I will discuss recent development in low noise amplifiers for astrophysical applications.I will describe the fundamental quantum limits of linear amplifiers and...
How to observe in the mid-IR from the ground at the diffraction limit of a 10-meter class telescope
CanariCam is a mid-IR imager and spectrograph with polarimetric and coronographic capabilities built by the University of Florida as a common-user instrument...
Hyper 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...
Iapetus and Eris: two intriguing cases related to volatile presence on the surface of icy objects in the solar system
The materials from which the bodies in the outer solar system accreted were rich in volatile ices; Pluto and Neptune’s satellite Triton have long been known to...
In this talk we present spectroscopy of asteroids 24 Themis and 65 Cybele in the 2-4 μ region obtained with the NASA 3.5m IRTF telescope. Their spectra are very...
IllustrisTNG and insights about the evolution of galaxies in different environments
I will describe the numerical efforts to simulate galaxies with the moving-mesh code AREPO across an unprecedented range of halo masses, environments...
Imaging 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...
Imfit: A fast, flexible new program for fitting galaxy images
I will discuss a new, open-source astronomical image-fitting program, specialized for galaxies, which is fast, flexible, and highly extensible. A key...
Impact of Star Formation on Dusty and Magnetized ISM in Nearby Galaxies
Stars, the most fundamental building blocks of galaxies, are born within the clouds of gas and dust and and during their lives they enrich the gas and the...