Astrophysical: Space vehicles

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    AsteroFLAG: First results from hare-and-hounds Exercise #1

    We report on initial results from the first phase of Exercise #1 of the asteroFLAG hare and hounds. The asteroFLAG group is helping to prepare for the...

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    Asteroseismology of solar-type stars with Kepler: III. Ground-based data

    We report on the ground-based follow-up program of spectroscopic and photometric observations of solar-like asteroseismic targets for the Kepler space mission...

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    Chronos: A NIR spectroscopic galaxy survey to probe the most fundamental stages of galaxy evolution

    We propose a dedicated, ultra-deep spectroscopic survey in the near infrared (NIR), that will target a mass-limited sample of galaxies during two of the most...

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    Euclid preparation. I. The Euclid Wide Survey

    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...

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

    Context. While Euclid is an ESA mission specifically designed to investigate the nature of dark energy and dark matter, the planned unprecedented combination of...

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    Euclid preparation. XVIII. The NISP photometric system

    Euclid will be the first space mission to survey most of the extragalactic sky in the 0.95-2.02 µm range, to a 5 σ point-source median depth of 24.4 AB mag...

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    Euclid: Constraining dark energy coupled to electromagnetism using astrophysical and laboratory data

    In physically realistic, scalar-field-based dynamical dark energy models (including, e.g., quintessence), one naturally expects the scalar field to couple to...

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    Gaia Data Release 2. Calibration and mitigation of electronic offset effects in the data

    Context. The European Space Agency's Gaia satellite was launched into orbit around L2 in December 2013. This ambitious mission has strict requirements on...

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    Gaia Data Release 2. Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer

    This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) on the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. Starting...