1801.009) version 0.11.22-dc86., With funding from the Spanish government through the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation SEV-2017-0709.

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Scaramella, R., Amiaux, J., Mellier, Y., Burigana, C., Carvalho, C., Cuillandre, J.-C., da Silva, A., Derosa, A., Dinis, J., Maiorano, E., Maris, M., Tereno, I., Laureijs, R., Boenke, T., Buenadicha, G., Dupac, X., Gaspar Venancio, L., Gómez-Álvarez, P., Hoar, J., Lorenzo Alvarez, J., Racca, G., Saavedra-Criado, G., Schwartz, J., Vavrek, R., Schirmer, M., Aussel, H., Azzollini, R., Cardone, V., Cropper, M., Ealet, A., Garilli, B., Gillard, W., Granett, B., Guzzo, L., Hoekstra, H., Jahnke, K., Kitching, T., Maciaszek, T., Meneghetti, M., Miller, L., Nakajima, R., Niemi, S., Pasian, F., Percival, W., Pottinger, S., Sauvage, M., Scodeggio, M., Wachter, S., Zacchei, A., Aghanim, N., Amara, A., Auphan, T., Auricchio, N., Awan, S., Balestra, A., Bender, R., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brau-Nogue, S., Brescia, M., Candini, G., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carlberg, R., Carretero, J., Casas, R., Castander, F., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conselice, C., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Costille, A., Courbin, F., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Duncan, C., Dusini, S., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Fosalba, P., Fourmanoit, N., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Hudelot, P., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kohley, R., Kubik, B., Kümmel, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lahav, O., Ligori, S., Lilje, P., Lloro, I., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Maurogordato, S., Melchior, M., Merlin, E., Meylan, G., Mohr, J., Moresco, M., Morin, B., Moscardini, L., Munari, E., Nichol, R., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Peacock, J., Pedersen, K., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Rebolo, R., Rhodes, J., Rix, H.-W., Roncarelli, M., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Schneider, P., Schrabback, T., Secroun, A., Seidel, G., Serrano, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Skottfelt, J., Stanco, L., Starck, J., Tallada-Crespí, P., Tavagnacco, D., Taylor, A., Teplitz, H., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Trifoglio, M., Valentijn, E., Valenziano, L., Verdoes Kleijn, G., Wang, Y., Welikala, N., Weller, J., Wetzstein, M., Zamorani, G., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., Baldi, M., Bardelli, S., Boucaud, A., Camera, S., Di Ferdinando, D., Fabbian, G., Farinelli, R., Galeotta, S., Graciá-Carpio, J., Maino, D., Medinaceli, E., Mei, S., Neissner, C., Polenta, G., Renzi, A., Romelli, E., Rosset, C., Sureau, F., Tenti, M., Vassallo, T., Zucca, E., Baccigalupi, C., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Battaglia, P., Biviano, A., Borgani, S., Bozzo, E., Cabanac, R., Cappi, A., Casas, S., Castignani, G., Colodro-Conde, C., Coupon, J., Courtois, H., Cuby, J., de la Torre, S., Desai, S., Dole, H., Fabricius, M., Farina, M., Ferreira, P., Finelli, F., Flose-Reimberg, P., Fotopoulou, S., Ganga, K., Gozaliasl, G., Hook, I., Keihanen, E., Kirkpatrick, C., Liebing, P., Lindholm, V., Mainetti, G., Martinelli, M., Martinet, N., Maturi, M., Mccracken, H., Metcalf, R., Morgante, G., Nightingale, J., Nucita, A., Patrizii, L., Potter, D., Riccio, G., Sánchez, A., Sapone, D., Schewtschenko, J., Schultheis, M., Scottez, V., Teyssier, R., Tutusaus, I., Valiviita, J., Viel, M., Vriend, W., Whittaker, L., van Mierlo, S. E., Caputi, K. I., Ashby, M., Atek, H., Bolzonella, M., Bowler, R. A. A., Brammer, G., Conselice, C. J., Cuby, J., Dayal, P., D??az-S??nchez, A., Finkelstein, S. L., Hoekstra, H., Humphrey, A., Ilbert, O., Mccracken, H. J., Milvang-Jensen, B., Oesch, P. A., Pello, R., Rodighiero, G., Schirmer, M., Toft, S., Weaver, J. R., Wilkins, S. M., Willott, C. J., Zamorani, G., Amara, A., Auricchio, N., Baldi, M., Bender, R., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Camera, S., Capobianco, V., Carbone, C., Carretero, J., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Courbin, F., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Galeotta, S., Garilli, B., Gillard, W., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Hornstrup, A., Jahnke, K., K??mmel, M., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kitching, T., Kohley, R., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Marulli, F., Massey, R., Maurogordato, S., Medinaceli, E., Meneghetti, M., Merlin, E., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Moscardini, L., Munari, E., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Renzi, A., Rhodes, J., Riccio, G., Romelli, E., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sapone, D., Sartoris, B., Schneider, P., Secroun, A., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Stanco, L., Starck, J. -L., Surace, C., Tallada-Cresp??, P., Taylor, A. N., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Tutusaus, I., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Vassallo, T., Wang, Y., Zacchei, A., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., Bardelli, S., Boucaud, A., Graci??-Carpio, J., Maino, D., Mauri, N., Mei, S., Sureau, F., Zucca, E., Aussel, H., Baccigalupi, C., Balaguera-Antol??nez, A., Biviano, A., Blanchard, A., Borgani, S., Bozzo, E., Burigana, C., Cabanac, R., Calura, F., Cappi, A., Carvalho, C. S., Casas, S., Castignani, G., Colodro-Conde, C., Cooray, A. R., Coupon, J., Courtois, H. M., Crocce, M., Cucciati, O., Davini, S., Dole, H., Escartin, J. A., Escoffier, S., Fabricius, M., Farina, M., Ganga, K., Garc??a-Bellido, J., George, K., Giacomini, F., Gozaliasl, G., Gwyn, S., Hook, I., Huertas-Company, M., Kansal, V., Kashlinsky, A., Keihanen, E., Kirkpatrick, C. C., Lindholm, V., Maoli, R., Martinelli, M., Martinet, N., Maturi, M., Metcalf, R. B., Monaco, P., Morgante, G., Nucita, A. A., Patrizii, L., Peel, A., Pollack, J., Popa, V., Porciani, C., Potter, D., Reimberg, P., S??nchez, A. G., Scottez, V., Sefusatti, E., Stadel, J., Teyssier, R., Valiviita, J., Viel, M., AUTRES, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Bologna (IASF-Bo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Université de Lisbonne, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / 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), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-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 Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-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)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
galaxies: high-redshift, galaxies: evolution, galaxies: photometry, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxie, photometry [galaxies], ddc:520, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysic, high-redshift [galaxies], evolution [galaxies]
Abstract

International audience; Euclid is a mission of the European Space Agency that is designed to constrain the properties of dark energy and gravity via weak gravitational lensing and galaxy clustering. It will carry out a wide area imaging and spectroscopy survey (the Euclid Wide Survey: EWS) in visible and near-infrared bands, covering approximately 15 000 deg 2 of extragalactic sky in six years. The wide-field telescope and instruments are optimised for pristine point spread function and reduced stray light, producing very crisp images. This paper presents the building of the Euclid reference survey: the sequence of pointings of EWS, deep fields, and calibration fields, as well as spacecraft movements followed by Euclid as it operates in a step-and-stare mode from its orbit around the Lagrange point L2. Each EWS pointing has four dithered frames; we simulated the dither pattern at the pixel level to analyse the effective coverage. We used up-to-date models for the sky background to define the Euclid region-of-interest (RoI). The building of the reference survey is highly constrained from calibration cadences, spacecraft constraints, and background levels; synergies with ground-based coverage were also considered. Via purposely built software, we first generated a schedule for the calibrations and deep fields observations. On a second stage, the RoI was tiled and scheduled with EWS observations, using an algorithm optimised to prioritise the best sky areas, produce a compact coverage, and ensure thermal stability. The result is the optimised reference survey RSD_2021A, which fulfils all constraints and is a good proxy for the final solution. The current EWS covers ≈14 500 deg 2 . The limiting AB magnitudes (5 σ point-like source) achieved in its footprint are estimated to be 26.2 (visible band I E ) and 24.5 (for near infrared bands Y E , J E , H E ); for spectroscopy, the H α line flux limit is 2 × 10 −16 erg −1 cm −2 s −1 at 1600 nm; and for diffuse emission, the surface brightness limits are 29.8 (visible band) and 28.4 (near infrared bands) mag arcsec −2 .

Published
2022
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