Mitchell Wages
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Characterization of Random Telegraph Noise in an H2RG X-ray Hybrid CMOS Detector Open
Hybrid CMOS detectors (HCDs) have several excellent features as high-performance X-ray detectors, including rapid readout, deep-depletion silicon for high quantum efficiency, radiation hardness, and low power. Random telegraph noise (RTN) …
Expected Gamma-Ray Burst Detection Rates and Redshift Distributions for the BlackCAT CubeSat Mission Open
We report the results of an extensive set of simulations exploring the sensitivity of the BlackCAT CubeSat to long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). BlackCAT is a NASA APRA-funded CubeSat mission for the detection and real-time subarcminut…
Expected Gamma-Ray Burst Detection Rates and Redshift Distributions for the BlackCAT CubeSat Mission Open
We report the results of an extensive set of simulations exploring the sensitivity of the BlackCAT CubeSat to long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). BlackCAT is a NASA APRA-funded CubeSat mission for the detection and real-time sub-arcminu…
Initial Characterization of the First Speedster-EXD550 Event-Driven X-Ray Hybrid Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Detectors Open
Future x-ray observatories will require imaging detectors with fast readout speeds that simultaneously achieve or exceed the other high performance parameters of x-ray charge-coupled devices (CCDs) used in many missions over the past three…
Measuring the soft x-ray quantum efficiency of a hybrid CMOS detector Open
Next-generation X-ray observatories, such as the Lynx X-ray Observatory\nMission Concept or other similar concepts in the coming decade, will require\ndetectors with high quantum efficiency (QE) across the soft X-ray band to\nobserve the f…
High-energy proton radiation damage experiment on a hybrid CMOS detector Open
We report on the results of an experiment to determine the effects of radiation damage caused by high-energy protons on an x-ray hybrid CMOS detector. This detector was utilized in a previous proton radiation experiment, which delivered a …
Water Recovery X-Ray Rocket grating spectrometer Open
The Water Recovery X-Ray Rocket (WRXR) was a suborbital rocket payload that was launched and recovered in April 2018. The WRXR flew two technologies being developed for future large x-ray missions: x-ray reflection gratings and a hybrid CM…
Proton radiation damage experiment on a hybrid CMOS detector Open
We report on the initial results of an experiment to determine the effects of\nproton radiation damage on an X-ray hybrid CMOS detector (HCD). The device was\nirradiated at the Edwards Accelerator Lab at Ohio University with 8 MeV\nprotons…
Recent X-ray hybrid CMOS detector developments and measurements Open
The Penn State X-ray detector lab, in collaboration with Teledyne Imaging Sensors (TIS), have progressed their efforts to improve soft X-ray Hybrid CMOS detector (HCD) technology on multiple fronts. Having newly acquired a Teledyne cryogen…