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SUMMARY:New Detector Technology for Astronomy - Craig Mackay (University o
 f Cambridge)
DTSTART:20231108T131500Z
DTEND:20231108T134000Z
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CONTACT:Hannah Uebler
DESCRIPTION:The performance of the James Webb Space Telescope in the infra
 red has allowed many exciting new observations to be made. Good as they ar
 e\, it turns out we are still a long way from the theoretical performance 
 for faint object studies when we are photon limited. The award of the Nobe
 l prize to three scientists for their work in developing quantum dot techn
 ology shows how important the work has been in so many areas. More recentl
 y however scientists have been working to use quantum dots as much more ef
 ficient photon detectors over a wide range of wavelengths. This talk will 
 describe why this is important and where developments have got to so far. 
 Although there is no prospect of updating the systems on the JWST\, it see
 ms highly likely that quantum dot imaging devices would be used in any fut
 ure space telescope mission.
LOCATION:The Hoyle Lecture Theatre + Zoom 
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