Dr. R. Marc Kippen Profile

Dr. R. Marc Kippen

at Los Alamos National Lab

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Publications (26)

Proceedings Article | 22 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

The LargE Area burst Polarimeter (LEAP): a proposed NASA mission of opportunity for the ISS

Jessica Gaskin, Mark McConnell, Randy Baggett, Matthew Baring, Peter Bloser, Byron Bonds, Dennis Bowler, Michael Briggs, Camden Ertley, Paul Galloway, Adam Goldstein, J. Eric Grove, Dieter Hartmann, Peter Jenke, R. Marc Kippen, Fabian Kislat, Daniel Kocevski, Merlin Kole, John Krizmanic, Jason Legere, Tyson Littenberg, Neil Martin, Sheila McBreen, Chip Meegan, Karla Oñate Melecio, Mark Pearce, John Polizotti, Rob Preece, Nicolas Produit, James Ryan, Felix Ryde, Lisa Smith, Steven Sturner, Vincent Tatischeff, Peter Veres, W. Thomas Vestrand, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, George Younes, Jimmy Zaid, Bing Zhang

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020072

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

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BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts

Ava Myers, Isabella Brewer, Michael Briggs, Alessandro Bruno, Eric Burns, Regina Caputo, Brad Cenko, Julie Cox, Georgia de Nolfo, Adam Goldstein, Sean Griffin, Sylvain Guiriec, Lorraine Hanlon, Dieter Hartmann, Boyan Hristov, Michelle Hui, Alyson Joens, Carolyn Kierans, R. Marc Kippen, Dan Kocevski, John Krizmanic, Sibasish Laha, Amy Lien, Israel Martinez-Castellanos, Sheila McBreen, Julie McEnery, J. Grant Mitchell, Lee Mitchell, Robert Moss, David Morris, David Murphy, Pi Nuessle, Jeremy Perkins, Judith Racusin, Oliver Roberts, Sean Semper, Peter Shawhan, Jacob Smith, Teresa Tatoli, Lucia Tian, Alexey Uliyanov, Daniel Violette, Sarah Walsh, Colleen Wilson-Hodge

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020456

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Sensors, Equipment, Gamma radiation, Signal detection, Silicon photomultipliers, Data archive systems, Observatories, Data processing, Design

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts

Alyson Joens, Isabella Brewer, Michael Briggs, Alessandro Bruno, Eric Burns, Regina Caputo, Brad Cenko, Georgia de Nolfo, Adam Goldstein, Sean Griffin, Sylvain Guiriec, Lorraine Hanlon, Dieter Hartmann, Boyan Hristov, Michelle Hui, Carolyn Kierans, R. Marc Kippen, Dan Kocevski, John Krizmanic, Sibasish Laha, Amy Lien, Israel Martinez-Castellanos, Sheila McBreen, Julie McEnery, J. Grant Mitchell, Lee Mitchell, David Morris, David Murphy, Pi Nuessle, Jeremy Perkins, Judith Racusin, Oliver Roberts, Peter Shawhan, Jacob Smith, Teresa Tatoli, Alexey Uliyanov, Sarah Walsh, Colleen Wilson-Hodge

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121811N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629552

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Matrices, Gamma radiation, Stars, Physics, LIGO, Electromagnetism

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

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The LargE Area burst Polarimeter (LEAP) a NASA mission of opportunity for the ISS

Mark McConnell, Matthew Baring, Peter Bloser, Michael Briggs, Camden Ertley, Greg Fletcher, Jessica Gaskin, Karen Gelmis, Adam Goldstein, Eric Grove, Dieter Hartmann, Michelle Hui, Peter Jenke, R. Marc Kippen, Fabian Kislat, Daneil Kocevski, Merlin Kole, John Krizmanic, Jason Legere, Tyson Littenberg, Neil Martin, Sheila McBreen, Don McQueen, Chip Meegan, Karla Oñate Melecio, Mark Pearce, Rob Preece, Nicolas Produit, James Ryan, Steven Sturner, Peter Veres, W. Thomas Vestrand, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Bing Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118210P (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594737

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Polarimetry, Sensors, Space operations, Scintillators, Photon polarization, Calibration, Spectroscopy, Gamma-ray astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

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Evaluation of a prototype detector for the LargE Area burst Polarimeter (LEAP)

Karla Oñate Melecio, Camden Ertley, Mark McConnell, Jason Legere, Peter Bloser, Michael Briggs, Jessica Gaskin, Adam Goldstein, Eric Grove, Michelle Hui, Peter Jenke, Marc Kippen, Fabian Kislat, Daniel Kocevski, John Krizmanic, Chip Meegan, Rob Preece, James Ryan, Steven Sturner, Péter Veres, W. Thomas Vestrand, Colleen Wilson-Hodge

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118210Q (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594568

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Polarization, Sensors, Polarimetry, Collimators, Scintillators, Scattering, Calibration, Gamma radiation, Electronics, Astronomical instrumentation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts

Jeremy Perkins, Isabella Brewer, Michael Briggs, Alessandro Bruno, Eric Burns, Regina Caputo, Brad Cenko, Antonino Cucchiara, Georgia De Nolfo, Jeff Dumonthier, Sean Griffin, Lorraine Hanlon, Dieter Hartmann, Boyan Hristov, Michelle Hui, Alyson Joens, Carolyn Kierans, Marc Kippen, Dan Kocevski, John Krizmanic, Sibasish Laha, Amy Lien, Israel Martinez-Castellanos, Sheila McBreen, Julie McEnery, J. G. Mitchell, Lee Mitchell, David Morris, David Murphy, Judith Racusin, Oliver Roberts, Peter Shawhan, Jacob Smith, George Suarez, Teresa Tatoli, Alexey Uliyanov, Carlos Vazquez, Sarah Walsh, Colleen Wilson-Hodge

Proceedings Volume 11444, 114441X (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562796

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Astronomy, Stars, Gamma-ray astronomy, Stellar astronomy, Cesium, Scintillators, Silicon, Observatories, LIGO

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Proceedings Article | 4 September 2015 Paper

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A soft gamma-ray concentrator using thin-film multilayer structures

Peter Bloser, Paul Aliotta, Olof Echt, James Krzanowski, Jason Legere, Mark McConnell, Farzane Shirazi, John Tsavalas, Emily Wong, R. Marc Kippen

Proceedings Volume 9603, 96031E (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188510

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Polymethylmethacrylate, Multilayers, Polymers, Photons, Sensors, Polarimetry, Solar concentrators, Coating, Reflectivity

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2014 Paper

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POET: a SMEX mission for gamma ray burst polarimetry

Mark McConnell, Matthew Baring, Peter Bloser, Joseph Dwyer, A. Gordon Emslie, Camden Ertley, Jochen Greiner, Alice Harding, Dieter Hartmann, Joanne Hill, Philip Kaaret, R. Kippen, David Mattingly, Sheila McBreen, Mark Pearce, Nicolas Produit, James Ryan, Felix Ryde, Takanori Sakamoto, Kenji Toma, W. Thomas Vestrand, Bing Zhang

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91440O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056905

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Polarimetry, Gamma radiation, Physics, Magnetism, Electroluminescent displays, X-rays, Sensors, Particles, Photon polarization

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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A high-energy Compton polarimeter for the POET SMEX mission

Peter Bloser, Mark McConnell, Jason Legere, Camden Ertley, Joanne Hill, Marc Kippen, James Ryan

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91441I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056868

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Polarization, Gamma radiation, Scintillators, Photons, Modulation, Sensors, Positron emission tomography, Magnetism, Autoregressive models

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

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A fast scintillator Compton telescope for medium-energy gamma-ray astronomy

Peter Bloser, James Ryan, Jason Legere, Manuel Julien, Christopher Bancroft, Mark McConnell, Mark Wallace, R. Marc Kippen, Shawn Tornga

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773222 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857545

KEYWORDS: Scintillators, Sensors, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Space telescopes, Spatial resolution, Monte Carlo methods, Liquids, Particles, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2009 Paper

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A new low-background Compton telescope using LaBr[sub]3[/sub] scintillator

Peter Bloser, James Ryan, Jason Legere, Manuel Julien, Christopher Bancroft, Mark McConnell, Mark Wallace, R. Marc Kippen, Shawn Tornga

Proceedings Volume 7435, 74350H (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826191

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Scintillators, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Prototyping, Spatial resolution, Liquids, Picosecond phenomena, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

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EDGE: explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

J. den Herder, L. Piro, T. Ohashi, L. Amati, J. Atteia, S. Barthelmy, M. Barbera, D. Barret, S. Basso, M. Boer, S. Borgani, O. Boyarskiy, E. Branchini, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Briggs, G. Brunetti, C. Budtz-Jorgensenf, D. Burrows, S. Campana, E. Caroli, G. Chincarini, F. Christensen, M. Cocchi, A. Comastri, A. Corsi, V. Cotroneo, P. Conconi, L. Colasanti, G. Cusamano, A. de Rosa, M. Del Santo, S. Ettori, Y. Ezoe, L. Ferrari, M. Feroci, M. Finger, G. Fishman, R. Fujimoto, M. Galeazzi, A. Galli, F. Gatti, N. Gehrels, B. Gendre, G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, P. Giommi, M. Girardi, L. Guzzo, F. Haardt, I. Hepburn, W. Hermsen, H. Hoevers, A. Holland, J. In't Zand, Y. Ishisaki, H. Kawahara, N. Kawai, J. Kaastra, M. Kippen, P. A. J. de Korte, C. Kouveliotou, A. Kusenko, C. Labanti, R. Lieu, C. Macculi, K. Makishima, G. Matt, P. Mazotta, D. McCammon, M. Méndez, T. Mineo, S. Mitchell, K. Mitsuda, S. Molendi, L. Moscardini, R. Mushotzky, L. Natalucci, F. Nicastro, P. O'Brien, J. Osborne, F. Paerels, M. Page, S. Paltani, G. Pareschi, E. Perinati, C. Perola, T. Ponman, A. Rasmussen, M. Roncarelli, P. Rosati, O. Ruchayskiy, E. Quadrini, I. Sakurai, R. Salvaterra, S. Sasaki, G. Sato, J. Schaye, J. Schmidtt, S. Scioritino, M. Shaposhnikov, K. Shinozaki, D. Spiga, Y. Suto, G. Tagliaferri, T. Takahashi, Y. Takei, Y. Tawara, P. Tozzi, H. Tsunemi, T. Tsuru, P. Ubertini, E. Ursino, M. Viel, J. Vink, N. White, R. Willingale, R. Wijers, K. Yoshikawa, N. Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 6688, 668805 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.729457

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Absorption, Spatial resolution, Stars, Mirrors, Gamma radiation, X-rays, Galaxy groups and clusters, Spectral resolution, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

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The Advanced Compton Telescope

Steven Boggs, James Kurfess, James Ryan, Elena Aprile, Neil Gehrels, Marc Kippen, Marc Leising, Uwe Oberlack, Cornelia Wunderer, Allen Zych, Peter Bloser, Michael Harris, Andrew Hoover, Alexei Klimenk, Dan Kocevski, Mark McConnell, Peter Milne, Elena Novikova, Bernard Phlips, Mark Polsen, Steven Sturner, Derek Tournear, Georg Weidenspointner, Eric Wulf, Andreas Zoglauer, Matthew Baring, John Beacom, Lars Bildsten, Charles Dermer, Dieter Hartmann, Margarita Hernanz, David Smith, Sumner Starrfield

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626624 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670605

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Nickel, Gamma radiation, Germanium, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

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MEGA: a medium-energy gamma-ray astronomy mission concept

P. Bloser, J. Ryan, M. McConnell, J. Macri, U. Bravar, G. Kanbach, R. Andritschke, M. Ajello, A. Zoglauer, S. Hunter, B. Phlips, E. Wulf, D. Hartmann, R. Miller, W. Paciesas, A. Zych, R. Kippen, T. Vestrand, M. Cherry, T. Guzik, J. Stacy, J. Wefel, V. Reglero, G. Di Cocco, J. Cravens

Proceedings Volume 5898, 589804 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617315

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Calibration, Gamma-ray astronomy, Satellites, Compton scattering

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

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CASTER: a concept for a Black Hole Finder Probe based on the use of new scintillator technologies

Mark McConnell, Peter Bloser, Gary Case, Michael Cherry, James Cravens, T. Guzik, Kevin Hurley, R. Kippen, John Macri, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, James Ryan, Bradley Schaefer, J. Stacy, W. Vestrand, John Wefel

Proceedings Volume 5898, 589801 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.615277

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Scintillators, Spatial resolution, Cameras, Telescopes, Crystals, Scintillation, Space telescopes, Coded aperture imaging, Lanthanum

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Proceedings Article | 21 October 2004 Paper

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A Compton imaging device for radioactive material detection

Andrew Hoover, William Baird, R. Marc Kippen, Mohini Rawool-Sullivan, John Sullivan

Proceedings Volume 5540, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.562558

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Point spread functions, Compton scattering, Signal to noise ratio, Scattering, Prototyping, Gamma radiation, Image sensors, Image restoration

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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CASTER: a scintillator-based black hole finder probe

Mark McConnell, Michael Cherry, T. G. Guzik, R. Kippen, James Ryan, John Macri, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, Bradley Schaefer, J. Stacy, John Wefel, W. Vestrand

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551602

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Scintillators, Spatial resolution, Cameras, Coded apertures, Scintillation, Imaging systems, Crystals, Coded aperture imaging, Optical sensors

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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MEGA: the next generation Medium Energy Gamma-ray Telescope

James Ryan, Robert Andritschke, Peter Bloser, James Cravens, Michael Cherry, Guido Di Cocco, T. G. Guzik, Dieter Hartmann, Stanley Hunter, Gottfried Kanbach, R. Kippen, James Kurfess, John Macri, Mark McConnell, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, Bernard Phlips, Victor Reglero, J. Stacy, Mark Strickman, W. Thomas Vestrand, John Wefel, Eric Wulf, Andreas Zoglauer, Allen Zych

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551891

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Silicon, Spatial resolution, Space telescopes, Calibration, Gamma radiation, Compton scattering, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The GLAST burst monitor

Andreas von Kienlin, Charles Meegan, Giselher Lichti, Narayana Bhat, Michael Briggs, Valerie Connaughton, Roland Diehl, Gerald Fishman, Jochen Greiner, Andrew Hoover, R. Kippen, Chryssa Kouveliotou, William Paciesas, Robert Preece, Volker Schoenfelder, Helmut Steinle, Robert Wilson

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552913

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Crystals, Photons, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Space operations, Satellites, Power supplies, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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GBM: a gamma-ray burst monitor for GLAST

Giselher Lichti, Michael Briggs, Roland Diehl, Gerald Fishman, Richard Kippen, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Charles Meegan, William Paciesas, Robert Preece, Volker Schoenfelder, Andreas von Kienlin

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461174

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Crystals, Gamma radiation, Space operations, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Particles, Calibration, Time resolved spectroscopy, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 21 November 2000 Paper

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Design and performance of a low-power integrated circuit readout system for multi-anode photomultiplier tubes

Gerald Visser, W. Robert Binns, Paul Dowkontt, Paul Hink, Richard Kippen, Stuart Kleinfelder, John Macri, Geoffrey Pendleton, Keith Rielage, Tumay Tumer

Proceedings Volume 4141, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407588

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Photomultipliers, Analog electronics, Electronics, Field programmable gate arrays, Amplifiers, Control systems, Integrated circuits, Sensors, Logic

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

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FiberGLAST: a scintillating fiber approach to the GLAST mission

Geoffrey Pendleton, W. Robert Binns, Martin Israel, Paul Hink, Michael Cherry, William Paciesas, Richard Kippen, Robert Mallozzi, Thomas Parnell, Gerald Fishman, Tumay Tumer, Mark Christl, Robert Wilson, James Buckley, Georgia Richardson, Surasak Phengchamnan, Keith Rielage, Gerald Karr, Donald Wallace, James Ryan, Mark McConnell, John Macri

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366500

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Photons, Particles, Electronics, Monte Carlo methods, Reconstruction algorithms, Logic, Field programmable gate arrays, Dispersion

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

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Beam test results for the FiberGLAST instrument

Robert Mallozzi, Richard Kippen, Geoffrey Pendleton, William Paciesas, Georgia Richardson, Surasak Phengchamnan, Gerald Karr, Donald Wallace, Gerald Fishman, Thomas Parnell, Robert Wilson, Mark Christl, W. Robert Binns, Paul Hink, Martin Israel, Keith Rielage, John Epstein, Paul Dowkontt, James Buckley, James Ryan, John Macri, Mark McConnell, Tumay Tumer, Michael Cherry, T. Gregory Guzik, John Stacy, S. Kappadath, Muzaffer Atac, Katsushi Arisaka, David Cline, Yuriy Pischalnikov

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366510

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Particles, Scintillators, Space telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Monte Carlo methods, Optical simulations, Spatial resolution, Photomultipliers

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 1999 Paper

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Development and testing of a fiber/multianode photomultiplier system for use on FiberGLAST

Keith Rielage, Katsushi Arisaka, Muzaffer Atac, W. Robert Binns, James Buckley, Michael Cherry, Mark Christl, David Cline, Paul Dowkontt, John Epstein, Gerald Fishman, T. Gregory Guzik, Paul Hink, Martin Israel, S. Kappadath, Gerald Karr, Richard Kippen, Daniel Leopold, Mark McConnell, John Macri, Robert Mallozzi, William Paciesas, Thomas Parnell, Geoffrey Pendleton, Surasak Phengchamnan, Yuriy Pischalnikov, Georgia Richardson, James Ryan, John Stacy, Tumay Tumer, Gerald Visser, Donald Wallace, Robert Wilson

Proceedings Volume 3768, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366579

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Prototyping, Photomultipliers, Electronics, Amplifiers, Gamma radiation, Particles, Logic, Physics, Data acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 1 July 1998 Paper

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Scientific capabilities of SIFTER for discovering and monitoring gamma-ray bursts and active galactic nuclei

Geoffrey Pendleton, Richard Kippen, Robert Mallozzi, G. Richardson, Jim Buckley, Martin Israel, Keith Rielage, Gerald Fishman, Thomas Parnell, Mark Christl, Robert Wilson, Thomas Koshut

Proceedings Volume 3446, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312898

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Particles, Detection and tracking algorithms, Spatial resolution, Algorithm development, Electrons, Reconstruction algorithms, Gamma radiation, Monte Carlo methods, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 1996 Paper

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Balloon-borne coded aperture telescope for arc-minute angular resolution at hard x-ray energies

Mark McConnell, Valerie Boykin, Richard Kippen, Kipp Larson, John Macri, Michelle Mayer, James Ryan, Peter Altice, Michael Cherry, Steven Ellison, B. Price, T. Gregory Guzik, R. Lockwood, M. Barakat, K. Johnston, N. Zotov, M. Elaasar

Proceedings Volume 2806, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253997

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Photons, Spatial resolution, Tungsten, Coded apertures, Charge-coupled devices, Photomasks, Prototyping, Image resolution, Image processing

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