'Optical flash' presentation slideshows

GRB 080319B: A Naked-Eye Blast from the Distant Universe

GRB 080319B: A Naked-Eye Blast from the Distant Universe. Judy Racusin Penn State University. 2008 Nanjing GRB Workshop, Nanjing, China, June 23-27. Broadband Observations of the Extraordinary Naked-Eye GRB 080319B.

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Rapid follow-up of gamma-ray bursts with Watcher

Rapid follow-up of gamma-ray bursts with Watcher. John French School of Physics University College Dublin. Overview. Background on multi-wavelength observations of GRBs and their afterglows and what we can learn from them

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LED calibration systems for CALICE hadron calorimeter

LED calibration systems for CALICE hadron calorimeter. Jiri Kvasnicka , Ivo Polak Institute of Physics (FZU), Prague. The CALICE 1m 3 HCAL prototype Calibration solution for CALICE AHCAL (DESY, FZU) Embedded calibration solution (DESY, Wuppertal) Quasi-resonant LED driver (FZU)

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LED calibration systems for CALICE hadron calorimeter

Under HEAVY CONSTRUCTION. LED calibration systems for CALICE hadron calorimeter. Jiri Kvasnicka (kvas@fzu.cz) Institute of Physics, Prague. Outline. Calice prototype SiPM Motivation ( SiPM issues, temeperature drift..) AHCAL 1m^2 solution Electronics solution performance

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Blast waves from GRBs

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