The Kavli CCD laboratory is a facility for test and evaluation of solid state imaging detectors for use in space based x-ray observatories. The laboratory has supported the Asca, Chandra, HETE and Suzaku missions. Equipment includes a variety of x-ray sources and spectrometers for quantum efficiency and spectral resolution measurements from 100 to 10,000 eV photon energy. A variety of flexible vacuum chambers allows for quick installation and testing of novel CCD APS or other detector designs.
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A nearby star is pummeling a companion planet with a barrage of X-rays a hundred thousand times more than the Earth receives from the Sun. Credit: NASA/CXC/NSF/IPAC/2MASS (see the press release).RECENT OUTREACH
Two MIT Kavli Institute IAP 2013 activities on the "Life Cycle of Stars" were selected to be video-recorded as part of an ongoing MIT Libraries and AMPS video project sponsored by Neil Pappalardo. See "The High Energy Lifestyle of Young Stars" by Dr. Norbert Schulz (MIT Kavli Institute); "Dissecting the X-rays from Supernova Remnants" by Dr. Laura Lopez (Pappalardo Fellow, Einstein Fellow, MIT Kavli Institute). Note: MIT retains copyright to these videos.
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March 25, 2013 -- Received a National Science Foundation (NSF)...
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Researchers at The Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research explore extreme and unusual phenomena found beyond the Earth including extrasolar planets, black holes, neutron stars, and distant galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
