Conveners
Detectors for Astrophysics
- Philip Patrick Allport (University of Liverpool (GB))
Dr
Giovanni Ambrosi
(INFN (Perugia))
16/09/2011, 08:50
Astrophysics
Invited Oral
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high-energy physics experiment designed to operate in space on board the International Space Station (ISS), where it has been installed on May 16th 2011, taking data continuously since then. Thanks to the very large acceptance (~ 0.5 m2 sr) and an exposure time that will match the ISS lifetime, AMS-02 will measure a wealth of data to study with...
Dr
Jason Gow
(The Open University)
16/09/2011, 09:30
Astrophysics
Oral Presentation
Euclid is a medium class mission candidate for launch in 2017 with a primary goal to study the dark universe using the weak lensing and baryonic acoustic oscillations techniques. Weak lensing depends on accurate shape measurements of distant galaxies. Therefore it is beneficial that the effects of radiation-induced charge transfer inefficiency (CTI) in the Euclid CCDs over the course of the 5...
Mr
Andrew Clarke
(e2v centre for electronic imaging)
16/09/2011, 09:50
Astrophysics
Oral Presentation
The primary aim of ESAs’ Euclid mission is to map the distribution of galaxies and galaxy clusters, with an aim to mapping the ‘dark’ architecture of the universe. This requires a highly accurate CCD, which is also designed to endure a harsh radiation environment.
The e2v CCD204 image sensor was redesigned for use on the Euclid mission; the resulting e2v CCD273 device has, among other...
Dr
Pawel Majewski
(STFC/Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
16/09/2011, 10:10
Astrophysics
Oral Presentation
The ZEPLIN-III direct dark matter experiment uses a 3D position-sensitive two-phase xenon time projection chamber. It is located in a deep underground laboratory at Boulby in North Yorkshire (UK) and searches for weakly interacting massive particles (WIPMs). Since June 2010 ZEPLIN-III is collecting the data in the second science run. The talk will give an overview over the detector performance...
