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The Solar Neutrino and Astro-Particle PhYsics (SNAPPY) CubeSat Development
Brian M. Sutin, Edward Bierens, Brian Doty +14
The SNAPPY CubeSat, which was launched May 3, 2026, will demonstrate and space qualify the nuSol neutrino-detection technology. The nuSol technology detects solar neutrinos using a…
Radiometry for Nighttime Sub-Cloud Imaging of Venus' Surface in the Near-InfraRed Spectrum
Brian M. Sutin, Anthony B. Davis, Kevin H. Baines +2
Does radiometry (e.g., signal-to-noise ratio) limit the performance of near-IR subcloud imaging of our sister planet's surface at night? It does not. We compute subcloud radiometry…
Statistics of electron-multiplying charge-coupled devices
Brian M. Sutin
EMCCDs are efficient imaging devices for low surface brightness UV astronomy from space. The large amplification allows photon counting, the detection of events versus non-events.…
Determining the Shape, Size, and Sources of the Zodiacal Dust Cloud using Polarized Ultraviolet Scattered Sunlight
Geoffrey Bryden, Neal J. Turner, Petr Pokorny +7
The solar system's Zodiacal Cloud is visible to the unaided eye, yet the origin of its constituent dust particles is not well understood, with a wide range of proposed divisions be…
PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins
S. Hanany, M. Alvarez, E. Artis +79
The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a proposed probe-scale space mission consisting of an imaging polarimeter operating in frequency bands between 20 and 800 GHz. W…
PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins
Shaul Hanany, Marcelo Alvarez, Emmanuel Artis +79
The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is an imaging polarimeter that will scan the sky for 5 years in 21 frequency bands spread between 21 and 799 GHz. It will produce f…
Optical Design of PICO, a Concept for a Space Mission to Probe Inflation and Cosmic Origins
Karl Young, Marcelo Alvarez, Nicholas Battaglia +28
The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a probe-class mission concept currently under study by NASA. PICO will probe the physics of the Big Bang and the energy scale of…
PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins
Brian Sutin, Marcelo Alvarez, Nicholas Battaglia +31
The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a NASA-funded study of a Probe-class mission concept. The top-level science objectives are to probe the physics of the Big Bang…
Accurate Evaluation of Polynomials
Brian M. Sutin
For a large class of polynomials, the standard method of polynomial evaluation, Horner's method, can be very inaccurate. The alternative method given here is on average 100 to 1000…
Performance characteristics of the new Keck Observatory echelle spectrograph and imager
A. I. Sheinis, J. Miller, M. Bolte +1
The Echelle Spectrograph and Imager (ESI) is a multipurpose instrument which has been delivered by the Instrument Development Laboratory of Lick Observatory for use at the Cassegra…
An IR Search for Extinguished Supernovae in Starburst Galaxies
Bruce Grossan, Earl Spillar, Robert Tripp +3
IR and Radio band observations of heavily extinguished regions in starburst galaxies suggest a very high SN rate associated with such regions. Optically measured supernova (SN) rat…