Dr. Thomas Nicholas Gautier Profile

Dr. Thomas Nicholas Gautier

Retired

SPIE Involvement:

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Publications (10)

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Architecture for space-based exoplanet spectroscopy in the mid-infrared

Joseph Green, Samuel Case Bradford, Thomas Gautier, Michael Rodgers, Erkin Sidick, Gautam Vasisht

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106981C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314338

KEYWORDS: Segmented mirrors, Planets, Stars, Mid-IR, Exoplanets, Spectroscopy, Point spread functions, Wavefronts, Telescopes, Mirrors, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Expected effects of hot CCD pixels on detection of transits of extra-solar planets with the Kepler Mission

Thomas Gautier, Ronald Gilliland

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552051

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Stars, Sensors, Planets, Space operations, Aerospace engineering, Exoplanets, CCD image sensors, Aluminum, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Overview and status of the Kepler Mission

David Koch, William Borucki, Edward Dunham, John Geary, Ronald Gilliland, Jon Jenkins, David Latham, Eric Bachtell, Dan Berry, William Deininger, Riley Duren, Thomas Gautier, Ladd Gillis, David Mayer, Chris Miller, Dan Shafer, Charles Sobeck, Chris Stewart, Michael Weiss

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552346

KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Space operations, Photometry, Charge-coupled devices, Data centers, System on a chip, Aerospace engineering, Space telescopes, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

On-orbit performance of the MIPS instrument

George Rieke, Erick Young, James Cadien, Charles Engelbracht, Karl Gordon, Douglas Kelly, Frank Low, Karl Misselt, Jane Morrison, James Muzerolle, G. Rivlis, John Stansberry, Jeffrey Beeman, Eugene Haller, David Frayer, William Latter, Alberto Noriega-Crespo, Deborah Padgett, Dean Hines, J. Douglas Bean, William Burmester, Gerald Heim, Thomas Glenn, R. Ordonez, John Schwenker, S. Siewert, Donald Strecker, S. Tennant, John Troeltzsch, Bryce Unruh, R. Warden, Peter Ade, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Myra Blaylock, Herve Dole, Eiichi Egami, Joannah Hinz, Emeric LeFloch, Casey Papovich, Pablo Perez-Gonzalez, Marcia Rieke, Paul Smith, Kate Su, Lee Bennett, David Henderson, Nanyao Lu, Frank Masci, Misha Pesenson, Luisa Rebull, Jeonghee Rho, Jocelyn Keene, Susan Stolovy, Stefanie Wachter, William Wheaton, Paul Richards, Harry Garner, M. Hegge, Monte Henderson, Kim MacFeely, David Michika, Chris Miller, Mark Neitenbach, Jeremiah Winghart, R. Woodruff, E. Arens, Charles Beichman, Stephen Gaalema, Thomas Gautier, Charles Lada, Jeremy Mould, Gerry Neugebauer, Karl Stapelfeldt

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551965

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Electronics, Photometry, Detector arrays, Space telescopes, Far infrared, Calibration, Aluminum, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Mass producing an efficient NIR spectrograph

John Wilson, Charles Henderson, Terry Herter, Keith Matthews, Michael Skrutskie, Joseph Adams, Dae-Sik Moon, Roger Smith, Nick Gautier, Michael Ressler, B. T. Soifer, Sean Lin, James Howard, John LaMarr, Todd Stolberg, Jeff Zink

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550925

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Space telescopes, Prisms, Near infrared, Collimation, Reflectivity, Mercury cadmium telluride

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

Systems engineering for the Kepler Mission: a search for terrestrial planets

Riley Duren, Karen Dragon, Stephen Gunter, Thomas Gautier, Eric Bachtell, Daniel Peters, Adam Harvey, Alan Enos, David Koch, William Borucki, Charles Sobeck, David Mayer, Jon Jenkins, Rick Thompson

Proceedings Volume 5497, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550276

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Stars, Performance modeling, Space operations, Photometry, Signal to noise ratio, Data modeling, Data acquisition, Planets, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2003 Paper

Operating SIRTF for maximum lifetime

Charles Lawrence, Peter Eisenhardt, Jan Emming, Paul Finley, Thomas Gautier, George Helou, Richard Hopkins, Gregory Johnson, Jocelyn Keene, Johnny Kwok, Jeff Lee, Stephen Nieczkoski, Thomas Roellig, Russell Schweickart

Proceedings Volume 4850, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461953

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Helium, Infrared telescopes, Space telescopes, Liquids, Thermal modeling, Aerospace engineering, Cryogenics, Thermography, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 5 February 2002 Paper

AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX mission concept

Kimberly Ennico, Scott Sandford, Sylvia Cox, Benton Ellis, Dennis Gallagher, Nick Gautier, Thomas Greene, Craig McCreight, Gary Mills, William Purcell

Proceedings Volume 4495, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454755

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Sensors, Astrobiology, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Cryogenics, Infrared spectroscopy, Solids, Spectroscopy, Space telescopes

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