Dr. Andrew T. West Profile

Dr. Andrew T. West

at Washington Univ in St Louis

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

XL-Calibur: a balloon-borne hard x-ray polarimetry mission

Ephraim Gau, Henric Krawczynksi, Nicole Rodriguez Cavero, Lindsey Lisalda, Kun Hu, Hisamitsu Awaki, Richard Bose, Dana Braun, Sohee Chun, Teruaki Enoto, Manel Errando, Yasushi Fukazawa, Akihiro Furusawa, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Thomas Gadson, Victor Guarino, Shuichi Gunji, Scott Heatwole, Arman Md. Hossen, Fumiya Imazato, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Nirmal Iyer, Wataru Kamogawa, Fabian Kislat, Mozsi Kiss, Takao Kitaguchi, James Lanzi, Yoshimoto Maeda, Hiroto Matake, Hironori Matsumoto, Taisei Mineta, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Takashi Okajima, Mark Peacer, Zachary Peterson, Brian Rauch, Yoshitaka Saito, Sean Spooner, Garry Simburger, Theodor-Adrian Stana, Andrew West, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tomoshi Takeda, Mai Takeo, Toru Tamagawa, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Nagomi Uchida, Yuusuke Uchida, Keisuke Uchiyama, Edward Udinski, Eric Wulf, Yuto Yoshida

Proceedings Volume PC13103, PC131030N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020863

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

DR-TES and 511-CAM missions: transition-edge sensor microcalorimeter detectors for pointed x-ray and Gamma-ray missions

Nicole Rodriguez Cavero, Md. Arman Hossen, Ephraim Gau, Kun Hu, Farzane Shirazi, Henric Krawczynski, Daniel Becker, Daniel Schmidt, Sohee Chun, Douglas Bennet, Richard Bose, Dana Braun, Bhupal Dev, Francesc Ferrer, Johnathon Gard, Mark Keller, Fabian Kislat, Lindsey Lisalda, John Mates, Garry Simburger, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Joel Weber, Andrew West

Proceedings Volume PC13103, PC1310309 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020516

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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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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Development of small pixel CZT detectors for future hard x-ray missions

G. Pinaroli, G. Carini, G. Deptuch, D. Górni, S. Mandal, N. St. John, H. Krawczynski, A. West

Proceedings Volume 12678, 126780P (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676991

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, X-rays, Tunable filters, Signal processing, Hard x-rays, Simulations, Sensors, Analog electronics, Spatial resolution, Design and modelling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 12 May 2023

511-CAM mission: a pointed 511 keV gamma-ray telescope with a focal plane detector made of stacked transition edge sensor microcalorimeter arrays

Farzane Shirazi, Ephraim Gau, Md. Arman Hossen, Daniel Becker, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Douglas Bennett, Dana Braun, Fabian Kislat, Johnathon Gard, John Mates, Joel Weber, Nicole Rodriguez Cavero, Sohee Chun, Lindsey Lisalda, Andrew West, Bhupal Dev, Francesc Ferrer, Richard Bose, Joel Ullom, Henric Krawczynski

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 02, 024006, (May 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.024006

KEYWORDS: Bismuth, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Tin, Channel projecting optics, Photons, Crystals, Detector arrays, Simulations, Balloons

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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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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Current status of the x-ray mirror for the XL-Calibur experiment

Kengo Hattori, Hironori Matsumoto, Quincy Abarr, Hisamitsu Awaki, Richard Bose, Dana Braun, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Paul Dowkontt, Teruaki Enoto, Manel Errando, Yasushi Fukazawa, Thomas Gadson, Victor Guarino, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Scott Heatwole, Shuntaro Ide, Manabu Ishida, Nirmal Iyer, Henric Krawczynski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Takuya Miyazawa, Hirofumi Noda, Takashi Okajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Keisuke Tamura, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Fabian Kislat, Mozsl Kiss, Takao Kitaguchi, Rakhee Kushwah, James Lanzi, Shaorui Li, Lindsey Lisalda, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Nozomi Nakaniwa, Mark Pearce, Zachary Peterson, Brian Rauch, David Stuchlik, Mai Takeo, Toru Tamagawa, Kazumi Uchida, Andrew West

Proceedings Volume 11444, 114445W (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560928

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Telescopes, X-ray telescopes, Astronomical telescopes, Reflectors, Polarimetry, Optical design, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Adjustable x-ray mirrors based on plastic electroactive polymer actuators for the Lynx mission

M. Errando, A. Debnath, H. Krawczynski, A. West

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069957 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313987

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Polymers, Electroactive polymers, X-rays, Optical fabrication, Ferroelectric materials, Glasses, Ceramics, Wavefront sensors

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