Dr. R. Marc Kippen Profile

Dr. R. Marc Kippen

at Los Alamos National Lab

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Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 4 September 2015 Paper

A soft gamma-ray concentrator using thin-film multilayer structures

Peter Bloser, Paul Aliotta, Olof Echt, James Krzanowski, Jason Legere, Mark McConnell, Farzane Shirazi, John Tsavalas, Emily Wong, R. Marc Kippen

Proc. SPIE. 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII

KEYWORDS: Multilayers, Solar concentrators, Polymethylmethacrylate, Sensors, Polymers, Photons, Coating, Reflectivity, Polarimetry, Gamma radiation

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2014 Paper

POET: a SMEX mission for gamma ray burst polarimetry

Mark McConnell, Matthew Baring, Peter Bloser, Joseph Dwyer, A. Gordon Emslie, Camden Ertley, Jochen Greiner, Alice Harding, Dieter Hartmann, Joanne Hill, Philip Kaaret, R. Kippen, David Mattingly, Sheila McBreen, Mark Pearce, Nicolas Produit, James Ryan, Felix Ryde, Takanori Sakamoto, Kenji Toma, W. Thomas Vestrand, Bing Zhang

Proc. SPIE. 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

KEYWORDS: Photon polarization, Polarization, Sensors, Particles, X-rays, Magnetism, Physics, Polarimetry, Gamma radiation, Electroluminescent displays

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

A high-energy Compton polarimeter for the POET SMEX mission

Peter Bloser, Mark McConnell, Jason Legere, Camden Ertley, Joanne Hill, Marc Kippen, James Ryan

Proc. SPIE. 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Polarization, Sensors, Photons, Scintillators, Magnetism, Polarimetry, Gamma radiation, Positron emission tomography, Autoregressive models

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

A fast scintillator Compton telescope for medium-energy gamma-ray astronomy

Peter Bloser, James Ryan, Jason Legere, Manuel Julien, Christopher Bancroft, Mark McConnell, Mark Wallace, R. Marc Kippen, Shawn Tornga

Proc. SPIE. 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Particles, Scintillators, Monte Carlo methods, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Prototyping, Liquids

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2009 Paper

A new low-background Compton telescope using LaBr[sub]3[/sub] scintillator

Peter Bloser, James Ryan, Jason Legere, Manuel Julien, Christopher Bancroft, Mark McConnell, Mark Wallace, R. Marc Kippen, Shawn Tornga

Proc. SPIE. 7435, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVI

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Scintillators, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Picosecond phenomena, Spatial resolution, Space operations, Prototyping, Liquids

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

EDGE: explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

J. den Herder, L. Piro, T. Ohashi, L. Amati, J. Atteia, S. Barthelmy, M. Barbera, D. Barret, S. Basso, M. Boer, S. Borgani, O. Boyarskiy, E. Branchini, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Briggs, G. Brunetti, C. Budtz-Jorgensenf, D. Burrows, S. Campana, E. Caroli, G. Chincarini, F. Christensen, M. Cocchi, A. Comastri, A. Corsi, V. Cotroneo, P. Conconi, L. Colasanti, G. Cusamano, A. de Rosa, M. Del Santo, S. Ettori, Y. Ezoe, L. Ferrari, M. Feroci, M. Finger, G. Fishman, R. Fujimoto, M. Galeazzi, A. Galli, F. Gatti, N. Gehrels, B. Gendre, G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, P. Giommi, M. Girardi, L. Guzzo, F. Haardt, I. Hepburn, W. Hermsen, H. Hoevers, A. Holland, J. In't Zand, Y. Ishisaki, H. Kawahara, N. Kawai, J. Kaastra, M. Kippen, P. A. J. de Korte, C. Kouveliotou, A. Kusenko, C. Labanti, R. Lieu, C. Macculi, K. Makishima, G. Matt, P. Mazotta, D. McCammon, M. Méndez, T. Mineo, S. Mitchell, K. Mitsuda, S. Molendi, L. Moscardini, R. Mushotzky, L. Natalucci, F. Nicastro, P. O'Brien, J. Osborne, F. Paerels, M. Page, S. Paltani, G. Pareschi, E. Perinati, C. Perola, T. Ponman, A. Rasmussen, M. Roncarelli, P. Rosati, O. Ruchayskiy, E. Quadrini, I. Sakurai, R. Salvaterra, S. Sasaki, G. Sato, J. Schaye, J. Schmidtt, S. Scioritino, M. Shaposhnikov, K. Shinozaki, D. Spiga, Y. Suto, G. Tagliaferri, T. Takahashi, Y. Takei, Y. Tawara, P. Tozzi, H. Tsunemi, T. Tsuru, P. Ubertini, E. Ursino, M. Viel, J. Vink, N. White, R. Willingale, R. Wijers, K. Yoshikawa, N. Yamasaki

Proc. SPIE. 6688, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Stars, Sensors, Metals, X-rays, Spectral resolution, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Galaxy groups and clusters, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

The Advanced Compton Telescope

Steven Boggs, James Kurfess, James Ryan, Elena Aprile, Neil Gehrels, Marc Kippen, Marc Leising, Uwe Oberlack, Cornelia Wunderer, Allen Zych, Peter Bloser, Michael Harris, Andrew Hoover, Alexei Klimenk, Dan Kocevski, Mark McConnell, Peter Milne, Elena Novikova, Bernard Phlips, Mark Polsen, Steven Sturner, Derek Tournear, Georg Weidenspointner, Eric Wulf, Andreas Zoglauer, Matthew Baring, John Beacom, Lars Bildsten, Charles Dermer, Dieter Hartmann, Margarita Hernanz, David Smith, Sumner Starrfield

Proc. SPIE. 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Sensors, Photons, Germanium, Nickel, Silicon, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

CASTER: a concept for a Black Hole Finder Probe based on the use of new scintillator technologies

Mark McConnell, Peter Bloser, Gary Case, Michael Cherry, James Cravens, T. Guzik, Kevin Hurley, R. Kippen, John Macri, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, James Ryan, Bradley Schaefer, J. Stacy, W. Vestrand, John Wefel

Proc. SPIE. 5898, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Sensors, Crystals, Scintillators, Space telescopes, Scintillation, Spatial resolution, Lanthanum, Coded aperture imaging

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

MEGA: a medium-energy gamma-ray astronomy mission concept

P. Bloser, J. Ryan, M. McConnell, J. Macri, U. Bravar, G. Kanbach, R. Andritschke, M. Ajello, A. Zoglauer, S. Hunter, B. Phlips, E. Wulf, D. Hartmann, R. Miller, W. Paciesas, A. Zych, R. Kippen, T. Vestrand, M. Cherry, T. Guzik, J. Stacy, J. Wefel, V. Reglero, G. Di Cocco, J. Cravens

Proc. SPIE. 5898, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Satellites, Silicon, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Compton scattering, Prototyping, Gamma-ray astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 21 October 2004 Paper

A Compton imaging device for radioactive material detection

Andrew Hoover, William Baird, R. Marc Kippen, Mohini Rawool-Sullivan, John Sullivan

Proc. SPIE. 5540, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics VI

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Point spread functions, Scattering, Sensors, Silicon, Image restoration, Image sensors, Gamma radiation, Compton scattering, Prototyping

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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

Proc. SPIE. 5488, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Satellites, Glasses, Photons, Crystals, Power supplies, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

CASTER: a scintillator-based black hole finder probe

Mark McConnell, Michael Cherry, T. G. Guzik, R. Kippen, James Ryan, John Macri, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, Bradley Schaefer, J. Stacy, John Wefel, W. Vestrand

Proc. SPIE. 5488, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems

KEYWORDS: Optical sensors, Imaging systems, Cameras, Sensors, Crystals, Scintillators, Scintillation, Spatial resolution, Coded apertures, Coded aperture imaging

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

MEGA: the next generation Medium Energy Gamma-ray Telescope

James Ryan, Robert Andritschke, Peter Bloser, James Cravens, Michael Cherry, Guido Di Cocco, T. G. Guzik, Dieter Hartmann, Stanley Hunter, Gottfried Kanbach, R. Kippen, James Kurfess, John Macri, Mark McConnell, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, Bernard Phlips, Victor Reglero, J. Stacy, Mark Strickman, W. Thomas Vestrand, John Wefel, Eric Wulf, Andreas Zoglauer, Allen Zych

Proc. SPIE. 5488, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Scattering, Sensors, Calibration, Silicon, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Compton scattering, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

GBM: a gamma-ray burst monitor for GLAST

Giselher Lichti, Michael Briggs, Roland Diehl, Gerald Fishman, Richard Kippen, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Charles Meegan, William Paciesas, Robert Preece, Volker Schoenfelder, Andreas von Kienlin

Proc. SPIE. 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Sensors, Calibration, Particles, Crystals, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Time resolved spectroscopy, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 21 November 2000 Paper

Design and performance of a low-power integrated circuit readout system for multi-anode photomultiplier tubes

Gerald Visser, W. Robert Binns, Paul Dowkontt, Paul Hink, Richard Kippen, Stuart Kleinfelder, John Macri, Geoffrey Pendleton, Keith Rielage, Tumay Tumer

Proc. SPIE. 4141, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics II

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Logic, Sensors, Photomultipliers, Amplifiers, Field programmable gate arrays, Control systems, Integrated circuits, Analog electronics, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

FiberGLAST: a scintillating fiber approach to the GLAST mission

Geoffrey Pendleton, W. Robert Binns, Martin Israel, Paul Hink, Michael Cherry, William Paciesas, Richard Kippen, Robert Mallozzi, Thomas Parnell, Gerald Fishman, Tumay Tumer, Mark Christl, Robert Wilson, James Buckley, Georgia Richardson, Surasak Phengchamnan, Keith Rielage, Gerald Karr, Donald Wallace, James Ryan, Mark McConnell, John Macri

Proc. SPIE. 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Logic, Sensors, Dispersion, Particles, Photons, Field programmable gate arrays, Monte Carlo methods, Gamma radiation, Reconstruction algorithms

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

Beam test results for the FiberGLAST instrument

Robert Mallozzi, Richard Kippen, Geoffrey Pendleton, William Paciesas, Georgia Richardson, Surasak Phengchamnan, Gerald Karr, Donald Wallace, Gerald Fishman, Thomas Parnell, Robert Wilson, Mark Christl, W. Robert Binns, Paul Hink, Martin Israel, Keith Rielage, John Epstein, Paul Dowkontt, James Buckley, James Ryan, John Macri, Mark McConnell, Tumay Tumer, Michael Cherry, T. Gregory Guzik, John Stacy, S. Kappadath, Muzaffer Atac, Katsushi Arisaka, David Cline, Yuriy Pischalnikov

Proc. SPIE. 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Particles, Photomultipliers, Scintillators, Monte Carlo methods, Space telescopes, Optical simulations, Gamma radiation, Charge-coupled devices, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 1999 Paper

Development and testing of a fiber/multianode photomultiplier system for use on FiberGLAST

Keith Rielage, Katsushi Arisaka, Muzaffer Atac, W. Robert Binns, James Buckley, Michael Cherry, Mark Christl, David Cline, Paul Dowkontt, John Epstein, Gerald Fishman, T. Gregory Guzik, Paul Hink, Martin Israel, S. Kappadath, Gerald Karr, Richard Kippen, Daniel Leopold, Mark McConnell, John Macri, Robert Mallozzi, William Paciesas, Thomas Parnell, Geoffrey Pendleton, Surasak Phengchamnan, Yuriy Pischalnikov, Georgia Richardson, James Ryan, John Stacy, Tumay Tumer, Gerald Visser, Donald Wallace, Robert Wilson

Proc. SPIE. 3768, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Logic, Sensors, Particles, Photomultipliers, Physics, Amplifiers, Data acquisition, Gamma radiation, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 1 July 1998 Paper

Scientific capabilities of SIFTER for discovering and monitoring gamma-ray bursts and active galactic nuclei

Geoffrey Pendleton, Richard Kippen, Robert Mallozzi, G. Richardson, Jim Buckley, Martin Israel, Keith Rielage, Gerald Fishman, Thomas Parnell, Mark Christl, Robert Wilson, Thomas Koshut

Proc. SPIE. 3446, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics and Applications

KEYWORDS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Sensors, Particles, Electrons, Monte Carlo methods, Gamma radiation, Reconstruction algorithms, Spatial resolution, Algorithm development, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 1996 Paper

Balloon-borne coded aperture telescope for arc-minute angular resolution at hard x-ray energies

Mark McConnell, Valerie Boykin, Richard Kippen, Kipp Larson, John Macri, Michelle Mayer, James Ryan, Peter Altice, Michael Cherry, Steven Ellison, B. Price, T. Gregory Guzik, R. Lockwood, M. Barakat, K. Johnston, N. Zotov, M. Elaasar

Proc. SPIE. 2806, Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Detectors, Techniques, and Missions

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Image processing, Photons, Tungsten, Image resolution, Photomasks, Charge-coupled devices, Spatial resolution, Coded apertures, Prototyping

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