Dr. Stephen D. Bongiorno Profile

Dr. Stephen D. Bongiorno

Research Astrophysicist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr

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Publications (32)

Proceedings Article | 2 October 2024 Presentation

Design and analysis of the Rocket Experiment Demonstration of a Soft X-ray (REDSoX) polarimeter mirror module assembly

Jaganathan Ranganathan, Stephen Bongiorno, Srikanth Panini Singam

Proceedings Volume 13129, 131290E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3028214

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Rockets, Design, Polarimetry, Mirrors, X-ray technology, Structural analysis, Stars, Spectropolarimetry, Space mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2024 Poster

Current status of the REDSoX sounding rocket

Alan Garner, Herman Marshall, Sarah Trowbridge Heine, Sean McNeil, Norbert Schulz, Ralf Heilmann, Moritz Günther, Jill Juneau, Beverly LaMarr, Ace Metivier, Swati Ravi, Nithya Kothnur, Stephen Bongiorno, Eric Gullikson

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309378 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020172

Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer 2.5 years later

Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stephen Bongiorno, Niccolò Bucciantini, Enrico Costa, Michal Dovčiak, Steven Ehlert, Philip Kaaret, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Frédéric Marin, Alan Marscher, Herman Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Fabio Muleri, Stephen O'Dell, Juri Poutanen, Brian Ramsey, Roger Romani, Patrick Slane, Allyn Tennant, Roberto Turolla, Martin Weisskopf, Iván Agudo, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Stefano Bianchi, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chien-Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Massimo Cocchi, Eugene Churazov, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Immacolata Donnarumma, Viktor Doroshenko, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Jeremy Heyl, Adam Ingram, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Vicky Kaspi, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Henric Krawczynski, Fabio La Monaca, Ioannis Liodakis, Greg Madejski, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Andrea Marinucci, Francesco Massaro, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Michela Negro, Stephen Ng, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George Pavlov, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Simnonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Olivier Roberts, Carmelo Sgrò, Gloria Spandre, Luigi Stella, Rashid Sunyaev, Douglas Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Nicholas Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey Tsygankov, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie, Silvia Zane

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932I (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020418

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Polarization, Polarimetry, Lanthanum, X-ray astronomy, Universities, X-ray imaging, Calibration, Sensors, Pulsars

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SPIE Journal Paper | 16 July 2024 Open Access

Optimizing the electroforming process for full-shell X-ray optics

Panini Singam, Chet Speegle, Amy Meekham, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, David Banks, Wayne Baumgartner, Jessica Gaskin, Stephen Bongiorno, Brian Ramsey, David Smith, Danielle Gurgew, Nicholas Thomas

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 03, 034001, (July 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.3.034001

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, Simulations, Deformation, Electric fields, Plating, Copper, Mirrors, Finite element methods, X-rays, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 October 2023 Presentation

High resolution full shell replicated x-ray optics for FOXSI-4

Wayne Baumgartner, Stephen Bongiorno, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Srikanth Singam, Danielle Gurgew, Chet Speegle, David Banks, Patrick Champey, Nicholas Thomas, C. Grant Davis

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126790C (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2680486

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, X-rays, Polishing, X-ray imaging, Sun, Spatial resolution, Rockets, Polishing equipment, Mirrors, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Optimizing the electroforming process to enhance the thickness uniformity of full shell x-ray optics

Panini Singam, Chet Speegle, Amy Meekham, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Wayne Baumgartner, Grant Davis, David Banks, Jessica Gaskin, Stephen Bongiorno, Brian Ramsey

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126790B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677698

KEYWORDS: Copper, Simulations, Mirrors, Electric fields, X-ray optics, Nickel, Polishing, Mirror surfaces, Plating, Anodes, X-ray astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Assembly of the FOXSI-4 mirror modules

Stephen Bongiorno, Wayne Baumgartner, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Charles Davis, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Nicholas Thomas, Jeff McCracken, Danielle Gurgew

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126790D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676955

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, X-ray optics, X-ray imaging, Solar processes, Solar energy, Telescopes, Rockets, Physics, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

The Marshall 100-meter x-ray beamline

Nicholas Thomas, Wayne Baumgartner, Stephen Bongiorno, Patrick Champey, Stephen Cheney, C. Grant Davis, Jessica Gaskin, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Panini Singam, David Smith

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126790U (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677927

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray optics, X-ray imaging, X-ray astronomy, Calibration, Astronomy, Astronomical telescopes, Analytical research, X-ray sources

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Poster + Paper

Achieving large-scale, high-resolution, full-shell replicated x-ray optics: budgeting for sources of angular-resolution errors

J. Kolodziejczak, J. Gaskin, W. Baumgartner, S. Bongiorno, P. Champey, D. Gurgew, B. Ramsey, S. P. Singam, C. Speegle, N. Thomas

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126791D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2683603

KEYWORDS: Polishing, X-ray optics, Spatial resolution, X-rays, Simulations, Metrology, Optical surfaces, Mirrors, Plating, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

The Imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) at last!

Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stephen Bongiorno, Niccolò Bucciantini, Enrico Costa, Michal Dovčiak, Steven Ehlert, Philip Kaaret, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Frédéric Marin, Alan Marscher, Herman Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Fabio Muleri, Stephen O'Dell, Juri Poutanen, Brian Ramsey, Roger Romani, Patrick Slane, Allyn Tennant, Roberto Turolla, Martin Weisskopf, Iván Agudo, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Stefano Bianchi, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chiel-Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Immacolata Donnarumma, Victor Doroshenko, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jeremy Heyl, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Henric Krawczynski, Fabio La Monaca, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Andrea Marinucci, Francesco Massaro, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Michela Negro, C.-Y. Ng, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George Pavlov, Abel Lawrence Peirson, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Simonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver Roberts, Carmelo Sgrò, Gloria Spandre, Douglas Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Nicholas Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey Tsygankov, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie, Silvia Zane

Proceedings Volume 12678, 1267803 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677296

KEYWORDS: Polarization, X-rays, Polarimetry, X-ray astronomy, Pulsars, X-ray imaging, Magnetism, Observational astronomy, Physics, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster

Prescription switching of active X-ray optics

Jacqueline Davis, Srikanth Singam, Stephen Bongiorno, Patrick Champey

Proceedings Volume 12185, 1218572 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630342

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, Switching, Astronomy, Actuators, X-rays, X-ray astronomy, Telescopes, Switches, Optical signal processing, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation

High resolution FOXSI: The development of FOXSI-4

Lindsay Glesener, Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas, Jessie Duncan, Yixian Zhang, Shunsaku Nagasawa, Savannah Perez-Piel, Ayumu Takigawa, Koki Sakuta, Kazuki Ampuku, Juliana Vievering, Sophie Musset, P. S. Athiray, Athanasios Pantazides, Wayne Baumgartner, Stephen Bongiorno, Patrick Champey, Steven Christe, Sasha Courtade, Hunter Kanniainen, Säm Krucker, Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Noriyuki Narukage, Eliad Peretz, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218128 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630347

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, Spatial resolution, Solar processes, Sensors, Rockets, Particles, CMOS sensors, X-rays, X-ray imaging, Sun

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 May 2022 Open Access

Optics for the imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer

Brian Ramsey, Stephen Bongiorno, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Cheryl Alexander, Wayne Baumgartner, Shawn Breeding, Ronald Elsner, Shelley Le Roy, Jeff McCracken, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Stephen O'Dell, Steven Pavelitz, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Javier Sanchez, Chet Speegle, Nicholas Thomas, Bruce Weddendorf, Martin Weisskopf

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 024003, (May 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.024003

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, Sensors, X-ray imaging, Polarimetry, X-ray optics, Calibration, Spatial resolution, Optical fabrication, Optical alignment

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SPIE Journal Paper | 14 April 2022 Open Access

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer: prelaunch

Martin Weisskopf, Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Brian Ramsey, Stephen O'Dell, Roger Romani, Giorgio Matt, William Deininger, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Herman Marshall, Fabio Muleri, Stephen Bongiorno, Allyn Tennant, Niccolo Bucciantini, Michal Dovciak, Frédéric Marin, Alan Marscher, Juri Poutanen, Pat Slane, Roberto Turolla, William Kalinowski, Alessandro Di Marco, Sergio Fabiani, Massimo Minuti, Fabio La Monaca, Michele Pinchera, John Rankin, Carmelo Sgrò, Alessio Trois, Fei Xie, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Jason Andersen, Angelo Antonelli, Spencer Antoniak, Primo Attiná, Mattia Barbanera, Matteo Bachetti , Randy Baggett, Jeff Bladt, Alessandro Brez, Raffaella Bonino, Christopher Boree, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Rita Carpentiero, Simone Castellano, Marco Castronuovo, Luca Cavalli, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Saverio Citraro, Fabio D'Amico, Elisa D'Alba, Laura Di Gesu, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Giuseppe Di Persio, David Dolan, Immacolata Donnarumma, Yuri Evangelista, Kevin Ferrant, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, MacKenzie Ferrie, Joseph Footdale, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Benjamin Garelick, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Michael Head, Grant Hibbard, Samantha Johnson, Erik Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Carlo Lefevre, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Paolo Lorenzi, Leonardo Lucchesi, Tyler Maddox, Guido Magazzu, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Elio Mangraviti, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, David Mauger, Jeffery McCracken, Michael McEachen, Rondal Mize, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Michela Negro, Toan Nguyen, Isaac Nitschke, Alessio Nuti, Mitch Onizuka, Chiara Oppedisano, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Will Painter, Steven Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzolla, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Maura Pilia, Alessandro Profeti, Simonetta Puccetti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Ajay Ratheesh, Lee Reedy, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Paolo Sarra, Francesco Santoli, Emanuele Scalise, Andrea Sciortino, Christopher Schroeder, Tim Seek, Kalie Sosdian, Gloria Spandre, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Antonino Tobia, Nicholas Thomas, Robert Valerie, Marco Vimercati, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, Jeffrey Wedmore, David Welch, Davide Zanetti, Francesco Zanetti

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 026002, (April 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.026002

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Calibration, Polarimetry, X-ray imaging, Polarization, Modulation, Space operations, X-ray sources, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2021 Presentation + Paper

Assembly of the IXPE mirror modules

Stephen Bongiorno, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Ron Eng, Mark Stahl, Wayne Baumgartner, Nicholas Thomas, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Brian Ramsey, John Tucker

Proceedings Volume 11822, 118220Y (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594316

KEYWORDS: Distortion, X-rays, Mirrors, Epoxies, Sensors, X-ray optics, Point spread functions, Calibration, X-ray imaging, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2021 Presentation + Paper

Initial findings in full-shell, active optics

Jacqueline Davis, Stephen Bongiorno

Proceedings Volume 11822, 1182210 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593250

KEYWORDS: Actuators, X-ray optics, Optics manufacturing, Mirrors, Active optics, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview IV

Brian Ramsey, Primo Attina, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Simone Castellano, Rita Carpentiero, Marco Castronuovo, Luca Cavalli, Elisabetta Cavazutti, Fabio D'Amico, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William Deininger, Elisa D'Alba, Ettore Delmonte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolo Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Giusseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Joseph Footdale, Michael Head, William Kalinowski, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Paolo Lorenzi, Leonardo Lucchesi, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Elio Mangravati, Herman Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Rondal Mize, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Alessio Nuti, Stephen O'Dell, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Christina Pentz, Maura Pilia, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger Romani, Paolo Sarra, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Christopher Schroeder, Carmelo Sgro, Paolo Soffitta, Gloria Spandre, Allyn Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Nicholas Thomas, Alessio Trois, Marco Vimercati, Jeffery Wedmore, Martin Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Jason Andersen, Angelo Antonelli, Spencer Antoniak, Matteo Bachetti, Randy Baggett, Rafaella Bonino, Christopher Boree, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Byggott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, David Dolan, Yuri Evangelista, Kevin Ferrant, MacKenzie Ferrie, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Benjamin Garelick, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Samantha Johnson, Eric Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Lofredo, Tyler Maddox, Guido Magazzu, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, David Mauger, Jeffrey McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Toan Nguyen, Michela Negro, Isaac Nitschke, Mitch Onizuka, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Will Painter, Steven Pavelitz, Raffaele Piazzolla, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Lee Reedy, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Tim Seek, Kalie Sosdian, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Robert Valerie, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, David Welch

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118210M (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595302

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Space operations, Mirrors, X-rays, Observatories, Polarization, Polarimetry, X-ray imaging, X-ray sources

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Paper

FOXSI-4: the high resolution focusing X-ray rocket payload to observe a solar flare

Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas, Juliana Vievering, Sophie Musset, Lindsay Glesener, P.S. Athiray, Wayne Baumgartner, Stephen Bongiorno, Patrick Champey, Steven Christe, Sasha Courtade, Gregory Dalton, Jessie Duncan, Kelsey Gilchrist, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Christine Jhabvala, Hunter Kanniainen, Säm Krucker, Kyle Gregory, Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros, Jeff McCracken, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Noriyuki Narukage, Athanasios Pantazides, Eliad Peretz, Savannah Perez-Piel, Aruna Ramanayaka, Brian Ramsey, Danny Ryan, Sabrina Savage, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Amy Winebarger, Yixian Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118210L (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594701

KEYWORDS: CMOS sensors, Attenuators, Solar energy, Electrons, Sensors, X-rays, X-ray optics, Solar processes, Rockets, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2020 Poster + Paper

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview III

Paolo Soffitta, Primo Attinà, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Simone Castellano, Rita Carpentiero, Marco Castronuovo, Luca Cavalli, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Fabio D'Amico, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William Deininger, Elsa D'Alba, Ettore Del Monte, Kutis Diets, Niccolo' Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ronald Elsner, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Larry Guy, William Kalinowski, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Paolo Lorenzi, Leonardo Lucchesi, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Elio Mangraviti, Herman Marshall, James Masciarelli, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Alessio Nuti, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Maura Pilia, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian Ramsey, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger Romani, Paolo Sarra, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian Smith, Gloria Spandre, Allyn Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Alessio Trois, Marco Vimercati, Jeffrey Wedmnore, Martin Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Spencer Antoniak, Matteo Bachetti, Raffaella Bonino, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Yuri Evangelista, MacKenzie Ferrie, Brent Forsyth, Michele Foster, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Sandra Johnson, Erik Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Guido Magazzu', Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, Alfredo Morbidini, Jeffrey McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Federico Mosti, Michela Nigro, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Steven Pavelitz, Cristina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzolla, Brad Porter, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, John Rankin, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Sara Schindhelm, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, David Welch, Michael Head, Stuart Gray, Rondal Mize, Stephen O'Dell, Christopher Schroeder, Nicholas Thomas, Randy Bagget, David Dolan, Kevin Ferrant, Joseph Footdale, Benjamin Garelick, Samantha Johnson, Timothy Seek

Proceedings Volume 11444, 1144462 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567001

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation

Ghost-rays characterization for the FOXSI-3 sounding rocket launch

Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas, Steven Christe, Lindsay Glesener, Säm Krucker, Brian Ramsey, Stephen Bongiorno, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Athiray Subramania, Noriyuki Narukage, Shinnosuke Ishikawa, Gregory Dalton, Sasha Courtade, Sophie Musset, Juliana Vievering, Daniel Ryan, Stuart Bale

Proceedings Volume 11454, 114542B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561578

KEYWORDS: Rockets, X-ray optics, Sensors, X-ray imaging, X-rays, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Silicon, Sensor performance, Hard x-rays

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Proceedings Article | 17 January 2020 Presentation + Paper

IXPE mirror module assemblies

Brian Ramsey, Stephen Bongiorno, Jeffrey Kolodziejczak, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Cheryl Alexander, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronald Elsner, Jeffery McCracken, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Steven Pavelitz, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Javier Sanchez, Chet Speegle, Bruce Weddendorf, Stephen O'Dell

Proceedings Volume 11119, 1111903 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2531956

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Lithium

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Paper

The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview II

Stephen O'Dell, Primo Attinà, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William Deininger, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ronald Elsner, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Larry Guy, William Kalinowski, Victoria Kaspi, Anthony Kelley, Jeffrey Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Leonardo Lucchesi, Alberto Manfreda, Herman Marshall, James Masciarelli, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Alessio Nuti, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian Ramsey, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger Romani, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian Smith, Gloria Spandre, Paolo Soffitta, Allyn Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Alessio Trois, Jeffrey Wedmore, Martin Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Spencer Antoniak, Raffaella Bonino, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Giuseppe Di Persio, Yuri Evangelista, MacKenzie Ferrie, Joseph Footdale, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Sandra Johnson, Eric Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Guido Magazzu, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, Jeffery McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Michela Negro, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Steven Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzola, Brad Porter, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, John Rankin, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Sarah Schindhelm, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, David Welch

Proceedings Volume 11118, 111180V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530646

KEYWORDS: X-ray astronomy, X-ray imaging, X-rays, Polarimetry, Space operations, Polarization, Data communications, Astrophysics, Observatories, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Paper

Ghost-ray reduction and early results from the third FOXSI sounding rocket flight

Sophie Musset, Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas, Lindsay Glesener, Stephen Bongiorno, Sasha Courtade, P. S. Athiray, Juliana Vievering, Shin-nosuke Ishikawa, Noriyuki Narukage, Kento Furukawa, Daniel Ryan, Greg Dalton, Zoe Turin, Lance Davis, Tadayuki Takahashi, Shin Watanabe, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Kouichi Hagino, Tomoko Kawate, Paul Turin, Steven Christe, Brian Ramsey, Säm Krucker

Proceedings Volume 11118, 1111812 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530029

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Rockets, Geometrical optics, Sun, Collimators, X-rays, X-ray optics, Solar processes, X-ray telescopes, X-ray detectors, Astronomical detectors, Solar telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 5 April 2019 Open Access

Full-shell x-ray optics development at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Kiranmayee Kilaru, Brian Ramsey, Wayne Baumgartner, Stephen Bongiorno, David Broadway, Patrick Champey, Jacqueline Davis, Stephen O'Dell, Ronald Elsner, Jessica Gaskin, Samantha Johnson, Jeffrey Kolodziejczak, Oliver Roberts, Douglas Swartz, Martin Weisskopf

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 02, 021010, (April 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.021010

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Polishing, X-ray optics, Surface finishing, X-rays, Metrology, In situ metrology, Spatial resolution, Metals, Photography

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2018 Presentation + Paper

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview

Stephen O'Dell, Luca Baldini, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Ronald Elsner, Victoria Kaspi, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Herman Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Fabio Mulieri, Brian Ramsey, Roger Romani, Paolo Soffitta, Allyn Tennant, Martin Weisskopf, D. Zachary Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Spencer Antoniak, Primo Attina, Matteo Bachetti, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Fabio Borotto, Thomas Brooks, Scott Bussinger, H. Kyle Bygott, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Marco Ceccanti, Saverio Citraro, William Deininger, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Jennifer Erickson, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Michele Foster, Manuela Giusti, Shuichi Gunji, Larry Guy, Sandra Johnson, William Kalinowski, Anthony Kelley, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Carlo Lefevre, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Marco Marengo, James Masciarelli, Mike McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Massimo Minuti, Mark Mitchell, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Steven Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Raffaele Piazzolla, Stefano Pieraccini, Maura Pilia, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Tim Read, Alda Rubini, Francesco Santoli, Paolo Sarra, Sarah Schindhelm, Andrea Sciortino, Chris Seckar, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian Smith, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Antonino Tobia, Alessia Tortosa, Alessio Trois, Bruce Weddendorf, Jeff Wedmore, Davide Zanetti

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106991X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314146

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Calibration, Space operations, X-ray telescopes, Polarization, Telescopes, Observatories, X-ray detectors, Polarimetry

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

Soft x-ray quantum efficiency of silicon hybrid CMOS detectors

Zachary Prieskorn, Stephen Bongiorno, David Burrows, Abraham Falcone, Christopher Griffith, Jonathan Nikoleyczik

Proceedings Volume 9154, 915410 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056566

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Quantum efficiency, Silicon, X-rays, Aluminum, X-ray detectors, Optical filters, CMOS sensors, X-ray optics, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Characterization of Si hybrid CMOS detectors for use in the soft x-ray band

Zachary Prieskorn, Christopher Griffith, Stephen Bongiorno, Abraham Falcone, David Burrows

Proceedings Volume 8859, 88590J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024259

KEYWORDS: Sensors, CMOS sensors, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Readout integrated circuits, Silicon, Cadmium sulfide, Charge-coupled devices, Aluminum, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Characterization of an x-ray hybrid CMOS detector with low interpixel capacitive crosstalk

Christopher Griffith, Stephen Bongiorno, David Burrows, Abraham Falcone, Zachary Prieskorn

Proceedings Volume 8453, 84530F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925732

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, CMOS sensors, X-ray detectors, Capacitance, X-ray characterization, Multiplexers, Signal detection, Readout integrated circuits, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Recent progress on developments and characterization of hybrid CMOS x-ray detectors

A. Falcone, Z. Prieskorn, C. Griffith, S. Bongiorno, D. Burrows

Proceedings Volume 8453, 84530E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925518

KEYWORDS: Sensors, CMOS sensors, X-rays, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray detectors, CCD image sensors, X-ray optics, Aluminum, Readout integrated circuits, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2010 Paper

Measurements of Si hybrid CMOS x-ray detector characteristics

Stephen Bongiorno, Abraham Falcone, David Burrows, Robert Cook

Proceedings Volume 7742, 77420R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856718

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray detectors, Silicon, CMOS sensors, Cadmium sulfide, X-ray imaging, Readout integrated circuits, Copper

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2009 Paper

Measurements of Si hybrid CMOS x-ray detector characteristics

Stephen Bongiorno, Abe Falcone, David Burrows, Robert Cook, Yibin Bai, Mark Farris

Proceedings Volume 7435, 74350E (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826515

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Cadmium sulfide, X-ray detectors, Silicon, CMOS sensors, X-ray imaging, Electronics, Capacitance

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2007 Paper

Hybrid CMOS x-ray detectors: the next generation for focused x-ray telescopes

A. Falcone, D. Burrows, Y. Bai, M. Farris, R. Cook, S. Bongiorno

Proceedings Volume 6686, 668602 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735028

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, CMOS sensors, X-ray detectors, X-rays, X-ray telescopes, CCD image sensors, Aluminum, Optical filters, X-ray optics

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