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David Imel
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 22
Citations - 2912
David Imel is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Schmidt camera & Xenon. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 22 publications receiving 1879 citations.
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The zwicky transient facility: System overview, performance, and first results
Eric C. Bellm,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Matthew J. Graham,Richard Dekany,Roger M. H. Smith,Reed Riddle,Frank J. Masci,George Helou,Thomas A. Prince,Scott M. Adams,Cristina Barbarino,Tom A. Barlow,James Bauer,Ron Beck,Justin Belicki,Rahul Biswas,Nadejda Blagorodnova,Dennis Bodewits,Bryce Bolin,V. Brinnel,Tim Brooke,Brian D. Bue,Mattia Bulla,Rick Burruss,S. Bradley Cenko,S. Bradley Cenko,Chan-Kao Chang,Andrew J. Connolly,Michael W. Coughlin,John Cromer,Virginia Cunningham,Kaushik De,Alex Delacroix,Vandana Desai,Dmitry A. Duev,Gwendolyn Eadie,Tony L. Farnham,Michael Feeney,Ulrich Feindt,David Flynn,Anna Franckowiak,Sara Frederick,Christoffer Fremling,Avishay Gal-Yam,Suvi Gezari,Matteo Giomi,Daniel A. Goldstein,V. Zach Golkhou,Ariel Goobar,Steven Groom,Eugean Hacopians,David Hale,John Henning,Anna Y. Q. Ho,David Hover,Justin Howell,Tiara Hung,Daniela Huppenkothen,David Imel,Wing-Huen Ip,Wing-Huen Ip,Željko Ivezić,Edward Jackson,Lynne Jones,Mario Juric,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Shai Kaspi,Stephen Kaye,Michael S. P. Kelley,Marek Kowalski,Emily Kramer,Thomas Kupfer,Thomas Kupfer,Walter Landry,Russ R. Laher,Chien De Lee,Hsing Wen Lin,Hsing Wen Lin,Zhong-Yi Lin,Ragnhild Lunnan,Ashish Mahabal,Peter H. Mao,Adam A. Miller,Adam A. Miller,Serge Monkewitz,Patrick J. Murphy,Chow-Choong Ngeow,Jakob Nordin,Peter Nugent,Peter Nugent,Eran O. Ofek,Maria T. Patterson,Bryan E. Penprase,Michael Porter,L. Rauch,Umaa Rebbapragada,Daniel J. Reiley,Mickael Rigault,Hector P. Rodriguez,Jan van Roestel,Ben Rusholme,J. V. Santen,Steve Schulze,David L. Shupe,Leo Singer,Leo Singer,Maayane T. Soumagnac,Robert Stein,Jason Surace,Jesper Sollerman,Paula Szkody,Francesco Taddia,Scott Terek,Angela Van Sistine,Sjoert van Velzen,W. Thomas Vestrand,Richard Walters,Charlotte Ward,Quanzhi Ye,Po-Chieh Yu,Lin Yan,Jeffry Zolkower +121 more
TL;DR: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) as mentioned in this paper is a new optical time-domain survey that uses the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt telescope, which provides a 47 deg^2 field of view and 8 s readout time, yielding more than an order of magnitude improvement in survey speed relative to its predecessor survey.
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The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives
Matthew J. Graham,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Eric C. Bellm,Scott M. Adams,Cristina Barbarino,Nadejda Blagorodnova,Dennis Bodewits,Bryce Bolin,Patrick Brady,S. Bradley Cenko,Chan-Kao Chang,Michael W. Coughlin,Kaushik De,Gwendolyn Eadie,Tony L. Farnham,Ulrich Feindt,Anna Franckowiak,Christoffer Fremling,Avishay Gal-Yam,Suvi Gezari,Sourav Ghosh,Daniel A. Goldstein,V. Zach Golkhou,Ariel Goobar,Anna Y. Q. Ho,Daniela Huppenkothen,Zeljko Ivezic,R. Lynne Jones,Mario Juric,David L. Kaplan,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Michael S. P. Kelley,Thomas Kupfer,Chien-De Lee,Hsing Wen Lin,Ragnhild Lunnan,Ashish Mahabal,Adam A. Miller,Chow-Choong Ngeow,Peter Nugent,Eran O. Ofek,Thomas A. Prince,L. Rauch,Jan van Roestel,Steve Schulze,Leo Singer,Jesper Sollerman,Francesco Taddia,Lin Yan,Quanzhi Ye,Po-Chieh Yu,Igor Andreoni,Tom A. Barlow,James M. Bauer,Ron Beck,Justin Belicki,Rahul Biswas,V. Brinnel,Tim Brooke,Brian D. Bue,Mattia Bulla,Kevin B. Burdge,Rick Burruss,Andrew J. Connolly,John Cromer,Virginia Cunningham,Richard Dekany,Alex Delacroix,Vandana Desai,Dmitry A. Duev,Eugean Hacopians,David Hale,George Helou,John Henning,David Hover,Lynne A. Hillenbrand,Justin Howell,Tiara Hung,David Imel,Wing-Huen Ip,Edward Jackson,Shai Kaspi,Stephen Kaye,Marek Kowalski,Emily Kramer,Michael A. Kuhn,Walter Landry,Russ R. Laher,Peter H. Mao,Frank J. Masci,Serge Monkewitz,Patrick J. Murphy,J. Nordin,Maria T. Patterson,Bryan E. Penprase,Michael Porter,Umaa Rebbapragada,Daniel J. Reiley,Reed Riddle,Mickael Rigault,Hector P. Rodriguez,Ben Rusholme,J. V. Santen,David L. Shupe,Roger M. H. Smith,Maayane T. Soumagnac,Robert Stein,Jason Surace,Paula Szkody,Scott Terek,Angela Van Sistine,Sjoert van Velzen,W. Thomas Vestrand,Richard Walters,Charlotte Ward,Chaoran Zhang,Jeffry Zolkower +116 more
TL;DR: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) as discussed by the authors is a new time domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg$^2$ field of view and 8 second readout time.
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The Zwicky Transient Facility: Data Processing, Products, and Archive
Frank J. Masci,Russ R. Laher,Ben Rusholme,David L. Shupe,Steven Groom,Jason Surace,Edward Jackson,Serge Monkewitz,Ron Beck,David Flynn,Scott Terek,Walter Landry,Eugean Hacopians,Vandana Desai,Justin Howell,Tim Brooke,David Imel,Stefanie Wachter,Quanzhi Ye,Hsing Wen Lin,Hsing Wen Lin,S. Bradley Cenko,Virginia Cunningham,Umaa Rebbapragada,Brian D. Bue,Adam A. Miller,Adam A. Miller,Ashish Mahabal,Eric C. Bellm,Maria T. Patterson,Mario Juric,V. Zach Golkhou,Eran O. Ofek,Richard Walters,Matthew J. Graham,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Richard Dekany,Thomas Kupfer,Thomas Kupfer,Kevin B. Burdge,Chris Cannella,Tom A. Barlow,Angela Van Sistine,Matteo Giomi,Christoffer Fremling,Nadejda Blagorodnova,David Levitan,Reed Riddle,Roger M. H. Smith,George Helou,Thomas A. Prince,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni +51 more
TL;DR: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) as mentioned in this paper is a robotic time-domain survey currently in progress using the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope, which uses a 600 megapixel camera to scan the entire northern visible sky at rates of ~3760 square degrees/hour.
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The Zwicky Transient Facility: Data Processing, Products, and Archive
Frank J. Masci,Russ R. Laher,Ben Rusholme,David L. Shupe,Steven Groom,Jason Surace,Edward Jackson,Serge Monkewitz,Ron Beck,David Flynn,Scott Terek,Walter Landry,Eugean Hacopians,Vandana Desai,Justin Howell,Tim Brooke,David Imel,Stefanie Wachter,Quanzhi Ye,Hsing Wen Lin,Hsing Wen Lin,S. Bradley Cenko,Virginia Cunningham,Umaa Rebbapragada,Brian D. Bue,Adam A. Miller,Adam A. Miller,Ashish Mahabal,Eric C. Bellm,Maria T. Patterson,Mario Juric,V. Zach Golkhou,Eran O. Ofek,Richard Walters,Matthew J. Graham,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Richard Dekany,Thomas Kupfer,Thomas Kupfer,Kevin B. Burdge,Chris Cannella,Tom A. Barlow,Angela Van Sistine,Matteo Giomi,Christoffer Fremling,Nadejda Blagorodnova,David Levitan,Reed Riddle,Roger M. H. Smith,George Helou,Thomas A. Prince,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni +51 more
TL;DR: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new robotic time-domain survey currently in progress using the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope, and the Science Data System that is housed at IPAC, Caltech is described.
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The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives
Matthew J. Graham,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Eric C. Bellm,Scott M. Adams,Cristina Barbarino,Nadejda Blagorodnova,Dennis Bodewits,Dennis Bodewits,Bryce Bolin,Patrick Brady,S. Bradley Cenko,S. Bradley Cenko,Chan-Kao Chang,Michael W. Coughlin,Kaushik De,Gwendolyn Eadie,Tony L. Farnham,Ulrich Feindt,Anna Franckowiak,Christoffer Fremling,Suvi Gezari,Suvi Gezari,Sourav Ghosh,Daniel A. Goldstein,V. Zach Golkhou,Ariel Goobar,Anna Y. Q. Ho,Daniela Huppenkothen,Željko Ivezić,R. Lynne Jones,Mario Juric,David L. Kaplan,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Michael S. P. Kelley,Thomas Kupfer,Thomas Kupfer,Chien De Lee,Hsing Wen Lin,Hsing Wen Lin,Ragnhild Lunnan,Ashish Mahabal,Adam A. Miller,Adam A. Miller,Chow-Choong Ngeow,Peter Nugent,Peter Nugent,Eran O. Ofek,Thomas A. Prince,L. Rauch,Jan van Roestel,Steve Schulze,Leo Singer,Leo Singer,Jesper Sollerman,Francesco Taddia,Lin Yan,Quanzhi Ye,Po-Chieh Yu,Tom A. Barlow,James Bauer,Ron Beck,Justin Belicki,Rahul Biswas,V. Brinnel,Tim Brooke,Brian D. Bue,Mattia Bulla,Rick Burruss,Andrew J. Connolly,John Cromer,Virginia Cunningham,Richard Dekany,Alex Delacroix,Vandana Desai,Dmitry A. Duev,Michael Feeney,David Flynn,Sara Frederick,Avishay Gal-Yam,Matteo Giomi,Steven Groom,Eugean Hacopians,David Hale,George Helou,John Henning,David Hover,Lynne A. Hillenbrand,Justin Howell,Tiara Hung,David Imel,Wing-Huen Ip,Wing-Huen Ip,Edward Jackson,Shai Kaspi,Stephen Kaye,Marek Kowalski,E. A. Kramer,Michael A. Kuhn,Walter Landry,Russ R. Laher,Peter H. Mao,Frank J. Masci,Serge Monkewitz,Patrick J. Murphy,Jakob Nordin,Maria T. Patterson,Bryan E. Penprase,Michael Porter,Umaa Rebbapragada,Daniel J. Reiley,Reed Riddle,Mickael Rigault,Hector Rodriguez,Ben Rusholme,J. V. Santen,David L. Shupe,Roger M. H. Smith,Maayane T. Soumagnac,Robert Stein,Jason Surace,Paula Szkody,Scott Terek,Angela Van Sistine,Sjoert van Velzen,W. Thomas Vestrand,Richard Walters,Charlotte Ward,Chaoran Zhang,Jeffry Zolkower +128 more
TL;DR: The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) as mentioned in this paper is a new time-domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg^2 field of view and an 8 second readout time.