Skipper-CCD Imager Pathfinder: Technology Demonstration and Science Survey
Juan Estrada
Conduct a survey of transient microlensing events focusing on the Galactic bulge, using the Skipper Charge-Coupled Devices (CCD) as a new sensor for wide-field imaging at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Field
Astrophysics
Funding Period
2026-2029
Program
Kavli Exploration Award
Instrumentation for Astrophysics
Institution
University of Chicago
Unveiling stellar disks & faint companions with photonics
Pradip Gatkine, Kevin Bundy
Advance understanding of stellar and planetary evolution by introducing new astrophotonics instruments on the 3-meter Shane Telescope at the Lick Observatory
Field
Astrophysics
Funding Period
2025-2028
Program
Kavli Exploration Award
Instrumentation for Astrophysics
Institution
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Cruz
Collaborators
Kevin Wells
Dark Matter Science with Stage-5 Spectroscopy
Alex Drlica-Wagner
Developing a Dark Matter physics program and next-generation spectroscopic instrument and galaxy survey capabilities with the Stage-5 Spectroscopic Survey (Spec-S5) Instrument
Field
Astrophysics
Funding Period
2025-2026
Program
Instrumentation
Institution
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (University of Chicago)
