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Development of detectors (1)
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08-02-2008
Ultra-compact detectors for high energy Astrophysics
A innovative hard X-ray camera X with excellent performances has been realized and tested at CEA. Result of three years of studies, this ultra-compact camera, called Caliste 64, is able to detect photons between 2 and 250 keV and therefore fills a ... More » |
Formation of stars and planets (2)
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29-09-2008
No planets around Sirius ?
Sirius, the brightest star of the sky, is reported to have shown a change of colour, a possibility that has led some scientists to suspect a possible but yet undetected small companion.
Now using a specific mask and the modern technique of ... More » |
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16-04-2008
The MIRIM-OB instrument for JWST passed the test
The realization of MIRIM-OB, the optical bench of MIRI (Mid Infra Red Imager), one of the four instruments which will equip the forthcoming space telescope JWST has just completed an essential step with the demonstration that it fulfills the various ... More » |
Galaxy formation and evolution (1)
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16-04-2008
The MIRIM-OB instrument for JWST passed the test
The realization of MIRIM-OB, the optical bench of MIRI (Mid Infra Red Imager), one of the four instruments which will equip the forthcoming space telescope JWST has just completed an essential step with the demonstration that it fulfills the various ... More » |
Compact objects and their environment (3)
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17-11-2008
Dense electron clouds around neutron stars.
Neutron stars are the most magnetized objects in our Universe. Some of them, dubbed "Magnetars" have a record magnetic field of 1011 Tesla (T), which corresponds to one million of billions times that of the Sun during a quiescent ... More » |
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29-09-2008
No planets around Sirius ?
Sirius, the brightest star of the sky, is reported to have shown a change of colour, a possibility that has led some scientists to suspect a possible but yet undetected small companion.
Now using a specific mask and the modern technique of ... More » |
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10-01-2008
INTEGRAL discovers a factory of positrons in the Milky Way (10 January 2008)
Surprisingly, an asymmetry in the distribution of antimatter in the central regions of our Galaxy has just been discovered. By adding all scientific data acquired since five years by the spectrometer SPI aboard the INTEGRAL satellite, a European ... More » |
Intensive computation and simulation (1)
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20-11-2008
Jean-Luc Starck, an experienced research scientist at IRFU (the CEA Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe) was awarded a 2.2 million euro grant spread over five years under the 7th European research and development framework ... More » |
