Dr. Jesus N. S. Villaseñor Profile

Dr. Jesus N. S. Villaseñor

Research Scientist at MIT KIASR

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Publications (11)

Proceedings Article | 5 August 2016 Paper

Quantum efficiency measurement of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) CCD detectors

A. Krishnamurthy, J. Villasenor, C. Thayer, S. Kissel, G. Ricker, S. Seager, R. Lyle, A. Deline, E. Morgan, T. Sauerwein, R. Vanderspek

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232244

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Quantum efficiency, Calibration, Sensors, CCD image sensors, Photodiodes, Light sources, Integrating spheres, Bandpass filters, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

The TESS camera: modeling and measurements with deep depletion devices

Deborah Woods, Roland Vanderspek, Robert MacDonald, Edward Morgan, Joel Villasenor, Carolyn Thayer, Barry Burke, Christian Chesbrough, Michael Chrisp, Kristin Clark, Gabor Furesz, Alexandria Gonzales, Tam Nguyen, Gregory Prigozhin, Brian Primeau, George Ricker, Timothy Sauerwein, Vyshnavi Suntharalingam

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231296

KEYWORDS: Instrument modeling, Zemax, Sensors, Cameras, Monte Carlo methods, Silicon, Zemax, Charge-coupled devices, Photons, Diffusion, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

Testing and characterization of the TESS CCDs

C. Thayer, J. Villasenor, S. Kissel, B. LaMarr, E. Morgan, G. Prigozhin, I. Prigozhin, G. Ricker, T. Sauerwein, V. Suntharalingam, R. Vanderspek, D. Woods

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232886

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Cameras, Stars, Electronics, X-rays, Light emitting diodes, Imaging arrays, Floods, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER): design and development

Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Phillip Adkins, Cheryl Albert, John Anders, Andrew Aylward, Charles Baker, Erin Balsamo, William Bamford, Suyog Benegalrao, Daniel Berry, Shiraz Bhalwani, J. Kevin Black, Carl Blaurock, Ginger Bronke, Gary Brown, Jason Budinoff, Jeffrey Cantwell, Thoniel Cazeau, Philip Chen, Thomas Clement, Andrew Colangelo, Jerry Coleman, Jonathan Coopersmith, William Dehaven, John Doty, Mark Egan, Teruaki Enoto, Terry Fan, Deneen Ferro, Richard Foster, Nicholas Galassi, Luis Gallo, Chris Green, Dave Grosh, Kong Ha, Monther Hasouneh, Kristofer Heefner, Phyllis Hestnes, Lisa Hoge, Tawanda Jacobs, John Jørgensen, Michael Kaiser, James Kellogg, Steven Kenyon, Richard Koenecke, Robert Kozon, Beverly LaMarr, Mike Lambertson, Anne Larson, Steven Lentine, Jesse Lewis, Michael Lilly, Kuochia Alice Liu, Andrew Malonis, Sridhar Manthripragada, Craig Markwardt, Bryan Matonak, Isaac Mcginnis, Roger Miller, Alissa Mitchell, Jason Mitchell, Jelila Mohammed, Charles Monroe, Kristina Montt de Garcia, Peter Mulé, Louis Nagao, Son Ngo, Eric Norris, Dwight Norwood, Joseph Novotka, Takashi Okajima, Lawrence Olsen, Chimaobi Onyeachu, Henry Orosco, Jacqualine Peterson, Kristina Pevear, Karen Pham, Sue Pollard, John Pope, Daniel Powers, Charles Powers, Samuel Price, Gregory Prigozhin, Julian Ramirez, Winston Reid, Ronald Remillard, Eric Rogstad, Glenn Rosecrans, John Rowe, Jennifer Sager, Claude Sanders, Bruce Savadkin, Maxine Saylor, Alexander Schaeffer, Nancy Schweiss, Sean Semper, Peter Serlemitsos, Larry Shackelford, Yang Soong, Jonathan Struebel, Michael Vezie, Joel Villasenor, Luke Winternitz, George Wofford, Michael Wright, Mike Yang, Wayne Yu

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99051H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231304

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Electronics, X-rays, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Signal detection, Silicon, Analog electronics, Microcontrollers, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

NICER instrument detector subsystem: description and performance

Gregory Prigozhin, Keith Gendreau, John Doty, Richard Foster, Ronald Remillard, Andrew Malonis, Beverly LaMarr, Michael Vezie, Mark Egan, Jesus Villasenor, Zaven Arzoumanian, Wayne Baumgartner, Frank Scholze, Christian Laubis, Michael Krumrey, Alan Huber

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99051I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231718

KEYWORDS: X-ray detectors, Sensors, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Mirrors, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Aluminum, Calibration, Silver, Space telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 24 October 2014 Open Access

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

George Ricker, Joshua Winn, Roland Vanderspek, David Latham, Gáspár Bakos, Jacob Bean, Zachory Berta-Thompson, Timothy Brown, Lars Buchhave, Nathaniel Butler, R. Paul Butler, William Chaplin, David Charbonneau, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Mark Clampin, Drake Deming, John Doty, Nathan De Lee, Courtney Dressing, Edward Dunham, Michael Endl, François Fressin, Jian Ge, Thomas Henning, Matthew Holman, Andrew Howard, Shigeru Ida, Jon Jenkins, Garrett Jernigan, John Asher Johnson, Lisa Kaltenegger, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hans Kjeldsen, Gregory Laughlin, Alan Levine, Douglas Lin, Jack Lissauer, Phillip MacQueen, Geoffrey Marcy, Peter McCullough, Timothy Morton, Norio Narita, Martin Paegert, Enric Palle, Francesco Pepe, Joshua Pepper, Andreas Quirrenbach, Stephen Rinehart, Dimitar Sasselov, Bun’ei Sato, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, Keivan Stassun, Peter Sullivan, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Guillermo Torres, Stephane Udry, Joel Villasenor

JATIS, Vol. 1, Issue 01, 014003, (October 2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.1.1.014003

KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Exoplanets, Space operations, Satellites, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

George Ricker, Joshua Winn, Roland Vanderspek, David Latham, Gáspár Bakos, Jacob Bean, Zachory Berta-Thompson, Timothy Brown, Lars Buchhave, Nathaniel Butler, R. Paul Butler, William Chaplin, David Charbonneau, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Mark Clampin, Drake Deming, John Doty, Nathan De Lee, Courtney Dressing, E. Dunham, Michael Endl, Francois Fressin, Jian Ge, Thomas Henning, Matthew Holman, Andrew Howard, Shigeru Ida, Jon Jenkins, Garrett Jernigan, John Johnson, Lisa Kaltenegger, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hans Kjeldsen, Gregory Laughlin, Alan Levine, Douglas Lin, Jack Lissauer, Phillip MacQueen, Geoffrey Marcy, P. McCullough, Timothy Morton, Norio Narita, Martin Paegert, Enric Palle, Francesco Pepe, Joshua Pepper, Andreas Quirrenbach, S. Rinehart, Dimitar Sasselov, Bun'ei Sato, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, Keivan Stassun, Peter Sullivan, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Guillermo Torres, Stephane Udry, Joel Villasenor

Proceedings Volume 9143, 914320 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063489

KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Space operations, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Observatories, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2013 Paper

The REgolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) for OSIRIS-REx: identifying regional elemental enrichment on asteroids

Branden Allen, Jonathan Grindlay, Jaesub Hong, Richard Binzel, Rebecca Masterson, Niraj Inamdar, Mark Chodas, Matthew Smith, Marshall Bautz, Steven Kissel, Joel Villasenor, Miruna Oprescu, Nicholas Induni

Proceedings Volume 8840, 88400M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041715

KEYWORDS: Asteroids, Sensors, X-rays, Charge-coupled devices, Collimators, Coded apertures, Spatial resolution, Space operations, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Characterization of the silicon drift detector for NICER instrument

G. Prigozhin, K. Gendreau, R. Foster, G. Ricker, J. Villaseñor, J. Doty, S. Kenyon, Z. Arzoumanian, R. Redus, A. Huber

Proceedings Volume 8453, 845318 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926667

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Photons, Signal detection, Stars, Silicon, Clouds, Light emitting diodes, X-ray sources

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper

ExoplanetSat: detecting transiting exoplanets using a low-cost CubeSat platform

Matthew Smith, Sara Seager, Christopher Pong, Jesus Villaseñor, George Ricker, David Miller, Mary Knapp, Grant Farmer, Rebecca Jensen-Clem

Proceedings Volume 7731, 773127 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856559

KEYWORDS: Stars, Space operations, Charge-coupled devices, Exoplanets, Interference (communication), Sensors, Planets, Signal to noise ratio, Space telescopes, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

Achieving high-precision pointing on ExoplanetSat: initial feasibility analysis

Christopher Pong, Sungyung Lim, Matthew Smith, David Miller, Jesus Villaseñor, Sara Seager

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77311V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857992

KEYWORDS: Stars, Satellites, Exoplanets, CMOS sensors, Gyroscopes, Magnetism, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Solar cells, Error analysis

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