Dr. Mark A. Skinner Profile

Dr. Mark A. Skinner

at AMOS Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

AEOS burst camera: project description

Mark Skinner, Carl Akerlof, Timothy McKay, Eli Rykoff

Proc. SPIE. 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Imaging systems, Cameras, CCD cameras, Surveillance systems, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Geometrical optics, Electro optical systems, Scientific research

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2000 Paper

Processing CCD images to detect transits of Earth-sized planets: maximizing sensitivity while achieving reasonable downlink requirements

Jon Jenkins, Fred Witteborn, David Koch, Edward Dunham, William Borucki, Todd Updike, Mark Skinner, Steven Jordan

Proc. SPIE. 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Point spread functions, Stars, Image processing, Numerical simulations, Control systems, Charge-coupled devices, Photometry, Planets, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 1997 Paper

AXAF: the Science Instrument Module

Mark Skinner, Steven Jordan

Proc. SPIE. 3114, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Electronics, Aerospace engineering, Calibration, X-rays, Composites, Interfaces, Space telescopes, Stray light

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Proceedings Article | 31 October 1996 Paper

CUBIC: preflight calibration results and initial operations

David Burrows, Catherine Grant, Laura Cawley, Gordon Garmire, Jeffrey Mendenhall, John Nousek, Mark Skinner

Proc. SPIE. 2808, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VII

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Calibration, Satellites, X-rays, Quantum efficiency, Amplifiers, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1995 Paper

CUBIC: x-ray CCD spectroscopy of the diffuse x-ray background

David Burrows, Mark Skinner, Patrick Broos, Mark Catalano, Laura Cawley, Eric Cocklin, Leland Engel, Timothy Entingh, Gordon Garmire, Roland Green, Diego Janches, Douglas Kelly, Jeffrey Mendenhall, John Nousek, David Lumb, Andrew Holland, Peter Pool

Proc. SPIE. 2518, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Clocks, Cameras, Sensors, Calibration, Satellites, Particles, X-rays, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1995 Paper

CUBIC: preflight calibration status

Mark Skinner, David Burrows, Gordon Garmire, Jeffrey Mendenhall, David Lumb, Andrew Holland, Peter Pool

Proc. SPIE. 2518, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Cameras, Sensors, Calibration, X-rays, Electrons, Silicon, Quantum efficiency, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 1994 Paper

Soft x-ray spectroscopy using charge-coupled devices with thin poly gates and floating gate output amplifiers

Ralph Kraft, David Burrows, Gordon Garmire, David Lumb, John Nousek, Mark Skinner, James Janesick, Tom Elliott, S. Andy Collins, Paul Vu

Proc. SPIE. 2280, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy V

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Sensors, X-rays, Silicon, Quantum efficiency, Amplifiers, Aluminum, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray detectors, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 19 November 1993 Paper

CUBIC: filters and the space environment

Mark Skinner, David Burrows

Proc. SPIE. 2006, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Titanium, Data modeling, Sensors, Particles, Photons, X-rays, Quantum efficiency, Aluminum, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 19 November 1993 Paper

CUBIC: laboratory testing of 'thin poly' CCDs

Mark Skinner, David Burrows, Gordon Garmire, Ralph Kraft, David Lumb, John Nousek

Proc. SPIE. 2006, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Carbon, Cameras, X-rays, Electrons, Diffusion, Quantum efficiency, Amplifiers, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 19 November 1993 Paper

Preliminary results from the diffuse x-ray spectrometer

Wilton Sanders, Richard Edgar, Michael Juda, William Kraushaar, Dan McCammon, Steve Snowden, Jiahong Juda, Mark Skinner, Keith Jahoda, Richard Kelley, A. Smale, Caroline Stahle, Andrew Szymkowiak

Proc. SPIE. 2006, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Crystals, X-rays, Plasmas, Oxygen, Collimators, Spatial resolution, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 1992 Paper

CUBIC: a nondispersive diffuse x-ray background spectrometer

David Burrows, Mark Skinner, Alexander Antunes, Mark Catalano, Eric Cocklin, Leland Engel, Timothy Entingh, Gordon Garmire, Roland Green, Douglas Kelly, Ralph Kraft, David Lumb, Stacy Malakoff, Jeffrey Mendenhall, John Nousek

Proc. SPIE. 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Electronics, Clocks, Satellites, Particles, X-rays, CCD cameras, Gamma radiation, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 1992 Paper

Diffuse x-ray spectrometer experiment

Wilton Sanders, Richard Edgar, Michael Juda, William Kraushaar, Dan McCammon, Steve Snowden, Jiahong Juda, Mark Skinner

Proc. SPIE. 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, Crystals, X-rays, Plasmas, Collimation, Extreme ultraviolet, Gamma radiation, X-ray astronomy, X-ray detectors

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The Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer (DXS) experiment is scheduled to be flown as an attached Shuttle payload in December 1992. As of July 1992, it has completed pre-flight testing at Goddard Space Flight Center and being prepared for shipment to Kennedy Space Center for launch. DXS is designed to measure the spectrum of the low energy (0. 15 — 0.28 keY) diffuse x-ray background with — 10 eV energy resolution and 15° spatial resolution. During its 5-day Shuttle mission, DXS is to measure the spectrum of ten 15° x 15° regions lying along a single 150°-long great circle arc on the sky. DXS has two large area Bragg x-ray spectrometers to cover the wavelength range 44 —84 A using lead stearate Bragg crystals. The spectrometers are of a novel design and have a very large area—solid-angle product, so as to permit measurement of the wavelength spectrum of the cosmic low-energy diffuse x-ray background with good spectral resolution. The bulk of these x-rays are almost certainly from a very hot (T 106 K) component of the interstellar medium that occupies a large fraction of the interstellar volume near the Sun. Astrophysical plasmas near 1O K are rich in emission lines, and the relative strengths of these lines, besides providing information about the physical conditions of the emitting gas, also provide information about its composition, history and heating mechanisms. Each DXS detector consists of a curved panel of Bragg crystals mounted above a position-sensitive proportional counter. The spectrum is dispersed across the counter and all portions of the spectrum are measured at the same time. This eliminates the serious problem in conventional Bragg spectrometers of false spectral features being introduced by time-varying background. On the other hand, while all wavelengths are measured at the same time, the various wavelengths come from different directions in the sky. The spectrometers are therefore rocked back and forth about an axis perpendicular to the dispersed direction to obtain complete spectral coverage along an arc of the sky. This paper describes the DXS instrument concept and design and presents calculations of the anticipated data. It also provides a brief description of the DXS Shuttle payload and its operations

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