Dr. Maria Begona Vila Costas Profile

Dr. Maria Begona Vila Costas

Instrument Systems Engineer

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Publications (8)

SPIE Journal Paper | 15 November 2023 Open Access

James Webb Space Telescope optical stability lessons learned for future great observatories

Lee Feinberg, Michael McElwain, Charles Bowers, John Johnston, Gary Mosier, Randy Kimble, Joshua Levi, Lightsey, Ball Aerospace, Boulder, Colorado, United States, J. Knight, Marcel Bluth, Alden Jurling, Marie Levine, D. Scott Acton, Charles Atkinson, Allison Barto, Matthew Bergkoetter, Gregory Brady, Larkin Carey, Lester Cohen, Laura Coyle, Bruce Dean, Michael Eisenhower, Nicolas Flagey, George Hartig, Keith Havey, Brian Hicks, Joseph Howard, Ritva Keski-Kuha, Charles-Philippe Lajoie, Matthew Lallo, Gary Matthews, Marcio Meléndez, Michael Menzel, Sang Park, Marshall Perrin, Laurent Pueyo, Lisbeth Quesnel, Paul Reynolds, Jane Rigby, Babak Saif, Christopher Stark, Randal Telfer, Scott Texter, Julie Van Campen, Begona Vila, Garrett West, Erin Wolf, Tony Whitman, Thomas Zielinski

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 01, 011204, (November 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.1.011204

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Telescopes, Inspection, Online learning, Observatories, Thermal stability, Temperature metrology, Design, Cryogenics, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation

Commissioning the scientific instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope

Randy Kimble, Scott Friedman, Catarina Alves de Oliveira, Stephan Birkmann, Torsten Boeker, Martha Boyer, René Doyon, Alistair Glasse, Sarah Kendrew, André Martel, Edmund Nelan, Alberto Noriega-Crespo, Charles Proffitt, Corbett Smith, John Stansberry, Begoña Vila, Christopher Willott

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114434G (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561819

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Spectrographs, Calibration, Mid-IR, Cameras, Imaging systems, Sensors, Coronagraphy, Phase interferometry, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) optical telescope element and integrated science instrument module (OTIS) cryogenic test program and results

Randy Kimble, Lee Feinberg, Mark Voyton, Juli Lander, J. Scott Knight, Mark Waldman, Tony Whitman, M. Begoña Vila Costas, Carl Reis, Kan Yang

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069805 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309664

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, James Webb Space Telescope, Optical testing, Adaptive optics, Image segmentation, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Optical components, Wavefronts, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2018 Paper

JWST cryo fine guidance closed loop test results

M. Begoña Vila , Scott Lambros, David Diaz, Henry Fu, Steven Lee, Luis Meza, Kevin Phillips, Ben Del Rosario, J. Carl Wu

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106983R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311516

KEYWORDS: Stars, Sensors, Mirrors, James Webb Space Telescope, Space operations, Observatories, Control systems, Point spread functions, Space telescopes, Actuators, Acquisition tracking and pointing, Line of sight stabilization, Line of sight pointing

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Optical testing and verification methods for the James Webb Space Telescope Integrated Science Instrument Module element

Scott Antonille, Cherie Miskey, Raymond Ohl, Scott Rohrbach, David Aronstein, Andrew Bartoszyk, Charles Bowers, Emmanuel Cofie, Nicholas Collins, Brian Comber, William Eichhorn, Alistair Glasse, Renee Gracey, George Hartig, Joseph Howard, Douglas Kelly, Randy Kimble, Jeffrey Kirk, David Kubalak, Wayne Landsman, Don Lindler, Eliot Malumuth, Michael Maszkiewicz, Marcia Rieke, Neil Rowlands, Derek Sabatke, Corbett Smith, J. Scott Smith, Joseph Sullivan, Randal Telfer, Maurice Te Plate, M. Begoña Vila, Gerry Warner, David Wright, Raymond Wright, Julia Zhou, Thomas Zielinski

Proceedings Volume 9951, 995105 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238838

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Optical components, Space telescopes, Optical testing, Sensors, Calibration, Data modeling, Human-machine interfaces, Error analysis, Analytical research

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

Cryo-vacuum testing of the JWST Integrated Science Instrument Module

Randy Kimble, M. Begoña Vila, Julie Van Campen, Stephan Birkmann, Brian Comber, Curtis Fatig, Alistair C. Glasse, Stuart Glazer, Douglas Kelly, Steven Mann, André Martel, Kevin Novo-Gradac, Ray Ohl, Konstantin Penanen, Scott Rohrbach, Joseph Sullivan, Dean Zak, Julia Zhou

Proceedings Volume 9904, 990408 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231554

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Space telescopes, Calibration, Observatories, Silicon, Sensors, Telescopes, Electronics, Mirrors, Optical alignment

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Cryogenic performance test results for the flight model JWST fine guidance sensor

Neil Rowlands, Sandra Delamer, Craig Haley, Eric Harpell, Maria Vila, Gerry Warner, Julia Zhou

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84423K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926672

KEYWORDS: Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Cryogenics, Sensors, Space telescopes, Observatories, Cadmium sulfide, Point spread functions, Performance modeling, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

JWST fine guidance sensor: guiding performance analysis

N. Rowlands, M. Vila, C. Evans, D. Aldridge, D.-L. Desaulniers, J. Hutchings, J. Dupuis

Proceedings Volume 7010, 701036 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790267

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Performance modeling, Observatories, Sensors, Electronics, Mirrors, Monte Carlo methods, Data modeling

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