Dr. Steven Li Profile

Dr. Steven Li

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Thermal architecture for a cryogenic super-pressure balloon payload: design and development of the Taurus flight cryostat

Simon Tartakovsky, Alexandre Adler, Jason Austermann, Steven Benton, Rick Bihary, Malcolm Durkin, Shannon Duff, Jeffrey Filippini, Aurelien Fraisse, Thomas J. L. Gascard, Sho Gibbs, Suren Gourapura, Jon Gudmundsson, John Hartley, Johannes Hubmayr, William Jones, Steven Li, Jared May, Johanna Nagy, Kate Okun, Ivan Padilla, L. Javier Romualdez, Michael Vissers

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130944B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3015077

KEYWORDS: Cryostats, Cryogenics, Design, Balloons, Vacuum, Thermal modeling, Helium, Windows, Glues, Capillaries

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

To the stratosphere and beyond! Super-pressure balloon flight overview for the Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT)

Susan Redmond, Steven Benton, Christopher Damaren, Spencer Everett, Aurelien Fraisse, Ajay Gill, John Hartley, David Harvey, Bradley Holder, Eric Huff, Mathilde Jauzac, William Jones, David Lagattuta, Jason S.-Y. Leung, Lun Li, Thuy Vy Luu, Richard Massey, Jacqueline McCleary, Johanna Nagy, C. Barth Netterfield, Emaad Paracha, Jason Rhodes, Andrew Robertson, L. Javier Romualdez, Jürgen Schmoll, Mohamed Shaaban, Ellen Sirks, Georgios Vassilakis, André Vitorelli

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130942P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020296

KEYWORDS: Galaxy groups and clusters, Balloons, Telescopes, Sun, Stars, Calibration, Physics, Antennas

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

The Exoplanet Climate Infrared Telescope (EXCITE): gondola pointing and stabilization qualification

Javier Romualdez, Lee Bernard, Andrea Bocchieri, Nathaniel Butler, Quentin Changeat, Azzurra D'Alessandro, Billy Edwards, Johnathan Gamaunt, Qian Gong, John Hartley, Kyle Helson, Logan Jensen, Daniel Kelly, Kanchita Klangboonkrong, Annalies Kleyheeg, Ed Leong, Nikole Lewis, Steven Li, Michael Line, Stephen Maher, Ryan McClelland, Laddawan Miko, Lorenzo Mugnai, Peter Nagler, C. Barth Netterfield, Vivien Parmentier, Enzo Pascale, Jennifer Patience, Tim Rehm, Subhajit Sarkar, Paul Scowen, Gregory Tucker, Augustyn Waczynski, Ingo Waldmann

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130944Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018442

KEYWORDS: Infrared Imaging Spectrograph, Precision calibration, Diffraction limit, Acquisition tracking and pointing, Mirror stabilization, Telescopes, Cameras, Stars, Cryocoolers, Vibration, Infrared telescopes, Exoplanets, Equipment, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

From SuperBIT to GigaBIT: informing next-generation balloon-borne telescope design with fine guidance system flight data

Philippe Voyer, Steven Benton, Christopher Damaren, Spencer Everett, Aurelien Fraisse, Ajay Gill, John Hartley, David Harvey, Michael Henderson, Bradley Holder, Eric Huff, Mathilde Jauzac, William Jones, David Lagattuta, Jason S.-Y. Leung, Lun Li, Thuy Vy Luu, Richard Massey, Jacqueline McCleary, Johanna Nagy, C. Barth Netterfield, Emaad Paracha, Susan Redmond, Jason Rhodes, Andrew Robertson, L. Javier Romualdez, Jürgen Schmoll, Mohamed Shaaban, Ellen Sirks, Georgios Vassilakis, André Vitorelli

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130944Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017869

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Gyroscopes, Design, Stars, Control systems, Data modeling, Cameras, Physics, Sensors, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Instrument overview of Taurus: a balloon-borne CMB and dust polarization experiment

Jared May, Alexandre Adler, Jason Austermann, Steven Benton, Rick Bihary, Malcolm Durkin, Shannon Duff, Jeffrey Filippini, Aurelien Fraisse, Thomas J. L. Gascard, Sho Gibbs, Suren Gourapura, Jon Gudmundsson, John Hartley, Johannes Hubmayr, William Jones, Steven Li, Johanna Nagy, Kate Okun, Ivan Padilla, L. Javier Romualdez, Simon Tartakovsky, Michael Vissers

Proceedings Volume 13094, 1309432 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019051

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Polarization, Equipment, Receivers, Design, Physics, Cosmology, Telescopes, Cryostats

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster + Presentation

Overview of communications and observation strategies in the stratosphere for the Super Pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT)

Emaad Paracha, Steven Benton, Christopher Damaren, Spencer Everett, Aurelien Fraisse, Ajay Gill, John Hartley, David Harvey, Bradley Holder, Eric Huff, Mathilde Jauzac, William Jones, David Lagattuta, Jason S. Leung, Lun Li, Thy Vy Luu, Richard Massey, Jacqueline McCleary, Johanna Nagy, C. Barth Netterfield, Susan Redmond, Jason Rhodes, Andrew Robertson, L. Javier Romualdez, Jürgen Schmoll, Mohamed Shaaban, Ellen Sirks, Georgios Vassilakis, Andre Vitorelli, Philippe Voyer

Proceedings Volume 13094, 1309414 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019360

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

In-flight performance of SPIDER's 280 GHz receivers

E. Shaw, P. A. Ade, S. Akers, M. Amiri, J. Austermann, J. Beall, D. Becker, S. Benton, A. Bergman, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, H. Chiang, C. Contaldi, R. Domagalski, O. Doré, S. Duff, A. Duivenvoorden, H. Ericksen, M. Farhang, J. Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. Gambrel, N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, S. Gibbs, S. Gourapura, A. Grigorian, R. Gualtieri, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, Z. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. Irwin, W. Jones, A. Kahn, Z. Kermish, C. King, C. Kuo, A. Lennox, J. S.-Y. Leung, S. Li, T. Luu, P. Mason, J. May, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, J. Nagy, R. Nie, C. Netterfield, M. Nolta, B. Osherson, I. Padilla, A. Rahlin, S. Redmond, C. Reintsema, L. Romualdez, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, J. Shariff, C. Shiu, J. Soler, X. Song, S. Tartakovsky, H. Thommesen, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, J. Ullom, J. van der List, J. Van Lanen, M. Vissers, A. Weber, S. Wen, I. Wehus, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 13102, 1310204 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016837

KEYWORDS: Cosmic microwave background, Cosmology, Superconducting detectors, Sensors, Receivers, Optical filters, Physics, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Development towards an automated in-flight alignment procedure for the GigaBIT Telescope

Lun Li, N. Jeremy Kasdin, William Jones, Steven Benton

Proceedings Volume 12182, 1218204 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630356

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Distortion, Point spread functions, Neural networks, Wavefronts, Image processing, Convolution, Machine learning, Automatic alignment, Stratosphere

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Observatory

Ian Lowe, Gabriele Coppi, Peter A. Ade, Peter Ashton, Jason Austermann, James Beall, Susan Clark, Erin Cox, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Bradley Dober, Valentina Fanfani, Laura Fissel, Nicholas Galitzki, Jiangsong Gao, Brandon Hensley, Johannes Hubmayr, Steven Li, Zhi-yun Li, Nathan Lourie, Peter Martin, Philip Mauskopf, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, Giampaolo Pisano, Javier Romualdez, Adrian Sinclair, Juan Soler, Carole Tucker, Michael Vissers, Jordan Wheeler, Paul Williams, Mario Zannoni

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114457A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576146

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Submillimeter telescopes, Optical instrument design, Telescopes, Sensors, Receivers, Pollution control, Microwave radiation, Magnetism, Inductance

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers

E. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers, M. Amiri, J. Austermann, J. A. Beall, D. Becker, S. J. Benton, A. Bergman, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. Contaldi, R. S. Domagalski, O. Doré, S. M. Duff, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Eriksen, M. Farhang, J. P. Filippini, L. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, A. Grigorian, R. Gualtieri, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Kahn, C. L. Kuo, Z. D. Kermish, A. Lennox, J. S.-Y. Leung, S. Li, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Mocanu, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, R. Nie, M. Nolta, C. B. Netterfield, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, A. Rahlin, S. Redmond, C. Reintsema, M. Runyan, L. J. Romualdez, J. E. Ruhl, J. Shariff, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, A. Trangsrud, H. Thommesen, C Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. Ullom, J. F. van der List, J. Van Lanen, M. Vissers, A. C. Weber, S. Wen, I. K. Wehus, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young

Proceedings Volume 11453, 114532F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562941

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Sensors, Telescopes, Polarization, Microwave radiation

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Overview, design, and flight results from SuperBIT: a high-resolution, wide-field, visible-to-near-UV balloon-borne astronomical telescope

L. Javier Romualdez, Steven Benton, Anthony Brown, Paul Clark, Christopher Damaren, Tim Eifler, Aurelien Fraisse, Mathew Galloway, John Hartley, Mathilde Jauzac, William Jones, Lun Li, Thuy Vy Luu, Richard Massey, Jacqueline Mccleary, C. Barth Netterfield, Susan Redmond, Jason Rhodes, Jürgen Schmoll, Sut-Ieng Tam

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307754

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Cameras, Space telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Imaging spectroscopy, Astronomy, Gyroscopes, Imaging systems, High angular resolution imaging, Exoplanetary science, Astronomical instrumentation, Astronomical instrumentation engineering, UV-Vis spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Auto-tuned thermal control on stratospheric balloon experiments

Susan Redmond, Steven Benton, Anthony Brown, Paul Clark, Christopher Damaren, Tim Eifler, Aurelien Fraisse, Mathew Galloway, John Hartley, Mathilde Jauzac, William Jones, Lun Li, Thuy Vy Luu, Richard Massey, Jacqueline McCleary, C. Barth Netterfield, Jason Rhodes, L. Javier Romualdez, Jürgen Schmoll, Sut-Ieng Tam

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107005R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312339

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Stratosphere, Control systems, Image quality, Optical instrument design, Thermal modeling, Computer programming

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