Invited Session: Astronomy's Detectors and Physics Education

Presentations

• The basic physics of astronomical detectors, our eyes on the Universe

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 27, 2012, 11:15 AM – Feb. 27, 2012, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • James Beletic

    Teledyne Imaging Sensors

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• Advanced CCD and CMOS image sensor technology at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 27, 2012, 11:51 AM – Feb. 27, 2012, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Vyshnavi Suntharalingam

    Advanced Imaging Technology, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street Lexington, MA 02420-9108

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• Gamma-ray Bursts, Black Holes, and Exoplanets: How CCD Detectors have Revolutionized Astronomy

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 27, 2012, 12:27 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • George Ricker

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Coupling physics to understanding the performance of detector arrays

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 27, 2012, 1:03 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Zoran Ninkov

    Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Detecting the Cosmic Microwave Background at the Frontier of Cosmology and in the Classroom

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  Feb. 27, 2012, 1:39 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • John Kovac

    Harvard University, Departments of Astronomy and of Physics

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