Dr. Andreas Kaufer Profile

Dr. Andreas Kaufer

Director of Operation at European Southern Observatory

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Publications (32)

Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

Operational metrics for the ESO Very Large Telescope: lessons learned and future steps

F. Primas, S. Marteau, L. Tacconi-Garman, V. Mainieri, S. Mysore, M. Rejkuba, M. Hilker, F. Patat, M. Sterzik, A. Kaufer, S. Mieske

Proceedings Volume 9910, 991002 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233588

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Large telescopes, Databases, Observatories, Space telescopes, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Advanced distributed simulations, Analytical research, Roads

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

The impact of science operations on science return at the Very Large Telescope

M. Sterzik, U. Grothkopf, A. Kaufer, B. Leibundgut, S. Mieske, F. Patat, M. Rejkuba, M. Romaniello, L. Tacconi-Garman

Proceedings Volume 9910, 991003 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232521

KEYWORDS: Large telescopes, Observatories, Telescopes, Mirrors, Astronomy, Clouds, Visibility, Spectrographs, Resistance, Databases

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

The Very Large Telescope Interferometer v2012+

Pierre Haguenauer, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Jaime Alonso, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Frédéric Derie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Philippe Gitton, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Stéphane Guisard, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Hudepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Sebastien Poupar, Andres Ramirez, Claudio Reineiro, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Thomas Rivinius, Markus Schöller, Christian Schmid, Alex Segovia, Nicolas Schuhler, Guillermo Valdes, Willem Jan de Wit, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 8445, 84450D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925323

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Astatine, Interferometry, Large telescopes, Observatories, Systems engineering, Control systems, Mirrors, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

A new La Silla site operations paradigm

G. Ihle, B. Ahumada, J. Duk, J. Fluxá, A. González, I. Kastinen, A. Kaufer, E. Matamoros, M. Pavez, J. Pineda, A. Pizarro, I. Saviane, P. Sinclaire, M. Sterzik

Proceedings Volume 7737, 773707 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856560

KEYWORDS: Lanthanum, Telescopes, Observatories, Astronomy, Surgery, Astronomical telescopes, Information technology, Systems engineering, Calibration, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

The VLT rapid-response mode: implementation and scientific results

Paul Vreeswijk, Andreas Kaufer, Jason Spyromilio, Ricardo Schmutzer, Cédric Ledoux, Alain Smette, Annalisa De Cia

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77370M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859027

KEYWORDS: Iron, Telescopes, Nickel, Ultraviolet radiation, Absorption, Data modeling, Observatories, Gamma radiation, Clouds, Solids

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

APEX: five years of operations

Andreas Lundgren, David Rabanus, Rolf Güsten, Karl Menten, Tim de Zeeuw, Hans Olofsson, Andreas Kaufer, Lars-Åke Nyman, Per Bergman, Carlos de Breuck, Friedrich Wyrowski, Claudio Agurto, Francisco Azagra, Michael Dumke, Felipe Mac-Auliffe, Mauricio Martinez, Francisco Montenegro, Dirk Muders, Vincent Reveret, Christophe Risacher, Rodrigo Parra, Giorgio Siringo, Gundolf Wieching

Proceedings Volume 7737, 773708 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856985

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Telescopes, Heterodyning, Bolometers, Antennas, Space telescopes, Observatories, Astronomy, Holography, Humidity

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

The very large telescope Interferometer: 2010 edition

Pierre Haguenauer, Jaime Alonso, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Philippe Gitton, Stephane Guisard, Sébastien Poupar, Nicolas Schuhler, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Angela Cortes, Frédéric Dérie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Huedepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Andres Pino, Andres Ramirez, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Markus Schoeller, Christian Schmid, Stan Stefl, Guillermo Valdes, Gerard van Belle, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773404 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857070

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Interferometers, Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Statistical analysis, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

The Very Large Telescope Interferometer: an update

Pierre Haguenauer, Roberto Abuter, Jaime Alonso, Javier Argomedo, Bertrand Bauvir, Guillaume Blanchard, Henri Bonnet, Stéphane Brillant, Michael Cantzler, Frédéric Derie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Yves Durand, Philippe Gitton, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Stéphane Guisard, Nicolas Haddad, Gerhard Hudepohl, Christian Hummel, Nathaniel Jesuran, Andreas Kaufer, Bertrand Koehler, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Christopher Lidman, Pedro Mardones, Serge Ménardi, Sébastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Than Phan Duc, Florence Puech, Andres Ramirez, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Stefan Sandrock, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Fabio Somboli, Stanislav Stefl, Mario Tapia, Gerard Van Belle, Anders Wallander, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70130C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788209

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Interferometers, Large telescopes, Interferometry, IRIS Consortium, Sensors, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

La Silla Paranal Observatory operations

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Proceedings Volume 7016, 701605 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790688

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Lanthanum, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Astatine, Interferometers, Imaging systems, Astronomy, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2006 Paper

Implementation of interference filters in the UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES)

S. Hubrig, G. Avila, A. Kaufer, S. D'Odorico, H. Dekker, R. Schmutzer, M. Marchesi, B. Wolff, N. Nesvacil

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62692S (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670712

KEYWORDS: Interference filters, Spectrographs, Vignetting, Calibration, Astronomy, Spectroscopy, Optical filters, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 30 June 2006 Paper

Applications of system modeling for VLT instruments

E. Bendek, M. Marchesi, F. Caruso, A. Smette, L. Vanzi, A. Kaufer

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62701A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671772

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Data modeling, Cryogenics, Temperature metrology, Sensors, Systems modeling, Device simulation, Scanners, Control systems, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 30 June 2006 Paper

VLT service mode operations at seven years

F. Comerón, G. Mathys, A. Kaufer, O. Hainaut, R. Hanuschik, M. Romaniello, D. Silva, P. Quinn

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62700X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670698

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Data processing, Data archive systems, Process control, Calibration, Databases, Large telescopes, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

Data reduction pipelines for the Very Large Telescope

P. Ballester, K. Banse, S. Castro, R. Hanuschik, R. Hook, C. Izzo, Y. Jung, A. Kaufer, J. Larsen, T. Licha, H. Lorch, L. Lundin, A. Modigliani, R. Palsa, M. Péron, C. Sabet, J. Vinther

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62700T (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671229

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Sensors, Prototyping, Large telescopes, Algorithm development, Observatories, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

VLT(I) instrument operations and maintenance at the Paranal Observatory

A. Kaufer, J. Alvarez, E. Bendek, F. Caruso, R. Castillo, J. Jimenez, G. Gillet, N. Haddad, A. Leiva, M. Marchesi, P. Mardones, M. Riquelme, P. Robert, U. Weilenmann

Proceedings Volume 6270, 627009 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670888

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Instrumentation engineering, Camera shutters, Calibration, Control systems, Inspection, Interferometry, Reliability, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

Experiences from the first AMBER open time observations

Fredrik Rantakyrö, Pascal Ballester, Stephane Brillant, Gilles Duvert, Emmanuel Galliano, Christian Hummel, Andreas Kaufer, Mario Kiekebusch, Etienne Le-Coarer, Tom Licha, Fabien Malbet, Pedro Mardones, Florentin Millour, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Romain Petrov, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Markus Schöller, Stan Stefl, Martin Vannier, Markus Wittkowski, Gerard Zins

Proceedings Volume 6268, 62681N (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671910

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Calibration, K band, Observatories, Astatine, Motion models, Astronomy, Spectral resolution, Lawrencium, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Recent progress at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

Markus Schöller, Javier Argomedo, Bertrand Bauvir, Leonardo Blanco-Lopez, Henri Bonnet, Stephane Brillant, Michael Cantzler, Johan Carstens, Fabio Caruso, Christian Choque-Cortez, Frederic Derie, Francoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Martin Dimmler, Yves Durand, Mark Ferrari, Emmanuel Galliano, Philippe Gitton, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Stephane Guisard, Nicolas Haddad, Pierre Haguenauer, Nico Housen, Gerd Hudepohl, Christian Hummel, Andreas Kaufer, Mario Kiekebusch, Bertrand Koehler, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Leveque, Christopher Lidman, Pedro Mardones, Serge Menardi, Sebastien Morel, Manfred Mornhinweg, Jean-Luc Nicoud, Isabelle Percheron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Than Phan Duc, Florence Puech, Andres Ramirez, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Stefan Sandrock, Fabio Somboli, Jason Spyromilio, Stanislav Stefl, Vincent Suc, Roberto Tamai, Mario Tapia, Martin Vannier, Gautam Vasisht, Anders Wallander, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski, Juan Zagal

Proceedings Volume 6268, 62680L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672231

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Interferometers, IRIS Consortium, Large telescopes, Interferometry, Mirrors, Optical fibers, Spectral resolution, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

Preparing MIDI science operation at VLTI

Sebastien Morel, Pascal Ballester, Bertrand Bauvir, Peter Biereichel, Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Emmanuel Galliano, Nicholas Haddad, Nico Housen, Christian Hummel, Andreas Kaufer, Pierre Kervella, Isabelle Percheron, Florence Puech, Fredrik Rantakyro, Andrea Richichi, Cyrus Sabet, Markus Schoeller, Jason Spyromilio, Martin Vannier, Anders Wallander, Markus Wittkowski, Christoph Leinert, Uwe Graser, Udo Neumann, Walter Jaffe, Jeroen de Jong

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550116

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometry, Visibility, Observatories, Calibration, Interferometers, Sensors, Electronics, Photometry, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

VLTI science operations at Paranal

Fredrik Rantakyro, Emmanuel Galliano, Christian Hummel, Andreas Kaufer, Pierre Kervella, Sebastien Morel, Markus Schoeller, Martin Vannier, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550059

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Calibration, Astatine, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy, Optical proximity correction, Stars, Interferometry, Particle swarm optimization

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

Observing with the VLT interferometer

Markus Wittkowski, Pascal Ballester, Tim Canavan, Fernando Comeron, Christian Hummel, Andreas Kaufer, Stephane Marteau, Gautier Mathys, Sebastien Morel, Petra Nass, Isabelle Percheron, Michele Peron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Fredrik Rantakyro, Andrea Richichi, Markus Schoeller, David Silva, Mario van den Ancker, Anders Wallander

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550389

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Stars, Visibility, Interferometry, Telescopes, Interferometers, Astatine, Data archive systems, Mid-IR, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Performance of FLAMES at the VLT: one year of operation

Luca Pasquini, Roberto Castillo, Hans Dekker, Reinhard Hanuschik, Andreas Kaufer, Andrea Modigliani, Ralf Palsa, Francesca Primas, Riccardo Scarpa, Jonathan Smoker, Burkhard Wolff

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550437

KEYWORDS: Stars, Calibration, Telescopes, Observatories, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Galactic astronomy, Coating, Astronomy, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Operational performance of OzPoz: the multifiber positioner on the VLT

Peter Gillingham, Jonathan Smoker, Matthew Colless, Andreas Kaufer

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550966

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Calibration, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Reliability, Projection systems, Magnetism, Tolerancing, Stars, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

Quality control for UVES-fiber at the VLT-Kueyen Telescope

Burkhard Wolff, Reinhard Hanuschik, Andreas Kaufer, Andrea Modigliani, Jonathan Smoker

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550630

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lamps, Spectrographs, Sensors, Telescopes, Process control, Observatories, Databases, Spectral resolution, Projection systems

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

Quality control of VLT FLAMES/GIRAFFE data

Reinhard Hanuschik, Jonathan Smoker, Andreas Kaufer, Ralf Palsa, Michael Kiesgen

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550471

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Spectrographs, Charge-coupled devices, Lamps, Data processing, Process control, Observatories, Signal processing, Databases, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

Installation and first results of FLAMES, the VLT multifiber facility

Luca Pasquini, Jaime Alonso, Gerardo Avila, Pablo Barriga, Peter Biereichel, Bernard Buzzoni, Cyril Cavadore, Claudio Cumani, Hans Dekker, Bernard Delabre, Andreas Kaufer, Heinz Kotzlowski, Vanessa Hill, Jean-Luis Lizon, Walter Nees, Paolo Santin, Ricardo Schmutzer, A. Kesteren, Manuela Zoccali

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458915

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Spectral resolution, Optical filters, Collimators, Optical fibers, Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 30 January 2003 Paper

High-S/N high-resolution image slicer observations with UVES

Hans Dekker, Poul Nissen, Andreas Kaufer, Francesca Primas, Sandro D'Odorico, Reinhard Hanuschik

Proceedings Volume 4842, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458070

KEYWORDS: Stars, Lithium, Magnesium, Telescopes, Prisms, Spectrographs, Optics manufacturing, Cements, Atmospheric modeling, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

Paranal science operations: running the four 8m unit telescopes of ESO's VLT

Gautier Mathys, Roberto Gilmozzi, Norma Hurtado, Andreas Kaufer, Chris Lidman, Jose Parra

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459498

KEYWORDS: Particle swarm optimization, Telescopes, Calibration, Observatories, Stars, Astronomy, Adaptive optics, Imaging spectroscopy, Data archive systems, Optical proximity correction

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

Quality control of VLT-UVES data

Reinhard Hanuschik, Andreas Kaufer, Andrea Modigliani, Sandro D'Odorico, Hans Dekker

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460617

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Spectral resolution, Lamps, Telescopes, Observatories, Data processing, Stars, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

Design, construction, and performance of UVES, the echelle spectrograph for the UT2 Kueyen Telescope at the ESO Paranal Observatory

Hans Dekker, Sandro D'Odorico, Andreas Kaufer, Bernard Delabre, Heinz Kotzlowski

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395512

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Spectrographs, Lamps, Collimators, Spectral resolution, Mirrors, Prisms, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

FLAMES: a multi-object fiber facility for the VLT

Luca Pasquini, Gerardo Avila, Eric Allaert, Pascal Ballester, Peter Biereichel, Bernard Buzzoni, Cyril Cavadore, Hans Dekker, Bernard Delabre, F. Ferraro, Vanessa Hill, Andreas Kaufer, Heinz Kotzlowski, Jean-Luis Lizon, Antonio Longinotti, S. Moureau, Ralf Palsa, S. Zaggia

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395491

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Telescopes, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Interfaces, Microlens, Contamination, Manufacturing, Optics manufacturing

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