Above: P. Szypryt, G.E. Duggan, B.A. Mazin, S.R. Meeker, M.J. Strader, J.C. van Eyken, D. Marsden, K. O’Brien, A.B. Walter, G. Ulbricht, T.A. Prince, C. Stoughton, and B. Bumble. Direct Detection of SDSS J0926+3624 Orbital Expansion with ARCONS. MNRAS, 439, 3 (2014).

We have constructed a 44x46 pixel MKID camera for the Coude focus of the Palomar 200” and Lick 120” telescopes.  With 34 observing nights complete, we are currently publoshing the first science papers based on UVOIR MKIDs.

Below are some science highlights from ARCONS.

Above: M.J. Strader, M.D. Johnson, B.A. Mazin, G.V. Spiro Jaeger, C.R. Gwinn, S.R. Meeker, P. Szypryt, J.C. van Eyken, D. Marsden, K. O'Brien, A.B. Walter, G. Ulbricht, C. Stoughton, B. Bumble. Excess Optical Enhancement Observed with ARCONS for Early Crab Giant Pulses. ApJL 779, L12 (2013).

Above: M.J. Strader, A.M. Archibald, S.R. Meeker, P. Szypryt, A.B. Walter, J.C. van Eyken, G. Ulbricht,C. Stoughton, B. Bumble, D.L. Kaplan, and B.A. Mazin. Search for optical pulsations in PSR J0337+1715. MNRAS, 459, 1, 427 (2016).

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