The development status of the NIR Arm of the new SoXS instrument at the ESO/NTT telescope

no code implementations • 23 Dec 2020 • F. Vitali, M. Aliverti, G. Capasso, F. D'Alessio, M. Munari, M. Riva, S. Scuderi, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Campana, P. Schipani, R. Claudi, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, A. Brucalassi, R. Cosentino, D. Ricci, P. D'Avanzo, H. Kuncarayakti, A. Rubin, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, O. Hershko, J. Kotilainen, M. Landoni, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Rappaport, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Stritzinger, E. Ventura, D. Young

SOXS is a R~4, 500 mean resolution spectrograph, with a simultaneously coverage from about 0. 35 to 2. 00 micron.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Forcing Seasonality of influenza-like epidemics with daily Solar resonance

no code implementations • 6 Jul 2020 • F. Nicastro, G. Sironi, E. Antonello, A. Bianco, M. Biasin, J. R. Brucato, I. Ermolli, G. Pareschi, M. Salvati, P. Tozzi, D. Trabattoni, M. Clerici

Seasonality of acute viral respiratory diseases is a well-known and yet not fully understood phenomenon.

Solar UV$-$B$/$A radiation is highly effective in inactivating SARS$-$CoV$-$2

no code implementations • 3 Jun 2020 • F. Nicastro, G. Sironi, E. Antonello, A. Bianco, M. Biasin, J. R. Brucato, I. Ermolli, G. Pareschi, M. Salvati, P. Tozzi, D. Trabattoni, M. Clerici

Solar UV$-$C photons do not reach Earth's surface, but are known to be endowed with germicidal properties that are also effective on viruses.

Time Series Analysis