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Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group
Events: Meetings

245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
National Harbor, Maryland
12 – 16 January 2025


Infrared Science and Technology Interest Group (IR STIG)

Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Annapolis 1 – 2
2:00pm – 3:30pm ET


Agenda
Time Topic Speakers
2:00 – 2:10 Synergistic Technology Development for Long Wavelengths [PDF] Pat Knezek (on behalf of Dominic Benford)
2:10 – 2:20 How NIR Capabilities Can Bring Solar Systems into Context [PDF] Meredith MacGregor
2:20 – 2:30 Dust Extinction Curves beyond the Milky Way [PDF] Roberta Paladini
2:30 – 2:40 The Habitable Worlds Observatory High-Resolution Imager [PDF] Tom Greene
2:40 – 2:50 The Impact of Noiseless, Energy Resolving Detectors on the Habitable Worlds Observatory's Exoplanet Science [PDF] Chris Stark
2:50 – 3:00 Energy Resolving Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for HWO [PDF] Karwan Rostem
3:00 – 3:10 Possible Paths Toward Ultralow Vibration Cooling for sub-Kelvin Detectors [PDF] Ed Canavan
3:10 – 3:30 HWO Leadership Panel with Aki Roberge, Lee Feinberg, Feng Zhao, and Tom Greene

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