Educational materials

Want to improve your data analysis, fitting, and probability skills? Check out Dr. Grossan’s Quick and Dirty Data Analysis Primer . This accompanies Dr. Grossan’s Seminars on Data Analysis Skills for Research (that you don’t learn in classes!). There is something for everyone in the physical sciences at NU, but students at all levels welcome. Email us if you want to attend our ongoing data analysis seminars (no tests, no grades, just help for your research).

Dr. Bruce Grossan's talk on the technology of the NU transient telescope can be found here. Slides are availabe here, while more technical details can be found here.
Educational meterial on EMCCDs can be found here.
Educational material on using astro cameras can be found here.

Prof. Eric Linders slides on how to succeed in research and build essentials skills for the career development are available here.

MKID Testing

We have collected multi-media guides to our MKIDs program and MKIDs testing. These provide both generally information on MKIDs and how-to lessons specifically on using the ECL Cryogenics Facility tools and equipment and our testing and development program.

Introduction to MKIDS at ECL by Mehdi Shafiee is available here.
What is an MKID? How does it work? By Dr. Jie Hu. Availabe here.
In what frequency range do MKIDs work? What’s the difference between MKIDs for different bands? By Dr. Jie Hu. Availabe here.
What are MKIDs measurements? By Dr. Jie Hu. Available here.
How do I measure them in our lab? By Dr. Jie Hu. Measurement setup. Measurement procedure. Fitting routine.

Educational materials

MKID Testing

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