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Kiranmayee Kilaru
Researcher at Universities Space Research Association
Publications - 51
Citations - 729
Kiranmayee Kilaru is an academic researcher from Universities Space Research Association. The author has contributed to research in topics: Telescope & X-ray optics. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 48 publications receiving 550 citations. Previous affiliations of Kiranmayee Kilaru include University of Alabama & Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Lynx X-Ray Observatory: an overview
Jessica A. Gaskin,Douglas A. Swartz,Alexey Vikhlinin,Feryal Özel,Karen Gelmis,Jonathan W. Arenberg,Simon R. Bandler,Mark W. Bautz,M. Civitani,A. Domínguez,Megan E. Eckart,A. Falcone,Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano,Mark D. Freeman,Hans Moritz Günther,Keith A. Havey,Ralf K. Heilmann,Kiranmayee Kilaru,Ralph P. Kraft,Kevin S. McCarley,Randall L. McEntaffer,Giovanni Pareschi,William R. Purcell,Paul B. Reid,Mark L. Schattenburg,Daniel A. Schwartz,Eric D. Schwartz,Harvey Tananbaum,Grant R. Tremblay,William W. Zhang,John ZuHone +30 more
TL;DR: The Lynx architecture enables a broad range of unique and compelling science to be carried out mainly through a General Observer Program, envisioned to include detecting the very first seed black holes, revealing the high-energy drivers of galaxy formation and evolution, and characterizing the mechanisms that govern stellar evolution and stellar ecosystems.
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First Images from the Focusing Optics X-Ray Solar Imager
Säm Krucker,Säm Krucker,Steven Christe,Lindsay Glesener,Shin-nosuke Ishikawa,Brian D. Ramsey,Tadayuki Takahashi,Shin Watanabe,Shinya Saito,Mikhail Gubarev,Kiranmayee Kilaru,Hiroyasu Tajima,Takaaki Tanaka,Paul Turin,Stephen McBride,David Glaser,Jose Fermin,Stephen M. White,Robert P. Lin +18 more
TL;DR: The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) as discussed by the authors was the first sounding rocket payload to produce the first focused images of the Sun above 5 keV, which demonstrated the superiority in sensitivity and dynamic range that is achievable with a direct HXR imager with respect to previous, indirect imaging methods.
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FOXSI-2: Upgrades of the Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager for its Second Flight
Steven Christe,Lindsay Glesener,Lindsay Glesener,Camilo Buitrago-Casas,Shin-nosuke Ishikawa,Brian D. Ramsey,Mikhail Gubarev,Kiranmayee Kilaru,Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak,Shin Watanabe,Tadayuki Takahashi,Hiroyasu Tajima,Paul Turin,Van Shourt,Natalie Foster,Säm Krucker,Säm Krucker +16 more
TL;DR: The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) sounding rocket payload flew for the second time on 2014 December 11 and provided the first HXR focused images of the Sun.
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Differential deposition technique for figure corrections in grazing-incidence x-ray optics
TL;DR: In this paper, a differential deposition technique was investigated as a way to minimize axial figure errors in full-shell, grazing-incidence, reflective x-ray optics using a combination of off-axis conic segments-hyperbolic, parabolic, and/or elliptical.
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Lynx Mission Concept Status
Jessica A. Gaskin,Ryan Allured,Simon R. Bandler,S. Basso,Marshall W. Bautz,Michael Baysinger,Michael P. Biskach,Tyrone M. Boswell,Peter Capizzo,Kai Wing Chan,Marta Civitani,Lester M. Cohen,Vincenzo Cotroneo,Jacqueline M. Davis,Casey T. DeRoo,Michael J. Dipirro,A. Domínguez,Leo L. Fabisinski,A. Falcone,Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano,Jay Garcia,Karen Gelmis,Ralf K. Heilmann,Ralf K. Heilmann,Randall C. Hopkins,Thomas N. Jackson,Kiranmayee Kilaru,R. P. Kraft,Tianning Liu,R. S. McClelland,Randy L. McEntaffer,Kevin S. McCarley,John A. Mulqueen,Feryal Özel,Giovanni Pareschi,P. Reid,Raul E. Riveros,Mitchell A. Rodriguez,Justin W. Rowe,Timo T. Saha,Mark L. Schattenburg,Andrew Schnell,Daniel A. Schwartz,Peter M. Solly,Robert M. Suggs,Steven Sutherlin,Douglas A. Swartz,Susan Trolier-McKinstry,James H. Tutt,Alexey Vikhlinin,Julian Walker,Wonsik Yoon,William W. Zhang +52 more
TL;DR: Lynx as discussed by the authors is a concept under study for prioritization in the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, which will examine the first black holes and their galaxies, map the large-scale structure and galactic halos, and shed new light on the environments of young stars and their planetary systems.