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University of Florida
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Instrumentation
The
key strength of the IR group is the design, construction
and commissioning of state-of-the-art infrared instrumentation used on
large telescopes around the world. All instruments, in varying
levels of activity, are listed below.
| CanariCam | Mid-IR imager/spectrometer/polarimeter/coronagraph | in
progress |
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| FLAMINGOS II |
Near-IR imager/multislit spectrometer | Gemini South |
in
progress |
| CIRCE | Near-IR imager | Gran Telescopio Canarias | in
progress |
| T-ReCS | Mid-IR imager/spectrometer | Gemini South |
active |
| FLAMINGOS | Near-IR imager/multislit spectrometer | Kitt Peak 2.1-meter | active |
| OSCIR | Mid-IR imager/spectrometer | CTIO,
Keck, IRTF, Gemini |
decommissioned |
The members of the IR research group also work on a wide range of research in addition to the instruments listed above -- including, but not limited to, these topics:
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 X-ray
binaries The Galactic
center AGN
Star formation |
Scientists:
| Dr. Stephen Eikenberry | |
| Dr. Charles M. Telesco | |
| Dr. Rafael Guzmán | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Lada |
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| Dr. Chris Packham | |
| Dr. S. Nicholas Raines | |
| Dr. Reba Bandyopadhyay |
Graduate
Students:
| Ana Matkovic | advisor:
Dr. Rafael
Guzmán |
| Cynthia Gómez Martín | advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Lada |
| Michelle
Edwards |
advisor: Dr. Stephen Eikenberry |
| Valerie Mikles |
advisor: Dr. Stephen Eikenberry |
| Margaret
Moerchen |
advisor:
Dr. Charles Telesco |
| Miguel Charcos Llorens | advisor:
Dr. Stephen Eikenberry |
| Curtis DeWitt |
advisor: Dr. Stephen Eikenberry |
| Noah Rashkind |
advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Lada |
Group
Staff:
| Roger Julian | Project
Manager & Engineer Coordinator |
| Kevin Hanna | Sr. Electrical Engineer |
| Frank
Varosi |
Sr. Software Engineer |
| Greg
Bennett |
Sr. Mechanical Engineer |
| Jeffrey Julian | Sr. Mechanical Engineer |
| Charley Murphy | Mechanical Engineer |
| Craig
Warner |
Software
Engineer |
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Last Updated: 17 July 2007
