| Friday, September 27, 2024
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New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
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Recent News from MacCenter Fellows
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WashU-led team launches space mission with quantum sensor technology
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A team from WashU successfully launched the DR-TES mission from NASA’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico on Tuesday, to test quantum X-ray and gamma-ray detectors in a space-like environment.
DR-TES (Dilution Refrigerator Transition Edge Sensor) aims to test a sophisticated cooling system and a novel gamma-ray detector array in near-space conditions. The mini-
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dilution refrigerator is designed to cool detectors to a temperatures of 80 millikelvin, enabling the high-precision measurements required for cutting-edge X-ray and gamma-ray detection.
DR-TES reached a float altitude of around 131,000 feet and flew for a total of 9 hours and 52 minutes. The balloon and payload are safely on the ground after the successful mission.
Henric Krawczynski, professor of physics and fellow of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences (MCSS), leads the DR-TES mission with support from NASA and MCSS.
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APS Dissertation Award for Nuclear Physics
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Garrett King, a graduate student working with professors Saori Pastore and Maria Piarulli in the Department of Physics, has received the Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics from the American Physical Society, for significant implementation and extensive application of Quantum Monte Carlo many-body methods to the study of electroweak structure and reactions in light nuclei across a wide range of experimentally relevant kinematics. Congratulations, Garrett!
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International X-ray POlarimetry Symposium
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2024 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series
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Institute Scientist
Southwest Research Institute
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| Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar
John Mehlhaff
Université Grenoble Alpes
Friday, October 4
11:00am, Compton 241
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Compiled and edited by Alison Verbeck. Please send any contributions to alison@wustl.edu.
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