3 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
A Morphological Model to Separate Resolved-Unresolved Sources in the DESI Legacy Surveys: Application in the LS4 Alert Stream
Chang Liu, Adam A. Miller, Joshua S. Bloom +2
Separating resolved and unresolved sources in large imaging surveys is a fundamental step to enable downstream science, such as searching for extragalactic transients in wide-field…
astro-ph.IM2025
Optimizing Charge-coupled Device Readout Enabled by the Floating-Gate Amplifier
Kenneth W. Lin, Abby Bault, Armin Karcher +4
Multiple-Amplifier Sensing (MAS) charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have recently been shown to be promising silicon detectors that meet noise sensitivity requirements for next generati…
astro-ph.IM2025
Readout Optimization of Multi-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Devices for Single-Quantum Measurement
Ana M. Botti, Brenda A. Cervantes-Vergara, Claudio R. Chavez +15
The non-destructive readout capability of the Skipper Charge Coupled Device (CCD) has been demonstrated to reduce the noise limitation of conventional silicon devices to levels tha…