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Development of a Low Mass, Low Power Deformable Mirror with Integrated Drive Electronics Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
"Deformable mirrors (DM) are key to achieving high contrast for any mission to image expolanets. Currently Northrup Grumman Xinetics is the only viable source... -
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A Fast Compton Telescope for Detection and Imaging of Gamma-Ray Line Flares Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
One of the major goals of high-energy solar physics, and therefore of the Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SHP) Program, is a detailed understanding of the particle... -
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Optimization of CZT Detectors with Sub-mm Pixel Pitches Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
We propose to develop and optimize 0.5 cm thick Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) detectors with very small pixel pitches, i.e. 350 micron and 600 micron. The proposed... -
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Advanced Rapid Imaging & Analysis for Monitoring Hazards (ARIA-MH) Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Develop a service-oriented hazard/disaster monitoring data system enabling both science and decision-support communities to monitor ground motion in areas of... -
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ADVANCES IN PUPIL REMAPPING (PIAA) CORONAGRAPHY: IMPROVING BANDWIDTH, THROUGHPUT AND INNER WORKING ANGLE Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) is a high performance coronagraphic technique well suited for direct imaging and spectroscopic characterization of... -
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Equatorial Vortex Experiment (EVEX): A Study of the Ionospheric Plasma Circulation and the Sunset Layer from Kwajalein Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The approach is to measure ExB drifts (through electric field observations) in conjunction with E and F region turbulence observations. This will be accomplished... -
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Superconducting Resonator Spectrometer for Millimeter- and Submillimeter-Wave Astrophysics Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
"We propose to develop a novel ultra-compact spectrograph-on-a-chip for the submillimeter and millimeter waveband. SuperSpec uses planar lithographed superconducting... -
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Development of moderate angular resolution full shell electroplated metal grazing incidence x-ray optics Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
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New Detector Development for X-ray Astronomy Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
"We propose to continue our detector development program in X-ray astronomy. Under our current grant we are developing a new type of active pixel detector. The... -
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Exploring the Frontier of Coronal Energetics with EUNIS Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Methodology used to answer science question: The investigators propose to upgrade the successfully flown EUNIS EUV spectrograph, increasing its signal-to-noise... -
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Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program -
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Instrument Incubator Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Instrument Incubator Program -
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Cusp Alfven and Plasma Electrodynamics Rocket (CAPER) Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Launch a single rocket from Andoya Rocket Range into an active cusp event. Observe electric and magnetic fields, HF waves, electron and ion distributions and... -
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Laboratory Measurements of Electron Impact Ionization in Support of the NASA Heliophysics Research Program Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Our knowledge of the outer solar atmosphere and solar wind rests to a large degree on our understanding of the underlying ionization balance for the observed gas.... -
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Development and Testing of a New Positron Identification by Coincident Annihilation Photons (PICAP) System Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The objective of the proposed research is to develop and test a prototype of an innovative and simple detector technique to identify moderate energy (a few MeV)... -
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Development of Immersion Gratings to Enable a Compact Architecture for High Spectral and Spatial Resolution Imaging Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Fabricate Si immersed gratings for IR (1150 – 6500 nm) spectroscopy to support ground-based, airborne, and space-based infrared spectrometers. These devices... -
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The Solar Ultra-violet Magnetograph Investigation--SUMI Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
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Physics of the Cosmos Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Physics of the Cosmos Program -
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Advancement and New Optimizations of Microcalorimeter Arrays for High-Resolution Imaging X-ray Spectroscopy Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
"We propose to continue our successful research program in developing x-ray microcalorimeter arrays for astrophysics. This development will directly benefit not only... -
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US Participation in the Solar Orbiter Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy (METIS) Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
The Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy, METIS, investigation has been conceived to perform off-limb and near-Sun coronagraphy and is motivated by...