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Some Additional Tests Of The RadiaCode

In the previous post I have described some of the main functionalities of the RadiaCode 103 radiation spectrometer, which the company graciously made available for my tests. Here I want to discuss some additional tests I have done, using radioactive sa... Continue reading

Your Portable Radiation Spectrometer – The Wondrous Radiacode 103

A few days ago I put my hands on a RadiaCode 103, a pocket radiation counter, dosimeter, and spectrometer that has recently appeared on the market. The company that produces it, RadiaCode, is located in Cyprus (see https://radiacode.com). The instrumen... Continue reading

Prevedere la turbolenza ottica per migliorare il lavoro dei telescopi

Pubblicato il 03/07/2024
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Ottenere immagini astronomiche accurate dipende non solo dalla potenza dei telescopi, ma anche dalle condizioni meteorologiche e dalle turbolenze atmosferiche. Il progetto FATE mira a prevedere la turbolenza ottica e i principali parametri atmosferici per ottimizzare le osservazioni con il Very Large Telescope (VLT) e il futuro Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Monitorare questi fattori è cruciale per sfruttare al massimo le capacità dei telescopi terrestri, migliorando la risoluzione e la qualità della ricerca astronomica e astrofisica. 

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Ottenere immagini astronomiche accurate non è solo una questione che riguarda la potenza o la dimensione dei telescopi utilizzati. Le prestazioni di questi strumenti, in particolare quelli che operano nell’infrarosso e nel visibile, dipendono fortemente dalle condizioni meteorologiche e dalle turbolenze atmosferiche dell’area durante l’osservazione. Per ottimizzare telescopi come l’attuale Very Large Telescope (VLT) e il futuro Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) è quindi cruciale ottimizzare questi parametri.

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Exchange Sac In Blitz

Time and again, I play a "good" blitz chess game. In blitz chess you have 5 minutes thinking for the totality of your game. This demands quick reasoning and a certain level of dexterity - with the mouse, if you are playing online as I usually do.My bli... Continue reading

Opposer At A PhD Defense

Yesterday I was in Oslo, where I was invited tro serve as the leading opposer in the Ph.D. defense of a student of Alex Read, who is a particle physicist and a member of the ATLAS collaboration. Although I have served in similar committees several time... Continue reading

Acknowledging Giorgio’s Mentoring Superpowers

Yesterday I gladly attended a symposium in honor of Giorgio Bellettini, who just turned 90. The italian physicist, who had a very big impact in particle physics in his long and illustrious career, is still very active -e.g. he makes all the hard questi... Continue reading

A Workshop You Should Not Miss

... if you are a researcher in physics or astrophysics and you are working with machine learning, that is.Between September 23 and 25 - just when summer is over - we will meet in Valencia, Spain, to discuss the latest developments in deep learning appl... Continue reading

A Cool Rare Decay

By and large, particle physicists confronted with the need to awe and enthuse an audience of laypersons will have no hesitation in choosing to speak about the Higgs boson and its mysteries - undoubtedly a fascinating story that requires one to start wi... Continue reading