dates
1 May 2026
1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Developing CMOS Detectors for Use in Future X-ray Astrophysics Missions
Speakers
Sarah Heine, PhD, Research Scientist, MIT Kavli Institute
Eric D. Miller, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Kavli Institute
Abstract
While CCDs have been the workhorses of X-ray astronomy for the last 30 years, future missions will be looking to the next generation of X-ray detectors like microcalorimeters and CMOS detectors to continue delivering high level science. CMOS sensors address many of the needs of future X-ray missions. They offer short frame times, require lower power, and have more modest temperature requirements than CCDs. While CMOS have been flown on a handful of X-ray missions already, there is still significant work to be done to bring CMOS detectors up to their full potential for use on a future X-ray flagship mission. We will discuss several detectors under development, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and future work.
