Workshop on Scientific Detectors for Astronomy, June 20 - 24, 2005,Taormina, Italy

• Optical Detector Systems at the European Southern Observatory
  Presentation   by D. Baade  (as ppt-file, 3.4 MB)
• Scientific Detectors Workshop 2005 in Taormina (Sicily) - a Summary
  Presentation   by D. Baade  (as ppt-file, 3.9 MB)
• The OmegaCAM 16k x 16k CCD Detector System for the ESO VLT SurveyTelescope (VST)
  Paper   by O. Iwertet. al.   (as pdf-file, 290 kB)
  Presentation   by O. Iwertet.al.   (as ppt-file, 70 MB)  with an attached   animation  (as ppt-file, 610 kB)
• A Dedicated L3Vision CCD for Adaptive Optics Applications
  Paper   by M. Downinget. al.   (as pdf-file, 250 kB)
  Presentation   by M. Downinget.al.   (as ppt-file, 1.8 MB)
• Optical Detector Systems at the European Southern Observatory
  Paper   by D. Baadeet. al.   (as pdf-file, 150 kB)
• We must be MAD - Pushing FIERA to its limits
  Paper   by R. Reisset. al.   (as pdf-file, 1.7 MB)
  Poster   by R. Reisset. al.   (as pdf-file, 810 kB)
  Poster-Pop-Presentation   by R. Reisset.al.   (as ppt-file, 1.2 MB)
• Slicing the Universe - CCDs for MUSE
  Paper   by R. Reisset. al.   (as pdf-file, 980 kB)
  Poster   by R. Reisset. al.   (as pdf-file, 1.4 MB)
  Poster-Pop-Presentation   by R. Reisset.al.   (as ppt-file, 1.3 MB)
• Software for the ESO New General Detector Controller
  Paper   by C. Cumaniet. al.   (as pdf-file, 130 kB)
  Poster   by C. Cumaniet. al.   (as pdf-file, 1.1 MB)
• Plasma Cleaning - a new method to get ultra-clean cryostats
  Paper   by S. Deirieset. al.   (as pdf-file, 1.5 MB)
  Poster   by S. Deirieset. al.   (as pdf-file, 1.3 MB)
  Presentation   by S. Deirieset.al.   (as ppt-file, 12 MB)
• Fast Conversion Factor (gain) measurement of a CCD using images with vertical gradient
  Paper   by F. Christenet. al.   (as pdf-file, 520 kB)
• CCD charge transfer efficiency (CTE) derived from signal variance in flat field images
  Paper   by F. Christenet. al.   (as pdf-file, 670 kB)
• NGC Front-end for AO applications and CCDs
  Paper   by J. Reyeset. al.   (as pdf-file, 150 kB)
  Poster   by J. Reyeset. al.   (as pdf-file, 2.3 MB)
• Keep Control: PULPO 2
  Paper   by C. Geimeret. al.   (as pdf-file, 910 kB)
  Poster   by C. Geimeret. al.   (as pdf-file, 1.6 MB)

SPIE´s International Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, August 22 - 28, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawaii

• ESO's Optical Detector Systems in the VLT Operations Era
  Paper  by D. Baade   (as pdf-file, 29 kB)
  in "Scientific Detectors for Astronomy",eds. Amico, P., Beletic, J.W., Beletic, J.E.,Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004), p. 197
• Ultra-clean CCD Cryostats
  Paper   by S. Deiries et al.  (as pdf-file, 1.3 MB)
  in "Scientific Detectors for Astronomy",eds. Amico, P., Beletic, J.W., Beletic, J.E.,Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004), p. 305
  Poster   by S. Deiries  (as pdf-file, 1.2 MB)
• CCD wavefront sensing system for the ESO Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD)
  Paper by C. Cavadore et al.
  in "Scientific Detectors for Astronomy",eds. Amico, P., Beletic, J.W., Beletic, J.E.,Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004), p. 283

  Poster  by C. Cavadore   (as pdf-file, 1.8 MB)
  Presentation  by C. Cavadore   (as ppt-file, 4.4 MB)

• Upgrade of ESO's FIERA CCD Controller and PULPO Subsystem
  Paper by J. Reyes et. al.
  in "Scientific Detectors for Astronomy",eds. Amico, P., Beletic, J.W., Beletic, J.E.,Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004), p. 449

  Poster  by J. Reyes   (as pdf-file, 2.1 MB)
  Presentation  by J. Reyes   (as pdf-file, 2.7 MB)

• Testing and characterizing the CCDs of the OmegaCam wide-angle camera
  Paper   byF. Christen et al.
  in "Scientific Detectors for Astronomy",eds. Amico, P., Beletic, J.W., Beletic, J.E.,Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004), p. 485
  Poster  by C. Cavadore   (as pdf-file, 3.2 MB)

2000

• Overview of the VLT's optical instruments
  Presentation   byC. Cavadore   (as pdf-file, 24 MB)
• FLAMES: A multiobject fibre facility for the VLT
  Paper   by L. Pasquiniet al.   (as pdf-file, 900 kB)
• The optical detector systems of UVES, the Echelle spectrograph for the UT2 Kueyen Telescope at the ESO Paranal Observatory
  Paper  by R. Dorn et at.   (as pdf-file, 4.5 MB)
• Commissioning of the FORS instruments at the ESO VLT
  Paper   by W. Seifert(Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany) et. al.  (as pdf-file, 590 kB)
• Phase resolved high speed Photometry and Spectroscopy ofPulsars
  Paper  by C. Cumani   (Oct/10/2000, as pdf-file, 1.1 MB)

4^th ESO CCD Workshop, September 13 - 16, 1999, Garching

• Charge coupled devices at ESO - performances and results
  Paper   by C.Cavadore et. al.   (as pdf-file, 1.9 MB)

1997

• FIERA - the new generation of ESO CCD controllers
  Poster   by C. Cumani   (as pdf-file, 34 kB)

1996

• The Architecture of two Generations of ESO VLT CCD Controllers
  Paper  by C. Cumani et. al.

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