Dr. Valerie Connaughton Profile

Dr. Valerie Connaughton

AST Science Program Managment at NASA SCaN

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2024 Presentation

NASA time-domain and multimessenger astronomy technology investments

Valerie Connaughton, Antonino Cucchiara, Rachele Cocks

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309324 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020625

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Proceedings Article | 4 September 2015 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 | 26 September 2013 Paper

Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: development of the optical system

J. Rousselle, V. Connaughton, M. Errando, T. Humensky, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, V. Vassiliev

Proceedings Volume 8861, 886104 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028873

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Optical alignment, Prototyping, Point spread functions, Sensors, Actuators, Tolerancing, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Efficient light collection from crystal scintillators using a compound parabolic concentrator coupled to an avalanche photodiode

P. Jenke, M. Briggs, P. Bhat, P. Reardon, V. Connaughton, C. Wilson-Hodge

Proceedings Volume 8861, 886105 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024392

KEYWORDS: Compound parabolic concentrators, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Crystals, Scintillators, Avalanche photodiodes, Photons, Solar concentrators, Avalanche photodetectors, Scintillation

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

Background estimation in a wide-field background-limited instrument such as Fermi GBM

Gerard Fitzpatrick, Sheila McBreen, Valerie Connaughton, Michael Briggs

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84433B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928036

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Solar processes, Satellites, Space telescopes, Space operations, Telescopes, Solar radiation models, Scintillation, Solar energy

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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

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552913

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

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