Prof. Giampaolo Piotto Profile

Prof. Giampaolo Piotto

Professor of Astronomy at Univ degli Studi di Padova

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Publications (16)

Proceedings Article | 12 July 2018 Paper

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A comparison between the opto-thermo-mechanical model and lab measurements for CHEOPS

Demetrio Magrin, Maria Bergomi, Marco Dima, Davide Greggio, Luca Marafatto, Federico Biondi, Roberto Ragazzoni, Valentina Viotto, Matteo Munari, Isabella Pagano, Gaetano Scandariato, Thomas Beck, Willy Benz, Christopher Broeg, Martin Diego Busch, Andrea Fortier, Martin Rieder, Eduardo Hernandez, Giordano Bruno, Virginie Cessa, Daniele Piazza, Timothy Bandy, Giampaolo Piotto, Mario Salatti, Elisabetta Tommasi, Francesco Ratti, Nicola Rando, Atul Deep, Ivan Ngan, Lisa Gambicorti, Marco Baroni, Enrico Battistelli, Michele Dami, Ester Giannuzzo, Massimo Marinai, Andrea Turella, Jacopo Farinato, Luigi De Angelis

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106983B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313406

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Telescopes, Interfaces, Mirrors, Data modeling, Mathematical modeling, Cryogenics, Spherical lenses, Sensors, Optical benches

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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The telescope optical unit prototype AIV in the framework of the PLATO ESA mission

G. Umbriaco, F. Biondi, J. Farinato, V. Viotto, L. Marafatto, E. Portaluri, E. Carolo, D. Greggio, R. Ragazzoni, D. Magrin, S. Chinellato, M. Dima, L. Lessio, G. Farisato, D. Piazza, T. Bandy, I. Pagano, G. Piotto, A. Novi, M. Marinai, M. Bergomi, D. Vassallo

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106984A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314122

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Lenses, Telescopes, Stars, Space telescopes, CCD cameras, Prototyping, Tolerancing, Interferometers, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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PLATO: the ESA mission for exo-planets discovery

Demetrio Magrin, Roberto Ragazzoni, Heike Rauer, Isabella Pagano, Valerio Nascimbeni, Giampaolo Piotto, Daniele Piazza, Mario Schweitzer, Stefano Basso, Timothy Bandy, Willy Benz, Maria Bergomi, Federico Biondi, Gabriele Umbriaco, Anko Börner, Francesco Borsa, Alexis Brandeker, Mathias Brändli, Giordano Bruno, Juan Cabrera, Simonetta Chinellato, Thierry De Roche, Marco Dima, Anders Erikson, Jacopo Farinato, Matteo Munari, Mauro Ghigo, Davide Greggio, Maximilian Klebor, Luca Marafatto, Valery Mogulsky, Gisbert Peter, Martin Rieder, Daniela Sicilia, Valentina Viotto, Matthias Wieser, Ana Heras, Elisa Portaluri, Martin Pertenais, Mario Salatti, Elisabetta Tommasi, Simone Pirrotta, Andrea Novi, Massimo Marinai, Mauro Brotini, Matteo Burresi, Riccardo Bardazzi, Claude Català, Flavia Calderone, Virginie Cessa, Steve Rockstein, Filippo Marliani, Enrico Battistelli, Emanuele Capuano

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106984X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313538

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Planets, Stars, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Optical filters, Lenses, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

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PLATO: a multiple telescope spacecraft for exo-planets hunting

Heike Rauer, Daniele Piazza, Isabella Pagano, Giampaolo Piotto, Patrick Levacher, Stefano Basso, Maria Bergomi, Federico Biondi, Francesco Borsa, Marco Dima, Jacopo Farinato, Mauro Ghigo, Davide Greggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Luca Marafatto, Valentina Viotto, Gisbert Peter, Ana Maria Heras, Philippe Gondoin, Pierre Bodin, Matthias Wieser, Daniela Sicilia, Valery Mogulsky, Thierry De Roche, Mathias Brändli, Willy Benz, Roberto Ragazzoni, Demetrio Magrin, Valerio Nascimbeni, Mario Schweitzer, Simonetta Chinellato, Daniele Spiga, Claude Catala, Martin Rieder, Maximilian Klebor, Matteo Munari, Anders Erikson, Juan Cabrera, Giordano Bruno, Alexis Brandeker, Anko Boerner, Timothy Bandy

Proceedings Volume 9904, 990428 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236094

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Stars, Space operations, Planets, Aspheric lenses, Optical components, Exoplanets, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper

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AIV procedure for a CHEOPS demonstration model

M. Bergomi, V. Viotto, D. Magrin, J. Farinato, R. Ragazzoni, M. Dima, L. Marafatto, D. Greggio, M. Munari, I. Pagano, S. Scuderi, W. Benz, G. Piotto, C. Broeg, R. Buxton, D. Piazza, V. Cessa, G. Scandariato, T. Beck

Proceedings Volume 9143, 91435B (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056635

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Mirrors, Optical alignment, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Tolerancing, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, Sensors, Optical benches

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2014 Paper

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Shaping the PSF to nearly top-hat profile: CHEOPS laboratory results

Demetrio Magrin, Roberto Ragazzoni, Valentina Viotto, Jacopo Farinato, Maria Bergomi, Marco Dima, Luca Marafatto, Davide Greggio, Matteo Munari, Isabella Pagano, Salvatore Scuderi, Willy Benz, Giampaolo Piotto, Christopher Broeg, Andrea Fortier, Gabriele Umbriaco, Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Gaetano Scandariato, Thomas Beck, Virginie Cessa, Daniele Piazza

Proceedings Volume 9143, 91434L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055858

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Holography, Diffusers, Sensors, Optical components, Mirrors, Diffraction, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

Michel Mayor, Stephane Udry, David Phillips, Don Pollacco, Damien Segransan, Giampaolo Piotto, Andrew Collier Cameron, Xiaofeng Gao, Adriano Ghedina, Nicolas Buchschacher, Marcello Lodi, David Henry, Andy Born, Carlos Riverol, Brian Stobie, David Lunney, Jose Guerra, Charles Maire, David Latham, Luc Weber, Carlos Gonzalez, Alessandro Sozzetti, Luis Riverol, Dennis Kelly, Danuta Sosnowska, Angus Gallie, Dave Charbonneau, Pedro Figueira, Keith Horne, Emilio Molinari, Jose San Juan, Martin Black, Andy Vick, John Peacock, Dimitar Sasselov, Alberto Galli, Ken Rice, Ian Hughes, Manuel Gonzalez, Francesco Pepe, Michel Fleury, Didier Queloz, Christophe Lovis, Naidu Bezawada, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Rosario Cosentino, Giusi Micela, Mark Ordway

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84461V (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925738

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Spectrographs, Optical fibers, Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Stars, Sensors, Control systems, Lamps, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

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To PLAnetary Transit or not? An extremely large field of view camera with a CaF2 component tested in thermo-vacuum

H. Pasquier, M. Ghigo, D. Laubier, A. Brunelli, M. Bergomi, R. Ragazzoni, M. Dima, V. Viotto, G. Basile, I. Pagano, J. Farinato, G. Piotto, P. Christiansen, D. Piazza, D. Magrin, C. Catala

Proceedings Volume 8442, 844249 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926423

KEYWORDS: Optical design, Prototyping, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Cameras, Tolerancing, Space telescopes, Telescopes, CCD cameras, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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MCAO: Wavefront sensing only as a tool for high precision photometry?

V. Nascimbeni, L. Marafatto, A. Brunelli, M. Bergomi, M. Dima, D. Magrin, R. Ragazzoni, G. Piotto, V. Viotto, J. Farinato

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84476X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926370

KEYWORDS: Scintillation, Telescopes, Photometry, Stars, Atmospheric scintillation, Wavefronts, Atmospheric sensing, Turbulence, Mirrors, Light

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper

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The PLATO opto-mechanical unit prototyping and AIV phase

Salvatore Scuderi, Willy Benz, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Giampaolo Piotto, Emanuele Pace, Valentina Viotto, Isabella Pagano, Daniele Piazza, Demetrio Magrin, Stefano Basso, Marco Dima, Mauro Ghigo, Roberto Ragazzoni, Giorgia Gentile, Lisa Gambicorti, Claude Catala, Jacopo Farinato, Matteo Munari

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77314K (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856966

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Telescopes, Stars, Climatology, Space telescopes, Lenses, Optical testing, Cameras, Point spread functions, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

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PLATO: detailed design of the telescope optical units

Daniele Piazza, Wolfgang Zima, Giampaolo Piotto, Matteo Munari, Claude Catala, Stefano Basso, Demetrio Magrin, Lisa Gambicorti, Giorgia Gentile, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Jacopo Farinato, Isabella Pagano, Salvatore Scuderi, Mauro Ghigo, Roberto Ragazzoni, Marco Dima, Emanuele Pace, Valentina Viotto

Proceedings Volume 7731, 773124 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857237

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Lenses, Optical design, Space telescopes, Staring arrays, Optical instrument design, Stars, Optical benches, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Open Access

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MICADO: the E-ELT adaptive optics imaging camera

N. Tromp, R. Ragazzoni, E. Noyola, N. Ageorges, T. Paumard, R. Bender, E. Valentijn, L. Tacconi, E. Held, M. Drost, G. Verdoes Kleijn, F. Chapron, Z. Hubert, M. Wegner, K. Jahnke, R. Genzel, L. Barl, F. Eisenhauer, D. Gratadour, L. Greggio, R. Saglia, S. Trippe, E. Gendron, Y. Clenet, F. Grupp, T. Herbst, N. Förster Schreiber, R. Falomo, R. Navarro, H.-J. Hess, B. Muschielok, D. Lutz, E. Tolstoy, G. Fiorentino, A. Deep, E. Deul, G. Piotto, D. Magrin, Richard Davies, L. Bedin, P. Bernardi, G. Rousset, A. Renzini, H.-W. Rix, M. Thiel, K. Kuijken

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77352A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856379

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Calibration, Stars, Sensors, Mirrors, Point spread functions, Optical filters, Imaging spectroscopy, Cameras, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

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An update of the on-sky performance of the layer-oriented wavefront sensor for MAD

Jacopo Farinato, Matteo Lombini, Alessia Moretti, Marco Gullieuszik, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Giampaolo Piotto, Roberto Ragazzoni, Renato Falomo

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77363D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857317

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Charge-coupled devices, Wavefront sensors, Cameras, Telescopes, Infrared cameras, Deformable mirrors, V band, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

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Layer oriented: science with MAD and beyond

M. Gullieuszik, M. Lombini, G. Piotto, R. Turolla, Y. Almomany, A. Moretti, R. Donaldson, R. Falomo, J. Farinato, E. Marchetti, R. Ragazzoni, C. Arcidiacono, E. Diolaiti

Proceedings Volume 7015, 70150I (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790412

KEYWORDS: Stars, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Infrared radiation, Turbulence, Galactic astronomy, Astronomy, Laser guide stars, Near infrared

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper

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Simulations of exoplanets detection obtained with a high contrast imaging instrument: CHEOPS

Markus Feldt, Jacopo Antichi, Riccardo Claudi, Raffaele Gratton, Giampaolo Piotto, Alessandro Berton, Silvano Desidera, Elena Masciadri, Claudio Pernechele, Massimo Turatto

Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550470

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Adaptive optics, Signal to noise ratio, Speckle, Point spread functions, Device simulation, Spectrographs, Planetary systems, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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CHEOPS NIR IFS: exploring stars neighborhood spectroscopically

Sergio Ortolani, Rens Waters, Markus Feldt, Silvio Buson, Silvano Desidera, Claudio Pernechele, Paolo Bagnara, Alessandro Berton, Raffaele Gratton, Massimo Turatto, Hans Martin Schmid, Juan Alcalà, Gainpaolo Piotto, Riccardo Claudi, Jacopo Antichi, R. Neuhauser, Enrico Cascone, Jorge Lima, Andrea Baruffolo

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551427

KEYWORDS: Iterated function systems, Sensors, Control systems, Optical design, Adaptive optics, Microlens, Planets, Diffraction, Stars, Astronomy

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