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Initial On-Sky Performance testing of the Single-Photon Imager for Nanosecond Astrophysics (SPINA) system
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Nurzhan Shaimoldin, Zhanat Maksut +4
This work presents an initial on-sky performance measurement of the Single-Photon Imager for Nanosecond Astrophysics (SPINA) system, part of our Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) program.…
A SiPM photon-counting readout system for Ultra-Fast Astronomy
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Yan Yan Chan, Mehdi Shafiee +2
Very little work has been done searching for astrophysical transient optical emission in the millisecond to nanosecond regime with significant sensitivity. We call this regime "Ult…
Distinguishing Time Clustering of Astrophysical Bursts
Mikhail Denissenya, Bruce Grossan, Eric V. Linder
Many astrophysical bursts can recur, and their time series structure or pattern could be closely tied to the emission and system physics. While analysis of periodic events is well…
On-sky silicon photomultiplier detector performance measurements for millisecond to sub-microsecond optical source variability studies
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Mehdi Shafiee, George F. Smoot +3
In our Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) program, we aim to improve measurements of variability of astronomical targets on millisecond and shorter time scales. In this work, we present in…
Program objectives and specifications for the Ultra-Fast Astronomy observatory
Siyang Li, George F. Smoot, Bruce Grossan +4
We present program objectives and specifications for the first generation Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) observatory which will explore a new astrophysical phase space by characterizin…
A Small, Rapid Optical-IR Response Gamma-Ray Burst Space Observatory (The NGRG)
Bruce Grossan, Pawan Kumar, Daniel Perley +1
Here we propose a new gamma-ray burst (GRB) mission, the Next Generation Rapid-Response GRB Observatory (NGRG). As with Swift, GRBs are initially located with a coded-mask X-ray ca…