3 papers
astro-ph.IM2016
The re-flight of the Colorado high-resolution Echelle stellar spectrograph (CHESS): improvements, calibrations, and post-flight results
Keri Hoadley, Kevin France, Nicholas Kruczek +7
In this proceeding, we describe the scientific motivation and technical development of the Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph (CHESS), focusing on the hardware a…
astro-ph.IM2015
The SLICE, CHESS, and SISTINE Ultraviolet Spectrographs: Rocket-borne Instrumentation Supporting Future Astrophysics Missions
Kevin France, Keri Hoadley, Brian T. Fleming +4
NASA's suborbital program provides an opportunity to conduct unique science experiments above Earth's atmosphere and is a pipeline for the technology and personnel essential to fut…
astro-ph.CO2011
An HST/COS Search for Warm-Hot Baryons in the Mrk421 Sightline
Charles W. Danforth, John T. Stocke, Brian A. Keeney +4
Thermally-broadened Lya absorbers (BLAs) offer an alternate method to using highly-ionized metal absorbers (OVI, OVII, etc.) to probe the warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM, T=10^…