'Ray sky' presentation slideshows

Telescopes and The Sky

Telescopes and The Sky. Katherine Rawlins University of Wisconsin-Madison Presented by Jim Madsen UW-RF. What is a telescope and how does one work? What does the sky look like?. The electromagnetic spectrum. Electromagnetic Waves. Speed = Frequency * Wavelength c = f* l.

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Hard X-ray Black Hole Surveys in Space and Time: EXIST Concept

Hard X-ray Black Hole Surveys in Space and Time: EXIST Concept. Josh Grindlay Harvard International Workshop High Energy Astrophysics in the Next Decade (Tokyo) June 21, 2006. Outline of talk. Key HEA and EXIST science questions Overview of EXIST as Black Hole Finder Probe (BHFP)

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The Extreme Universe of Gamma-ray Astronomy

The Extreme Universe of Gamma-ray Astronomy. Professor Lynn Cominsky Department of Physics and Astronomy Sonoma State University. What are Gamma rays?. Why study gamma rays?. Universe as seen by eye is peaceful. The Gamma-ray Sky.

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Sonoma State University Education and Public Outreach November 2005

XMM-Newton. Sonoma State University Education and Public Outreach November 2005. Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University. E/PO Exhibit Booth. Used for teacher conferences. Educator Ambassador Program. 20 Master educators selected in national competition

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Gamma-ray Astrophysics

AGN. Pulsar. SNR. GRB. Radio Galaxy. The very high energy g -ray sky. Gamma-ray Astrophysics. Guy Blaylock U. of Massachusetts. NEPPSR 25 Aug. 2004. Many thanks to Rene Ong at UCLA. Extragalactic Background Light. CMB. Infrared. Optical. VHE g rays. UV. X-ray. g -ray.

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Gamma-ray Astrophysics

AGN. Pulsar. SNR. GRB. Radio Galaxy. The very high energy g -ray sky. Gamma-ray Astrophysics. Guy Blaylock U. of Massachusetts. NEPPSR 25 Aug. 2004. Many thanks to Rene Ong at UCLA. Extragalactic Background Light. CMB. Infrared. Optical. VHE g rays. UV. X-ray. g -ray.

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Observations of Sco X-1 with Rockets

Observations of Sco X-1 with Rockets. 1965-1969. Rocket timeline, 1962-1965. Credits (mostly people at L ivermore). G. A. Burginyon G. Chodil W. A. Hiltner C. Curry R. J. Grader C. D. Swift D. Mook C. Cornell R. W. Hill Hans Mark G. Wallerstein M. McGee

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The signature of the nearby universe on the very high energy (diffuse) gamma sky

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NASA's XMM-Newton Mission Partners with LTI to Develop an X-ray STARLAB Cylinder

NASA's XMM-Newton Mission Partners with LTI to Develop an X-ray STARLAB Cylinder. By Tim Graves and Dr. Lynn Cominsky of Sonoma State University. What is the Starlab. A portable planetarium Silver fabric dome Projector Fan Vast array of projection cylinders

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