Sumários
Software installation and configuration
22 Setembro 2026, 09:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
Installation and configuration of the necessary software for use in the PLs.
CCDs - I
22 Setembro 2026, 08:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
- Aspect of CCDs
- The physical basis: semiconductor photoconduction
- Charge transfer. Bucket Conveyor Analogy
- Charge transfer efficiency and size limitations for CCDs
- Structure of CCDs. geometry, components, and assembly
- Electrical potential at the semiconductor junction
- Charge collection
- Charge transfer: electronic description
- Acquisition
- Reading
Sensors and system development requirements
17 Setembro 2026, 11:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
- Observable or messengers of information
- The ideal instrument for detecting electromagnetic radiation (large field, high spatial and spectral resolution, high sensitivity, high dynamic range, high temporal resolution).
- Discussion of trade-offs with physical causes that take us away from the ideal instrument for detecting electromagnetic radiation. How these trade-offs result in different designs for the sensors (cameras, spectrographs, IFUs, optical telescopes, antennas, and more).
- System development requirements
- The different categories of requirements for the development of instruments and their discussion
- Scientific
- On the instrument
- On engineering
- On the system
Presentation
15 Setembro 2026, 09:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
PL activities start on the second week of classes
Course Presentation
15 Setembro 2026, 08:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
- Presentation.
- Definition of contents and evaluation process of the course.
- Recommended bibliography.