'Ray observatory' presentation slideshows

Diffraction of Light

Diffraction of Light. By definition, diffraction refers to the apparent bending of waves around small obstacles and the spreading out of waves past small openings. Diffraction of Light.

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Lecture 7 Light and Telescopes II

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ASTR 1101-001 Spring 2008

ASTR 1101-001 Spring 2008. Joel E. Tohline, Alumni Professor 247 Nicholson Hall [Slides from Lecture22]. Telescopes (Chapter 6). Traditional ground-based optical telescopes Refracting (light passes through a lens) Reflecting (light bounces off a concave mirror)

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Cosmic Rays

Cosmic Rays. Not part of the EM spectrum like UV and IR. Gamma-rays have the smallest wavelengths and the most energy of any other wave in the electromagnetic spectrum. These waves are generated by radioactive atoms and in nuclear explosions.

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Problem Set 5

Problem Set 5.

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An Astronomical Alphabet Compiled by: Alyssa Goodman

An Astronomical Alphabet Compiled by: Alyssa Goodman Inspired by: The Cambridge Montessori School Purple room Friends. Thanks to Holly, Bee Jay, Mary, Leah, Shaina, Jen, Lala and Debbie, and to Ruth and Edward, for Abby and all her friends. A.G. June 2004. A steroid. B lackhole. C omet.

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Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes

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The GLAST Silicon Tracker Marcus Ziegler Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope. The GLAST Silicon Tracker Marcus Ziegler Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics University of California at Santa Cruz GLAST LAT Collaboration ziegler@scipp.ucsc.edu. Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope. GLAST Mission

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Applications of Geant4

Applications of Geant4. Geant4 Mini-Tutorial Hebden Bridge 15 September 2007 Joseph Perl, SLAC (mostly stolen from a talk by Makoto Asai). Now simulating PEP beam line as well (-9m < z IP < 9m). BaBar. BaBar at SLAC is the pioneer experiment in HEP in use of Geant4 Started in 2000

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Prospects for X-ray astronomy from the lunar surface

Prospects for X-ray astronomy from the lunar surface. Steven Sembay. Co-I of the EPIC-MOS X-ray camera on XMM-Newton. Jenny Carter , Michael Collier, George Fraser and Steve Snowden Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe. Telescopes. To understand how telescopes work, its useful to understand the nature of the electromagnetic radiation. Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation, or energy that can travel through space in the form of waves.

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Searching for gravitational waves with lasers

Searching for gravitational waves with lasers. Rick Savage Caltech LIGO Hanford Observatory - Richland, WA. Black holes and time warps. Sept 1974 - transferred to UCLA in Physics Jan 1975 - started working for F. Chen and N. Luhmann as undergraduate lab assistant (with Doug Cook)

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Gamma-ray bursts

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Italia and Russia at Dubna Round Table 4 Black Holes in Mathematics and Physics

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An Extragalactic X-ray Surveys

An Extragalactic X-ray Surveys. X-ray Surveys with Space Observatory. Khyung Hee University Kim MinBae Park Jisook. Contents. Why X-ray Survey? Chandra & XMM-Newton Survey with Chandra X-ray Observatory Survey with XMM-Newton eROSITA ASTRO-H. Why X-ray Survey?.

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Section 4

Section 4. The Search for Black Holes. What can we learn from black holes?. As matter falls into a black hole, it heats up and emits X-rays. Current data indicate we may be missing as many as 80% of the black holes. Unanswered questions: What happens at the very edge of a black hole?

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How Big Can the Black Hole Be?

How Big Can the Black Hole Be?. Hunter Zhao 05/05/2007 Chandra Astrophysics Institute Thomas S. Wootton High School. Outline. Placing an upper limit on size of Sgr. A*. Light travel time argument, definition and ways we can obtain the upper limit.

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Telescopes

Telescopes. Telescopes. Key Concepts What are the regions of the electromagnetic spectrum? What are telescopes and how do they work? Where are most large telescopes located?. Telescopes - Key Terms. Telescope Electromagnetic radiation Visible light Wavelength Spectrum Optical telescope.

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