Dr. David B. Kieda Profile

Dr. David B. Kieda

Professor at Univ of Utah

SPIE Involvement:

Editorial Board Member: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems | Author

Publications (19)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the medium-sized telescope of Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Vladimir Vassiliev, C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, P. Batista, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, A. Brown, J. Buckley, R. Cameron, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, D. De Paoli, L. Di Venere, M. Errando, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, E. Giro, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. Humensky, S. Incardona, M. Ionica, W. Jin, D. Kieda, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. Mode, I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, F. Di Pierro, E. Pueschel, D. Ribeiro, L. Riitano, E. Roache, D. Ross, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, R. White, D. Williams, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630604

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Observatories, Prototyping, Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Silicon photomultipliers, Image segmentation, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Performance of the upgraded VERITAS Stellar Intensity Interferometer (VSII)

David Kieda

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630227

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Data acquisition, Visibility, Observatories, Electronics, Beam splitters, Point spread functions, Mirrors, Optical interferometry, High angular resolution imaging, Teraelectronvolt gamma-ray astronomy

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 February 2022

Design and performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope camera

Colin Adams, Giovanni Ambrosi, Michelangelo Ambrosio, Carla Aramo, Timothy Arlen, Wystan Benbow, Bruna Bertucci, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Jonathan Biteau, Massimiliano Bitossi, Alfonso Boiano, Carmela Bonavolontà, Richard Bose, Aurelien Bouvier, Mario Buscemi, Aryeh Brill, Anthony Brown, James Buckley, Rodolfo Canestrari, Massimo Capasso, Mirco Caprai, Paolo Coppi, Corbin Covault, Davide De Paoli, Leonardo Di Venere, Manel Errando, Stephen Fegan, Qi Feng, Emanuele Fiandrini, Amy Furniss, Markus Garczarczyk, Alasdair Gent, Nicola Giglietto, Francesco Giordano, Enrico Giro, Robert Halliday, Olivier Hervet, Gareth Hughes, Simone Incardona, Thomas Humensky, Maria Ionica, Weidong Jin, Caitlin Johnson, David Kieda, Frank Krennrich, Andrey Kuznetsov, Jon Lapington, Francesco Licciulli, Serena Loporchio, Giovanni Marsella, Vincenzo Masone, Kevin Meagher, Thomas Meures, Brent A. Mode, Samuel A. Mognet, Reshmi Mukherjee, Akira Okumura, Francesca Pantaleo, Riccardo Paoletti, Federico Di Pierro, Deivid Ribeiro, Luca Riitano, Emmet Roache, Duncan Ross, Julien Rousselle, Andrea Rugliancich, Marcos Santander, Michael Schneider, Harm Schoorlemmer, Ruo-Yu Shang, Brandon Stevenson, Leonardo Stiaccini, Hiroyasu Tajima, Leslie Taylor, Julian Thornhill, Luca Tosti, Giovanni Tripodo, Valerio Vagelli, Massimo Valentino, Justin Vandenbroucke, Vladimir Vassiliev, Scott Wakely, Jason Watson, Richard White, Patrick Wilcox, David Williams, Matthew Wood, Peter Yu, Adrian Zink

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 01, 014007, (February 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.014007

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Light emitting diodes, Camera shutters, Sensors, Capacitors, Imaging systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for CTA

C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, P. Batista, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, A. Brown, J. Buckley, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, D. De Paoli, L. Di Venere, M. Errando, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, E. Giro, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. Humensky, S. Incardona, M. Ionica, W. Jin, D. Kieda, F. Licciulli, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. A. W. Mode, S. A. I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, F. Di Pierro, E. Pueschel, D. Ribeiro, L. Riitano, E. Roache, D. Ross, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, R. Shang, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. J. Vanderbrouke, V. Vassiliev, J. Watson, R. White, D. Williams, P. Yu, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 11820, 118200E (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594580

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Physics, Point spread functions, Prototyping, Stars, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 14 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Alignment of the optical system of the 9.7-m prototype Schwarzchild-Coulder Telescope

C. Adams, R. Alfaro, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontá, R. Bose, A. Brill, J. Buckley, K. Byrum, R. A. Cameron, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, L. Di Venere, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, M. Garczarczyk, F. Garfias, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. González, R. Halliday, T. B. Humensky, D. Ribeiro, O. Hervet, G. Hughes, M. Ionica, A. Iriarte, W. Jin, P. Kaaret, D. Kieda, B. Kim, M. Limon, S. Loporchio, T. Meures, B. A. Mode, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, N. La Palombara, F. R. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, A. Petrashyk, J. Powell, E. Roache, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, J. Ruíz-Díaz-Soto, M. Santander, S. Schlenstedt, S. Scuderi, R. Shang, G. Sironi, B. Stevenson, L. Stiaccini, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vassiliev, S. Wakely, P. Wilcox, D. Williams, P. Yu

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114456A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2564653

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Optical instrument design, Gamma radiation, Point spread functions, Cameras, Silicon photomultipliers, Mirrors, Alignment procedures

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SPIE Journal Paper | 24 August 2020 Open Access

Open Access

ASIIP: a stellar intensity interferometry target planner

Jonathan Davis, Nolan Matthews, David Kieda

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 03, 037001, (August 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.3.037001

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Stars, Telescopes, Interferometry, Visibility, Observatories, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Visualization, Spatial resolution, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Verification of the optical system of the 9.7-m prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

C. Adams, R. Alfaro, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, J. Buckley, K. Byrum, R. Cameron, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. Covault, L. Di Venere, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, M. Garczarczyk, F. Garfias, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. González, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, G. Hughes, T. Humensky, M. Ionica, A. Iriarte, W. Jin, P. Kaarat, D. Kieda, B. Kim, F. Licciulli, M. Limon, S. Loporchio, V. Masone, T. Meures, B. A. W. Mode, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, N. La Palombara, F. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, A. Petrashyk, J. Powell, K. Powell, D. Ribeiro, E. Roache, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, J. Ruíz-Díaz-Soto, M. Santander, S. Schlenstedt, S. Scuderi, R. Shang, G. Sironi, B. Stevenson, L. Stiaccini, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vassiliev, S. Wakely, P. Wilcox, D. Williams, P. Yu

Proceedings Volume 11488, 1148805 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2568134

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Cameras, Stars, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 24 October 2019 Paper

Paper

Characterization and assembly of near-ultraviolet SiPMs for the Schwarzschild-Couder medium-size telescope proposed for the CTA Observatory

C. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, W. Benbow, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M. Bitossi, A. Boiano, C. Bonavolontà, R. Bose, A. Brill, J. Buckley, M. Caprai, C. Covault, L. Di Venere, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, G. Hughes, T. Humensky, M. Ionica, W. Jin, P. Kaaret, D. Kieda, B. Kim, F. Licciulli, S. Loporchio, V. Masone, T. Meures, B. A. W. Mode, R. Mukherjee, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. R. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, A. Petrashyk, J. Powell, K. Powell, D. Ribeiro, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, R. Shang, B. Stevenson, L. Stiaccini, L. Taylor, L. Tosti, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vassiliev, P. Wilcox, D. Williams

Proceedings Volume 11114, 111140D (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530617

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Physics, Observatories, Matrices, Near ultraviolet, Optical fabrication, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Implementation of an intensity interferometry system on the StarBase observatory

Nolan Matthews, Orville Clarke, Shaun Snow, Stephan LeBohec, David Kieda

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107010W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312716

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Photons, Interferometry, Polarization, Sensors, Stars, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Optical filters, Field programmable gate arrays

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Proceedings Article | 4 September 2015 Paper

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

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Paper

Stellar intensity interferometry: experimental steps toward long-baseline observations

Stephan LeBohec, Ben Adams, Isobel Bond, Stella Bradbury, Dainis Dravins, Hannes Jensen, David Kieda, Derrick Kress, Edward Munford, Paul Nuñez, Ryan Price, Erez Ribak, Joachim Rose, Harold Simpson, Jeremy Smith

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77341D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857098

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Electronics, Optical correlators, Interferometry, Cameras, Stars, Control systems, Observatories, Analog electronics

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Paper

Stellar intensity interferometry: imaging capabilities of air Cherenkov telescope arrays

Paul Nuñez, Stephan LeBohec, David Kieda, Richard Holmes, Hannes Jensen, Dainis Dravins

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77341C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856496

KEYWORDS: Stars, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometry, Reconstruction algorithms, Fourier transforms, Phase retrieval, Computer simulations, Spatial resolution, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

Paper

Toward a revival of stellar intensity interferometry

Stephan LeBohec, Cesare Barbieri, Willem-Jan de Wit, Dainis Dravins, Philippe Feautrier, Cédric Foellmi, Andreas Glindemann, Jeter Hall, Jamie Holder, Richard Holmes, Pierre Kervella, David Kieda, Etienne Le Coarer, Stephan Lipson, Fabien Malbet, Sébastien Morel, Paul Nuñez, Aviv Ofir, Erez Ribak, Swapan Saha, Markus Schoeller, Boriz Zhilyaev, Hans Zinnecker

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70132E (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787443

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometry, Stars, Interferometers, Optical correlators, Receivers, Sensors, Field programmable gate arrays, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2003 Paper

Paper

High-resolution charge measurements of UH cosmic ray nuclei using a direct imaging Cherenkov ground-based observatory

David Kieda, Simon Swordy, Scott Wakely, A. Virshup

Proceedings Volume 4858, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458552

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Observatories, Particles, Telescopes, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Iron, Atmospheric particles, Quarks, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2003 Paper

Paper

Overview of the ANITA project

S. Barwick, James Beatty, David Besson, John Clem, Stephane Coutu, Michael DuVernois, Paul Evenson, Peter Gorham, Francis Halzen, Abram Jacobson, David Kieda, John Learned, Kurt Liewer, Stephen Lowe, Charles Naudet, Allen Odian, David Saltzberg, David Seckel

Proceedings Volume 4858, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458546

KEYWORDS: Particles, Antennas, Sensors, Polarization, Solids, Satellites, Absorption, Microwave radiation, Gamma radiation, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2003 Paper

Paper

Antarctic impulsive transient antenna (ANITA) instrumentation

S. Barwick, James Beatty, David Besson, John Clem, Stephane Coutu, Michael DuVernois, Paul Evenson, Peter Gorham, Francis Halzen, David Kieda, John Learned, Kurt Liewer, Shigenobu Matsuno, Charles Naudet, David Saltzberg, David Seckel, Gary Varner

Proceedings Volume 4858, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458042

KEYWORDS: Antennas, Polarization, Physics, Logic, Particles, Interference (communication), Field programmable gate arrays, Astronomy, Sensors, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 13 February 2003 Paper

Paper

Science capabilities of the VERITAS array of 10-m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray detectors

David Kieda, S. Biller, Patrick Boyle, I. Bond, S. Bradbury, James Buckley, D. Carter-Lewis, Stephen Criswell, W. Cui, P. Dowknott, C. Duke, A. Falcone, D. Fegan, S. Fegan, John Finley, L. Fortson, J. Gaidos, S. Gammell, K. Gibbs, A. Hillas, J. Holder, D. Horan, M. Kertzman, J. Knapp, F. Krennrich, S. LeBohec, J. Lloyd-Evans, P. Moriarity, D. Moeller, P. Ogden, Rene Ong, D. Petry, J. Quinn, P. Reynolds, H. Rose, M. Schroedter, J. Smith, G. Sembrowski, Simon Swordy, V. Vassiliev, Scott Wakely, G. Walker, Trevor Weekes, J. Hall

Proceedings Volume 4834, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457774

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Electronics, Imaging arrays, Cameras, Sensors, Atmospheric particles, Observatories, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 1999 Paper

Paper

Steerable laser system for UV atmospheric monitoring at the High-Resolution Fly's Eye

Lawrence Wiencke, Richard Gray, J. Reid Mumford, T. Abu-Zayyad, Y. Au, G. Archbold, K. Belov, J. Belz, D. Bergman, J. Boyer, Z. Cao, G. Chen, R. Clay, B. Dawson, B. Dieterle, B. Jones, C.C. Jui, D. Kieda, K. Kiyong, B. Knapp, W. Lee, Eugene Loh, E. Mannel, G. Martin, John Matthews, Joseph Meyer, K. Reil, J. Smith, Pierre Sokolsky, C. Song, W. Springer, Shanshan Taylor, Stan Thomas, T. Vanderveen, X. Zhang

Proceedings Volume 3818, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.364161

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Laser scattering, Light scattering, Scattering, Atmospheric particles, Polarization, Optical testing, Laser systems engineering, Dielectric polarization, Ultraviolet radiation

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Proceedings Article | 8 November 1996 Paper

Paper

Atmospheric studies using the High-Resolution Fly's Eye xenon flasher array

Lawrence Wiencke, D. Bird, G. Chen, R. Clay, H. Dai, B. Dawson, M. Huang, C.C. Jui, M. Kidd, D. Kieda, S. Ko, C. Larsen, Eugene Loh, J. Smith, Pierre Sokolsky, Paul Sommers, J. Tang, Stan Thomas, C. Wilkinson, S. Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 2831, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257201

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Light scattering, Mirrors, Xenon, Laser scattering, Atmospheric particles, Atmospheric sensing, Scattering, Aerosols, Atmospheric modeling

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Particle Astrophysics Instrumentation

22 August 2002 | Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

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