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Title: Recent Progress in Lunar Laser Ranging at Grasse Laser
    Ranging Station
Authors: Chabé, Julien; Courde, Clément; Torre, Jean-Marie;
   Bouquillon, Sébastien; Bourgoin, Adrien; Aimar, Mourad; Albanèse,
   Dominique; Chauvineau, Bertrand; Mariey, Hervé; Martinot-Lagarde,
   Grégoire; Maurice, Nicolas; Phung, Duy-Hà; Samain, Etienne; Viot,
   Hervé
2020E&SS....700785C    Altcode:
  Based on a fully passive space segment, the lunar laser ranging
  experiment is the last of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package
  to operate. Observations from the Grasse lunar laser ranging station
  have been made on a daily basis since the first echoes obtained in
  1981. In this paper, first, we review the principle and the technical
  aspects of lunar laser ranging. We then give a brief summary of the
  progress made at the Grasse laser ranging facility (Observatoire de la
  Côte d'Azur, Calern Plateau on the French Riviera) since the first
  echoes. The current performance, driven by the use of an infrared
  wavelength laser, is presented in the last section for the year 2018.

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Title: Intensity interferometry revival on the Côte d'Azur
Authors: Lai, Olivier; Guerin, William; Vakili, Farrokh; Kaiser,
   Robin; Rivet, Jean Pierre; Fouché, Mathilde; Labeyrie, Guillaume;
   Chabé, Julien; Courde, Clément; Samain, Etienne; Vernet, David
2018SPIE10701E..21L    Altcode: 2018arXiv181008023L
  Recent advances in photonics have revived the interest in intensity
  interferometry for astronomical applications. The success of
  amplitude interferometry in the early 1970s, which is now mature
  and producing spectacular astrophysical results (e.g. GRAVITY,
  MATISSE, CHARA, etc.), coupled with the limited sensitivity of
  intensity interferometry stalled any progress on this technique for
  the past 50 years. However, the precise control of the optical path
  difference in amplitude interferometry is constraining for very long
  baselines and at shorter wavelengths. Polarization measurements are
  also challenging in amplitude interferometry due to instrumental
  effects. The fortuitous presence of strong groups in astronomical
  interferometry and quantum optics at Université Côte d'Azur led
  to the development of a prototype experiment at Calern Observatory,
  allowing the measure of the temporal correlation g<SUP>(2)</SUP>(τ,
  r=0) in 2016 and of the spatial correlation g<SUP>(2)</SUP>(r) in 2017
  with a gain in sensitivity (normalized in observing time and collecting
  area) of a factor 100 compared to Hanbury Brown and Twiss's original
  Narrabri Interferometer. We present possible ways to further develop
  this technique and point to. possible implementations on existing
  facilities, such as CTA, the VLTI ATs or the summit of Maunakea,
  which offer a unique scientific niche.

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Title: Temperature, radiation and aging analysis of the DORIS
    Ultra Stable Oscillator by means of the Time Transfer by Laser Link
    experiment on Jason-2
Authors: Belli, Alexandre; Exertier, P.; Samain, E.; Courde, C.;
   Vernotte, F.; Jayles, C.; Auriol, A.
2016AdSpR..58.2589B    Altcode:
  The Time Transfer by Laser Link (T2L2) experiment on-board the
  Jason-2 satellite was launched in June 2008 at 1335 km altitude. It
  has been designed to use the Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) space
  technique as an optical link between ground and space clocks. T2L2,
  as all the instruments aboard Jason-2, is referenced to the Ultra
  Stable Oscillator (USO) provided by the Doppler Orbitography and
  Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) system. A complex
  data processing has been developed in order to extract time &amp;
  frequency products as the relative frequency bias of the USO from
  ground-to-space time transfer passages. The precision of these products
  was estimated of a few parts in 10<SUP>-13</SUP> given the very good
  in-flight performance of T2L2 with a ground-to-space time stability
  of a few picoseconds (ps) over 100 s. Frequency bias from T2L2 were
  compared with results from operational orbit computation, notably with
  the DIODE (Détermination Immédiate d'Orbite par Doris Embarqué)
  outputs (see Jayles et al. (2016) same issue) at the level of 1 ·
  10<SUP>-12</SUP>. <P />The present paper is focusing on the main
  physical effects which drive the frequency variations of the Jason-2
  USO during its flight, notably over the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA)
  area. In addition to the effects of radiation we studied the effect of
  the residual temperature variations, in the range 8-11 °C (measured
  on-board). A model was established to represent these effects on the
  short term with empirical coefficients (sensitivities of the USO)
  to be adjusted. The results of fitting the model over ∼200 10-day
  periods, from 2008 to 2014, show the sensitivities of the Jason-2
  USO to temperature and radiation. The analysis of the 6-year output
  series of empirical coefficients allows us to conclude that: (i) the
  temperature to frequency dependence is very stable along time at the
  level of around -1.2 · 10<SUP>-12</SUP> per °C, (ii) the radiation
  effects are much lower than those previously detected on the Jason-1
  USO with a factor &gt; 10. The swept material used by manufacturers for
  the Jason-2 quartz oscillator has such properties to avoid non-linear
  effects &gt;1-2 · 10<SUP>-12</SUP>, (iii) the model is available at 1
  min or less over the Jason-2 mission, with a level of consistency of 5
  · 10<SUP>-13</SUP>, which is the average RMS of the post-fit residuals.

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Title: First on-sky results of the CO-SLIDAR Cn2 profiler
Authors: Voyez, Juliette; Robert, Clélia; Conan, Jean-Marc; Mugnier,
   Laurent M.; Samain, Etienne; Ziad, Aziz
2014OExpr..2210948V    Altcode: 2014arXiv1402.4295V
  COupled SLope and scIntillation Detection And Ranging (CO-SLIDAR)
  is a recent profiling method of the vertical distribution of
  atmospheric turbulence strength ($C_n^2$ profile). It takes advantage
  of correlations of slopes and of scintillation, both measured with a
  Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor on a binary star. In this paper, we
  present the improved CO-SLIDAR reconstruction method of the $C_n^2$
  profile and the first on-sky results of the CO-SLIDAR profiler. We
  examine CO-SLIDAR latest performance in simulation, taking into account
  the detection noise bias and estimating error bars along with the
  turbulence profile. The estimated $C_n^2$ profiles demonstrate the
  accuracy of the CO-SLIDAR method, showing sensitivity to both low and
  high altitude turbulent layers. CO-SLIDAR is tested on-sky for the first
  time, on the $1.5$~m MeO (Métrologie Optique) telescope at Observatoire
  de la Cote d'Azur (France). The reconstructed profiles are compared
  to turbulence profiles estimated from meteorological data and a good
  agreement is found. We discuss CO-SLIDAR's contribution in the $C_n^2$
  profilers' landscape and we propose some improvements of the instrument.

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Title: Laser Ranging for Effective and Accurate Tracking of Space
    Debris in Low Earth Orbits
Authors: Blanchet, Guillaume; Haag, Herve; Hennegrave, Laurent;
   Assemat, Francois; Vial, Sophie; Samain, Etienne
2013ESASP.723E..10B    Altcode:
  The paper presents the results of preliminary design options for
  an operational laser ranging system adapted to the measurement of
  the distance of space debris. Thorough analysis of the operational
  parameters is provided with identification of performance drivers
  and assessment of enabling design options. Results from performance
  simulation demonstrate how the range measurement enables improvement
  of the orbit determination when combined with astrometry. Besides,
  experimental results on rocket-stage class debris in LEO were obtained
  by Astrium beginning of 2012, in collaboration with the Observatoire
  de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), by operating an experimental laser ranging
  system supported by the MéO (Métrologie Optique) telescope.

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Title: First astrometric observations with the MéO telescope in
    view of space debris observations
Authors: Laas-Bourez, Myrtille; Deleflie, Florent; Klotz, Alain;
   Albanese, Dominique; Samain, Etienne
2010cosp...38.3945L    Altcode: 2010cosp.meet.3945L
  The MéO (for "Métrologie Optique") telescope is the Satellite and
  Lunar Laser Ranging dedicated telescope of Observatoire de la Côte
  d'Azur (France), and located at "plateau de Calern" (43,7546336886111
  N 6,9215750911111 E 1323,3480 U). The telescope is pointed by an
  altazimu-tale mount. The motorization, with a typical velocity of
  5 deg/s allows to follow LEO satellites (from an altitude of 400
  kilometers), as well as MEO and GEO satellites, and the Moon. The
  telescope has an aperture of 1.54m. It has Nasmyth focus equipped
  with an EMCCD camera. The field of view, defined by the equivalent
  focal length and the size of the camera, is actually 3 arcmin x 3
  arcmin. The paper aims at presenting two methods that we will be
  developing to observe LEO and MEO satellites, and give very precise
  astrometrical positions in view of testing the capabilities of such
  an instrument to track space debris. In particular, the greater
  diameter than the ones usually used for space debris tracking should
  improve the current accu-racy of the observations within in the GEO
  region. In the LEO region, such a diameter should allow to observe
  trailing satellites with a high magnitude (to be quantified). The first
  method is "stellar reference" -based. It consists in identifying stars
  on the images sky background and in using an astrometrical catalog
  to calibrate the passage relations between image coordinates and
  celestial coordinates. The main difficulty comes from the possible
  lack of catalogued stars on every image, to exactly identify, for
  each track, the original epoch and positions of stellar trails. The
  second method is "telescope referenced" -based. It consists in relying
  the opto-mechanical chain of the telescope to assign the theoretical
  value read in the ephemeris file as the center of the images. So,
  we can calibrate the field blind. The difficulty consists hence in
  estimating the accuracy of pointing of the telescope. The feasibility
  of these two methods was demonstrated in January 2009. This paper
  presents the methods used and the difficulties encountered. In the
  second part we will introduce our first results obtained on LEO and MEO
  satellites. In particular, we give an estimation of the astrometrical
  error of the analysis scheme, by comparing for a couple of SLR geodetic
  satellites the coordinates deduced from the data reduction strategy,
  and the ones obtained from the orbit computation provided by the
  International Laser Ranging Service.

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Title: High-spectral-resolution solar irradiance in the 184.5 to
    232.5 nm range from the SOLSPEC and UVSP spectrometers
Authors: Tartag, A.; Bénilan, Y.; Samain, D.; Thuillier, G.;
   Bruston, P.
2001SoPh..201..253T    Altcode:
  The study of the minor constituents of the planetary atmospheres from
  the analysis of the scattered light properties requires the knowledge of
  the absolute incident solar irradiance at high resolution. The data were
  obtained from the UVSP experiment on board the Solar Maximum Mission
  satellite in the 184.5-232.5 nm spectral range. We have reconstituted
  the solar spectrum measured in three different regions of the solar
  disk with a spectral resolution of 0.01 nm and a spatial resolution
  of 3 arc sec. The wavelength scale was determined with a standard
  deviation of 0.0025 nm. The comparison of the relative intensities in
  three locations of the solar disk with those obtained by other authors
  allowed us to determine these positions accurately and to derive the
  integrated spectrum of the whole disk. Finally, the resulting spectrum
  has been expressed in absolute units using the spectral irradiance by
  the SOLSPEC and SUSIM spectrometers, respectively operated with the
  ATLAS 1 mission and from the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. We
  obtained the absolute solar irradiance with an accuracy of 10% in the
  184.5-232.5 nm spectral range with a spectral resolution of 0.01 nm
  for the first time using data from space observations.

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Title: Millimetric Lunar Laser Ranging at OCA (Observatoire de la
    Cote d'Azur)
Authors: Samain, E.; Mangin, J. F.; Veillet, C.; Torre, J. M.;
   Fridelance, P.; Chabaudie, J. E.; Feraudy, D.; Glentzlin, M.; Pham van,
   J.; Furia, M.; Journet, A.; Vigouroux, G.
1998A&AS..130..235S    Altcode:
  The Lunar Laser Ranging station at the Observatoire de la Cote
  d'Azur, France, permits to measure the Earth-Moon distance with
  millimetric precision. Applications in astronomy, lunar science,
  geodesy, and gravitation are summarised. Expected scientific results
  with millimetric Lunar Laser Ranging data are presented. A complete
  error budget is given, showing that the precision is mainly limited
  by the orientation and the size of the corner cube arrays placed on
  the Moon. The measurement accuracy is degraded by the bad knowledge
  of the air index. The time stability, computed from the lunar echoes,
  permits to extract the real precision of the Earth-Moon distance and
  to optimise the integration time of the normal points.

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Title: Erratum: "A high spectral resolution atlas of the balloon
ultraviolet spectrum of the Sun: 1950 - 2000 Å" [Astron. Astrophys.,
    Suppl. Ser., Vol. 113, No. 2, p. 237 - 255 (Oct 1995)].
Authors: Samain, D.
1998A&AS..127..353S    Altcode:
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Title: A high spectral resolution atlas of the balloon ultraviolet
spectrum of the Sun: 1950-2000 A.
Authors: Samain, D.
1995A&AS..113..237S    Altcode:
  An ultraviolet atlas of the solar spectrum with a spectral resolution of
  15mA in the region 1948-2000A is presented. It is the first part of the
  spectra recorded on the quiet Sun between 1900 and 2130A. Measurements
  were performed from a balloon-borne instrumentation flown at an altitude
  of 39km. The wavelength atlas with a list of about 550 lines has been
  synthesized from data at center of the Sun (μ=1) and at μ=0.89,
  smoothed out over an area of 30 arcsec. The wavelength scale is given
  with respect to the average solar spectrum. Tracings are presented at
  μ=0.89, with an intensity scale adjusted in absolute values on the
  level of the continuum near 2000A.

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Title: VizieR Online Data Catalog: Ultraviolet Spectrum of the Sun
    (Samain, 1995)
Authors: Samain, D.
1995yCat..41130237S    Altcode:
  An ultraviolet atlas of the solar spectrum with a spectral resolution of
  15mA in the region 1948-2000A is presented. It is the first part of the
  spectra recorded on the quiet Sun between 1900 and 2130A. Measurements
  were performed from a balloon-borne instrumentation flown at an altitude
  of 39km. The wavelength atlas with a list of about 550 lines has been
  synthesized from data at center of the Sun (μ=1) and at μ=0.89,
  smoothed out over an area of 30 arcsec. The wavelength scale is given
  with respect to the average solar spectrum. Tracings are presented at
  μ=0.89, with an intensity scale adjusted in absolute values on the
  level of the continuum near 2000A. (1 data file).

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Title: A Preliminary Atlas of the Solar Balloon U. V. Spectrum of
    the Quiet Sun
Authors: Samain, D.
1994emsp.conf...99S    Altcode:
  No abstract at ADS

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Title: High Resolution Measurements of the 273-293 nm Solar Spectrum
    from a Balloon Instrumentation
Authors: Lemaire, P.; Briand, C.; Staath, E.; Samain, D.
1993BAAS...25.1221L    Altcode:
  No abstract at ADS

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Title: Photospheric lines redshift from balloon ultraviolet spectra
    of the quiet Sun
Authors: Samain, D.
1991ESASP.317..363S    Altcode: 1991erbp.symp..363S
  Wavelength shifts between solar photospheric lines observed in two quiet
  areas of the Sun and telluric O2 absorption lines of the Schulman-Runge
  bands were measured in the 1950 to 2000 A region. The results are
  deduced from high resolution spectra taken on board a balloon experiment
  at an altitude of 39 km. They show a systematic redshift of the solar
  lines relative to the reference telluric spectrum. After correction
  for the gravitational redshift and for all the known relative motions
  between Sun and observer, the average residual value is +7 mA, that
  corresponds in terms of velocity to an equivalent Doppler-Fizeau shift
  on the whole spectrum of about 1 km/s away from the observer. Whether
  the redshift has a solar origin or the O2 telluric lines are blueshifted
  in the terrestrial atmosphere is considered

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Title: Is the ultraviolet spectrum of the quiet sun redshifted?
Authors: Samain, D.
1991A&A...244..217S    Altcode:
  A wavelength shift between the Fraunhofer spectrum observed in two
  quiet areas of the sun and the superimposed telluric absorption
  spectrum of the Schuman-Runge bands due to O2 has been measured in
  the wavelength region 1950-2000 A. The results deduced from high
  resolution spectra taken on board a balloon experiment at an altitude
  of 39 km are presented. They show a systematic redshift of the solar
  lines relative to the reference telluric spectrum. After correction
  for the gravitational redshift and for all the known relative motions
  between sun and observer, the average residual redshift is 7 mA and
  could be from 5 to 12 mA for some individual reference lines. This
  corresponds in terms of velocity to an equivalent Doppler-Fizeau shift
  on the whole spectrum of about 1 km/s away from the observer.

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Title: Fine structure observation in a solar prominence
Authors: Lemaire, P.; Samain, D.; Vial, J. C.
1990AdSpR..10i.191L    Altcode: 1990AdSpR..10..191L
  The high resolution balloon spectrograph (RASOLBA) has obtained
  ultraviolet prominence spectra during its September 19th, 1986,
  flight. The high resolution spectra (one arcsecond along the
  30 arcseconds spectrograph slit length, and 0.0015 nm spectral
  resolution within the 20 nm wavelength band) have been recorded on
  film. The wavelength band was centered on the Mgll h and k (279.6
  nm and 280.3 nm) resonance doublet lines inside the cross-dispersion
  echelle spectrograph. <P />The analysis of the prominence spectra shows
  evidence of sheared velocities (up to 20 km/s) which very within few
  arcseconds with the distance above the limb. This shear may appear
  inside magnetic loops confining the prominence material. We present
  the observations and a preliminary analysis of the data.

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Title: High resolution observations of the solar UV spectrum from
    balloon
Authors: Lemaire, P.; Samain, D.
1989hsrs.conf..551L    Altcode:
  No abstract at ADS

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Title: Solar Ultraviolet Spectrum Obtained from a Balloon Gondola
Authors: Samain, D.; Lemaire, P.
1987ESASP.270..347S    Altcode: 1987erbp.symp..347S
  A new flight of the L.P.S.P. balloon experiment on September 19, 1986
  has permitted the recording of high resolution photographic spectra in
  the 2800 Å channel (1 arcsec and 15 mÅ). Several time sequences at Sun
  center, limb, intermediate location (μ = 0.5) and on a prominence have
  been performed; some of these results are presented. Data reduction
  of the high spectral resolution spectra recorded in 1982 has been
  completed for the region 1950-2000 Å, in which many features have
  been measured and tabulated; one of these detailed tracings is given
  and some results on wavelength shifts analysed.

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Title: Balloon-Borne Ultraviolet Solar Telescope and High Resolution
    Echelle Spectrograph - Instrumentation and First Results
Authors: Samain, D.; Lemaire, P.
1985Ap&SS.115..227S    Altcode:
  A description of the LPSP balloon-borne telescope — spectrograph
  combination is given. The payload comprises a one-axis stabilized
  platform carrying a two-axes equatorial pointing system; the
  instrumentation directed towards the Sun is a 300 mm telescope coupled
  with an echelle spectrograph and a slit jaw camera. The scientific
  objective of the experimental set-up is to observe spatial, spectral,
  and temporal variations of fine structures of the solar atmosphere,
  using ballon ultraviolet windows between 190 and 300 nm, with very
  high angular and spectral resolutions (0.5 arc sec and 1 pm). In the
  configuration of the first flight which successfully took place on 1
  October, 1982 from Aire-sur'l'Adour (Landes), many stigmatic spectra
  of the Sun were recorded in the 190 213 and 272 293 nm ranges, with
  an angular resolution of 4 arc sec and a spectral resolution of 1.5
  to 2 pm.

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Title: Solar High Resolution Balloon Spectra Obtained in the 190-300
    nm Wavelength Band
Authors: Samain, D.; Lemaire, P.
1985LNP...233..123S    Altcode: 1985hrsp.proc..123S
  A balloon gondola with a solar telescope spectrograph has been
  launched from Aire/Adour (France) October 1, 1982. High quality
  spectra with a spectral resolution better than 1.5 pm and with a 4 -
  5 arcseconds angular resolution have been recorded in the atmospheric
  window domains: 195 - 212 nm and 272 - 292 nm. Results from this first
  flight are discussed.

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Title: Solar high resolution balloon spectra obtained in the 190-300
    nm wavelength band
Authors: Lemaire, P.; Samain, D.
1984AdSpR...4h..37L    Altcode: 1984AdSpR...4...37L
  To obtain solar high-resolution balloon spectra in the 190-300
  nm wavelength range outside of the strong absorption ozone
  band, a new solar instrumentation and an equatorial mounting
  platform are developed. The instrumentation, which consists of a
  telescope-spectrograph combination, and its characteristics are
  described. Observations are made at an altitude of 38 km and two
  sequences of spectra are taken near sun center, one on a supergranular
  cell and the other one over an active network. The spectra recorded
  during the flight show an intensity variation related to the wavelength
  dependance of atmospheric transmission. The results obtained in two
  wavelength domains (190-210 nm and 272-283 nm) during the first balloon
  flight are presented and discussed. The spectral resolution is found
  to be better than 2 pm in the 200 nm range and better than 1.5 pm in
  the 280 nm range; and the angular resolution is found to be about
  5 arcsec. Calibration in intensity is made by comparison to rocket
  spectra. Stigmatic line profiles illustrate the results.

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Title: A high-resolution ultraviolet solar telescope/spectrograph
    mounted on an equatorial balloon platform
Authors: Samain, D.; Lemaire, P.
1983ESASP.183..401S    Altcode:
  A balloon-borne 30 cm telescope-spectrograph combination was built
  to observe fine structures of the solar atmosphere with very high
  spectral and angular resolution in two atmospheric windows: 2700 to
  2950 A and 1900 to 2300 A. Solar spectra with spectral resolution of
  15 mA and angular resolution of 4 arcsec were recorded.

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Title: Solar ultraviolet continuum radiation - The photosphere,
    the low chromosphere, and the temperature-minimum region
Authors: Samain, D.
1980ApJS...44..273S    Altcode:
  Solar disk-center intensity measurements are compared with theoretical
  values calculated for atmospheric models derived from the temperature
  distributions found by Vernazza et al (1976); generally good agreement
  is found with an atmospheric model having a minimum temperature of
  about 4150 K or possibly higher. Empirical opacity values including
  LTE departures and absorption coefficients which best represent the
  radiation field in the range 1460-2100 A are presented. It is shown
  that a contribution to the opacity from Fe I almost equal to the Si
  I opacity makes it possible to explain the observed center-to-limb
  contrast between 1525 and 1570 A and its fast change through 1570
  A. However, the strong measured limb darkening as compared with
  the calculated variation from 1600 to 1682 A cannot completely be
  accounted for in terms of opacity and still preserve the agreement
  with the absolute center intensities.

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Title: Solar continuum data on absolute intensities, center to limb
    variations and Laplace inversion between 1400 and 2100 Å.
Authors: Samain, D.
1979A&A....74..225S    Altcode:
  No abstract at ADS

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Title: Development of a High Resolution Ultraviolet Solar Spectrograph
    to BE Launched on a Balloon Equatorial Platform
Authors: Lemaire, P.; Samain, D.
1978ESASP.135..283L    Altcode: 1978esrb.rept..283L
  A telescope-spectrometer instrumentation to study the sun in the
  spectral ranges 1950-2200 A and 2650-2900 A is being developed to
  obtain spatial, spectral, and time information on quiet and active
  fine structures of the solar photosphere-chromosphere zone. To achieve
  these objectives, an instrumentation able to give 0.5 arcsec angular
  resolution on the solar surface and 0.01 A spectral resolution was
  studied.

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Title: Solar flux determination in the spectral range 150 210 nm
Authors: Samain, D.; Simon, P. C.
1976SoPh...49...33S    Altcode:
  Solar irradiation fluxes are determined between 150 and 210 nm from
  stigmatic spectra of the Sun obtained by means of a rocket-borne
  spectrograph. Absolute intensities at the disk center with a spectral
  resolution of 0.04 nm and a spatial resolution of 7 arc sec are
  presented. From center-to-limb intensity variations determined from
  the same spectra, mean full disk intensities of the quiet Sun can be
  deduced. In order to compare them with other measurements, the new
  solar fluxes have been averaged over a bandpass of 1 nm.

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Title: Stigmatic spectra of the sun between 1200 Å and 2100 Å.
Authors: Samain, D.; Bonnet, R. M.; Gayet, R.; Lizambert, C.
1975A&A....39...71S    Altcode:
  Stigmatic spectra of the sun from 1200 to 2100 A, with spatial
  resolution on the disk of 7 arc sec, have been obtained during a rocket
  flight on April 17, 1973 from Kourou, French Guiana. The mean spectral
  resolution achieved is 0.4A. Absolute intensities and center-to-limb
  variations of the solar UV continuum have been measured on both sides
  of the temperature minimum. They locate the position of this minimum
  around 1580 A with a value of 4430 (plus or minus 50) K. It is shown
  that these are upper limits and are not necessarily incompatible with
  infrared observations which lead to lower values. It is shown that
  an extra opacity is required to represent the observations down to,
  at least, 1580 A.

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Title: Observations de la raie d'émission de C I dans le spectre
    solaire à 1993.6 Å.
Authors: Samain, D.
1971CRASB.273.1133S    Altcode:
  No abstract at ADS