John W. Baker
California Institute of Technology
8 Papers
15 Citations
John W. Baker is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Robotic telescope & Creativity. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Creativity from Constraints: Theory and Applications to Education
Catrinel Tromp,John W. Baker +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , an integration of the concepts of creativity, constraints, and education, which may appear as a paradoxical combination, and provides both a theoretical foundation and practical applications, is presented.
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The wide-field infrared transient explorer (WINTER).
Nathan P. Lourie,John W. Baker,Richard S. Burruss,Mark Egan,Gábor Fűrész,Danielle Frostig,Allan A. Garcia-Zych,Nicolae Ganciu,Kari Haworth,Erik Hinrichsen,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Viraj Karambelkar,Andrew Malonis,Robert A. Simcoe,Jeffry Zolkower +14 more
TL;DR: The Wide-Field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a new infrared time-domain survey instrument which will be deployed on a dedicated 1 meter robotic telescope at Palomar Observatory as discussed by the authors.
Design requirements for the Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER)
Danielle Frostig,John W. Baker,Joshua Brown,Richard S. Burruss,Kristin Clark,Gábor Fűrész,Nicolae Ganciu,Erik Hinrichsen,Viraj Karambelkar,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Nathan P. Lourie,Andrew Malonis,Robert A. Simcoe,Jeffry Zolkower +13 more
- 13 Dec 2020
TL;DR: This work focuses on the top-level science requirements with a detailed example of how the goal of detecting kilonovae flows down to WINTER’s optical design, and discusses new methods for tolerance simulations, eliminating stray light, and maximizing image quality of a fly's-eye design that slices the telescope's focus onto 6 non-buttable, IR detectors.
Design and performance of the PALM-3000 3.5 kHz upgrade
Seth R. Meeker,Tuan N. Truong,Jennifer E. Roberts,J. Chris Shelton,S. Felipe Fregoso,Rick Burruss,Richard Dekany,J. Kent Wallace,John W. Baker,Carolyn M. Heffner,Dimitri Mawet,Kevin M. Rykoski,Jonathan Tesch,Gautam Vasisht +13 more
- 13 Dec 2020
TL;DR: PALM-3000 as discussed by the authors, the second-generation adaptive optics (AO) instrument for the 5.1 meter Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory, underwent a significant upgrade to its wavefront sensor (WFS) arm and real-time control (RTC) system in late 2019.
Design Requirements for the Wide-field Infrared TransientExplorer (WINTER)
Danielle Frostig,John W. Baker,Joshua Brown,Richard S. Burruss,Kristin Clark,Gábor Fűrész,Nicolae Ganciu,Erik Hinrichsen,Viraj Karambelkar,Mansi M. Kasliwal,Nathan P. Lourie,Andrew Malonis,Robert A. Simcoe,Jeffry Zolkower +13 more
TL;DR: The Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a 1x1 degree infrared survey telescope under development at MIT and Caltech, and slated for commissioning at Palomar Observatory in 2021 as discussed by the authors.