Dr. Nicholas E. Thomas Profile

Dr. Nicholas E. Thomas

Research Physicist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr.

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Author

Publications (29)

Proceedings Article | 22 August 2024 Poster

Poster

SuperHERO (Super-High Energy Replicated Optics) balloon mission concept

Nicholas Thomas

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309375 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020830

Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

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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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Development and evaluation of a metal 3D printed pre-collimator for FOXSI-4 sounding rocket experiment

Yoshiaki Sato, Noriyuki Narukage, Hayato Inuzuka, Futoshi Yoshimura, Sota Kashima, Riko Shimizu, Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas, Wayne Baumgartner, Nicholas Thomas, Taro Sakao, Lindsay Glesener

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130936X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018219

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Stray light, Photons, Metals, X-ray optics, Signal to noise ratio, Mirrors, Rockets, 3D printing, Vacuum chambers

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Design, fabrication, and testing of Wolter-I x-ray optic for Swift Solar Activity X-ray Imager (SSAXI-Rocket)

Jaesub Hong, Suzanne Romaine, Ricardo Bruni, Charles Davis, Nicholas Thomas, Sophia Sánchez-Maes, David Caldwell, Elias Aguirre-Contreras, Ed Hertz, Chet Speegle, Christopher Moore

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309355 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020233

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, Optical alignment, X-rays, X-ray imaging, Mirrors, Point spread functions, Nickel, Fabrication, Design, Solar processes

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Goals of the Swift Solar Activity X-ray Imager (SSAXI-Rocket) rocket experiment

Christopher Moore, Jae Sub Hong, Johnny Ho, Sophia Sánchez-Maes, Elias Aguirre-Contreras, Isaac Anderson, Carl Barcroft, Juliana Barstow, Ricardo Bruni, David Caldwell, Brendan D'Aquino, Gabriel Dubinsky, Thomas Gauron, Leon Golub, Laura Hayes, Ed Hertz, Andrew Inglis, Almus Kenter, Adam Kobelski, Rachel Nere, Ritesh Pandohie, Jeffrey Reep, Suzanne Romaine, Sabrina Savage, Crisel Suarez, Zachary Svec, David Theroux, Nicholas Thomas, Amy Winebarger

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309372 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018215

KEYWORDS: Solar processes, Rockets, X-rays, Equipment, X-ray imaging, CMOS sensors, X-ray optics, Solar radiation models, X-ray detectors, Mirrors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 16 July 2024 Open Access

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

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 | 6 October 2023 Presentation

Presentation

X-ray testing of an Athena SPO module at the NASA/MSFC X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF)

Wayne Baumgartner, Kristin Madsen, Vadim Burwitz, Ernie Wright, Steven Johnson, Jeff Kegley, Nicholas Thomas, James Tucker, Gregory Daspit

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126790Z (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2681740

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Cryogenics, X-ray optics, Optical calibration, Calibration, X-ray telescopes, X-ray detectors, Windows, Point spread functions, Optical alignment

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

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 Poster + Paper

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

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 Presentation + Paper

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 | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

X-ray micropore optic array preliminary calibration results for the lunar environment heliospheric x-ray imager

Catriana Paw U., Brian Walsh, K. Kuntz, Rousseau Nutter, Cadin Connor, Samantha Busk, Vadim Burwitz, Gisela Hartner, Thomas Müller, Surangkhana Rukdee, Thomas Schmidt, Emil Atz, Norman Dobson, Dennis Chornay, Frederick Porter, Kenneth Simms, Van Naldoza, Steven Sembay, David Sibeck, Nick Thomas

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121814N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629503

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray imaging, X-ray optics, Point spread functions, Sensors, Solar processes, Magnetosphere, Optical arrays, Magnetism, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

Athena x-ray optics testing at the MSFC XRCF: overview

Wayne Baumgartner, Kristin Madsen, Jeff Kegley, Ernest Wright, Jim Tucker, Gregory Daspit, Vadim Burwitz, Elias Breunig, Nicholas Thomas, Steven Johnson

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121810X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630727

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, X-rays, Optical testing, Mirrors, X-ray detectors, Calibration, Sensors, Optical fabrication, X-ray sources, Point spread functions

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 May 2022 Open Access

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

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

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 | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Gamow Explorer: a Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory to study the high redshift universe and enable multi-messenger astrophysics

N. White, F. Bauer, W. Baumgartner, M. Bautz, E. Berger, B. Cenko, T.-C. Chang, A. Falcone, H. Fausey, C. Feldman, D. Fox, O. Fox, A. Fruchter, C. Fryer, G. Ghirlanda, K. Gorski, C. Grant, S. Guiriec, M. Hart, D. Hartmann, J. Hennawi, D. Kann, D. Kaplan, J. Kennea, D. Kocevski, C. Kouveliotou, C. Lawrence, A. Levan, A. Lidz, A. Lien, T. Littenberg, L. Mas-Ribas, M. Moss, P. O'Brien, J. O'Meara, D. Palmer, D. Pasham, J. Racusin, R. Remillard, O. Roberts, P. Roming, M. Rud, R. Salvaterra, R. Sambruna, M. Seiffert, G. Sun, N. R. Tanvir, R. Terrile, N. Thomas, A. van der Horst, W. T. Verstrand, P. Willems, C. Wilson-Hodge, E. Young, L. Amati, E. Bozzo, O. Karczewski, C. Hernandez-Monteagudo, R. Rebolo Lopez, R. Genova-Santos, A. Martin, J. Granot, P. Bemiamini, R. Gil, E. Burns

Proceedings Volume 11821, 1182109 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599293

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, X-rays, Stars, Observatories, James Webb Space Telescope, Astrophysics, Sensors, Metals, Absorption, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

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 | 23 August 2021 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

LEXT: a lobster eye optic for Gamow

Charlotte Feldman, Paul O'Brien, Nicholas White, Wayne Baumgartner, Nicholas Thomas, Alexander Lodge, Marshall Bautz, Erik Hinrichsen

Proceedings Volume 11822, 118221D (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2596854

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, Reflection, X-ray optics, Point spread functions, Iridium, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2021 Presentation

Presentation

The Marshall 100-meter x-ray beamline

Nicholas Thomas, Wayne Baumgartner, Patrick Champey, Stephen Cheney, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Kiranmayee Kilaru

Proceedings Volume 11822, 118220P (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594966

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, X-ray detectors, X-ray astronomy, Calibration, Astronomical telescopes, X-ray optics, Stray light, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2021 Presentation

Presentation

Ground Calibration of the IXPE Optics and Telescope

Wayne Baumgartner, Brian Ramsey, Nicholas Thomas, Jeff Kolodziejczak, Steve O'Dell, Sergio Fabiani, Fabio Muleri, Carmelo Sgro, Paolo Soffitta

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118210N (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595387

KEYWORDS: Calibration, X-ray telescopes, Telescopes, X-rays, Sensors, X-ray imaging, X-ray detectors, Polarization, Modulation, X-ray sources

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2020 Poster + Paper

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 | 22 July 2014 Paper

Paper

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

N. Gandilo, P. A. Ade, M. Amiri, F. Angilè, S. Benton, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, H. Chiang, C. Contaldi, B. Crill, M. Devlin, B. Dober, O. Doré, M. Farhang, J. Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, Y. Fukui, N. Galitzki, A. Gambrel, S. Golwala, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. Jones, Z. Kermish, J. Klein, A. Korotkov, C. Kuo, C. MacTavish, P. Mason, T. Matthews, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, T. Mroczkowski, J. Nagy, C. Netterfield, G. Novak, D. Nutter, R. O'Brient, E. Pascale, F. Poidevin, A. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, G. Savini, D. Scott, J. Shariff, J. Soler, N. Thomas, A. Trangsrud, M. Truch, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, D. Ward-Thompson, A. Weber, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91452U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055156

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Stars, Sensors, Gyroscopes, Global Positioning System, Antennas, Sun, Telescopes, Magnetism, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

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Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol

J. Soler, P. A. Ade, F. Angilè, S. Benton, M. Devlin, B. Dober, L. Fissel, Y. Fukui, N. Galitzki, N. Gandilo, J. Klein, A. Korotkov, T. Matthews, L. Moncelsi, A. Mroczkowski, C. Netterfield, G. Novak, D. Nutter, E. Pascale, F. Poidevin, G. Savini, D. Scott, Jamil Shariff, N. Thomas, M. Truch, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, D. Ward-Thompson

Proceedings Volume 9145, 914534 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055431

KEYWORDS: Thermal modeling, Aluminum, Chemical elements, Sun, Mirrors, Telescopes, Solar radiation models, Coating, Polarimetry, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

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BLASTbus electronics: general-purpose readout and control for balloon-borne experiments

S. Benton, P. Ade, M. Amiri, F. Angilè, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, H. Chiang, C. Contaldi, B. Crill, M. Devlin, B. Dober, O. Doré, M. Farhang, J. Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, Y. Fukui, N. Galitzki, A. Gambrel, N. Gandilo, S. Golwala, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. Jones, Z. Kermish, J. Klein, A. Korotkov, C. Kuo, C. MacTavish, P. Mason, T. Matthews, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, T. Mroczkowski, J. Nagy, C. Netterfield, G. Novak, D. Nutter, R. O'Brient, R. Ogburn, E. Pascale, F. Poidevin, A. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, G. Savini, D. Scott, J. Shariff, J. Soler, N. Thomas, A. Trangsrud, M. Truch, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, D. Ward-Thompson, A. Weber, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91450V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056693

KEYWORDS: Bolometers, Digital signal processing, Analog electronics, Cryogenics, Electronics, Control systems, Physics, Sensors, Telescopes, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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The DXL and STORM sounding rocket mission

Nicholas Thomas, Jenny Carter, Meng Chiao, Dennis Chornay, Yaireska Collado-Vega, Michael Collier, Thomas Cravens, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Dimitra Koutroumpa, Joseph Kujawski, K. Kuntz, Maria Kuznetsova, Susan Lepri, Dan McCammon, Kelsey Morgan, F. Scott Porter, Krishna Prasai, Andy Read, Ina Robertson, Steve Sembay, David Sibeck, Steven Snowden, Youaraj Uprety, Brian Walsh

Proceedings Volume 8859, 88590Z (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024438

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Helium, Rockets, Solar processes, Hydrogen, Microchannel plates, Sensors, X-ray detectors, Ions, X-ray optics

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

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The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry-BLASTPol: performance and results from the 2010 Antarctic flight

Enzo Pascale, Peter A. Ade, Francesco Angilè, Steven Benton, Mark Devlin, Brad Dober, Laura Fissel, Yasuo Fukui, Natalie Gandilo, Joshua Gundersen, Peter Hargrave, Jeffrey Klein, Andrei Korotkov, Tristan Matthews, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Tony Mroczkowski, C. Barth Netterfield, Giles Novak, David Nutter, Luca Olmi, Frédérick Poidevin, Giorgio Savini, Douglas Scott, Jamil Shariff, Juan Diego Soler, Nicholas Thomas, Matthew D. Truch, Carole Tucker, Gregory Tucker, Derek Ward-Thompson

Proceedings Volume 8444, 844415 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927211

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Clouds, Electroluminescent displays, Magnetism, Polarimetry, Telescopes, Stars, Sensors, Physics, Submillimeter telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

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The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry: BLAST-Pol

Laura Fissel, Peter A. Ade, Francesco Angilè, Steven Benton, Edward Chapin, Mark Devlin, Natalie Gandilo, Joshua Gundersen, Peter Hargrave, David Hughes, Jeffrey Klein, Andrei Korotkov, Galen Marsden, Tristan Matthews, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Tony Mroczkowski, C. Barth Netterfield, Giles Novak, Luca Olmi, Enzo Pascale, Giorgio Savini, Douglas Scott, Jamil Shariff, Juan Diego Soler, Nicholas Thomas, Matthew D. Truch, Carole Tucker, Gregory Tucker, Derek Ward-Thompson, Donald Wiebe

Proceedings Volume 7741, 77410E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857601

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Polarization, Telescopes, Polarimetry, Magnetism, Sensors, Stars, Mirrors, Physics, Space telescopes

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