Dr. Pietro Schipani Profile

Dr. Pietro Schipani

Senior Researcher at INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Publications (141)

SPIE Journal Paper | 17 December 2024 Open Access

Model predictive star tracking control for ground-based telescopes: the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo case

Giacomo Basile, Manuel Gonzalez, Alberto Petrillo, Stefania Santini, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 04, 044011, (December 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.044011

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Matrices, Data modeling, Design, Control systems, Signal filtering, Performance modeling, Detection and tracking algorithms, Error analysis

Read Abstract +

With the aim of improving the star tracking performance of ground-based telescopes, we deal with the design of model predictive control architecture so as to properly lead their axes while mitigating possible external disturbances affecting the control task. The proposed architecture is composed of two layers, namely, (i) a trajectory generator that determines, based on the astronomic computation, the telescope position and speed references to be tracked while ensuring that all the telescope physical constraints, in terms of speed and acceleration, are never violated; (ii) an model predictive control (MPC) controller that guarantees the optimal tracking of the desired reference behavior by providing the torque inputs for telescope axes for the achievement of star observation task. The control architecture is tailored for the tracking control problem of Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), located at La Palma (Spain). To this end, by leveraging real data measurements in specific operative scenarios, a 12-order linear system describing the TNG dynamics is identified, via the non-iterative subspace method, for the design of the second layer. Validation results confirm the goodness of the dynamical model in predicting the TNG behavior within the operative range of (80 and 90 deg) altitude position. The effectiveness of the proposed MPC-based control architecture is proven via an ad-hoc virtual testing simulation platform implemented in MATLAB and Simulink and tailored for the identified TNG model. Virtual testing results, involving the real scientific target TYC 1731-916-1, confirm the capability of the proposed solution in ensuring optimal star tracking while mitigating the wind external disturbances forces. Finally, a comparison analysis w.r.t. the state-of-the-art control approaches, i.e., Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian and Proportional-Integrator-Derivative controller, and a robustness analysis w.r.t. the model mismatch between the MPC prediction model and the simulated TNG dynamics are provided to disclose the improved tracking performance achievable via the proposed MPC-based control architecture.

DOWNLOAD PAPER

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Telescopio Nazionale Galileo control system upgrade

M. González, P. Schipani, H. Pérez Ventura, M. Hernández Díaz, A. Ghedina, A. Galli, J. Guerra, N. Hérnandez, M. Lodi, J. San Juan, C. Riverol, L. Riverol, M. Colapietro, S. Savarese

Proceedings Volume 13094, 1309441 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018705

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Field programmable gate arrays, Equipment, LabVIEW, Computer programming, Astronomy, Algorithm development, Standards development

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Model-based optimal tracking control architecture for ground-based telescopes

Giacomo Basile, Manuel Gonzalez, Alberto Petrillo, Stefania Santini, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130943L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020102

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Matrices, Stars, Design, Control systems, Simulations, Computer architecture, Astronomy, Optimal filtering

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: motivation, science drivers and top level requirements for a new dedicated facility

Roland Bacon, Vincenzo Maineiri, Sofia Randich, Andrea Cimatti, Jean-Paul Kneib, Jarle Brinchmann, Richard Ellis, Eline Tolstoi, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Vanessa Hill, Richard Anderson, Paula Sanchez Saez, Cyrielle Opitom, Ian Bryson, Philippe Dierickx, Bianca Garilli, Oscar Gonzalez, Roelof de Jong, David Lee, Steffen Mieske, Angel Otarola, Pietro Schipani, Tony Travouillon, Joel Vernet, Julia Bryant, Marc Casali, Matthew Colless, Warrick Couch, Simon Driver, Adriano Fontana, Matthew Lehnert, Laura Magrini, Ben Montet, Luca Pasquini, Martin Roth, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Matthias Steinmetz, Laurence Tresse, Christophe Yeche, Bodo Ziegler

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130941O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018093

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Iterated function systems, Molybdenum, Telescopes, Stars, Spectroscopy, Equipment, Spectroscopes, Cosmology, Spectrographs

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 3 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

MORFEO at ELT: the adaptive optics module for ELT

Paolo Ciliegi, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, Francesca Annibali, Carmelo Aridiacono, Nicolò Azzaroli, Andrea Balestra, Ivano Baronchelli, Alessandro Ballone, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Battaini, Simone Benedetti, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Bianco, Marco Bonaglia, Runa Briguglio, Lorenzo Busoni, Michele Cantiello, Giulio Capasso, Giulia Carlà, Elena Carolo, Enrico Cascone, Gaël Chauvin, Manal Chebbo, Simonetta Chinellato, Vincenzo Cianniello, Mirko Colapietro, Jean-Jacques Correia, Giuseppe Cosentino, Elia Costa, Domenico D'Auria, Vincenzo De Caprio, Nicholas Devaney, Ivan Di Antonio, Amico Di Cianno, Andrea Di Dato, Simone Di Filippo, Benedetta Di Francesco, Ugo Di Giammatteo, Chiara Di Prospero, Gianluca Di Rico, Andrea Di Rocco, Daphne Diretto, Mauro Dolci, Christian Eredia, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Philippe Feautrier, Italo Foppiani, Matteo Genoni, Enrico Giro, Laurence Gluck, Alexander Goncharov, Paolo Grani, Davide Greggio, Sylvain Guieu, Marco Gullieuszik, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Salvatore Lampitelli, Tommaso Lapucci, Fulvio Laudisio, Vincent Leal, Yves Magnard, Demetrio Magrin, Deborah Malone, Luca Marafatto, Christophe Michel, David Mouillet, Thibaut Moulin, Matteo Munari, Sylvain Oberti, Fabrice Pancher, Giorgio Pariani, Amedeo Petrella, Laurent Pinnard, Cedric Plantet, Elisa Portaluri, Alfio Puglisi, Patrick Rabou, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, Edoardo Maria Alberto Redaelli, Marco Riva, Sylvain Rochat, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Luca Rosignoli, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Marcello Scalera, Pietro Schipani, Danilo Selvestrel, Benoit Sassolas, Rosanna Sordo, Ludovico Teodori, Gabriele Umbriaco, Angelo Valentini, Marco Xompero

Proceedings Volume 13097, 1309722 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019058

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Design, Calibration, Equipment, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Deformable mirrors, Mirrors, Laser guide stars, Reflection

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

MAVIS: progress toward the final design review

François Rigaut, David Brodrick, Richard McDermid, Jennifer Burgess, Giovanni Cresci, Simon Ellis, Trevor Mendel, Jessica Zheng, Nuria Lorente, Ross Zhelem, Summer Luo, Timothy Chin, Anthony Horton, Helen McGregor, Lew Waller, Scott Smedley, Nuwanthika Fernando, Antony Galla, Brian Taylor, Israel Vaughn, Julien Bernard, Nicolas Doucet, Annino Vaccarella, Davide Greggio, Dionne Haynes, Gaston Gausachs, Jesse Cranney, Pierre Haguenauer, Stefan Stroebele, Cedric Plantet, Enrico Pinna, Guido Agapito, Luca Marafatto, Marco Bonaglia, Andrea Bianco, Alessio Zanutta, Matteo Aliverti, Mirko Colapietro, Pietro Schipani, Sergio D’Orsi, Salvatore Savarese, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Rosanna Sordo, Andrea Baruffolo, Andrea Balestra, Bernardo Salasnich, Daniela Fantinel, Damien Gratadour, Daniele Vassallo, Oleksandra Rebrysh, Maria Bergomi, Marco Gullieuszik, Simonetta Chinellato, Valentina Viotto, Elia Costa, Benoit Neichel, Romain Fetick, Roger Haynes, Sam Wade, Tristan Monnier, Max Hewlett, Mojtaba Taheri

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130970I (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019264

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

MORFEO at ELT system engineering after PDR, MBSE, and beyond

Marco Riva, Lorenzo Busoni, Demetrio Magrin, Paolo Ciliegi, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, Francesca Annibali, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Nicolò Azzaroli, Ivano Baronchelli, Andrea Balestra, Alessandro Ballone, Andrea Baruffolo, Federico Battaini, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Bianco, Marco Bonaglia, Runa Briguglio, Giulio Capasso, Giulia Carlà, Enrico Cascone, Manal Chebbo, Simonetta Chinellato, Vincenzo Cianniello, Mirko Colapietro, Matteo D'Ambrogio, Domenico D’Auria, Vincenzo De Caprio, Nicholas Devaney, Ivan Di Antonio, Benedetta Di Francesco, Ugo Di Giammatteo, Gianluca Di Rico, Andrea Di Rocco, Christian Eredia, Simone Esposito, Jacopo Farinato, Philippe Feautrier, Italo Foppiani, Matteo Genoni, Enrico Giro, Alexander Goncharov, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Tommaso Lapucci, Luca Marafatto, Matteo Munari, Sylvan Oberti, Giorgio Pariani, Cedric Plantet, Alfio Puglisi, Roberto Ragazzoni, Edoardo Maria Alberto Redaelli, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Bernardo Salasnich, Marcello Scalera, Rosanna Sordo, Pietro Schipani, Ludovico Teodori, Gabriele Umbriaco, Alessio Zanutta, Marco Xompero

Proceedings Volume 13099, 130991S (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019977

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Equipment, Systems engineering, Systems modeling, Deformable mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Calibration, Modeling, Design, Adaptive optics

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

VSTPOL: project management and system engineering activities for the new wide-field polarimetric mode of the VST

Salvatore Savarese, Mirko Colapietro, Pietro Schipani, Francesco Perrotta, Sergio D'Orsi, Laurent Marty, Giulio Capasso, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Demetrio Magrin, Jacopo Farinato, Gabriele Umbriaco, Stefano Covino

Proceedings Volume 13099, 1309921 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020098

KEYWORDS: Design, Equipment, Polarimetry, Systems engineering, Telescopes, Project management, Interfaces, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Astronomy, Tunable filters

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Analysis of the PSF moments of the Simonyi Survey Telescope

Salvatore Savarese, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Laura Schreiber, Vittorio Braga, Pietro Schipani, Giuliana Fiorentino, Marcella Di Criscienzo, Sandrine Thomas, Joshua Meyers

Proceedings Volume 13099, 130992H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020328

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Telescopes, Wavefront errors, Wavefronts, Analytic models, Monochromatic aberrations, Data modeling, Zernike polynomials, Wavefront aberrations, Optical components

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper

MORFEO at ELT: recent updates in the real-time computer design

Giulio Capasso, Andrea Baruffolo, Alfio Puglisi, Salvatore Savarese, Salvatore Lampitelli, Chiara Di Prospero, Italo Foppiani, Guido Agapito, Lorenzo Busoni, Jennifer Dunn, Sylvain Oberti, Amedeo Petrella, Pietro Schipani, Danilo Selvestrel, Marcos Suárez Valles, Jean Pierre Véran, Paolo Ciliegi

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131013X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020059

KEYWORDS: Real-time computing, Design, Deformable mirrors, Matrices, Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Sensors

Read Abstract +

MORFEO is the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Relay for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) that will provide multi-conjugate correction of the incoming wavefront by means of three deformable mirrors: one on the telescope and two in the instrument optical train. The wavefront sensing is based on six laser guide stars projected on a constellation of 45 arcseconds and three natural guide stars selected into the 2,7 arcminutes corrected FOV. The current design of the Real Time Computer (RTC) devoted to the deformable mirrors control is reported in the following. According to the ELT architecture, the RTC consists of a Hard Real-Time Core (HRTC) and a Soft Real-Time Cluster (SRTC). The former is in charge of acquiring data from the wavefront sensors and controlling the deformable mirrors and jitter mirrors. It adopts the HEART platform and will be provided by the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics - NRC Canada - which is joining to the Consortium. The SRTC, based on the ESO-provided RTC Toolkit, provides the interface for the Instrument Control System Software. It performs all the supervisory and monitoring tasks, in addition to the auxiliary loops for optimization of correction. This paper will discuss the state of the updated design of the RTC after the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) towards the final design of the subsystem. It will provide an in-depth description of the distributed architecture adopted by the system, with a particular focus on the architecture of the SRTC. Detailed insights into the design considerations, challenges encountered, and solutions implemented in the SRTC architecture will be presented to provide a comprehensive understanding of the system’s current state and future direction. Part of the research activities described in this paper were carried out with contribution of the Next Generation EU funds within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 - Education and Research, Component 2 - From Research to Business (M4C2), Investment Line 3.1 - Strengthening and creation of Research Infrastructures, Project IR0000034 – “STILES - Strengthening the Italian Leadership in ELT and SKA”.

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

Read Abstract +

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 | 25 July 2024 Paper

Description of MORFEO SRTC physical design and prototyping activities

Salvatore Lampitelli, Salvatore Savarese, Chiara Di Prospero, Alfio Puglisi, Andrea Baruffolo, Italo Foppiani, Giulio Capasso, Amedeo Petrella, Pietro Schipani, Danilo Selvestrel, Marcos Suárez Valles, Paolo Ciliegi

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131013T (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019862

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Matrices, Control systems, Point spread functions, Wavefront sensors, Real-time computing, Covariance matrices, Deformable mirrors, Design, Adaptive optics

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper

VSTPOL: upgrading the VST instrument control software for the new wide-field polarimetric mode

Salvatore Savarese, Laurent Marty, Mirko Colapietro, Pietro Schipani, Francesco Perrotta, Sergio D'Orsi, Giulio Capasso, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Demetrio Magrin, Jacopo Farinato, Gabriele Umbriaco, Stefano Covino

Proceedings Volume 13101, 1310141 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020156

KEYWORDS: Control software, Polarimetry, Equipment, Tunable filters, Telescopes, Control systems, Photonic integrated circuits, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Prototyping, Polarization

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

VSTPOL: the control electronics design for the new polarimetric mode of the VST

M. Colapietro, S. Savarese, P. Schipani, F. Perrotta, S. D'Orsi, L. Marty, G. Capasso, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Covino, D. Magrin, J. Farinato, G. Umbriaco

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130967M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018872

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Polarimetry, Equipment, Design

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

VSTPOL: making the VST a large survey telescope for optical polarimetry

P. Schipani, S. Covino, F. Snik, M. Colapietro, F. Perrotta, S. Savarese, S. Bagnulo, P. Bellutti, G. Capasso, E. Cappellaro, M. Cappi, G. Castignani, S. D'Orsi, J. Farinato, O. Hainaut, D. Hutsemekers, K. Kuijken, A. Magalhaes, D. Magrin, M. Marconi, L. Marty, F. Patat, E. Pian, F. Rigamonti, V. Ripepi, P. Rossettini, R. Sanchez, A. Smette, P. Spanò, R. Tomelleri, G. Umbriaco, A. van Vorstenbosch, G. Verdoes-Kleijn

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130967L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019695

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Telescopes, Polarization, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Equipment, Tunable filters, Lenses, Design, Magnetism, Control software

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

MAVIS: control electronics design of the adaptive optics module

M. Colapietro, S. Savarese, P. Schipani, S. D'Orsi, G. Capasso, L. Marty, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Aliverti, E. Costa, B. Salasnich, V. Viotto, M. Bergomi, K. Radhakrishnan, E. Pinna, M. Bonaglia, S. Ströbele, A. Vaccarella, L. Waller, B. Taylor, D. Brodrick, G. Gausachs, F. Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130968Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018905

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Adaptive optics, Design, Equipment, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Sensors

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper

MORFEO at ELT: preliminary design of the real-time computer

A. Baruffolo, I. Baronchelli, S. Savarese, S. Lampitelli, I. Foppiani, G. Capasso, P. Schipani, A. Petrella, D. Selvestrel, L. Busoni, G. Agapito, C. Plantet, M. Suárez Valles, S. Oberti, L. Pettazzi, P. Hagenauer, R. Biasi, M. Manetti, D. Gratadour, F. Rigaut, J.-P. Véran, D. Kerley, M. Smith, J. Dunn, A. Balestra, E. Giro, R. Sordo, S. Chinellato, P. Ciliegi

Proceedings Volume 12185, 121855K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630088

KEYWORDS: Real-time computing, Adaptive optics, Tomography, Sensors, Point spread functions, Matrices, Actuators, Laser guide stars, Interfaces, Deformable mirrors

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MAORY/MORFEO at ELT: general overview up to the preliminary design and a look towards the final design

Paolo Ciliegi, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, Francesca Annibali, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Nicolò Azzaroli, Andrea Balestra, Ivano Baronchelli, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Bianco, Marco Bonaglia, Runa Briguglio, Lorenzo Busoni, Michele Cantiello, Giulio Capasso, Giulia Carlà, Elena Carolo, Enrico Cascone, Simonetta Chinellato, Vincenzo Cianniello, Mirko Colapietro, Jean-Jacques Correia, Giuseppe Cosentino, Domenico D'Auria, Vincenzo De Caprio, Nicholas Devaney, Ivan Di Antonio, Amico Di Cianno, Andrea Di Dato, Ugo Di Giammatteo, Gianluca Di Rico, Mauro Dolci, Christian Eredia, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Philippe Feautrier, Italo Foppiani, Matteo Genoni, Enrico Giro, Laurence Gluck, Alexander Goncharov, Paolo Grani, Davide Greggio, Sylvain Guieu, Marco Gullieuszik, Pierre Haguenauer, Zoltan Hubert, Tommaso Lapucci, Fulvio Laudisio, Miska Le Louarn, Demetrio Magrin, Deborah Malone, Luca Marafatto, Matteo Munari, Sylvain Oberti, Giorgio Pariani, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Cedric Plantet, Elisa Portaluri, Alfio Puglisi, Patrick Rabou, Roberto Ragazzoni, Edoardo Redaelli, Marco Riva, Sylvain Rochat, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Marcello Scalera, Pietro Schipani, Rosanna Sordo, Marie-Helene Sztefek, Angelo Valentini, Marco Xompero

Proceedings Volume 12185, 1218514 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628969

KEYWORDS: Deformable mirrors, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, K band

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper

MAVIS: preliminary design overview of the natural guide star wavefront sensor submodule

Marco Bonaglia, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, Nicolò Azzaroli, Runa Briguglio, Lorenzo Busoni, Giulio Capasso, Luca Carbonaro, Mirko Colapietro, Ciro Del Vecchio, Sergio D'Orsi, Simone Doniselli, Paolo Grani, Davide Greggio, Tommaso Lapucci, Cédric Plantet, Enrico Pinna, Alfio Puglisi, Fabio Rossi, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Chiara Selmi, Valentina Viotto, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12185, 121856N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628799

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Bragg cells, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Stars, Zemax, Electronics, Wavefront sensors, Relays

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: preliminary design of the adaptive optics module

Valentina Viotto, Enrico Pinna, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Marco Bonaglia, Runa Briguglio, Giulio Capasso, Luca Carbonaro, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Mirko Colapietro, Elia Costa, Jesse Cranney, Ciro Del Vecchio, Simone Doniselli, Sergio D'Orsi, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Antony Galla, Gaston Gausachs, Paolo Grani, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Pierre Haguenauer, Nick Herrald, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Cedric Plantet, Alfio Puglisi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Fabio Rossi, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Chiara Selmi, Rosanna Sordo, Stefan Ströbele, Brian Taylor, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Simone Esposito, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12185, 1218520 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629441

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions, Actuators, Wavefront sensors, Imaging systems, Sodium, Wavefronts, Telescopes

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

MORFEO (formerly known as MAORY) instrument control software: toward a consolidated design

Bernardo Salasnich, Andrea Baruffolo, Fulvio Laudisio, Mirko Colapietro, Andrea Balestra, Gianluca Di Rico, Daniela Fantinel, Paolo Grani, Sylvain Guieu, Fabrice Pancher, Alfio Puglisi, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Rosanna Sordo, Paolo Ciliegi

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121891V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629777

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Real-time computing, Stars, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Cameras, Systems modeling

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MAVIS instrument control software: toward the preliminary design

E. Costa, B. Salasnich, A. Baruffolo, M. Colapietro, N. Doucet, D. Fantinel, A. Puglisi, F. Rigaut, F. Rossi, S. Savarese, P. Schipani

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629785

KEYWORDS: Real-time computing, Computer architecture, Telescopes, Control systems, Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Adaptive optics

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

MAVIS: preliminary design overview of the AOM control electronics

M. Colapietro, P. Schipani, S. Savarese, G. Capasso, S. D'Orsi, L. Marty, M. Aliverti, E. Costa, B. Salasnich, V. Viotto, M. Bergomi, S. Chinellato, M. Bonaglia, E. Pinna, P. Grani, T. Lapucci, A. Vaccarella, D. Brodrick, G. Gausachs, F. Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121843S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629040

KEYWORDS: Bragg cells, Control systems, Electronics, Cameras, Sensors, Photonic integrated circuits, Computer programming, Prototyping, Mirrors, Imaging systems

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Modeling wide-field telescopes in presence of misalignments: an application to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Giuliana Fiorentino, Laura Schreiber, Giacomo Basile, Giulio Capasso, Mirko Colapietro, Sergio D'Orsi, Laurent Marty, Francesco Perrotta

Proceedings Volume 12187, 1218719 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630248

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Data modeling, Error analysis, Zemax, Observatories, Active optics, Zernike polynomials, Mirrors

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Poster + Paper

Modeling the PSF of misaligned wide-field telescopes through an integrated modeling approach

P. Schipani, S. Savarese, G. Capasso, M. Colapietro, S. D'Orsi, M. Iuzzolino, L. Marty, F. Perrotta

Proceedings Volume 11816, 118160O (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594569

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Wavefronts, Integrated modeling, Point spread functions, Monochromatic aberrations, Mirrors, Error analysis, Zernike polynomials, Zemax, Optics manufacturing, Active optics

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 14 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Trajectory generation methods for radio and optical telescopes

Salvatore Savarese, Francesco Perrotta, Pietro Schipani, Giulio Capasso, Mirko Colapietro, Sergio D'Orsi, Laurent Marty, Francesco Schillirò

Proceedings Volume 11445, 1144553 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576097

KEYWORDS: Optical telescopes, Telescopes, Servomechanisms, Target acquisition, Optical tracking, Numerical simulations, Control systems, Antennas

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Long term monitoring of the VST through telescope log data

P. Schipani, G. Capasso, M. Colapietro, S. D'Orsi, L. Marty, F. Perrotta, S. Savarese

Proceedings Volume 11449, 114492N (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560495

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Statistical analysis, Observatories, Gold, Land mines, Active optics

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Telescopio Nazionale Galileo control system upgrade, new milestone achieved: azimuth axis completed

M. González, H. Pérez Ventura, M. Hernández Diaz, P. Schipani, A. Ghedina, J. San Juan , N. Hernández, J. Guerra, M. Lodi, L. Riverol , C. Riverol, C. González, A. Galli, M. Colapietro, S. Savarese

Proceedings Volume 11445, 1144550 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560252

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Algorithm development, Standards development, LabVIEW, Visualization, Computer programming languages, Computer programming

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Towards new servo control algorithms at the TNG telescope

P. Schipani, M. Gonzalez, F. Perrotta, S. Savarese, M. Colapietro, A. Ghedina, M. Hernandez Diaz, H. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 11445, 1144552 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560498

KEYWORDS: Servomechanisms, Telescopes, Algorithm development, Observatories, Operating systems, Electronics

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +

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

Read Abstract +