Dr. Franco Leone Profile

Dr. Franco Leone

at Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

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Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

The GIANO spectrometer: towards its first light at the TNG

E. Oliva, L. Origlia, R. Maiolino, C. Baffa, V. Biliotti, P. Bruno, G. Falcini, V. Gavriousev, F. Ghinassi, E. Giani, M. Gonzalez, F. Leone, M. Lodi, F. Massi, I. Mochi, P. Montegriffo, M. Pedani, E. Rossetti, S. Scuderi, M. Sozzi, A. Tozzi

Proc. SPIE. 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Telescopes, Mirrors, Prisms, Astronomy, Stars, Calibration, Spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The design of the MOONS-VLT spectrometer

E. Oliva, E. Diolaiti, B. Garilli, R. Gratton, D. Lorenzetti, P. Schipani, S. Scuderi, E. Vanzella, M. Cirasuolo, J. Afonso, R. Bender, P. Bonifacio, L. Kaper, L. Vanzi, C. Baffa, A. Bianco, C. Bonoli, F. Bortoletto, P. Bruno, L. Carbonaro, M. Centrone, G. Cresci, V. De Caprio, C. Del Vecchio, P. Di Marcantonio, A. Di Paola, F. D'Alessio, M. D'Alessandro, S. D'Orsi, G. Falcini, D. Ferruzzi, A. Fontana, I. Foppiani, M. Fumana, E. Giani, F. Leone, G. Li Causi, M. Lombini, R. Maiolino, F. Mannucci, L. Marty, L. Miglietta, M. Munari, R. Navarro, L. Origlia, L. Paioro, F. Pedichini, J. Pragt, S. Randich, M. Scodeggio, P. Spanò, R. Speziali, R. Stuik, A. Tozzi, F. Vitali

Proc. SPIE. 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Lenses, Cameras, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Collimators, Spectral resolution, Lawrencium

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

The preslit system of GIANO-TNG

P. Bruno, F. Leone, E. Oliva, S. Gennari, I. Mochi, L. Origlia

Proc. SPIE. 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Cameras, Spectroscopy, Wave plates, Infrared spectroscopy, Infrared radiation, Infrared telescopes, Beam guidance systems, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

The GIANO-TNG spectrometer

E. Oliva, L. Origlia, C. Baffa, C. Biliotti, P. Bruno, F. D'Amato, C. Del Vecchio, G. Falcini, S. Gennari, F. Ghinassi, E. Giani, M. Gonzalez, F. Leone, M. Lolli, M. Lodi, R. Maiolino, F. Mannucci, G. Marcucci, I. Mochi, P. Montegriffo, E. Rossetti, S. Scuderi, M. Sozzi

Proc. SPIE. 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Stars, Spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Velocity measurements, Planets, Lanthanum, Lawrencium

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Optical design of CAOS: a high-resolution spectropolarimeter for the Catania Astrophysical Observatory 0.91-m telescope

Paolo Spano, F. Leone, Salvatore Scuderi, Santo Catalano, Filippo Zerbi

Proc. SPIE. 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Stars, Polarization, Cameras, Magnetism, Polarimetry, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

GIANO: an ultrastable IR echelle spectrometer optimized for high-precision radial velocity measurements and for high-throughput low-resolution spectroscopy

Ernesto Oliva, Livia Origlia, Roberto Maiolino, Sandro Gennari, Valdemaro Biliotti, Emanuel Rossetti, Carlo Baffa, F. Leone, Paolo Montegriffo, Marco Lolli, Francesco D'Amato, Pietro Bruno, Salvatore Scuderi, Francesca Ghinassi, Manuel Gonzalez, Marcello Lodi, Gilberto Falcini, Elisabetta Giani, Gianni Marcucci, Mauro Sozzi

Proc. SPIE. 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Prisms, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry, Infrared spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Infrared radiation, Velocity measurements, Lanthanum, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

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

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

Proc. SPIE. 4843, Polarimetry in Astronomy

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

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Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

High-resolution spectropolarimetry at the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Franco Leone, Pietro Bruno, Antonio Cali, Riccardo Claudi, Rosario Cosentino, Giovanni Gentile, Raffaele Gratton, Salvatore Scuderi

Proc. SPIE. 4843, Polarimetry in Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Optical components, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Prisms, Polarization, Wave plates, Polarimetry, Optical testing, Spectral resolution

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