Euclid preparation XVIII. The NISP photometric system

M. Schirmer; K. Jahnke; G. Seidel; H. Aussel; C. Bodendorf; F. Grupp; F. Hormuth; S. Wachter; P. N. Appleton; R. Barbier; J. Brinchmann; J. M. Carrasco; F. J. Castander; J. Coupon; F. De Paolis; A. Franco; K. Ganga; P. Hudelot; E. Jullo; A. Lancon; A. A. Nucita; S. Paltani; G. Smadja; F. Strafella; L. M. G. Venancio; M. Weiler; A. Amara; T. Auphan; N. Auricchio; A. Balestra; R. Bender; D. Bonino; E. Branchini; M. Brescia; Capobianco; C. Carbone; J. Carretero; R. Casas; M. Castellano; S. Cavuoti; A. Cimatti; R. Cledassou; G. Congedo; C. J. Conselice; L. Conversi; Y. Copin; L. Corcione; A. Costille; F. Courbin; A. Da Silva; H. Degaudenzi; M. Douspis; F. Dubath; X. Dupac; S. Dusini; A. Ealet; S. Farrens; S. Ferriol; P. Fosalba; M. Frailis; E. Franceschi; P. Franzetti; M. Fumana; B. Garilli; W. Gillard; B. Gillis; C. Giocoli; A. Grazian; L. Guzzo; S. V. H. Haugan; H. Hoekstra; W. Holmes; A. Hornstrup; M. Kummel; S. Kermiche; A. Kiessling; M. Kilbinger; T. Kitching; R. Kohley; M. Kunz; H. Kurki-Suonio; R. Laureijs; S. Ligori; P. B. Lilje; Lloro; T. Maciaszek; E. Maiorano; O. Mansutti; O. Marggraf; K. Markovic; F. Marulli; R. Massey; S. Maurogordato; Y. Mellier; M. Meneghetti; E. Merlin; G. Meylan; M. Moresco; L. Moscardini; E. Munari; R. Nakajima; R. C. Nichol; S. M. Niemi; C. Padilla; F. Pasian; K. Pedersen; W. J. Percival; Pettorino; S. Pires; M. Poncet; L. Popa; L. Pozzetti; E. Prieto; F. Raison; J. Rhodes; H-W Rix; M. Roncarelli; E. Rossetti; R. Saglia; B. Sartoris; R. Scaramella; P. Schneider; A. Secroun; S. Serrano; C. Sirignano; G. Sirri; L. Stanco; P. Tallada-Crespi; A. N. Taylor; H. Teplitz; Tereno; R. Toledo-Moreo; F. Torradeflot; M. Trifoglio; E. A. Valentijn; L. Valenziano; Y. Wang; J. Weller; G. Zamorani; J. Zoubian; S. Andreon; S. Bardelli; A. Boucaud; S. Camera; R. Farinelli; J. Gracia-Carpio; D. Maino; E. Medinaceli; S. Mei; N. Morisset; G. Polenta; A. Renzi; E. Romelli; M. Tenti; T. Vassallo; A. Zacchei; E. Zucca; C. Baccigalupi; A. Balaguera-Antolinez; A. Biviano; A. Blanchard; S. Borgani; E. Bozzo; C. Burigana; R. Cabanac; A. Cappi; C. S. Carvalho; S. Casas; G. Castignani; C. Colodro-Conde; A. R. Cooray; H. M. Courtois; M. Crocce; J-G Cuby; S. Davini; S. de la Torre; D. Di Ferdinando; J. A. Escartin; M. Farina; P. G. Ferreira; F. Finelli; S. Fotopoulou; S. Galeotta; J. Garcia-Bellido; E. Gaztanaga; K. George; G. Gozaliasl; I. M. Hook; S. Ilic; Kansal; A. Kashlinsky; E. Keihanen; C. C. Kirkpatrick; Lindholm; G. Mainetti; R. Maoli; M. Martinelli; N. Martinet; M. Maturi; N. Mauri; H. J. McCracken; R. B. Metcalf; P. Monaco; G. Morgante; J. Nightingale; L. Patrizii; A. Peel; Popa; C. Porciani; D. Potter; P. Reimberg; G. Riccio; A. G. Sanchez; D. Sapone; Scottez; E. Sefusatti; R. Teyssier; Tutusaus; C. Valieri; J. Valiviita; M. Viel; H. Hildebrandt; Euclid Collaboration

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Euclid preparation XVIII. The NISP photometric system

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Euclid preparation XVIII. The NISP photometric system

M. Schirmer, K. Jahnke, G. Seidel, H. Aussel, C. Bodendorf, F. Grupp, F. Hormuth, S. Wachter, P. N. Appleton, R. Barbier, …

Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), Vol.662, p.A92

01/06/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142897

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Euclid will be the first space mission to survey most of the extragalactic sky in the 0.95-2.02 mu m range, to a 5 sigma point-source median depth of 24.4 AB mag. This unique photometric dataset will find wide use beyond Euclid's core science. In this paper, we present accurate computations of the Euclid Y-E, J(E), and H-E passbands used by the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP), and the associated photometric system. We pay particular attention to passband variations in the field of view, accounting for, among other factors, spatially variable filter transmission and variations in the angle of incidence on the filter substrate using optical ray tracing. The response curves' cut-on and cut-off wavelengths - and their variation in the field of view - are determined with similar to 0.8 nm accuracy, essential for the photometric redshift accuracy required by Euclid. After computing the photometric zero points in the AB mag system, we present linear transformations from and to common ground-based near-infrared photometric systems, for normal stars, red and brown dwarfs, and galaxies separately. A Python tool to compute accurate magnitudes for arbitrary passbands and spectral energy distributions is provided. We discuss various factors, from space weathering to material outgassing, that may slowly alter Euclid's spectral response. At the absolute flux scale, the Euclid in-flight calibration program connects the NISP photometric system to Hubble Space Telescope spectrophotometric white dwarf standards; at the relative flux scale, the chromatic evolution of the response is tracked at the milli-mag level. In this way, we establish an accurate photometric system that is fully controlled throughout Euclid's lifetime.

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Title: Euclid preparation XVIII. The NISP photometric system
Creators: M. Schirmer - Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
K. Jahnke - Heidelberg
G. Seidel - Heidelberg
H. Aussel - University of Paris-Saclay
C. Bodendorf - Max
F. Grupp - Max
F. Hormuth - Heidelberg
S. Wachter - Carnegie Observ, Pasadena, CA 91101 USA
P. N. Appleton - California Institute of Technology
R. Barbier - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
J. Brinchmann - Universidade do Porto
J. M. Carrasco - Universitat de Barcelona
F. J. Castander - Capita
J. Coupon - University of Geneva
F. De Paolis - University of Salento
A. Franco - University of Salento
K. Ganga - Université Paris Cité
P. Hudelot - Inst Astrophys Paris, 98Bis Blvd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
E. Jullo - Aix-Marseille University
A. Lancon - University of Strasbourg
A. A. Nucita - University of Salento
S. Paltani - University of Geneva
G. Smadja - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
F. Strafella - University of Salento
L. M. G. Venancio - INAF, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Sez Lecce, Via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
M. Weiler - Universitat de Barcelona
A. Amara - University of Portsmouth
T. Auphan - Aix-Marseille University
N. Auricchio - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
A. Balestra - INAF Osservatorio Astron Padova, Via Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padua, Italy
R. Bender - Max
D. Bonino - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torineseto, TO, Italy
E. Branchini - Roma Tre University
M. Brescia - INAF Osservatorio Astron Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, I-80131 Naples, Italy
Capobianco - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torineseto, TO, Italy
C. Carbone - Mylan
J. Carretero - Universidade Aberta
R. Casas - Capita
M. Castellano - INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma, Via Frascati 33, I-00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
S. Cavuoti - INAF Osservatorio Astron Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, I-80131 Naples, Italy
A. Cimatti - University of Bologna
R. Cledassou - Ctr Natl Etud Spatiales, Toulouse, France
G. Congedo - University of Edinburgh
C. J. Conselice - University of Manchester
L. Conversi - S&N
Y. Copin - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
L. Corcione - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torineseto, TO, Italy
A. Costille - Aix-Marseille University
F. Courbin - Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne EPFL, Observ Sauverny, Lab Astrophys, Inst Phys, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
A. Da Silva - University of Lisbon
H. Degaudenzi - University of Geneva
M. Douspis - University of Paris-Saclay
F. Dubath - University of Geneva
X. Dupac - European Space Agcy ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei 1, I-00044 Rome, Italy
S. Dusini - INFN Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy
A. Ealet - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
S. Farrens - University of Paris-Saclay
S. Ferriol - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
P. Fosalba - Capita
M. Frailis - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
E. Franceschi - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
P. Franzetti - INAF IASF Milano, Via Alfonso Corti 12, I-20133 Milan, Italy
M. Fumana - Mylan
B. Garilli - INAF IASF Milano, Via Alfonso Corti 12, I-20133 Milan, Italy
W. Gillard - Aix-Marseille University
B. Gillis - University of Edinburgh
C. Giocoli - OAS
A. Grazian - INAF Osservatorio Astron Padova, Via Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padua, Italy
L. Guzzo - University of Milan
S. V. H. Haugan - University of Oslo
H. Hoekstra - Leiden University
W. Holmes - California Institute of Technology
A. Hornstrup - Tech Univ Denmark, Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
M. Kummel - Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Univ Sternwarte Munchen, Fak Phys, Scheinerstr 1, D-81679 Munich, Germany
S. Kermiche - Aix-Marseille University
A. Kiessling - California Institute of Technology
M. Kilbinger - University of Paris-Saclay
T. Kitching - Univ Coll London, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Dorking RH5 6NT, Surrey, England
R. Kohley - European Space Agcy ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei 1, I-00044 Rome, Italy
M. Kunz - University of Geneva
H. Kurki-Suonio - University of Helsinki
R. Laureijs - INAF, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Sez Lecce, Via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
S. Ligori - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torineseto, TO, Italy
P. B. Lilje - University of Oslo
Lloro - Nova Southeastern University
T. Maciaszek - Ctr Natl Etud Spatiales, Toulouse, France
E. Maiorano - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
O. Mansutti - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
O. Marggraf - University of Bonn
K. Markovic - California Institute of Technology
F. Marulli - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
R. Massey - Univ Durham, Inst Computat Cosmol, Dept Phys, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England
S. Maurogordato - Univ Cote dAzur, Lab Lagrange, CNRS, Observ Cote dAzur, Bd Observ,CS 34229, F-06304 Nice 4, France
Y. Mellier - Inst Astrophys Paris, 98Bis Blvd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
M. Meneghetti - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
E. Merlin - INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma, Via Frascati 33, I-00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
G. Meylan - Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne EPFL, Observ Sauverny, Lab Astrophys, Inst Phys, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
M. Moresco - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
L. Moscardini - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
E. Munari - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
R. Nakajima - University of Bonn
R. C. Nichol - University of Portsmouth
S. M. Niemi - INAF, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Sez Lecce, Via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
C. Padilla - Universidade Aberta
F. Pasian - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
K. Pedersen - Univ Aarhus, Dept Phys & Astron, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
W. J. Percival - University of Waterloo
Pettorino - University of Paris-Saclay
S. Pires - University of Paris-Saclay
M. Poncet - Ctr Natl Etud Spatiales, Toulouse, France
L. Popa - Inst Space Sci, Bucharest 077125, Romania
L. Pozzetti - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
E. Prieto - Aix-Marseille University
F. Raison - Max
J. Rhodes - California Institute of Technology
H-W Rix - Heidelberg
M. Roncarelli - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
E. Rossetti - University of Bologna
R. Saglia - Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Univ Sternwarte Munchen, Fak Phys, Scheinerstr 1, D-81679 Munich, Germany
B. Sartoris - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
R. Scaramella - INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma, Via Frascati 33, I-00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
P. Schneider - University of Bonn
A. Secroun - Aix-Marseille University
S. Serrano - Capita
C. Sirignano - INFN Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy
G. Sirri - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6-2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
L. Stanco - INFN Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy
P. Tallada-Crespi - S&N
A. N. Taylor - University of Edinburgh
H. Teplitz - California Institute of Technology
Tereno - University of Lisbon
R. Toledo-Moreo - Univ Politecn Cartagena, Dept Elect & Tecnol Comp, Cartagena 30202, Spain
F. Torradeflot - S&N
M. Trifoglio - INAF IASF Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
E. A. Valentijn - University of Groningen
L. Valenziano - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
Y. Wang - California Institute of Technology
J. Weller - Max
G. Zamorani - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
J. Zoubian - Aix-Marseille University
S. Andreon - Mylan
S. Bardelli - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
A. Boucaud - Université Paris Cité
S. Camera - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Torino, Via Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torineseto, TO, Italy
R. Farinelli - INAF IASF Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
J. Gracia-Carpio - Max
D. Maino - INAF IASF Milano, Via Alfonso Corti 12, I-20133 Milan, Italy
E. Medinaceli - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
S. Mei - Université Paris Cité
N. Morisset - University of Geneva
G. Polenta - Italian Space Agcy, Space Sci Data Ctr, Via Politecn Snc, I-00133 Rome, Italy
A. Renzi - INFN Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy
E. Romelli - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
M. Tenti - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6-2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
T. Vassallo - Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Univ Sternwarte Munchen, Fak Phys, Scheinerstr 1, D-81679 Munich, Germany
A. Zacchei - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
E. Zucca - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
C. Baccigalupi - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
A. Balaguera-Antolinez - Universidad de La Laguna
A. Biviano - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
A. Blanchard - University of Toulouse
S. Borgani - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
E. Bozzo - University of Geneva
C. Burigana - University of Ferrara
R. Cabanac - University of Toulouse
A. Cappi - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
C. S. Carvalho - University of Lisbon
S. Casas - University of Paris-Saclay
G. Castignani - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
C. Colodro-Conde - S&N
A. R. Cooray - Univ Calif Davis, Dept Phys & Astron, Davis, CA 95616 USA
H. M. Courtois - Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine
M. Crocce - Capita
J-G Cuby - Aix-Marseille University
S. Davini - Genoa
S. de la Torre - Aix-Marseille University
D. Di Ferdinando - University of Ferrara
J. A. Escartin - Max
M. Farina - INAF Ist Astrofis & Planetol Spaziali, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00100 Rome, Italy
P. G. Ferreira - University of Oxford
F. Finelli - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
S. Fotopoulou - University of Bristol
S. Galeotta - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
J. Garcia-Bellido - Inst Fis Teor UAM CSIC, Campus Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
E. Gaztanaga - Capita
K. George - Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Univ Sternwarte Munchen, Fak Phys, Scheinerstr 1, D-81679 Munich, Germany
G. Gozaliasl - University of Helsinki
I. M. Hook - Lancaster University Ghana
S. Ilic - Université Paris Cité
Kansal - University of Paris-Saclay
A. Kashlinsky - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
E. Keihanen - University of Helsinki
C. C. Kirkpatrick - University of Helsinki
Lindholm - University of Helsinki
G. Mainetti - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
R. Maoli - INAF Osservatorio Astron Roma, Via Frascati 33, I-00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
M. Martinelli - Inst Fis Teor UAM CSIC, Campus Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
N. Martinet - Aix-Marseille University
M. Maturi - Heidelberg Univ, Zentrum Astron, Philosophenweg 12, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
N. Mauri - University of Bologna
H. J. McCracken - Inst Astrophys Paris, 98Bis Blvd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
R. B. Metcalf - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
P. Monaco - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
G. Morgante - INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
J. Nightingale - Univ Durham, Inst Computat Cosmol, Dept Phys, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England
L. Patrizii - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6-2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
A. Peel - Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne EPFL, Observ Sauverny, Lab Astrophys, Inst Phys, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
Popa - Inst Space Sci, Bucharest 077125, Romania
C. Porciani - University of Bonn
D. Potter - University of Zurich
P. Reimberg - Inst Astrophys Paris, 98Bis Blvd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
G. Riccio - INAF Osservatorio Astron Capodimonte, Via Moiariello 16, I-80131 Naples, Italy
A. G. Sanchez - Max
D. Sapone - University of Chile
Scottez - Inst Astrophys Paris, 98Bis Blvd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
E. Sefusatti - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
R. Teyssier - Princeton University
Tutusaus - Capita
C. Valieri - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6-2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
J. Valiviita - University of Helsinki
M. Viel - INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy
H. Hildebrandt - Heidelberg Univ, Inst Theoret Phys, Philosophenweg 16, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Publication Details: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), Vol.662, p.A92
Publisher: Edp Sciences S A
Number of pages: 32
Date published: 01/06/2022
Grant note: RTI2018-095076-B-C21 / "ERDF A way of making Europe" by the European Union CEX2019-000918-M / Institute of Cosmos Sciences University of Barcelona (ICCUB, Unidad de Excelencia "Maria de Maeztu") 50 OR 1202; 50 QE 2003 / German Space Agency DLR; Helmholtz Association; German Aerospace Centre (DLR) Spanish MICIN/AEI
Identifiers: 99820328202346
Academic Unit: FEPS Central Faculty Admin
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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