Mr. Michael Ward Profile

Michael Ward

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2023 Presentation

Payload design and development of Aspera: the UV SmallSat mission for mapping warm-hot phase gas in nearby galaxy halos

Haeun Chung, Carlos Vargas, Erika Hamden, Thomas McMahon, Hannah Tanquary, Peter Behroozi, Ewan Douglas, Miriam Keppler, Nicole Melso, Simran Agarwal, Aafaque Khan, Jessica Li, Sumedha Uppnor, Jacob Chambers, Giulia Ghidoli, Gabe Noriega, Ryan Pecha, Ellie Wolcott, Fernando Coronado, Elijah Garcia, Daniel Truong, Naomi Yescas, Heejoo Choi, Tom Connors, Jason Corliss, Dave Hamara, Walter Harris, Karl Harshman, Daewook Kim, Corwynn Sauve, Bill Verts, Michael Ward, Dennis Zaritsky, Carl Hergenrother, John Kidd, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Simon Grocott, David Schiminovich, Keri Hoadley

Proceedings Volume 12678, 126780C (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677212

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Design and modelling, Ultraviolet radiation, Spectrographs, Optical alignment, Computer generated holography, Ultraviolet telescopes, Ultraviolet detectors, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Aspera: the UV SmallSat telescope to detect and map the warm-hot gas phase in nearby galaxy halos

Haeun Chung, Carlos Vargas, Erika Hamden, Tom McMahon, Kerry Gonzales, Aafaque Khan, Simran Agarwal, Hop Bailey, Peter Behroozi, Trenton Brendel, Heejoo Choi, Tom Connors, Lauren Corlies, Jason Corliss, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, David Dolana, Ewan Douglas, John Guzman, Dave Hamara, Walt Harris, Karl Harshman, Carl Hergenrother, Keri Hoadley, John Kidd, Daewook Kim, Jessica Li, Manny Montoya, Corwynn Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Michael Ward, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis Zaritsky

Proceedings Volume 11819, 1181903 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593001

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Microchannel plates, Telescopes, Spectral resolution, Ultraviolet radiation, Target detection, Signal detection, Mirrors

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