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Michael Petach

Researcher at Grumman Aircraft Corporation

Publications -  9
Citations -  85

Michael Petach is an academic researcher from Grumman Aircraft Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: James Webb Space Telescope & Thermoacoustics. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 9 publications receiving 67 citations.

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The Origins Space Telescope: mission concept overview

David Leisawitz, +86 more
- 24 Jul 2018 - 
TL;DR: The OST study team will present a scientifically compelling, executable mission concept to the 2020 Decadal Survey in Astrophysics and study two alternative mission concepts.
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Cryocooling technologies for the Origins Space Telescope

TL;DR: The Origins Space Telescope (Origins) as discussed by the authors achieved state-of-the-art performance by using a cold telescope (4.5 K) combined with low-noise far-IR detectors and ultrastable midIR detectors.
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Origins Space Telescope: baseline mission concept

David Leisawitz, +97 more
TL;DR: The Origins Space Telescope as mentioned in this paper was designed to trace the history of our origins from the time dust and heavy elements permanently altered the cosmic landscape to present-day life, and it was the first telescope to operate at mid-and far-infrared (IR) wavelengths.
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Thermoacoustic power systems for space applications

TL;DR: In this paper, the first tests of a demonstration thermoacoustic engine designed for the 100-Watt power range were presented on the first testbed for the first time.