Dr. William D. Vacca Profile

Dr. William D. Vacca

at SOFIA / USRA

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 14 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Telescope stray light: early experience with SOFIA

Patrick Waddell, Eric Becklin, Ryan Hamilton, William Vacca, Michael Lachenmann

Proceedings Volume 9973, 99730O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237519

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Telescopes, Optical coatings, Infrared radiation, Mirrors, Reflectivity, Space telescopes, Neodymium, Infrared telescopes, System on a chip

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Proceedings Article | 3 August 2016 Paper

FLITECAM: delivery and performance on SOFIA

Sarah Logsdon, Ian McLean, E. Becklin, Ryan Hamilton, William Vacca, Patrick Waddell

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99080B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231757

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Mirrors, Image filtering, Photovoltaics, Space telescopes, Data modeling, Pluto, K band

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SPIE Journal Paper | 7 July 2015

First exoplanet transit observation with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy: confirmation of Rayleigh scattering in HD 189733 b with the High-Speed Imaging Photometer for Occultations

Georgi Mandushev, Edward Dunham, Peter Collins, Daniel Angerhausen, Avi Mandell, Eric Becklin, Ryan Hamilton, Sarah Logsdon, Michael McElwain, Ian McLean, Enrico Pfüller, Maureen Savage, Sachindev Shenoy, William Vacca, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Jürgen Wolf

JATIS, Vol. 1, Issue 03, 034002, (July 2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.1.3.034002

KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Observatories, Photometry, Stars, Data modeling, Infrared astronomy, Rayleigh scattering, Signal to noise ratio, Point spread functions, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2014 Paper

SOFIA science instruments: commissioning, upgrades and future opportunities

Erin Smith, John Miles, L. Andrew Helton, Ravi Sankrit, B. Andersson, Eric Becklin, James De Buizer, C. Dowell, Edward Dunham, Rolf Güsten, Doyal Harper, Terry Herter, Luke Keller, Randolf Klein, Alfred Krabbe, Sarah Logsdon, Pamela Marcum, Ian McLean, William Reach, Matthew Richter, Thomas Roellig, Göran Sandell, Maureen Savage, Pasquale Temi, William Vacca, John Vaillancourt, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Erick Young

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914706 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056942

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, Sensors, Infrared cameras, Spectroscopes, Cameras, Radio astronomy, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

FLITECAM: early commissioning results

Sarah Logsdon, Ian McLean, Eric Becklin, Edward Dunham, Ryan Hamilton, Christopher Johnson, Jennifer Milburn, Maureen Savage, Sachindev Shenoy, Erin Smith, William Vacca

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91472Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056874

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Optical filters, Infrared imaging, Stars, Exoplanets, Image filtering, Telescopes, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2013 Paper

Capabilities, performance, and status of the SOFIA science instrument suite

John Miles, L. Andrew Helton, Ravi Sankrit, B. Andersson, E. Becklin, James De Buizer, C. Dowell, Edward Dunham, Rolf Güsten, Doyal Harper, Terry Herter, Luke Keller, Randolf Klein, Alfred Krabbe, Pamela Marcum, Ian McLean, William Reach, Matthew Richter, Thomas Roellig, Göran Sandell, Maureen Savage, Erin Smith, Pasquale Temi, William Vacca, John Vaillancourt, Jeffery Van Cleve, Erick Young, Peter Zell

Proceedings Volume 8867, 88670N (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2022791

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Observatories, Stars, Sensors, Imaging systems, Astronomy, Photometry, Infrared telescopes, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 6 February 2013 Paper

Simulations of a near-infrared precision radial velocity spectrograph for finding planets around M dwarfs

Ryan Terrien, Chad Bender, Suvrath Mahadevan, Lawrence Ramsey, Fred Hearty, William Vacca

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844687 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926478

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Planets, Near infrared, Instrument modeling, Device simulation, Software development, Stars, Telescopes, Quantum efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The FORCAST mid-infrared facility instrument and in-flight performance on SOFIA

Joseph Adams, Terry Herter, George Gull, Justin Schoenwald, Charles Henderson, Luke Keller, James De Buizer, Gordon Stacey, Thomas Nikola, William Vacca, Lea Hirsch, Jason Wang, L. Andrew Helton

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844616 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926600

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectroscopes, Optical filters, Quantum efficiency, Signal to noise ratio, Stars, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Four years of good SpeX

John Rayner, Peter Onaka, Michael Cushing, William Vacca

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551107

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Infrared radiation, Spectroscopy, Stars, Prisms, Infrared imaging, Imaging arrays, Absorption, Infrared spectroscopy

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