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52. Transport of short-lived climate forcers/pollutants (SLCF/P) to the Himalayas during the South Asian summer monsoon onset

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Cristofanelli, P, primary, Putero, D, additional, Adhikary, B, additional, Landi, T C, additional, Marinoni, A, additional, Duchi, R, additional, Calzolari, F, additional, Laj, P, additional, Stocchi, P, additional, Verza, G, additional, Vuillermoz, E, additional, Kang, S, additional, Ming, J, additional, and Bonasoni, P, additional

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2014
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56. Continuous observations of synoptic-scale dust transport at the Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (5079 m a.s.l.) in the Himalayas

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Duchi, R., primary, Cristofanelli, P., additional, Marinoni, A., additional, Laj, P., additional, Marcq, S., additional, Villani, P., additional, Sellegri, K., additional, Angelini, F., additional, Calzolari, F., additional, Gobbi, G. P., additional, Verza, G. P., additional, Vuillermoz, E., additional, Sapkota, A., additional, and Bonasoni, P., additional

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2011
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61. Atmospheric Brown Clouds in the Himalayas: first two years of continuous observations at the Nepal-Climate Observatory at Pyramid (5079 m)

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Bonasoni, P., primary, Laj, P., additional, Marinoni, A., additional, Sprenger, M., additional, Angelini, F., additional, Arduini, J., additional, Bonafè, U., additional, Calzolari, F., additional, Colombo, T., additional, Decesari, S., additional, Di Biagio, C., additional, di Sarra, A. G., additional, Evangelisti, F., additional, Duchi, R., additional, Facchini, M. C., additional, Fuzzi, S., additional, Gobbi, G. P., additional, Maione, M., additional, Panday, A., additional, Roccato, F., additional, Sellegri, K., additional, Venzac, H., additional, Verza, G. P., additional, Villani, P., additional, Vuillermoz, E., additional, and Cristofanelli, P., additional

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2010
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63. Ex situ plant conservation initiative in developing country: Nepal as a case study.

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Rossi, G., Orsenigo, S., Dhital, D., Shrestha, S., Shrestha, B. B., Maharjan, S. R., Bhuju, D. R., Panthi, S., Pokharel, Y. R., Verza, G. P., and Mondoni, A.

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PLANT conservation, PLANT diversity, TREATIES, PLANT gene banks, ENDANGERED plants, SEED storage, DEVELOPING countries
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With the increased loss of plant biodiversity, theex situseed conservation has become of strategic importance. International treaties and conventions encourage more developed countries to cooperate in providing financial and other supports for the establishment and maintenance ofex situconservation facilities in developing countries. In this regard, the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (Nepal) and the Ev-K2-CNR (Italy) set up the Himalayan Seed Bank, with the goal of establishingex situseed conservation facility of rare, endemic and endangered plants in Nepal. Here, we discuss the importance of training on seed curation, management and research for the seed bank operators in developing countries. Particular attention is given to the procedures for providing power supply and for optimizing seed longevity in dry storage. Finally, the importance of duplicates in high-standard international seed banks is also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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64. Continuous observations of synoptic-scale dust transport at the Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (5079 m.a.s.l.) in the Himalayas.

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Duchi, R., Cristofanelli, P., Marinoni, A., Laj, P., Marcq, S., Villani, P., Sellegri, K., Angelini, F., Calzolari, F., Gobbi, G. P., Verza, G. P., Vuillermoz, E., Sapkota, A., and Bonasoni, P.

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This study presents two years of continuous observations of physical aerosol properties at the GAW-WMO global station "Nepal Climate Observatory -- Pyramid" (NCO-P, 27°57' N, 86° 48'E), sited at 5079 m a.s.l. in the high Himalayan Khumbu Valley (Nepal). Measurements of aerosol number size distribution, aerosol optical depth (AOD) and single scattering albedo (SSA) are analysed from March 2006 to February 2008. By studying the temporal variations of coarse (1 µm < Dp ≤10 µm) particle number concentration, 53 mineral Dust Transport Events (DTEs) are identified, accounting for 22.2% of the analysed data-set. Such events occurred prevalently during pre-monsoon (for 30.6% of the period) and winter (22.1%) seasons. However, uncommon cases of mineral dust transport are observed even during the monsoon season. The main sources of mineral dust reaching NCO-P are identified in the arid regions not far from the measurement site, i.e. from Tibetan Plateau, and Lot-Thar deserts, which account for 52% of the dust transport days. Moreover, a non-negligible contribution can be attributed to the Arabian Peninsula (17%) and the Indo-Gangetic Plains (16%), as indicated by three dimensional (3-D) back-trajectory analyses performed with LAGRANTO model. The observed DTEs lead to significant enhancements in the coarse aerosol number concentration (+513%) and coarse aerosol mass (+655%), as compared with average values observed in "dust-free" conditions (0.05 ± 0.11 cm-3 and 3.4 ± 3.7 µg m-3, respectively). During DTEs, SSA is higher (0.84-0.89) than on "dust-free" days (0.75-0.83), confirming the importance of this class of events as a driver of the radiative features of the regional Himalayan climate. Considering the dust events, a significant seasonal AOD increase (+37.5%) is observed in the post-monsoon, whereas lower increase (less than +11.1%) characterises the pre-monsoon and winter seasons confirming the influence of synoptic-scale mineral dust transports on the aerosol optical properties observed at NCO-P. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2011
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65. Aerosol mass and black carbon concentrations, two year-round observations at NCO-P (5079 m, Southern Himalayas).

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Marinoni, A., Cristofanelli, P., Laj, P., Duchi, R., Calzolari, F., Decesari, S., Sellegri, K., Vuillermoz, E., Verza, G. P., Villani, P., and Bonasoni, P.

Abstract

Aerosol mass and the absorbing fraction are important variables, needed to constrain the role of atmospheric particles in the Earth radiation budget, both directly and indirectly through CCN activation. In particular, their monitoring in remote areas and mountain sites is essential for determining source regions, elucidating the mechanisms of long range transport of anthropogenic pollutants, and validating regional and global models. Since March 2006, aerosol mass and black carbon concentration have been monitored at the Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid, a permanent high-altitude research station located in the Khumbu valley at 5079ma.s.l. below Mt. Everest. The first 10 two-year averages of PM1 and PM1-10 mass were 1.94 μgm-3 and 1.88 μgm-3, with standard deviations of 3.90 μgm-3 and 4.45 μgm-3, respectively, while the black carbon concentration average is 160.5 ngm-3, with a standard deviation of 296.1 ngm-3. Both aerosol mass and black carbon show well defined annual cycles, with a maximum during the pre-monsoon season and a minimum during the monsoon. They also display a typical diurnal cycle during all the seasons, with the lowest particle concentration recorded during the night, and a considerable increase during the afternoon, revealing the major role played by thermal winds in influencing the behaviour of atmospheric compounds over the high Himalayas. The aerosol concentration is subject to high variability: in fact, as well as frequent "background conditions" (55% of the time) when BC concentrations are mainly below 100 ngm-3, concentrations up to 5 μgm-3 are reached during some episodes (a few days every year) in the pre-monsoon seasons. The variability of PM and BC is the result of both short-term changes due to thermal wind development in the valley, and long-range transport/synoptic circulation. At NCO-P, higher concentrations of PM1 and BC are mostly associated with regional circulation and westerly air masses from the Middle East, while the strongest contributions of mineral dust arrive from the Middle East and regional circulation, with a special contribution from North Africa and South-West Arabian Peninsula in post-monsoon and winter season. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2010
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67. Euclid: Forecasts from the void-lensing cross-correlation

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M. Bonici, C. Carbone, S. Davini, P. Vielzeuf, L. Paganin, V. Cardone, N. Hamaus, A. Pisani, A. J. Hawken, A. Kovacs, S. Nadathur, S. Contarini, G. Verza, I. Tutusaus, F. Marulli, L. Moscardini, M. Aubert, C. Giocoli, A. Pourtsidou, S. Camera, S. Escoffier, A. Caminata, S. Di Domizio, M. Martinelli, M. Pallavicini, V. Pettorino, Z. Sakr, D. Sapone, G. Testera, S. Tosi, V. Yankelevich, A. Amara, N. Auricchio, M. Baldi, D. Bonino, E. Branchini, M. Brescia, J. Brinchmann, V. Capobianco, J. Carretero, M. Castellano, S. Cavuoti, R. Cledassou, G. Congedo, L. Conversi, Y. Copin, L. Corcione, F. Courbin, M. Cropper, A. Da Silva, H. Degaudenzi, M. Douspis, F. Dubath, C. A. J. Duncan, X. Dupac, S. Dusini, A. Ealet, S. Farrens, S. Ferriol, P. Fosalba, M. Frailis, E. Franceschi, M. Fumana, P. Gómez-Alvarez, B. Garilli, B. Gillis, A. Grazian, F. Grupp, L. Guzzo, S. V. H. Haugan, W. Holmes, F. Hormuth, A. Hornstrup, K. Jahnke, M. Kümmel, S. Kermiche, A. Kiessling, M. Kilbinger, M. Kunz, H. Kurki-Suonio, R. Laureijs, S. Ligori, P. B. Lilje, I. Lloro, E. Maiorano, O. Mansutti, O. Marggraf, K. Markovic, R. Massey, E. Medinaceli, M. Melchior, M. Meneghetti, G. Meylan, M. Moresco, E. Munari, S. M. Niemi, C. Padilla, S. Paltani, F. Pasian, K. Pedersen, W. J. Percival, S. Pires, G. Polenta, M. Poncet, L. Popa, F. Raison, R. Rebolo, A. Renzi, J. Rhodes, E. Rossetti, R. Saglia, B. Sartoris, M. Scodeggio, A. Secroun, G. Seidel, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, L. Stanco, J.-L. Starck, C. Surace, P. Tallada-Crespí, D. Tavagnacco, A. N. Taylor, I. Tereno, R. Toledo-Moreo, F. Torradeflot, E. A. Valentijn, L. Valenziano, Y. Wang, J. Weller, G. Zamorani, J. Zoubian, S. Andreon, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Euclid, Bonici M., Carbone C., Davini S., Vielzeuf P., Paganin L., Cardone V., Hamaus N., Pisani A., Hawken A.J., Kovacs A., Nadathur S., Contarini S., Verza G., Tutusaus I., Marulli F., Moscardini L., Aubert M., Giocoli C., Pourtsidou A., Camera S., Escoffier S., Caminata A., Di Domizio S., Martinelli M., Pallavicini M., Pettorino V., Sakr Z., Sapone D., Testera G., Tosi S., Yankelevich V., Amara A., Auricchio N., Baldi M., Bonino D., Branchini E., Brescia M., Brinchmann J., Capobianco V., Carretero J., Castellano M., Cavuoti S., Cledassou R., Congedo G., Conversi L., Copin Y., Corcione L., Courbin F., Cropper M., Da Silva A., Degaudenzi H., Douspis M., Dubath F., Duncan C.A.J., Dupac X., Dusini S., Ealet A., Farrens S., Ferriol S., Fosalba P., Frailis M., Franceschi E., Fumana M., Gomez-Alvarez P., Garilli B., Gillis B., Grazian A., Grupp F., Guzzo L., Haugan S.V.H., Holmes W., Hormuth F., Hornstrup A., Jahnke K., Kummel M., Kermiche S., Kiessling A., Kilbinger M., Kunz M., Kurki-Suonio H., Laureijs R., Ligori S., Lilje P.B., Lloro I., Maiorano E., Mansutti O., Marggraf O., Markovic K., Massey R., Medinaceli E., Melchior M., Meneghetti M., Meylan G., Moresco M., Munari E., Niemi S.M., Padilla C., Paltani S., Pasian F., Pedersen K., Percival W.J., Pires S., Polenta G., Poncet M., Popa L., Raison F., Rebolo R., Renzi A., Rhodes J., Rossetti E., Saglia R., Sartoris B., Scodeggio M., Secroun A., Seidel G., Sirignano C., Sirri G., Stanco L., Starck J.-L., Surace C., Tallada-Crespi P., Tavagnacco D., Taylor A.N., Tereno I., Toledo-Moreo R., Torradeflot F., Valentijn E.A., Valenziano L., Wang Y., Weller J., Zamorani G., Zoubian J., Andreon S., Bonici, M., Carbone, C., Vielzeuf, P., Paganin, L., Cardone, V., Hamaus, N., Pisani, A., Hawken, A. J., Kovacs, A., Nadathur, S., Contarini, S., Verza, G., Tutusaus, I., Marulli, F., Moscardini, L., Aubert, M., Giocoli, C., Pourtsidou, A., Camera, S., Escoffier, S., Caminata, A., Martinelli, M., Pallavicini, M., Pettorino, V., Sakr, Z., Sapone, D., Testera, G., Tosi, S., Yankelevich, V., Amara, A., Auricchio, N., Baldi, M., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Capobianco, V., Carretero, J., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Courbin, F., Cropper, M., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Duncan, C. A. J., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Ealet, A., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Fosalba, P., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Fumana, M., Gomez-Alvarez, P., Garilli, B., Gillis, B., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Guzzo, L., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Hornstrup, A., Jahnke, K., Kummel, M., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Massey, R., Medinaceli, E., Melchior, M., Meneghetti, M., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Munari, E., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Percival, W. J., Pires, S., Polenta, G., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Raison, F., Rebolo, R., Renzi, A., Rhodes, J., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sartoris, B., Scodeggio, M., Secroun, A., Seidel, G., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Stanco, L., Starck, J. -L., Surace, C., Tallada-Crespi, P., Tavagnacco, D., Taylor, A. N., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Wang, Y., Weller, J., Zamorani, G., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., and Astronomy

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Space and Planetary Science, FOS: Physical sciences, Euclid, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, gravitational lensing: weak / cosmological parameters / large-scale structure of Universe, Cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Euclid space telescope will survey a large dataset of cosmic voids traced by dense samples of galaxies. In this work we estimate its expected performance when exploiting angular photometric void clustering, galaxy weak lensing and their cross-correlation. To this aim, we implement a Fisher matrix approach tailored for voids from the Euclid photometric dataset and present the first forecasts on cosmological parameters that include the void-lensing correlation. We examine two different probe settings, pessimistic and optimistic, both for void clustering and galaxy lensing. We carry out forecast analyses in four model cosmologies, accounting for a varying total neutrino mass, $M_\nu$, and a dynamical dark energy (DE) equation of state, $w(z)$, described by the CPL parametrisation. We find that void clustering constraints on $h$ and $\Omega_b$ are competitive with galaxy lensing alone, while errors on $n_s$ decrease thanks to the orthogonality of the two probes in the 2D-projected parameter space. We also note that, as a whole, the inclusion of the void-lensing cross-correlation signal improves parameter constraints by $10-15\%$, and enhances the joint void clustering and galaxy lensing Figure of Merit (FoM) by $10\%$ and $25\%$, in the pessimistic and optimistic scenarios, respectively. Finally, when further combining with the spectroscopic galaxy clustering, assumed as an independent probe, we find that, in the most competitive case, the FoM increases by a factor of 4 with respect to the combination of weak lensing and spectroscopic galaxy clustering taken as independent probes. The forecasts presented in this work show that photometric void-clustering and its cross-correlation with galaxy lensing deserve to be exploited in the data analysis of the Euclid galaxy survey and promise to improve its constraining power, especially on $h$, $\Omega_b$, the neutrino mass, and the DE evolution., Comment: 22 pages, 9 figures - published in A&A

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2023
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68. Euclid: Forecasts from redshift-space distortions and the Alcock-Paczynski test with cosmic voids

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N. Hamaus, M. Aubert, A. Pisani, S. Contarini, G. Verza, M.-C. Cousinou, S. Escoffier, A. Hawken, G. Lavaux, G. Pollina, B. D. Wandelt, J. Weller, M. Bonici, C. Carbone, L. Guzzo, A. Kovacs, F. Marulli, E. Massara, L. Moscardini, P. Ntelis, W. J. Percival, S. Radinović, M. Sahlén, Z. Sakr, A. G. Sánchez, H. A. Winther, N. Auricchio, S. Awan, R. Bender, C. Bodendorf, D. Bonino, E. Branchini, M. Brescia, J. Brinchmann, V. Capobianco, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, M. Castellano, S. Cavuoti, A. Cimatti, R. Cledassou, G. Congedo, L. Conversi, Y. Copin, L. Corcione, M. Cropper, A. Da Silva, H. Degaudenzi, M. Douspis, F. Dubath, C. A. J. Duncan, X. Dupac, S. Dusini, A. Ealet, S. Ferriol, P. Fosalba, M. Frailis, E. Franceschi, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, B. Garilli, B. Gillis, C. Giocoli, A. Grazian, F. Grupp, S. V. H. Haugan, W. Holmes, F. Hormuth, K. Jahnke, S. Kermiche, A. Kiessling, M. Kilbinger, T. Kitching, M. Kümmel, M. Kunz, H. Kurki-Suonio, S. Ligori, P. B. Lilje, I. Lloro, E. Maiorano, O. Marggraf, K. Markovic, R. Massey, S. Maurogordato, M. Melchior, M. Meneghetti, G. Meylan, M. Moresco, E. Munari, S. M. Niemi, C. Padilla, S. Paltani, F. Pasian, K. Pedersen, V. Pettorino, S. Pires, M. Poncet, L. Popa, L. Pozzetti, R. Rebolo, J. Rhodes, H. Rix, M. Roncarelli, E. Rossetti, R. Saglia, P. Schneider, A. Secroun, G. Seidel, S. Serrano, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, J.-L. Starck, P. Tallada-Crespí, D. Tavagnacco, A. N. Taylor, I. Tereno, R. Toledo-Moreo, F. Torradeflot, E. A. Valentijn, L. Valenziano, Y. Wang, N. Welikala, G. Zamorani, J. Zoubian, S. Andreon, M. Baldi, S. Camera, S. Mei, C. Neissner, E. Romelli, Hamaus, N., Aubert, M., Pisani, A., Contarini, S., Verza, G., Cousinou, M. -C., Escoffier, S., Hawken, A., Lavaux, G., Pollina, G., Wandelt, B. D., Weller, J., Bonici, M., Carbone, C., Guzzo, L., Kovacs, A., Marulli, F., Massara, E., Moscardini, L., Ntelis, P., Percival, W. J., Radinovic, S., Sahlen, M., Sakr, Z., Sanchez, A. G., Winther, H. A., Auricchio, N., Awan, S., Bender, R., Bodendorf, C., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Capobianco, V., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cimatti, A., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Cropper, M., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Douspis, M., Dubath, F., Duncan, C. A. J., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Ealet, A., Ferriol, S., Fosalba, P., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Franzetti, P., Fumana, M., Garilli, B., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Haugan, S. V. H., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Jahnke, K., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kitching, T., Kummel, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Massey, R., Maurogordato, S., Melchior, M., Meneghetti, M., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Munari, E., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Rebolo, R., Rhodes, J., Rix, H., Roncarelli, M., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Schneider, P., Secroun, A., Seidel, G., Serrano, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Starck, J. -L., Tallada-Crespi, P., Tavagnacco, D., Taylor, A. N., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Wang, Y., Welikala, N., Zamorani, G., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., Baldi, M., Camera, S., Mei, S., Neissner, C., Romelli, E., Department of Physics, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Universitats-Sternwarte [München], Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Astrophysical Sciences [Princeton], Princeton University, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Bologna], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (INFN, Sezione di Bologna), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (INFN, Sezione di Padova), Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia 'Galileo Galilei', Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova (INFN, Sezione di Genova), Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa (UniGe), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), INAF-IASF Milano, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan (UNIMI), Universidad de La Laguna [Tenerife - SP] (ULL), Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), University of Bologna/Università di Bologna, University of Waterloo [Waterloo], Department of Physics and Astronomy [Waterloo], Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics [Waterloo], Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO), Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study [Uppsala], Uppsala University, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité de Recherche Environnement, Génomique Fonctionnelle et Études Mathématiques [Beyrouth] (UR-EGFEM), Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), ANR-16-CE23-0002,BIG4,Grosses données, Grosses simulations, Big Bang et Grands problèmes: Algorithes de reconstruction bayésiennes contraintes par la physique et application à l'analyse de données cosmologiques(2016), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), German Research Foundation, European Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Universita degli studi di Genova, Università degli Studi di Milano [Milano] (UNIMI), Università di Bologna Dipartimento di Fisca e Astronomia, INAF - Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, University of Bologna, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), and Astronomy

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Void (astronomy), Methods: data analysis / surveys, Cosmological parameter, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Large-scale structure of Universe, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Cosmological parameters, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Surveys, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology: observations, Dark energy, Methods: data analysis, 114 Physical sciences, Cosmology: observation, Cosmology, Redshift-space distortions, real-space, 0103 physical sciences, Dark matter, Large-scale structure of the Universe, luminosity function, observations [Cosmology], data analysis [Methods], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, dark energy survey, Physics, survey cosmological implications, galaxy troughs, density, COSMIC cancer database, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Angular diameter distance, Astronomy and Astrophysics, oscillation spectroscopic survey, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Redshift, Galaxy, matter, gravity, Space and Planetary Science, gravitational-instability, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Methods: data analysi
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Euclid Consortium: N. Hamaus et al., Euclid is poised to survey galaxies across a cosmological volume of unprecedented size, providing observations of more than a billion objects distributed over a third of the full sky. Approximately 20 million of these galaxies will have their spectroscopy available, allowing us to map the three-dimensional large-scale structure of the Universe in great detail. This paper investigates prospects for the detection of cosmic voids therein and the unique benefit they provide for cosmological studies. In particular, we study the imprints of dynamic (redshift-space) and geometric (Alcock–Paczynski) distortions of average void shapes and their constraining power on the growth of structure and cosmological distance ratios. To this end, we made use of the Flagship mock catalog, a state-of-the-art simulation of the data expected to be observed with Euclid. We arranged the data into four adjacent redshift bins, each of which contains about 11 000 voids and we estimated the stacked void-galaxy cross-correlation function in every bin. Fitting a linear-theory model to the data, we obtained constraints on f/b and DMH, where f is the linear growth rate of density fluctuations, b the galaxy bias, DM the comoving angular diameter distance, and H the Hubble rate. In addition, we marginalized over two nuisance parameters included in our model to account for unknown systematic effects in the analysis. With this approach, Euclid will be able to reach a relative precision of about 4% on measurements of f/b and 0.5% on DMH in each redshift bin. Better modeling or calibration of the nuisance parameters may further increase this precision to 1% and 0.4%, respectively. Our results show that the exploitation of cosmic voids in Euclid will provide competitive constraints on cosmology even as a stand-alone probe. For example, the equation-of-state parameter, w, for dark energy will be measured with a precision of about 10%, consistent with previous more approximate forecasts., NH, GP and JW are supported by the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS, which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2094 – 390783311. MA, MCC and SE are supported by the eBOSS ANR grant (under contract ANR-16-CE31-0021) of the French National Research Agency, the OCEVU LABEX (Grant No. ANR-11-LABX-0060) and the A*MIDEX project (Grant No. ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02) funded by the Investissements d’Avenir French government program, and by CNES, the French National Space Agency. AP is supported by NASA ROSES grant 12-EUCLID12-0004, and NASA grant 15-WFIRST15-0008 to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Investigation Team “Cosmology with the High Latitude Survey”. GL is supported by the ANR BIG4 project, grant ANR-16-CE23-0002 of the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche. PN is funded by the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES). We acknowledge use of the Python libraries NumPy (Harris et al. 2020), SciPy (Virtanen et al. 2020), Matplotlib (Hunter 2007), Astropy (Astropy Collaboration 2013, 2018), emcee (Foreman-Mackey et al. 2019), GetDist (Lewis 2019), healpy (Górski et al. 2005; Zonca et al. 2019), and PyAbel (Hickstein et al. 2019). This work has made use of CosmoHub (Carretero et al. 2017; Tallada et al. 2020). CosmoHub has been developed by the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC), maintained through a collaboration of the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) and the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) and the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC & IEEC), and was partially funded by the “Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación” program of the Spanish government. The Euclid Consortium acknowledges the European Space Agency and a number of agencies and institutes that have supported the development of Euclid, in particular the Academy of Finland, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, the Belgian Science Policy, the Canadian Euclid Consortium, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the Danish Space Research Institute, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Netherlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie, the Norwegian Space Agency, the Romanian Space Agency, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) at the Swiss Space Office (SSO), and the United Kingdom Space Agency.

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2022
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69. Euclid: Cosmological forecasts from the void size function

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S. Contarini, G. Verza, A. Pisani, N. Hamaus, M. Sahlén, C. Carbone, S. Dusini, F. Marulli, L. Moscardini, A. Renzi, C. Sirignano, L. Stanco, M. Aubert, M. Bonici, G. Castignani, H. M. Courtois, S. Escoffier, D. Guinet, A. Kovacs, G. Lavaux, E. Massara, S. Nadathur, G. Pollina, T. Ronconi, F. Ruppin, Z. Sakr, A. Veropalumbo, B. D. Wandelt, A. Amara, N. Auricchio, M. Baldi, D. Bonino, E. Branchini, M. Brescia, J. Brinchmann, S. Camera, V. Capobianco, J. Carretero, M. Castellano, S. Cavuoti, R. Cledassou, G. Congedo, C. J. Conselice, L. Conversi, Y. Copin, L. Corcione, F. Courbin, M. Cropper, A. Da Silva, H. Degaudenzi, F. Dubath, C. A. J. Duncan, X. Dupac, A. Ealet, S. Farrens, S. Ferriol, P. Fosalba, M. Frailis, E. Franceschi, B. Garilli, W. Gillard, B. Gillis, C. Giocoli, A. Grazian, F. Grupp, L. Guzzo, S. Haugan, W. Holmes, F. Hormuth, K. Jahnke, M. Kümmel, S. Kermiche, A. Kiessling, M. Kilbinger, M. Kunz, H. Kurki-Suonio, R. Laureijs, S. Ligori, P. B. Lilje, I. Lloro, E. Maiorano, O. Mansutti, O. Marggraf, K. Markovic, R. Massey, M. Melchior, M. Meneghetti, G. Meylan, M. Moresco, E. Munari, S. M. Niemi, C. Padilla, S. Paltani, F. Pasian, K. Pedersen, W. J. Percival, V. Pettorino, S. Pires, G. Polenta, M. Poncet, L. Popa, L. Pozzetti, F. Raison, J. Rhodes, E. Rossetti, R. Saglia, B. Sartoris, P. Schneider, A. Secroun, G. Seidel, G. Sirri, C. Surace, P. Tallada-Crespí, A. N. Taylor, I. Tereno, R. Toledo-Moreo, F. Torradeflot, E. A. Valentijn, L. Valenziano, Y. Wang, J. Weller, G. Zamorani, J. Zoubian, S. Andreon, D. Maino, S. Mei, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Euclid, Department of Physics, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Università degli Studi di Padova, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), German Research Foundation, Astronomy, Contarini, S., Verza, G., Pisani, A., Hamaus, N., Sahlén, M., Carbone, C., Dusini, S., Marulli, F., Moscardini, L., Renzi, A., Sirignano, C., Stanco, L., Aubert, M., Bonici, M., Castignani, G., Courtois, H. M., Escoffier, S., Guinet, D., Kovacs, A., Lavaux, G., Massara, E., Nadathur, S., Pollina, G., Ronconi, T., Ruppin, F., Sakr, Z., Veropalumbo, A., Wandelt, B. D., Amara, A., Auricchio, N., Baldi, M., Bonino, D., Branchini, E., Brescia, M., Brinchmann, J., Camera, S., Capobianco, V., Carretero, J., Castellano, M., Cavuoti, S., Cledassou, R., Congedo, G., Conselice, C. J., Conversi, L., Copin, Y., Corcione, L., Courbin, F., Cropper, M., Da Silva, A., Degaudenzi, H., Dubath, F., Duncan, C. A. J., Dupac, X., Ealet, A., Farrens, S., Ferriol, S., Fosalba, P., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Garilli, B., Gillard, W., Gillis, B., Giocoli, C., Grazian, A., Grupp, F., Guzzo, L., Haugan, S., Holmes, W., Hormuth, F., Jahnke, K., Kümmel, M., Kermiche, S., Kiessling, A., Kilbinger, M., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Laureijs, R., Ligori, S., Lilje, P. B., Lloro, I., Maiorano, E., Mansutti, O., Marggraf, O., Markovic, K., Massey, R., Melchior, M., Meneghetti, M., Meylan, G., Moresco, M., Munari, E., Niemi, S. M., Padilla, C., Paltani, S., Pasian, F., Pedersen, K., Percival, W. J., Pettorino, V., Pires, S., Polenta, G., Poncet, M., Popa, L., Pozzetti, L., Raison, F., Rhodes, J., Rossetti, E., Saglia, R., Sartoris, B., Schneider, P., Secroun, A., Seidel, G., Sirri, G., Surace, C., Tallada-Crespí, P., Taylor, A. N., Tereno, I., Toledo-Moreo, R., Torradeflot, F., Valentijn, E. A., Valenziano, L., Wang, Y., Weller, J., Zamorani, G., Zoubian, J., Andreon, S., Maino, D., and Mei, S.

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isw, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), bias, Galaxies: statistics, dark energy / cosmology: theory / galaxies: statistics / catalogs / surveys / methods: data analysis, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Surveys, Catalogs, Cosmology: Theory, Dark energy, Methods: data analysis, 114 Physical sciences, redshift-space distortions, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, statistics [Galaxies], galaxies, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, luminosity function, data analysis [Methods], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, dark energy survey, density, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, cosmic voids, matter, gravity, Space and Planetary Science, Theory [Cosmology], Cosmology: theory, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Euclid Consortium: S. Contarini et al., The Euclid mission – with its spectroscopic galaxy survey covering a sky area over 15 000 deg2 in the redshift range 0.9, We acknowledge the grant ASI n.2018-23-HH.0. SC, FM and LM acknowledge the use of computational resources from the parallel computing cluster of the Open Physics Hub (https://site.unibo.it/openphysicshub/en) at the Physics and Astronomy Department in Bologna. GV is supported by Universitá degli Studi di Padova and in part by the project “Combining Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure data: an Integrated Approach for Addressing Fundamental Questions in Cosmology”, funded by the MIUR Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) Bando 2017 – grant 2017YJYZAH. AP is supported by NASA ROSES grant 12-EUCLID12-0004, and NASA grant 15-WFIRST15-0008 to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Science Investigation Team “Cosmology with the High Latitude Survey”. NH is supported by the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS, which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2094 – 390783311. MS acknowledges support by the P. E. Filén fellowship and a fellowship at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). LM acknowledges support from PRIN MIUR 2017 WSCC32 “Zooming into dark matter and proto-galaxies with massive lensing clusters”. AR acknowledges funding from Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) through the ‘Dipartimenti di eccellenza’ project Science of the Universe. He is supported in part by the project “Combining Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure data: an Integrated Approach for Addressing Fundamental Questions in Cosmology”, funded by the MIUR Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) Bando 2017 – grant 2017YJYZAH We acknowledge use of the Python libraries NumPy (Harris et al. 2020), Matplotlib (Hunter 2007) and ChainConsumer (Hinton 2016). This work has made use of Cosmo-Hub (Carretero et al. 2017; Tallada et al. 2020). CosmoHub has been developed by the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC), maintained through a collaboration ofthe Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) and the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) and the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC & IEEC), and was partially funded by the “Plan Estatalde Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación” program of the Spanish government. The Euclid Consortium acknowledges the European Space Agency and a number of agencies and institutes that have supported the development of Euclid, in particular the Academy of Finland, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, the Belgian Science Policy, the Canadian Euclid Consortium, the French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the Danish Space Research Institute, the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the Netherlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie, the Norwegian Space Agency, the Romanian Space Agency, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) at the Swiss Space Office (SSO), and the United Kingdom Space Agency.

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2022
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70. Transport of short-lived climate forcers/pollutants (SLCF/P) to the Himalayas during the South Asian summer monsoon onset

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Tony Christian Landi, Davide Putero, G. P. Verza, Paolo Bonasoni, E. Vuillermoz, Francescopiero Calzolari, Shichang Kang, P. Stocchi, Angela Marinoni, Bhupesh Adhikary, Jing Ming, Paolo Cristofanelli, R. Duchi, Paolo Laj, Cristofanelli, P., Putero, D., Adhikary, B., Landi, T.C., Marinoni, A., Duchi, R., Calzolari, F., Laj, P., Stocchi, P., Verza, G., Vuillermoz, E., Kang, S., Ming, J., and Bonasoni, P.

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mineral dust, Himalayas, Atmospheric circulation, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, equivalent black carbon, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Storm, Mineral dust, Monsoon, Atmospheric sciences, Arid, Aerosol, Troposphere, ozone, Climatology, Environmental science, monsoon onset, Precipitation, General Environmental Science
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Over the course of six years (2006-2011), equivalent black carbon (eqBC), coarse aerosol mass (PM1-10), and surface ozone (O3), observed during the monsoon onset period at the Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid WMO/GAW Global Station (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.), were analyzed to investigate events characterized by a significant increase in these short-lived climate forcers/pollutants (SLCF/P). These events occurred during periods characterized by low (or nearly absent) rain precipitation in the central Himalayas, and they appeared to be related to weakening stages (or 'breaking') of the South Asian summer monsoon system. As revealed by the combined analysis of atmospheric circulation, air-mass three-dimensional back trajectories, and satellite measurements of atmospheric aerosol loading, surface open fire, and tropospheric NOx , the large amount of SLCF/P reaching the NCO-P appeared to be related to natural (mineral dust) and anthropogenic emissions occurring within the PBL of central Pakistan (i.e., Thar Desert), the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic plain, and the Himalayan foothills. The systematic occurrence of these events appeared to represent the most important source of SLCF/P inputs into the central Himalayas during the summer monsoon onset period, with possible important implications for the regional climate and for hydrological cycles.

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73. Calcium-Citrate Anticoagulation during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Metformin Intoxication: A Case Series, Mathematical Estimation of Citrate Accumulation, and Literature Review.

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Brunoni B, Zadek F, Mulazzani F, Verza G, Marrazzo F, Spina S, Protti A, Fumagalli R, and Langer T

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Humans, Citric Acid therapeutic use, Calcium pharmacology, Calcium Citrate, Anticoagulants therapeutic use, Citrates adverse effects, Renal Replacement Therapy, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Acidosis, Lactic chemically induced, Hemofiltration adverse effects
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Introduction: Metformin intoxication causes lactic acidosis by inhibiting Krebs' cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is recommended for metformin removal in critically ill patients. According to current guidelines, regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) is the first-line strategy. However, since metformin also inhibits citrate metabolism, a risk of citrate accumulation could be hypothesized. In the present study, we monitored the potential citrate accumulation in metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA) patients treated with CRRT and RCA using the physical-chemical approach to acid-base interpretation., Methods: We collected a case series of 3 patients with MALA. Patients were treated with continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH), and RCA was performed with diluted citrate solution. Citrate accumulation was monitored through two methods: the ratio between total and ionized plasma calcium concentrations (T/I calcium ratio) above 2.5 and the strong ion gap (SIG) to identify an increased concentration of unmeasured anions. Lastly, a mathematical model was developed to estimate the expected citrate accumulation during CVVH and RCA., Results: All 3 patients showed a resolution of MALA after the treatment with CVVH. The T/I calcium ratio was consistently below 2.5, and SIG decreased, reaching values lower than 6 mEq/L after 48 h of CVVH treatment. According to the mathematical model, the estimated SIG without citrate metabolism should have been around 21 mEq/L due to citrate accumulation., Conclusions: In our clinical management, no signs of citrate accumulation were recorded in MALA patients during treatment with CVVH and RCA. Our data support the safe use of diluted citrate to perform RCA during metformin intoxication., (© 2023 S. Karger AG, Basel.)

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2023
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74. Influence of open vegetation fires on black carbon and ozone variability in the southern Himalayas (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.).

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Putero D, Landi TC, Cristofanelli P, Marinoni A, Laj P, Duchi R, Calzolari F, Verza GP, and Bonasoni P

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Air Pollution statistics & numerical data, Nepal, Air Pollutants analysis, Environmental Monitoring, Fires, Ozone analysis, Soot analysis
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We analysed the variability of equivalent black carbon (BC) and ozone (O3) at the global WMO/GAW station Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.) in the southern Himalayas, for evaluating the possible contribution of open vegetation fires to the variability of these short-lived climate forcers/pollutants (SLCF/SLCP) in the Himalayan region. We found that 162 days (9% of the data-set) were characterised by acute pollution events with enhanced BC and O3 in respect to the climatological values. By using satellite observations (MODIS fire products and the USGS Land Use Cover Characterization) and air mass back-trajectories, we deduced that 56% of these events were likely to be affected by emissions from open fires along the Himalayas foothills, the Indian Subcontinent and the Northern Indo-Gangetic Plain. These results suggest that open fire emissions are likely to play an important role in modulating seasonal and inter-annual BC and O3 variability over south Himalayas., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2014
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75. The ABC-Pyramid Atmospheric Research Observatory in Himalaya for aerosol, ozone and halocarbon measurements.

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Bonasoni P, Laj P, Angelini F, Arduini J, Bonafè U, Calzolari F, Cristofanelli P, Decesari S, Facchini MC, Fuzzi S, Gobbi GP, Maione M, Marinoni A, Petzold A, Roccato F, Roger JC, Sellegri K, Sprenger M, Venzac H, Verza GP, Villani P, and Vuillermoz E

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Aerosols, Altitude, Environmental Monitoring, Nepal, Seasons, Weather, Air Pollutants analysis, Hydrocarbons, Halogenated analysis, Ozone analysis, Particulate Matter analysis, Soot analysis
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In this work we present the new ABC-Pyramid Atmospheric Research Observatory (Nepal, 27.95 N, 86.82 E) located in the Himalayas, specifically in the Khumbu valley at 5079 m a.s.l. This measurement station has been set-up with the aim of investigating natural and human-induced environmental changes at different scales (local, regional and global). After an accurate instrumental set-up at ISAC-CNR in Bologna (Italy) in autumn 2005, the ABC-Pyramid Observatory for aerosol (physical, chemical and optical properties) and trace gas measurements (ozone and climate altering halocarbons) was installed in the high Khumbu valley in February 2006. Since March 2006, continuous measurements of aerosol particles (optical and physical properties), ozone (O3) and meteorological parameters as well as weekly samplings of particulate matter (for chemical analyses) and grab air samples for the determination of 27 halocarbons, have been carried out. These measurements provide data on the typical atmospheric composition of the Himalayan area between India and China and make investigations of the principal differences and similarities between the monsoon and pre-monsoon seasons possible. The study is carried out within the framework of the Ev-K2-CNR "SHARE-Asia" (Stations at High Altitude for Research on the Environment in Asia) and UNEP-"ABC" (Atmospheric Brown Clouds) projects. With the name of "Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid" the station is now part of the Observatory program of the ABC project.

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2008
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76. Effect of vanadium compounds on the lipid organization of liposomes and cell membranes.

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Bakás L, Verza G, and Cortizo A

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Animals, Cell Membrane chemistry, Cell Membrane metabolism, Fluorescence Polarization, Liposomes chemistry, Osteoblasts cytology, Osteoblasts drug effects, Osteoblasts metabolism, Pyrimidinones chemistry, Pyrimidinones metabolism, Rats, Spectrometry, Fluorescence, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Cell Membrane drug effects, Lipid Metabolism, Liposomes metabolism, Vanadium Compounds pharmacology
Abstract

The influence of vanadate on the adsorption properties of Merocyanine 540 (MC540) to UMR cells was studied by means of specrofluorometry. An increment in the fluorescence was observed in the osteoblasts incubated with 0.1 mM vanadate. This effect could be interpreted in terms of vanadate inhibitory effects on aminotraslocase activity. However, vanadate promotes a similar behavior to that found in UMR 106 cells when it was added to lipid vesicles composed of phosphatidylcholine. The effect of vanadium in different oxidation states, such as vanadate(V) and vanadyl(IV) on lipid membrane properties was examined in large unilamellar vesicles by means of spectrofluorometry employing different probes. Merocyanine 540 and 1,6-diphenylhexatriene were used in order to sense the changes at interfacial and hydrophobic core of membranes, respectively. In contrast to vanadate, vanadyl decreased the fluorescence of MC540. Both vanadium compounds slightly perturbed the hydrocarbon core. The results can be interpreted by the specific adsorption of both compounds on the polar head groups of phospholipid and suggest a possible influence of vanadium compounds on the lipid organization of cell membranes.

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2001
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77. Location of tryptophan residues in free and membrane bound Escherichia coli alpha-hemolysin and their role on the lytic membrane properties.

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Verza G and Bakás L

Subjects
Bacterial Proteins metabolism, Bacterial Toxins metabolism, Bromosuccinimide, Cell Membrane chemistry, Cell Membrane metabolism, Escherichia coli metabolism, Hemolysin Proteins metabolism, Lipid Bilayers chemistry, Oxidation-Reduction, Protein Conformation, Spectrometry, Fluorescence, Bacterial Proteins chemistry, Bacterial Toxins chemistry, Escherichia coli chemistry, Escherichia coli Proteins, Hemolysin Proteins chemistry, Tryptophan analysis
Abstract

alpha-hemolysin (HlyA) is an extracellular protein toxin secreted by Escherichia coli that acts at the level of plasma cell membranes of target eukaryotic cells. Previous studies showed that toxin binding to the bilayers occurs in at least two ways, a reversible adsorption and an irreversible insertion. Studies of HlyA insertion into bilayers formed from phosphatidylcholine show that insertion is accompanied by an increase in the protein intrinsic fluorescence. In order to better define structural parameters of the membrane-bound form, the location of tryptophan residues was studied by means of quenchers of their intrinsic fluorescence located at 7, 12 and 16 positions of the acyl chain of phosphatidylcholine. The quenching was progressively weaker suggesting an interfacial location of the Trp. In parallel, HlyA was subjected to oxidation with N-bromosuccinimide to study the role of Trp residues exposed to aqueous media in its structure-function relationship. In the folded toxin molecule, a single residue was susceptible to oxidation with NBS, whereas incubation with LUV of the toxin prior modification prevents its oxidation, suggesting that Trp residue(s) are directly involved in toxin binding and insertion. Finally, the modification of residues exposed to solvent resulted in a complete impairment of the lytic activity. It was concluded that the modification-sensitive Trp residues are essential for the structure and function of native HlyA. These results are consistent with the model proposed by Soloaga et al. (Mol. Microbiol. 31 (1999) 1013-1024) according to which HlyA is bound to a single monolayer through a number of amphipathic instead of inserted transmembrane helices.

Published
2000
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