Dr. Keon D. Harmon Profile

Dr. Keon D. Harmon

at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.

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Publications (4)

Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Poster + Paper

Characterization of the x-ray telescope after the first flight of XL-Calibur

H. Kuramoto, H. Matsumoto, H. Awaki, R. Bose, D. Braun, S. Chun, G. De Geronimo, Eric W., M. Errando, Y. Fukazawa, A. Furusawa, T. Gadson, E. Gau, V. Guarino, S. Gunji, K. Harmon, S. Heatwole, A. Hossen, K. Ishibashi, M. Ishida, N. K. Iyer, W. Kamogawa, F. Kislat, M. Kiss, H. Krawczynski, J. Lanzi, L. Lisalda, Y. Maeda, A. Miyamoto, T. Miyazawa, T. Okajima, M. Pearce, Z. Peterson, B. Rauch, N. Rodriguez Cavero, F. Ryde, G. Simburger, S. Spooner, T.-A. Stana, D. Stuchlik, H. Takahashi, M. Takeo, T. Tamagawa, Y. Uchida, A. West

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126791B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676572

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, Telescopes, Hard x-rays, X-rays, X-ray optics, Synchrotrons, Reflector telescopes, Reflection, Polarimetry, Point spread functions

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 February 2023

ASCENT: a balloon-borne hard x-ray imaging spectroscopy telescope using transition edge sensor microcalorimeter detectors

Fabian Kislat, Daniel Becker, Douglas Bennett, Adrika Dasgupta, Joseph Fowler, Christopher L. Fryer, Jonathon Gard, Ephraim Gau, Danielle Gurgew, Keon Harmon, Takayuki Hayashi, Scott Heatwole, Md. Arman Hossen, Henric Krawczynski, R. James Lanzi, Jason Legere, John A.B. Mates, Mark McConnell, Johanna Nagy, Takashi Okajima, Toshiki Sato, Daniel Schmidt, Sean Spooner, Daniel Swetz, Keisuke Tamura, Joel Ullom, Joel Weber, Amanda Wester, Patrick Young

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 01, 014002, (February 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.1.014002

KEYWORDS: Calcium, X-ray telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Design and modelling, Gamma radiation, Iron, Calibration, Detector arrays

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Optical performance of the x-ray telescope for the XL-Calibur experiment

W. Kamogawa, H. Matsumoto, Q. Abarr, H. Awaki, R. Bose, D. Braun, G. de Geronimo, P. Dowkontt, T. Enoto, M. Errando, Y. Fukazawa, A. Furuzawa, T. Gadson, E. Gau, V. Guarino, S. Gunji, K. Harmon, K. Hayashida, S. Heatwole, F. Imazato, K. Ishibashi, M. Ishida, N. Iyer, F. Kislat, M. Kiss, T. Kitaguchi, H. Krawczynski, J. Lanzi, L. Lisalda, Y. Maeda, H. Matake, T. Mineta, T. Miyazawa, T. Mizuno, T. Okajima, M. Pearce, Z. Peterson, B. Rauch, N. Rodriguez Cavero, F. Ryde, T.-A. Stana, D. Stuchlik, G. Simburgeb, S. Spooner, H. Takahashi, T. Takeda, M. Takeo, T. Tamagawa, H. Tsunemi, N. Uchida, Y. Uchida, K. Uchiyama, A. West, E. Wulf, Y. Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218171 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626537

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, X-rays, Telescopes, Vignetting, Mirrors, Image segmentation, X-ray optics, Point spread functions, Hard x-rays

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Proceedings Article | 4 January 2021 Paper

XL-Calibur: the next-generation balloon-borne hard x-ray polarimeter

Yoshitomo Maeda, Quincy Abarr, Hisamitsu Awaki, Matthew Baring, Richard Bose, Dana Braun, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Paul Dowkontt, John Elliot, Teruaki Enoto, Errando Manel, Yasushi Fukazawa, Akihiro Furuzawa, Thomas Gadson, Ephraim Gau, Victor Guarino, Shuichi Gunji, Kenny Hall, Keon Harmon, Kengo Hattori, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Scott Heatwole, Arman Hossen, Fumiya Imazato, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Nirmal Iyer, Fabian Kislat, Mózsi Kiss, Takao Kitaguchi, David Kotsifakis, Henric Krawczynski, James Lanzi, Lindsey Lisalda, Hiroto Matake, Hironori Matsumoto, Taisei Mineta, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Takashi Okajima, Nozomi Nakaniwa, Izabella Pastrani, Mark Pearce, Zachary Peterson, Chris Purdy, Brian Rauch, Felix Ryde, Yoshitaka Saito, Chris Shreeves, Garry Simburger, Carl Snow, Sean Spooner, Theodor-Adrian Stana, David Stuchlik, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tomoshi Takeda, Mai Takeo, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Nagomi Uchida, Yuusuke Uchida, Keisuke Uchiyama, Brett Vincent, Andrew West, Eric Wulf, Yuto Yoshida, Ryuya Yamamoto

Proceedings Volume 11444, 114442X (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560319

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Hard x-rays, Sensors, Polarization, Telescopes, Electric field sensors, X-rays, Pulsars, Grazing incidence, X-ray telescopes

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