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Martin Black
Researcher at UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Publications - 25
Citations - 470
Martin Black is an academic researcher from UK Astronomy Technology Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spectrograph & Engineering. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 17 publications receiving 363 citations.
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Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG
Rosario Cosentino,Christophe Lovis,Francesco Pepe,Andrew Collier Cameron,David W. Latham,Emilio Molinari,Stéphane Udry,Naidu Bezawada,Martin Black,Andy Born,N. Buchschacher,D. Charbonneau,Pedro Figueira,M. Fleury,A. Galli,Angus Gallie,Xiaofeng Gao,Adriano Ghedina,Carlos Gonzalez,Manuel Gonzalez,José Guerra,David Henry,Keith Horne,I. Hughes,Dennis Kelly,Marcello Lodi,David Lunney,Charles Maire,Michel Mayor,Giuseppina Micela,Mark Ordway,John A. Peacock,David F. Phillips,Giampaolo Piotto,Don Pollacco,Didier Queloz,Ken Rice,C. Riverol,L. Riverol,Jose San Juan,Dimitar Sasselov,Damien Ségransan,Alessandro Sozzetti,Danuta Sosnowska,Brian Stobie,Andrew Szentgyorgyi,Andy Vick,L. Weber +47 more
TL;DR: The visible spectrograph HARPS-N as discussed by the authors was used at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) to perform radial velocity measurements of extrasolar planetary systems.
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First light with HiPERCAM on the GTC
Vikram S. Dhillon,Vikram S. Dhillon,Simon Dixon,T. Gamble,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,Steven G. Parsons,Tom Marsh,Naidu Bezawada,Martin Black,Xiaofeng Gao,David Henry,David Lunney,Christopher J. Miller,Marc Dubbeldam,Tim Morris,James Osborn,Richard Wilson,Jorge Casares,Teo Muñoz-Darias,Enric Palle,Pablo Rodríguez-Gil,Tariq Shahbaz,Antonio de Ugarte Postigo +23 more
TL;DR: HiPERCAM as discussed by the authors is a quintuple-beam imager that saw first light on the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in October 2017 and on the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) in February 2018.
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HiPERCAM: a quintuple-beam, high-speed optical imager on the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias
V. S. Dhillon,V. S. Dhillon,Naidu Bezawada,Martin Black,S D Dixon,T. Gamble,Xiaofeng Gao,David Henry,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,David Lunney,T. R. Marsh,C Miller,Steven G. Parsons,Richard Ashley,Elmé Breedt,A. J. Brown,Martin J. Dyer,M. J. Green,Ingrid Pelisoli,D. I. Sahman,Jim M. Wild,D. Ives,Leander Mehrgan,J. Stegmeier,Cornelis M. Dubbeldam,Tim Morris,James Osborn,Richard Wilson,J. Casares,J. Casares,T. Muñoz-Darias,T. Muñoz-Darias,Enric Palle,Enric Palle,Pablo Rodríguez-Gil,Pablo Rodríguez-Gil,T. Shahbaz,T. Shahbaz,Manuel A. P. Torres,Manuel A. P. Torres,A. de Ugarte Postigo,Antonio Cabrera-Lavers,Romano L. M. Corradi,R D Domínguez,D. Garcia-Alvarez +45 more
TL;DR: HiPERCAM as mentioned in this paper is a portable, quintuple-beam optical imager that saw first light on the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) in 2018.
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HiPERCAM: A high-speed, quintuple-beam CCD camera for the study of rapid variability in the Universe
Vikram S. Dhillon,Tom Marsh,Naidu Bezawada,Martin Black,Simon Dixon,T. Gamble,David Henry,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,David Lunney,Tim Morris,James Osborn,Robert W. Wilson +12 more
TL;DR: HiPERCAM as discussed by the authors is a high-speed camera for the study of rapid variability in the Universe that uses four dichroic beamsplitters to image simultaneously in 5 optical channels covering the u'g'r'i'z' bands.
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HiPERCAM: a high-speed quintuple-beam CCD camera for the study of rapid variability in the universe
Vikram S. Dhillon,Tom Marsh,Naidu Bezawada,Martin Black,Simon Dixon,T. Gamble,David Henry,P. Kerry,S. P. Littlefair,David Lunney,Tim Morris,James Osborn,Robert W. Wilson +12 more
TL;DR: HiPERCAM builds on the success of the previous instrument, ULTRACAM, with very significant improvements in performance thanks to the use of the latest technologies, and will use 4 dichroic beamsplitters to image simultaneously in 5 optical channels covering the u’g’r’I’z’ bands.