Dr. Zaven Arzoumanian Profile

Dr. Zaven Arzoumanian

Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr

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SPIE Journal Paper | 14 November 2024 Open Access

STROBE-X low-energy modular array (LEMA) instrument

Keith Gendreau, Dominic Maes, Ronald Remillard, Paul Ray, Zaven Arzoumanian, Craig Markwardt, Takashi Okajima

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 04, 042506, (November 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.042506

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SPIE Journal Paper | 21 October 2024 Open Access

Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays: mission overview

Paul Ray, Peter W. Roming, Andrea Argan, Zaven Arzoumanian, David Ballantyne, Slavko Bogdanov, Walter Bonvicini, Terri Brandt, Michal Bursa, Edward Cackett, Deepto Chakrabarty, Marc Christophersen, Kathleen Coderre, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Ettore Del Monte, Alessandra DeRosa, Harley Dietz, Yuri Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Jeremy Ford, Cynthia Froning, Christopher Fryer, Keith Gendreau, Adam Goldstein, Anthony Gonzalez, Dieter Hartmann, Margarita Hernanz, Anthony Hutcheson, Jean in ‘t Zand, Peter Jenke, Jamie Kennea, Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, Thomas Maccarone, Dominic Maes, Craig Markwardt, Malgorzata Michalska, Takashi Okajima, Alessandro Patruno, Steven Persyn, Mark Phillips, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Jillian Redfern, Ronald Remillard, Andrea Santangelo, Carl Schwendeman, Clio Sleator, James Steiner, Tod Strohmayer, Jiri Svoboda, Christoph Tenzer, Steven Thompson, Richard Warwick, Anna Watts, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Xin Wu, Eric Wulf, Gianluigi Zampa

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 04, 042504, (October 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.042504

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Observatories, Equipment, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Physics, Spectroscopes, Design

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

STROBE-X: capturing the universe in motion

Cynthia Froning, Pete Roming, Paul Ray, Andrea Argan, Zaven Arzoumanian, Slavko Bogdanov, Valter Bonvicini, Terri Brandt, Michal Bursa, Edward Cackett, Deepto Chakrabarty, Marc Christophersen, Kathleen Coderre, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Ettore Del Monte, Alessandra De Rosa, Harley Dietz, Yuri Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Jeremy Ford, Christopher Fryer, Keith Gendreau, Adam Goldstein, Anthony Gonzalez, Margarita Hernanz, Anthony Hutcheson, Jean in 't Zand, Peter Jenke, Jamie Kennea, Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, Tom Maccarone, Dominic Maes, Craig Markwardt, Malgorzata Michalska, Takashi Okajima, Alessandro Patruno, Steven Persyn, Mark Phillips, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Jillian Redfern, Ronald Remillard, Andrea Santangelo, Carl Schwendeman, Clio Sleator, James Steiner, Tod Strohmayer, Jiri Svoboda, Christoph Tenzer, Steven Thompson, Richard Warwick, Anna Watts, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Xin Wu, Eric Wulf, Gianluigi Zampa

Proceedings Volume 13093, 1309329 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020140

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Space operations, X-rays, Astrophysics, Design, Astronomy, Spectroscopes, Observatories, Physics, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

The neutron star interior composition explorer (NICER): commissioning and calibration (Conference Presentation)

Craig Markwardt, Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Takashi Okajima, Jack Steiner, Gregory Prigozhin, Ron Remillard, Teruaki Enoto, Michael Loewenstein, Beverly LaMarr

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106991V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314419

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Stars, X-rays, Photonic devices, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years

Paul Ray, Zaven Arzoumanian, Søren Brandt, Eric Burns, Deepto Chakrabarty, Marco Feroci, Keith Gendreau, Olivier Gevin, Margarita Hernanz, Peter Jenke, Steven Kenyon, José Luis Gálvez, Thomas Maccarone, Takashi Okajima, Ronald Remillard, Stéphane Schanne, Chris Tenzer, Andrea Vacchi, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Berend Winter, Silvia Zane, David Ballantyne, Enrico Bozzo, Laura Brenneman, Edward Cackett, Alessandra De Rosa, Adam Goldstein, Dieter Hartmann, Michael McDonald, Abigail Stevens, John Tomsick, Anna Watts, Kent Wood, Abderahmen Zoghbi

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069919 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312257

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Stars, Cameras, Physics, Photons, Silicon, Collimators, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2016 Paper

Performance of NICER flight x-ray concentrator

Takashi Okajima, Yang Soong, Erin Balsamo, Teruaki Enoto, Larry Olsen, Richard Koenecke, Larry Lozipone, John Kearney, Sean Fitzsimmons, Ai Numata, Steven Kenyon, Zaven Arzoumanian, Keith Gendreau

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99054X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234436

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Solar concentrators, Sensors, X-ray detectors, Aerospace engineering, Analog electronics, Mathematical modeling, Device simulation, Signal detection, Space telescopes

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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 | 19 July 2016 Paper

Ground calibration of the Silicon Drift Detectors for NICER

Beverly LaMarr, Gregory Prigozhin, Ronald Remillard, Andrew Malonis, Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Craig Markwardt, Wayne Baumgartner

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99054W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232784

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Calibration, Sensors, Electronics, Point spread functions, Cameras, Aluminum, Electroluminescent displays, Prototyping, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Fast simulation of the NICER instrument

John Doty, Matthew Wampler-Doty, Gregory Prigozhin, Takashi Okajima, Zaven Arzoumanian, Keith Gendreau

Proceedings Volume 9905, 99054V (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232511

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Device simulation, Sensors, X-rays, Optical simulations, Electronics, Analog electronics, Mathematical modeling, Signal detection, Space telescopes, 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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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2014 Paper

The neutron star interior composition explorer (NICER): mission definition

Z. Arzoumanian, K. Gendreau, C. Baker, T. Cazeau, P. Hestnes, J. Kellogg, S. Kenyon, R. Kozon, K.-C. Liu, S. Manthripragada, C. Markwardt, A. Mitchell, J. Mitchell, C. Monroe, T. Okajima, S. Pollard, D. Powers, B. Savadkin, L. Winternitz, P. T. Chen, M. Wright, R. Foster, G. Prigozhin, R. Remillard, J. Doty

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914420 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056811

KEYWORDS: Stars, X-rays, Sensors, Space operations, X-ray detectors, Electronics, Actuators, Sun, X-ray optics, Global Positioning System

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Concept study x-ray testing for NICER's x-ray concentrators

Erin Balsamo, Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Takashi Okajima, Lalit Jalota, Yang Soong, Peter Serlemitsos, Teruaki Enoto, Bhalvinder Gulati, Steven Kenyon, Devin Hahne, David Fickau, Nicholas Spartana, Steve Lentine, Ceili Burdhimo, Billy Barrios, Lisa Wu

Proceedings Volume 8861, 88611M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024108

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Solar concentrators, Photons, Sensors, X-ray detectors, Point spread functions, X-ray optics, Spatial resolution, Stars, X-ray sources

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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 | 17 September 2012 Paper

The x-ray advanced concepts testbed (XACT) sounding rocket payload

Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Fumi Asami, Robert Baker, Erin Balsamo, Kevin Black, Carlos Duran-Aviles, Teruaki Enoto, Kyle Gregory, Devin Hahne, Asami Hayato, Joe Hill, Fred Huegel, Takanori Iwahashi, Wataru Iwakiri, Keith Jahoda, Lalit Jalota, Philip Kaaret, Kenta Kaneko, Steven Kenyon, Takao Kitaguchi, Richard Koenecke, Takayoshi Kohmura, Takashi Okajima, Larry Olsen, F. Scott Porter, Kurt Rush, Peter Serlemitsos, Yang Soong, Yoko Takeuchi, Toru Tamagawa, Shin'ya Yamada, Akifumi Yoshikawa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84434V (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926418

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Polarization, Solar concentrators, Polarimetry, X-ray technology, Modulation, Calibration, Photons, Rockets, X-ray optics

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

The Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER): an Explorer mission of opportunity for soft x-ray timing spectroscopy

Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Takashi Okajima

Proceedings Volume 8443, 844313 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926396

KEYWORDS: Stars, X-rays, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Photons, Global Positioning System, Astrophysics, X-ray detectors, Silicon, Contamination

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Development of full shell foil x-ray mirrors

Erin Balsamo, Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Lalit Jalota, Steven Kenyon, David Fickau, Nicholas Spartana, Devin Hahne, Richard Koenecke, Yang Soong, Peter Serlemitsos, Takashi Okajima, Robert Campion, Louis Detweiler

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845052 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926152

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-ray optics, X-rays, Epoxies, Aluminum, Gold, Optics manufacturing, Solar concentrators, Glasses, X-ray imaging

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

Filters and calibration sources for the soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) instrument on ASTRO-H

C. de Vries, J. den Herder, E. Costantini, H. Aarts, P. Lowes, J. Kaastra, R. Kelley, K. Gendreau, Z. Arzoumanian, R. Koenecke, D. Haas, S. Paltani, K. Mitsuda, N. Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773213 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855880

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Optical filters, Calibration, X-ray optics, Sensors, Photons, Stars, Spectroscopy, X-ray sources, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

The milli-arc-second structure imager (MASSIM): a new concept for a high angular resolution x-ray telescope

G. Skinner, Z. Arzoumanian, W. Cash, N. Gehrels, K. Gendreau, P. Gorenstein, J. Krizmanic, M. Miller, J. Phillips, R. Reasenberg, C. Reynolds, R. Sambruna, R. Streitmatter, D. Windt

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789568

KEYWORDS: Spatial resolution, Space operations, X-rays, Sensors, X-ray optics, Stars, X-ray astronomy, Imaging systems, Fresnel lenses, X-ray diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

Laboratory testbeds for broadband x-ray interferometry

Zaven Arzoumanian, Keith Gendreau, Webster Cash, Ann Shipley, Steven Queen

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551731

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Interferometers, Mirrors, Interferometry, X-ray optics, X-ray imaging, Grazing incidence, Charge-coupled devices, Aluminum

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