Mr. Thomas Brian Humensky Profile

Thomas Brian Humensky

Professor of Physics at Univ. of Maryland, College Park

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the medium-sized telescope of Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Vladimir Vassiliev, C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, P. Batista, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, A. Brown, J. Buckley, R. Cameron, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, D. De Paoli, L. Di Venere, M. Errando, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, E. Giro, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. Humensky, S. Incardona, M. Ionica, W. Jin, D. Kieda, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. Mode, I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, F. Di Pierro, E. Pueschel, D. Ribeiro, L. Riitano, E. Roache, D. Ross, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, R. White, D. Williams, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630604

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Observatories, Prototyping, Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Silicon photomultipliers, Image segmentation, Image resolution

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 February 2022

Design and performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope camera

Colin Adams, Giovanni Ambrosi, Michelangelo Ambrosio, Carla Aramo, Timothy Arlen, Wystan Benbow, Bruna Bertucci, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Jonathan Biteau, Massimiliano Bitossi, Alfonso Boiano, Carmela Bonavolontà, Richard Bose, Aurelien Bouvier, Mario Buscemi, Aryeh Brill, Anthony Brown, James Buckley, Rodolfo Canestrari, Massimo Capasso, Mirco Caprai, Paolo Coppi, Corbin Covault, Davide De Paoli, Leonardo Di Venere, Manel Errando, Stephen Fegan, Qi Feng, Emanuele Fiandrini, Amy Furniss, Markus Garczarczyk, Alasdair Gent, Nicola Giglietto, Francesco Giordano, Enrico Giro, Robert Halliday, Olivier Hervet, Gareth Hughes, Simone Incardona, Thomas Humensky, Maria Ionica, Weidong Jin, Caitlin Johnson, David Kieda, Frank Krennrich, Andrey Kuznetsov, Jon Lapington, Francesco Licciulli, Serena Loporchio, Giovanni Marsella, Vincenzo Masone, Kevin Meagher, Thomas Meures, Brent A. Mode, Samuel A. Mognet, Reshmi Mukherjee, Akira Okumura, Francesca Pantaleo, Riccardo Paoletti, Federico Di Pierro, Deivid Ribeiro, Luca Riitano, Emmet Roache, Duncan Ross, Julien Rousselle, Andrea Rugliancich, Marcos Santander, Michael Schneider, Harm Schoorlemmer, Ruo-Yu Shang, Brandon Stevenson, Leonardo Stiaccini, Hiroyasu Tajima, Leslie Taylor, Julian Thornhill, Luca Tosti, Giovanni Tripodo, Valerio Vagelli, Massimo Valentino, Justin Vandenbroucke, Vladimir Vassiliev, Scott Wakely, Jason Watson, Richard White, Patrick Wilcox, David Williams, Matthew Wood, Peter Yu, Adrian Zink

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 01, 014007, (February 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.014007

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Light emitting diodes, Camera shutters, Sensors, Capacitors, Imaging systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for CTA

C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, P. Batista, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, A. Brown, J. Buckley, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, D. De Paoli, L. Di Venere, M. Errando, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, E. Giro, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. Humensky, S. Incardona, M. Ionica, W. Jin, D. Kieda, F. Licciulli, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. A. W. Mode, S. A. I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, F. Di Pierro, E. Pueschel, D. Ribeiro, L. Riitano, E. Roache, D. Ross, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, R. Shang, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. J. Vanderbrouke, V. Vassiliev, J. Watson, R. White, D. Williams, P. Yu, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 11820, 118200E (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594580

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Physics, Point spread functions, Prototyping, Stars, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 14 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Alignment of the optical system of the 9.7-m prototype Schwarzchild-Coulder Telescope

C. Adams, R. Alfaro, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontá, R. Bose, A. Brill, J. Buckley, K. Byrum, R. A. Cameron, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, L. Di Venere, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, M. Garczarczyk, F. Garfias, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. González, R. Halliday, T. B. Humensky, D. Ribeiro, O. Hervet, G. Hughes, M. Ionica, A. Iriarte, W. Jin, P. Kaaret, D. Kieda, B. Kim, M. Limon, S. Loporchio, T. Meures, B. A. Mode, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, N. La Palombara, F. R. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, A. Petrashyk, J. Powell, E. Roache, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, J. Ruíz-Díaz-Soto, M. Santander, S. Schlenstedt, S. Scuderi, R. Shang, G. Sironi, B. Stevenson, L. Stiaccini, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vassiliev, S. Wakely, P. Wilcox, D. Williams, P. Yu

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114456A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2564653

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Optical instrument design, Gamma radiation, Point spread functions, Cameras, Silicon photomultipliers, Mirrors, Alignment procedures

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2020 Presentation + Paper

Verification of the optical system of the 9.7-m prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

C. Adams, R. Alfaro, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, J. Buckley, K. Byrum, R. Cameron, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, L. Di Venere, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, M. Garczarczyk, F. Garfias, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. González, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, G. Hughes, T. Humensky, M. Ionica, A. Iriarte, W. Jin, P. Kaarat, D. Kieda, B. Kim, F. Licciulli, M. Limon, S. Loporchio, V. Masone, T. Meures, B. A. W. Mode, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, N. La Palombara, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, A. Petrashyk, J. Powell, K. Powell, D. Ribeiro, E. Roache, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, J. Ruíz-Díaz-Soto, M. Santander, S. Schlenstedt, S. Scuderi, R. Shang, G. Sironi, B. Stevenson, L. Stiaccini, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vassiliev, S. Wakely, P. Wilcox, D. Williams, P. Yu

Proceedings Volume 11488, 1148805 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2568134

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Cameras, Stars, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 24 October 2019 Paper

Characterization and assembly of near-ultraviolet SiPMs for the Schwarzschild-Couder medium-size telescope proposed for the CTA Observatory

C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, J. Buckley, M. Caprai, C. Covault, L. Di Venere, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, G. Hughes, T. Humensky, M. Ionica, W. Jin, P. Kaaret, D. Kieda, B. Kim, F. Licciulli, S. Loporchio, V. Masone, T. Meures, B. A. W. Mode, R. Mukherjee, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. R. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, A. Petrashyk, J. Powell, K. Powell, D. Ribeiro, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, R. Shang, B. Stevenson, L. Stiaccini, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vassiliev, P. Wilcox, D. Williams

Proceedings Volume 11114, 111140D (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530617

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Physics, Observatories, Matrices, Near ultraviolet, Optical fabrication, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 4 September 2015 Paper

Toward the construction of a medium size prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for CTA

J. Rousselle, K. Byrum, R. Cameron, V. Connaughton, M. Errando, S. Griffiths, V. Guarino, T. B. Humensky, P. Jenke, P. Kaaret, D. Kieda, M. Limon, I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, A. Peck, A. Petrashyk, D. Ribeiro, B. Stevenson, V. Vassiliev, P. Yu

Proceedings Volume 9603, 960305 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188381

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Optical alignment, Cameras, Actuators, Prototyping, Glasses, Computer aided design, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

A prototype for the real-time analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Andrea Bulgarelli, Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Zoli, Alessio Aboudan, Juan José Rodríguez-Vázquez, Gernot Maier, Etienne Lyard, Denis Bastieri, Saverio Lombardi, Gino Tosti, Adriano De Rosa, Sonia Bergamaschi, Matteo Interlandi, Domenico Beneventano, Giovanni Lamanna, Jean Jacquemier, Karl Kosack, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Catherine Boisson, Jerzy Burkowski, Sara Buson, Alessandro Carosi, Vito Conforti, Jose Luis Contreras, Giovanni De Cesare, Raquel de los Reyes, Jon Dumm, Phil Evans, Lucy Fortson, Matthias Fuessling, Ricardo Graciani, Fulvio Gianotti, Paola Grandi, Jim Hinton, Brian Humensky, Jürgen Knödlseder, Giuseppe Malaguti, Martino Marisaldi, Nadine Neyroud, Luciano Nicastro, Stefan Ohm, Julian Osborne, Simon Rosen, Alessandro Tacchini, Eleonora Torresi, Vincenzo Testa, Massimo Trifoglio, Amanda Weinstein

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91452X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054744

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Data acquisition, Prototyping, Cameras, Observatories, Physics, Data communications, Monte Carlo methods, Data storage

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Proceedings Article | 4 June 2002 Paper

SLAC's polarized electron source laser system for the E-158 parity violation experiment

Axel Brachmann, Ray Alley, M. Browne, G. Cates, James Clendenin, J. deLamare, Josef Frisch, T. Galetto, E. Hughes, Thomas Humensky, K. Kumar, Peter Mastromarino, J. Sodja, James Turner, Klaus Witte, Michael Woods

Proceedings Volume 4632, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469769

KEYWORDS: Stanford Linear Collider, Laser systems engineering, Laser scattering, Scattering, Electron beams, Beam controllers, Liquids, Hydrogen, Switches, Polarization

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