Publications (5)
The ALFA laser guide star: Operation and Results
R. Davies, A. Eckart, W. Hackenberg +4
The importance of laser guide stars to the practical usefulness of adaptive optics cannot be understated, and yet there are very few working systems. This contribution discusses th…
Surface Brightness Fluctuations: A Case for Extremely Large Telescopes
D. Gouliermis, W. Brandner, D. Butler +1
The Surface Brightness Fluctuations (SBF) Method for distance determinations of elliptical galaxies is been modeled in order to investigate the effect of the Point Spread Function…
The D0 Silicon Microstrip Tracker
S. N. Ahmed, R. Angstadt, M. Aoki +131
This paper describes the mechanical design, the readout chain, the production, testing and the installation of the Silicon Microstrip Tracker of the D0 experiment at the Fermilab T…
The Layer 0 Inner Silicon Detector of the D0 Experiment
R. Angstadt, L. Bagby, A. Bean +46
This paper describes the design, fabrication, installation and performance of the new inner layer called Layer 0 (L0) that was inserted in the existing Run IIa Silicon Micro-Strip…
The very red afterglow of GRB 000418 - further evidence for dust extinction in a GRB host galaxy
S. Klose, B. Stecklum, N. Masetti +36
We report near-infrared and optical follow-up observations of the afterglow of the Gamma-Ray Burst 000418 starting 2.5 days after the occurrence of the burst and extending over nea…