'Optical nir' presentation slideshows

Guiding Principles Scientific Excellence Internal Synergy Special Niche/Visibility

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Surveying the Universe with SNAP

Surveying the Universe with SNAP. Tim McKay University of Michigan Department of Physics Seattle AAS Meeting: 1/03 For the SNAP collaboration. The Supernova/Acceleration Probe. Mostly pure survey mode Step and stare across the sky, each location seen in all nine filters

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Ground-Based Detections of Thermal Emission from Very Hot Jupiters

Direct detection of flux from planet from secondary eclilpse depth Hottest planets: thermal emission dominates - depends on albedo, energy redistribution Spitzer obs. reveal fundamental dichotomy pM: optical absorbers, thermal inversion (hot stratosphere)

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