Developed since 2006 by the IAC and UPCT, FASTCAM is an optical camera which takes advantage of recently available low noise and fast read-out CCDs (with...
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CharlaHigh contrast and high resolution optical imaging from the ground: results from FASTCAM at NOT and WHT
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CharlaHigh-Resolution, Large-Grasp Spectrographs Yield New Insights into Exoplanets, Young Planetary Systems, and the ISM
Until relatively recently, high-resolution infrared spectrographs could examine only tiny portions of individual spectral windows in a single exposure. Silicon...
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CharlaHow to beat Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
I will discuss recent development in low noise amplifiers for astrophysical applications.I will describe the fundamental quantum limits of linear amplifiers and...
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CharlaHunting exoplanets with the ESPRESSO spectrograph
The search for extrasolar planets is one of the fastest-growing fields of astronomy. This rapid growth was both made possible by the development of...
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CharlaHyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) project for the SUBARU telescope
In 2006, NAOJ proposed to construct the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) as a second generation instrument for Subaru telescope. This is a very wide-field camera...
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CharlaImaging polarimetry of circumstellar environments. Science Results of ExPo
ExPo is an imaging polarimeter that has been built in Utrecht University. ExPo works in the visible, and it combines the dual-beam technique, together with very...
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CharlaIntegración en telescopio y commissioning de GTCAO
El objetivo de esta charla es presentar los recientes avances del sistema de Óptica Adaptativa de GTC (GTCAO). Se resumirán los resultados de las pruebas de...
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CharlaIntensity Interferometry using the MAGIC telescopes
The MAGIC telescopes are a stereoscopic system of two 17m mirror diameter Cherenkov telescopes for gamma-ray observations, in operation since many years on the...
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CharlaIntroduction of MuSCAT for exoplanet studies and its initial results
NASA's Kepler mission has made a revolution in discovering a large number of transiting exoplanets. Moreover K2, TESS, and PLATO will provide more transiting...