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

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, M. Bergomi, E. Portaluri, E. Carolo, D. Greggio, R. Ragazzoni, D. Magrin, D. Vassallo, S. Chinellato, M. Dima, L. Lessio, G. Farisato, D. Piazza, T. Bandy, I. Pagano, G. Piotto, A. Novi, M. Marinai

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

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

Roberto Ragazzoni, Demetrio Magrin, Heike Rauer, Isabella Pagano, Valerio Nascimbeni, Giampaolo Piotto, Daniele Piazza, Patrick Levacher, Mario Schweitzer, Stefano Basso, Timothy Bandy, Willy Benz, Maria Bergomi, Federico Biondi, Anko Boerner, 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, Marco Gullieuszik, Maximilian Klebor, Luca Marafatto, Valery Mogulsky, Gisbert Peter, Martin Rieder, Daniela Sicilia, Daniele Spiga, Valentina Viotto, Matthias Wieser, Ana Maria Heras, Philippe Gondoin, Pierre Bodin, Claude Catala

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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