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Dr. Valerie Connaughton
AST Science Program Managment at NASA
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Publications (5)
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
Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper
Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: development of the optical system
J. Rousselle, V. Connaughton, M. Errando, T. Humensky, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, V. Vassiliev
Proceedings Volume 8861, 886104 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028873
KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Optical alignment, Prototyping, Point spread functions, Sensors, Actuators, Tolerancing, Observatories
Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper
Efficient light collection from crystal scintillators using a compound parabolic concentrator coupled to an avalanche photodiode
P. Jenke, M. Briggs, P. Bhat, P. Reardon, V. Connaughton, C. Wilson-Hodge
Proceedings Volume 8861, 886105 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024392
KEYWORDS: Compound parabolic concentrators, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Crystals, Scintillators, Avalanche photodiodes, Photons, Solar concentrators, Avalanche photodetectors, Scintillation
Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper
Background estimation in a wide-field background-limited instrument such as Fermi GBM
Gerard Fitzpatrick, Sheila McBreen, Valerie Connaughton, Michael Briggs
Proceedings Volume 8443, 84433B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928036
KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Solar processes, Satellites, Space telescopes, Space operations, Telescopes, Solar radiation models, Scintillation, Solar energy
Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper
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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