Sumários

Accelerators (I)

10 Dezembro 2020, 08:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

:: Historical summary of particle accelerators.

- Cockroft-Walton and Van de Graaf accelerators
- Tandem accelerators

:: Accelerator applications
- Light sources based on accelerators.
- Neutron sources based on accelerators.
- High energy accelerators for fundamental research.
- Low energy accelerators for research and medical and industrial applications.

Analysis of the population of orbital objects (part IV)

3 Dezembro 2020, 09:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

:: Multi-panel exploration of orbits and attributes with TOPCAT

- TOPCAT tutorial 
- Multi-dimensional analysis of orbital objects using multiple panels with linked views
- Identification of families of orbital objects

The ESA Gaia mission

3 Dezembro 2020, 08:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

:: The Gaia mission

- Objectives
- Requirements
- Measurement principles
- Service module an payload
- Instruments
- Portuguese participation in the mission

Analysis of the population of orbital objects (part III)

26 Novembro 2020, 09:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

:: Analysis of the full population of tracked orbital objects

- Ingesting a file with TLEs for many objects
- Orbit integration and handling exceptions
- Computation of cartesian projections
- 3D visualisation of the orbital population
- Export computations to CSV file for analysis with other software

Attitude Determination and Control Systems (IV)

26 Novembro 2020, 08:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

:: Sensors and actuators
- Types of sensors (Earth, Sun, stellar, inertial, magnetic, GPS)
- Types of passive actuators (rotation, gravity, magnetic, shock absorbers)
- Types of active actuators (reaction wheels, gyros, propellers, magnetic torque rods)