Dr. Andrea Zacchei Profile

Dr. Andrea Zacchei

at INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste

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Publications (16)

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Euclid mission status after mission critical design

R. Laureijs, G. Racca, Y. Mellier, P. Musi, L. Brouard, T. Böenke, L. Gaspar Venancio, E. Maiorano, A. Short, P. Strada, B. Altieri, G. Buenadicha, X. Dupac, P. Gomez Alvarez, J. Hoar, R. Kohley, R. Vavrek, A. Rudolph, M. Schmidt, J. Amiaux, H. Aussel, M. Berthé, M. Cropper, J.-C. Cuillandre, C. Dabin, J. Dinis, R. Nakajima, T. Maciaszek, R. Scaramella, A. da Silva, I. Tereno, O. Williams, A. Zacchei, R. Azzollini, F. Bernardeau, J. Brinchmann, C. Brockley-Blatt, F. Castander, A. Cimatti, C. Conselice, A. Ealet, P. Fosalba, W. Gillard, L. Guzzo, H. Hoekstra, P. Hudelot, K. Jahnke, T. Kitching, L. Miller, J. Mohr, W. Percival, V. Pettorino, J. Rhodes, A. Sanchez, M. Sauvage, S. Serrano, R. Teyssier, J. Weller, J. Zoubian

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114430F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563145

KEYWORDS: Image segmentation, Galactic astronomy, Data acquisition, Aerospace engineering, Space operations, Telescopes, Image quality, Point spread functions, Calibration, Photometry

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Euclid's US Science Data Center: lessons learned from building a small part of a big system

Harry Teplitz, Benjamin Rusholme, Hervé Aussel, Christophe Dabin, George Helou, Mark Holliman, Andrea Zacchei

Proceedings Volume 11449, 114491P (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560108

KEYWORDS: Data centers, Distributed computing, Sensors, Electronics, Seaborgium, Data processing, Data storage, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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The STRIP instrument of the Large Scale Polarization Explorer: microwave eyes to map the Galactic polarized foregrounds

Cristian Franceschet, Sabrina Realini, Aniello Mennella, Giuseppe Addamo, Alessandro Baù, Paola Battaglia, Marco Bersanelli, Barbara Caccianiga, Silvia Caprioli, Francesco Cavaliere, Kieran Cleary, Francesco Cuttaia, Francesco Del Torto, Viviana Fafone, Zunnoorain Farooqui, Ricardo Génova Santos, Todd Gaier, Massimo Gervasi, Tommaso Ghigna, Federico Incardona, Simone Iovenitti, Mike Jones, Pekka Kangaslahti, Roberto Mainini, Davide Maino, Michele Maris, Patricio Mena, Rocío Molina, Gianluca Morgante, Andrea Passerini, Maria del Rosario Perez-de-Taoro, Oscar Peverini, Federico Pezzotta, Claudio Pincella, Nicolás Reyes, Alessio Rocchi, José Rubiño-Martín, Maura Sandri, Stefano Sartor, Mary Soria, Valeria Tapia, Luca Terenzi, Maurizio Tomasi, Elisabetta Tommasi, Daniele Viganó, Fabrizio Villa, Giuseppe Virone, Angela Volpe, Bob Watkins, Andrea Zacchei, Mario Zannoni

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107081G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313558

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Polarization, Polarimetry, Polarizers, Calibration, Receivers, Microwave radiation, Sensors, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2016 Paper

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Mission-level performance verification approach for the Euclid space mission

Roland Vavrek, René Laureijs, Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Jérôme Amiaux, Yannick Mellier, Ruyman Azzollini, Guillermo Buenadicha, Gonzalo Saavedra Criado, Mark Cropper, Christophe Dabin, Anne Ealet, Bianca Garilli, Anna Gregorio, Henk Hoekstra, Knud Jahnke, Martin Kilbinger, Tom Kitching, John Hoar, Will Percival, Giuseppe Racca, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, Marc Sauvage, Roberto Scaramella, Luis Gaspar Venancio, Yun Wang, Andrea Zacchei, Stefanie Wachter

Proceedings Volume 9911, 991105 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233015

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Galactic astronomy, Spectroscopy, Systems modeling, Databases, Point spread functions, Seaborgium, Data processing, Calibration, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

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Management of the science ground segment for the Euclid mission

Andrea Zacchei, John Hoar, Fabio Pasian, Guillermo Buenadicha, Christophe Dabin, Anna Gregorio, Oriana Mansutti, Marc Sauvage, Claudio Vuerli

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99131B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232934

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Data storage, Software development, Algorithm development, System on a chip, Data processing, Seaborgium, Prototyping, Space operations, Information technology, Lead

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Euclid is an ESA mission aimed at understanding the nature of dark energy and dark matter by using simultaneously two probes (weak lensing and baryon acoustic oscillations). The mission will observe galaxies and clusters of galaxies out to z~2, in a wide extra-galactic survey covering 15000 deg², plus a deep survey covering an area of 40 deg². The payload is composed of two instruments, an imager in the visible domain (VIS) and an imager-spectrometer (NISP) covering the near-infrared. The launch is planned in Q4 of 2020. The elements of the Euclid Science Ground Segment (SGS) are the Science Operations Centre (SOC) operated by ESA and nine Science Data Centres (SDCs) in charge of data processing, provided by the Euclid Consortium (EC), formed by over 110 institutes spread in 15 countries. SOC and the EC started several years ago a tight collaboration in order to design and develop a single, cost-efficient and truly integrated SGS. The distributed nature, the size of the data set, and the needed accuracy of the results are the main challenges expected in the design and implementation of the SGS. In particular, the huge volume of data (not only Euclid data but also ground based data) to be processed in the SDCs will require distributed storage to avoid data migration across SDCs. This paper describes the management challenges that the Euclid SGS is facing while dealing with such complexity. The main aspect is related to the organisation of a geographically distributed software development team. In principle algorithms and code is developed in a large number of institutes, while data is actually processed at fewer centers (the national SDCs) where the operational computational infrastructures are maintained. The software produced for data handling, processing and analysis is built within a common development environment defined by the SGS System Team, common to SOC and ECSGS, which has already been active for several years. The code is built incrementally through different levels of maturity, going from prototypes (developed mainly by scientists) to production code (engineered and tested at the SDCs). A number of incremental challenges (infrastructure, data processing and integrated) have been included in the Euclid SGS test plan to verify the correctness and accuracy of the developed systems.

Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

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The Euclid mission design

Giuseppe Racca, René Laureijs, Luca Stagnaro, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, José Lorenzo Alvarez, Gonzalo Saavedra Criado, Luis Gaspar Venancio, Alex Short, Paolo Strada, Tobias Bönke, Cyril Colombo, Adriano Calvi, Elena Maiorano, Osvaldo Piersanti, Sylvain Prezelus, Pierluigi Rosato, Jacques Pinel, Hans Rozemeijer, Valentina Lesna, Paolo Musi, Marco Sias, Alberto Anselmi, Vincent Cazaubiel, Ludovic Vaillon, Yannick Mellier, Jérôme Amiaux, Michel Berthé, Marc Sauvage, Ruyman Azzollini, Mark Cropper, Sabrina Pottinger, Knud Jahnke, Anne Ealet, Thierry Maciaszek, Fabio Pasian, Andrea Zacchei, Roberto Scaramella, John Hoar, Ralf Kohley, Roland Vavrek, Andreas Rudolph, Micha Schmidt

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99040O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230762

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Galactic astronomy, Space operations, Telescopes, Point spread functions, K band, Sensors, Image quality, Data archive systems, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

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Space-borne survey instrument operations: lessons learned and new concepts for the Euclid NISP instrument

L. Valenziano, A. Gregorio, R. C. Butler, J. Amiaux, C. Bonoli, F. Bortoletto, C. Burigana, L. Corcione, A. Ealet, M. Frailis, K. Jahnke, S. Ligori, E. Maiorano, G. Morgante, L. Nicastro, F. Pasian, M. Riva, R. Scaramella, F. Schiavone, D. Tavagnacco, R. Toledo-Moreo, M. Trifoglio, A. Zacchei, F. Zerbi, T. Maciaszek

Proceedings Volume 8448, 844804 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926159

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Calibration, System on a chip, Sensors, Control systems, Satellites, Mathematical modeling, Visible radiation, Seaborgium, Data processing

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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The Large-Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE)

S. Aiola, G. Amico, P. Battaglia, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, P. de Bernardis, M. Bersanelli, A. Boscaleri, F. Cavaliere, A. Coppolecchia, A. Cruciani, F. Cuttaia, A. D' Addabbo, G. D' Alessandro, S. De Gregori, F. Del Torto, M. De Petris, L. Fiorineschi, C. Franceschet, E. Franceschi, M. Gervasi, D. Goldie, A. Gregorio, V. Haynes, N. Krachmalnicoff, L. Lamagna, B. Maffei, D. Maino, S. Masi, A. Mennella, G. Morgante, F. Nati, M. W. Ng, L. Pagano, A. Passerini, O. Peverini, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, S. Ricciardi, P. Rissone, G. Romeo, M. Salatino, M. Sandri, A. Schillaci, L. Stringhetti, A. Tartari, R. Tascone, L. Terenzi, M. Tomasi, E. Tommasi, F. Villa, G. Virone, S. Withington, A. Zacchei, M. Zannoni

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84467A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926095

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Polarimetry, Sensors, Telescopes, Calibration, Synchrotrons, Spatial resolution, Jupiter, Galactic astronomy, Contamination

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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A coherent polarimeter array for the Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) balloon experiment

M. Bersanelli, A. Mennella, G. Morgante, M. Zannoni, G. Addamo, A. Baschirotto, P. Battaglia, A. Baù, B. Cappellini, F. Cavaliere, F. Cuttaia, F. Del Torto, S. Donzelli, Z. Farooqui, M. Frailis, C. Franceschet, E. Franceschi, T. Gaier, S. Galeotta, M. Gervasi, A. Gregorio, P. Kangaslahti, N. Krachmalnicoff, C. Lawrence, G. Maggio, R. Mainini, D. Maino, N. Mandolesi, B. Paroli, A. Passerini, O. Peverini, S. Poli, S. Ricciardi, M. Rossetti, M. Sandri, M. Seiffert, L. Stringhetti, A. Tartari, R. Tascone, D. Tavagnacco, L. Terenzi, M. Tomasi, E. Tommasi, F. Villa, Gi. Virone, A. Zacchei

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84467C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925688

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Polarization, Telescopes, Staring arrays, Calibration, Electronics, Cryogenics, Sensors, Spatial resolution, Microwave radiation

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

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Calibration and testing of the Planck-LFI QM instrument

A. Mennella, B. Aja, E. Artal, M. Balasini, G. Baldan, P. Battaglia, T. Bernardino, M. Bersanelli, E. Blackhurst, L. Boschini, C. Burigana, R. Butler, B. Cappellini, F. Colombo, F. Cuttaia, O. D'Arcangelo, S. Donzelli, R. Davis, L. De La Fuente, F. Ferrari, L. Figini, S. Fogliani, C. Franceschet, E. Franceschi, T. Gaier, S. Galeotta, S. Garavaglia, A. Gregorio, M. Guerrini, R. Hoyland, N. Hughes, P. Jukkala, D. Kettle, M. Laaninen, P. Lapolla, D. Lawson, R. Leonardi, P. Leutenegger, G. Mari, P. Meinhold, M. Miccolis, D. Maino, M. Malaspina, N. Mandolesi, M. Maris, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, G. Morgante, L. Pagan, F. Pasian, P. Platania, M. Pecora, S. Pezzati, L. Popa, T. Poutanen, M. Pospieszalski, N. Roddis, M. Salmon, M. Sandri, R. Silvestri, A. Simonetto, C. Sozzi, L. Stringhetti, L. Terenzi, M. Tomasi, J. Tuovinen, L. Valenziano, J. Varis, F. Villa, A. Wilkinson, F. Winder, A. Zacchei

Proceedings Volume 6265, 62650G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669408

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Temperature metrology, Calibration, Cryogenics, Amplifiers, Waveguides, Radiometry, Temperature sensors, Sensors, Switches

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

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The ESO-VLT X-shooter instrument software in the VLT environment

Marzio Vidali, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Paolo Santin, Joel Vernet, Andrea Zacchei

Proceedings Volume 6274, 62740L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671080

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Control systems, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Near infrared, Actuators, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Observatories, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

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Planck/LFI DPC pipeline integration and testing

Andrea Zacchei, Claudio Vuerli, Davide Maino, Giancarlo de Gasperis, Fabio Pasian

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550778

KEYWORDS: Software development, Prototyping, Standards development, Data processing, Calibration, Data modeling, Interfaces, Data archive systems, Data communications, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

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Porting and refurbishment of the WSS TNG control software

Alessandro Caproni, Andrea Zacchei, Claudio Vuerli, Mauro Pucillo

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551541

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telecommunications, Java, Binary data, Process control, Databases, Human-machine interfaces, Telescopes, Software development, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

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Polarization properties at Nasmyth: focus of the alt-azimuth TNG telescope

Enrico Giro, Carlotta Bonoli, Franco Leone, Emilio Molinari, Claudio Pernechele, Andrea Zacchei

Proceedings Volume 4843, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458607

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Telescopes, Mirrors, Polarimetry, Stars, Reflection, Instrument modeling, Refractive index, Astronomical telescopes, Mathematical modeling

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper

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Archive systems for the TNG telescope: lessons learned in the VO perspective

Riccardo Smareglia, Fabio Pasian, Andrea Zacchei, Alessandro Caproni, Claudio Vuerli, Giuseppe Longo, Ugo Becciani, Claudio Gheller

Proceedings Volume 4846, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460827

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Telescopes, Databases, Control systems, Prototyping, Observatories, Data storage, Calibration, Astronomy, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 16 June 2000 Paper

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Pointing and tracking software for the TNG telescope

Daniele Gardiol, Carlotta Bonoli, Leonardo Corcione, Enrico Giro, Andrea Zacchei

Proceedings Volume 4009, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388422

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Error analysis, Cameras, CCD cameras, Data modeling, Clocks, Charge-coupled devices, Detection and tracking algorithms, Computer programming

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