Prof. William C. Jones Profile

Prof. William C. Jones

Assistant Professor at Princeton Univ

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Publications (22)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Development towards an automated in-flight alignment procedure for the GigaBIT Telescope

Lun Li, N. Jeremy Kasdin, William Jones, Steven Benton

Proceedings Volume 12182, 1218204 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630356

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Distortion, Point spread functions, Neural networks, Wavefronts, Image processing, Convolution, Machine learning, Automatic alignment, Stratosphere

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers

E. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers, M. Amiri, J. Austermann, J. A. Beall, D. Becker, S. J. Benton, A. Bergman, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. Contaldi, R. S. Domagalski, O. Doré, S. M. Duff, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Eriksen, M. Farhang, J. P. Filippini, L. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, A. Grigorian, R. Gualtieri, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Kahn, C. L. Kuo, Z. D. Kermish, A. Lennox, J. S.-Y. Leung, S. Li, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Mocanu, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, R. Nie, M. Nolta, C. B. Netterfield, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, A. Rahlin, S. Redmond, C. Reintsema, M. Runyan, L. J. Romualdez, J. E. Ruhl, J. Shariff, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, A. Trangsrud, H. Thommesen, C Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. Ullom, J. F. van der List, J. Van Lanen, M. Vissers, A. C. Weber, S. Wen, I. K. Wehus, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young

Proceedings Volume 11453, 114532F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562941

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Sensors, Telescopes, Polarization, Microwave radiation

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2018 Paper

Optical design of PICO: a concept for a space mission to probe inflation and cosmic origins

Karl Young, Marcelo Alvarez, Nicholas Battaglia, Jamie Bock, Jullian Borrill, David Chuss, Brendan Crill, Jacques Delabrouille, Mark Devlin, Laura Fissel, Raphael Flauger, Daniel Green, Kris Gorski, Shaul Hanany, Richard Hills, Johannes Hubmayr, Bradley Johnson, William Jones, Lloyd Knox, Alan Kogut, Charles Lawrence, Tomotake Matsumura, James McGuire, Jeff McMahon, Roger O'Brient, Clement Pryke, Brian Sutin, Xin Zhi Tan, Amy Trangsrud, Qi Wen, Gianfranco De Zotti

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069846 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309421

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Optical design, Physics, Microwave radiation, Polarization, Synchrotrons, Magnetism, Stars, Space telescopes, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Auto-tuned thermal control on stratospheric balloon experiments

Susan Redmond, Steven Benton, Anthony Brown, Paul Clark, Christopher Damaren, Tim Eifler, Aurelien Fraisse, Mathew Galloway, John Hartley, Mathilde Jauzac, William Jones, Lun Li, Thuy Vy Luu, Richard Massey, Jacqueline McCleary, C. Barth Netterfield, Jason Rhodes, L. Javier Romualdez, Jürgen Schmoll, Sut-Ieng Tam

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107005R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312339

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Stratosphere, Control systems, Image quality, Optical instrument design, Thermal modeling, Computer programming

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Overview, design, and flight results from SuperBIT: a high-resolution, wide-field, visible-to-near-UV balloon-borne astronomical telescope

L. Javier Romualdez, Steven Benton, Anthony Brown, Paul Clark, Christopher Damaren, Tim Eifler, Aurelien Fraisse, Mathew Galloway, John Hartley, Mathilde Jauzac, William Jones, Lun Li, Thuy Vy Luu, Richard Massey, Jacqueline Mccleary, C. Barth Netterfield, Susan Redmond, Jason Rhodes, Jürgen Schmoll, Sut-Ieng Tam

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307754

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Cameras, Space telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Imaging spectroscopy, Astronomy, Gyroscopes, Imaging systems, High angular resolution imaging, Exoplanetary science, Astronomical instrumentation, Astronomical instrumentation engineering, UV-Vis spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins

Brian Sutin, Marcelo Alvarez, Nicholas Battaglia, Jamie Bock, Matteo Bonato, Jullian Borrill, David Chuss, Joelle Cooperrider, Brendan Crill, Jacques Delabrouille, Mark Devlin, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Laura Fissel, Raphael Flauger, Krzysztof Gorski, Daniel Green, Shaul Hanany, Johannes Hubmayr, Bradley Johnson, William Jones, Lloyd Knox, Alan Kogut, Charles Lawrence, Jeff McMahon, Tomotake Matsumura, Mattia Negrello, Roger O'Brient, Christopher Paine, Clement Pryke, Peter Shirron, Amy Trangsrud, Qi Wen, Karl Young, Gianfranco de Zotti

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106984F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311326

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Space operations, Reflectors, Polarization, Electronics, Cryocoolers, Microwave radiation, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER

Johannes Hubmayr, Jason Austermann, James Beall, Daniel Becker, Steven Benton, A. Stevie Bergman, J. Richard Bond, Sean Bryan, Shannon Duff, Adri Duivenvoorden, H. Eriksen, Jeffrey Filippini, A. Fraisse, Mathew Galloway, Anne Gambrel, K. Ganga, Arpi Grigorian, Riccardo Gualtieri, Jon Gudmundsson, John Hartley, M. Halpern, Gene Hilton, William Jones, Jeffrey McMahon, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Johanna Nagy, C. Netterfield, Benjamin Osherson, Ivan Padilla, Alexandra Rahlin, B. Racine, John Ruhl, T. Rudd, J. Shariff, J. Soler, Xue Song, Joel Ullom, Jeff Van Lanen, Michael Vissers, I. Wehus, Shyang Wen, D. Wiebe, Edward Young

Proceedings Volume 9914, 99140V (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231896

KEYWORDS: Bolometers, Polarimetry, Sensors, Detector arrays, Polarization, Silicon, Waveguides, Semiconducting wafers, Niobium, Technetium

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

A. Rahlin, P. A. Ade, M. Amiri, S. Benton, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, Hsin Chiang, C. Contaldi, B. Crill, O. Doré, M. Farhang, J. Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, A. Gambrel, N. Gandilo, S. Golwala, Jon Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, K. Irwin, William Jones, Zigmund Kermish, C. Kuo, C. MacTavish, P. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, J. Nagy, C. Netterfield, R. O'Brient, C. Reintsema, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, J. Shariff, J. Soler, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, A. Weber, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 9153, 915313 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055683

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Receivers, Polarization, Cryogenics, Optical filters, Signal detection, Telescopes, Electronics, Magnetism, Linear filtering

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

BLASTbus electronics: general-purpose readout and control for balloon-borne experiments

S. Benton, P. Ade, M. Amiri, F. Angilè, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, H. Chiang, C. Contaldi, B. Crill, M. Devlin, B. Dober, O. Doré, M. Farhang, J. Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, Y. Fukui, N. Galitzki, A. Gambrel, N. Gandilo, S. Golwala, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. Jones, Z. Kermish, J. Klein, A. Korotkov, C. Kuo, C. MacTavish, P. Mason, T. Matthews, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, T. Mroczkowski, J. Nagy, C. Netterfield, G. Novak, D. Nutter, R. O'Brient, R. Ogburn, E. Pascale, F. Poidevin, A. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, G. Savini, D. Scott, J. Shariff, J. Soler, N. Thomas, A. Trangsrud, M. Truch, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, D. Ward-Thompson, A. Weber, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91450V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056693

KEYWORDS: Bolometers, Digital signal processing, Analog electronics, Cryogenics, Electronics, Control systems, Physics, Sensors, Telescopes, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

J. Shariff, P. A. Ade, M. Amiri, S. Benton, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, H. Chiang, C. Contaldi, B. Crill, O. Doré, M. Farhang, J. Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, A. Gambrel, N. Gandilo, S. Golwala, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. Jones, Z. Kermish, C. Kuo, C. MacTavish, P. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, J. Nagy, C. Netterfield, R. O'Brient, A. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, J. Soler, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, A. Weber, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91450U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055166

KEYWORDS: Digital signal processing, Control systems, Servomechanisms, Telescopes, Actuators, Gyroscopes, Sensors, Electroluminescence, Computer programming, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Design and construction of a carbon fiber gondola for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

J. Soler, P. A. Ade, M. Amiri, S. Benton, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, C. Chiang, C. Contaldi, B. Crill, O. Doré, M. Farhang, Jeffrey Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, A. Gambrel, N. Gandilo, S. Golwala, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. Jones, Z. Kermish, C.-L. Kuo, C. MacTavish, P. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, J. Nagy, C. Netterfield, A. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, J. Shariff, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, A. Weber, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91450T (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055413

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Telescopes, Carbon, Adhesives, Composites, Computer aided design, Optical instrument design, Physics, Finite element methods, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

N. Gandilo, P. A. Ade, M. Amiri, F. Angilè, S. Benton, J. Bock, J. Bond, S. Bryan, H. Chiang, C. Contaldi, B. Crill, M. Devlin, B. Dober, O. Doré, M. Farhang, J. Filippini, L. Fissel, A. Fraisse, Y. Fukui, N. Galitzki, A. Gambrel, S. Golwala, J. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. Jones, Z. Kermish, J. Klein, A. Korotkov, C. Kuo, C. MacTavish, P. Mason, T. Matthews, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Morford, T. Mroczkowski, J. Nagy, C. Netterfield, G. Novak, D. Nutter, R. O'Brient, E. Pascale, F. Poidevin, A. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. Ruhl, M. Runyan, G. Savini, D. Scott, J. Shariff, J. Soler, N. Thomas, A. Trangsrud, M. Truch, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, R. Tucker, A. Turner, D. Ward-Thompson, A. Weber, D. Wiebe, E. Young

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91452U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055156

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Stars, Sensors, Gyroscopes, Global Positioning System, Antennas, Sun, Telescopes, Magnetism, Physics

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