Search Results - "Sanders, W.T."

Large area bismuth absorbers for X-ray microcalorimeters by Vaillancourt, J.E, Allen, C.A, Brekosky, R, Dosaj, A, Galeazzi, M, Kelley, R, Liu, D, McCammon, D, Porter, F.S, Rocks, L.E, Sanders, W.T, Stahle, C.K

“…Two challenges facing the use of large area (2mm×2mm) bismuth absorbers for microcalorimetry are uncertainties in the heat capacity of bismuth and the effects…”
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1/f Noise and Hot Electron Effects in Variable Range Hopping Conduction by McCammon, D., Galeazzi, M., Liu, D., Sanders, W.T., Smith, B., Tan, P., Boyce, K.R., Brekosky, R., Gygax, J.D., Kelley, R., Mott, D.B., Porter, F.S., Stahle, C.K., Stahle, C.M., Szymkowiak, A.E.

“…In the course of developing microcalorimeters as detectors for astronomical X‐ray spectroscopy, we have undertaken an empirical characterization of “non‐ideal”…”
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Observations of the soft X-ray background with the XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket by Porter, F.S, Almy, R, Apodaca, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Galeazzi, M, Kelley, R, McCammon, D, Stahle, C.K, Szymkowiak, A.E, Sanders, W.T

“…On March 28, 1999 the X-ray Quantum Calorimeter (XQC) sounding rocket instrument completed its third flight to observe the soft X-ray background in the…”
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X-ray survey with microcalorimeters: from GRB in the far universe to diffuse emission in our galaxy by Piro, L., Colasanti, L., Gandolfi, G., Pacciani, L., De Rosa, A., Hampai, D., Costa, E., Feroci, M., Soffitta, P., Gatti, F., Pergolesi, D., Vaccarone, R., Orio, M., Ferrari, A., Trussoni, E., McCammon, D., Sanders, W.T., Porter, F.S., Kelley, R.L., Stahle, C.K., Figueroa, E., Szymkowiak, A., Galeazzi, M.

“…IMBOSS is an experiment based on X-ray microcalorimeters and aimed to perform a high spectral resolution all-sky survey. One of the primary scientific goals is…”
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The XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket: a stable LTD platform 30 seconds after rocket motor burnout by Porter, F.S, Almy, R, Apodaca, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Galeazzi, M, Kelley, R, McCammon, D, Stahle, C.K, Szymkowiak, A.E, Sanders, W.T

“…The XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket experiment is designed to provide a stable thermal environment for an LTD detector system within 30 s of the burnout…”
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1/f Noise and Hot Electron Effects in Variable Range Hopping Conduction by McCammon, D., Galeazzi, M., Liu, D., Sanders, W.T., Smith, B., Tan, P., Boyce, K.R., Brekosky, R., Gygax, J.D., Kelley, R., Mott, D.B., Porter, F.S., Stahle, C.K., Stahle, C.M., Szymkowiak, A.E.

“…Dan McCammon is Professor for Space Physics in the Astrophysics group at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison, where he is working on the development of…”
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The interstellar medium X-ray spectrometer (IMXS) by Galeazzi, M., Gatti, F., Vitale, S., McCammon, D., Sanders, W.T., Porter, F.S., Szymkowiak, A.

“…The proposal for an experiment on the International Space Station that will perform an all sky survey of the soft X-ray background for interstellar and…”
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Influence of process parameter variation on the reflectivity of sputter-deposited W-C multilayer diffraction gratings by Sager, B., Benson, P., Jahoda, K., Jacobs, J. R., Bloch, J. J.

“…Multilayer W-C diffraction gratings with nominal d spacings of 35 A have been fabricated by magnetron sputter deposition. The peak and integrated…”
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