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Giles A Novak

  • 1610 Citations
1984 …2021
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Education/Academic qualification

Physics, PhD, The University of Chicago

… → 1988

Physics, BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

… → 1981

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Grants 2005 2021

Determining the Morphology of IRAS 08740-4243 for Calibration of BLAST

Novak, G. A.

Universities Space Research Association, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

6/1/19 → 5/31/21

Project: Research project

Infrared Astronomy Satellite
SOFIA (airborne observatory)
telescopes
Antarctic regions
polarization

Cycle 7: Joint HAWC+/ALMA Investigation of Young Protostars in Ophiuchus

Novak, G. A.

Universities Space Research Association, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

5/31/19 → 5/30/21

Project: Research project

protostars
SOFIA (airborne observatory)
polarimetry
cycles
magnetic fields

Magnetic Field Structure in Perseus at 0.01 pc Scale

Novak, G. A.

Universities Space Research Association, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

4/25/18 → 4/24/20

Project: Research project

magnetic fields
decoupling
turbulence
SOFIA (airborne observatory)
C band

A Tomography of the Magnetic Field Structure in IRDC G14.2: Massive Filaments from Large to Small Scales

Novak, G. A.

Universities Space Research Association, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

4/25/18 → 4/24/21

Project: Research project

filaments
tomography
fragmentation
spectral mixture analysis
magnetic fields

Joint HAWC+/ALMA Study of Young Protostars in Ophiuchus

Novak, G. A.

Universities Space Research Association, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

4/25/18 → 4/24/20

Project: Research project

protostars
SOFIA (airborne observatory)
polarimetry
magnetic fields
braking

Research Output 1984 2019

SOFIA Far-infrared Imaging Polarimetry of M82 and NGC 253: Exploring the Supergalactic Wind

Jones, T. J., Dowell, C. D., Rodriguez, E. L., Zweibel, E. G., Berthoud, M., Chuss, D. T., Goldsmith, P. F., Hamilton, R. T., Hanany, S., Harper, D. A., Lazarian, A., Looney, L. W., Michail, J. M., Morris, M. R., Novak, G. A., Santos, F. P., Sheth, K., Stacey, G. J., Staguhn, J., Stephens, I. W. & 5 othersTassis, K., Trinh, C. Q., Volpert, C. G., Werner, M. & Wollack, E. J., Jan 1 2019, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 870, 1, L9.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

SOFIA (airborne observatory)
polarimetry
polarization
geometry
dust
1 Citation (Scopus)

BFORE: A CMB balloon payload to measure reionization, neutrino mass, and cosmic inflation

Bryan, S., Ade, P., Bond, J. R., Boulanger, F., Devlin, M., Doyle, S., Filippini, J., Fissel, L., Groppi, C., Holder, G., Hubmayr, J., Mauskopf, P., McMahon, J., Nagy, J., Barth Netterfield, C., Niemack, M., Novak, G. A., Pascale, E., Pisano, G., Ruhl, J. & 4 othersScott, D., Soler, J., Tucker, C. & Vieira, J., Jan 1 2018, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. Zmuidzinas, J. & Gao, J-R. (eds.). SPIE, 1070805. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 10708).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Balloon
Neutrino Mass
Balloons
balloons
payloads
4 Citations (Scopus)

Design and characterization of a balloon-borne diffraction-limited submillimeter telescope platform for BLAST-TNG

Lourie, N. P., Angilé, F. E., Ashton, P. C., Catanzaro, B., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S., Didier, J., Dober, B., Fissel, L. M., Galitzki, N., Gordon, S., Klein, J., Lowe, I., Mauskopf, P., Nati, F., Novak, G. A., Romualdez, L. J., Soler, J. D. & Williams, P. A., Jan 1 2018, Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII. Marshall, H. K. & Spyromilio, J. (eds.). SPIE, 1070022. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 10700).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Balloon
Balloons
balloons
Telescopes
Telescope
4 Citations (Scopus)

First Observation of the Submillimeter Polarization Spectrum in a Translucent Molecular Cloud

Ashton, P. C., Ade, P. A. R., Angil, F. E., Benton, S. J., Devlin, M. J., Dober, B., Fissel, L. M., Fukui, Y., Galitzki, N., Gandilo, N. N., Klein, J., Korotkov, A. L., Li, Z. Y., Martin, P. G., Matthews, T. G., Moncelsi, L., Nakamura, F., Netterfield, C. B., Novak, G. A., Pascale, E. & 10 othersPoidevin, F., Santos, F. P., Savini, G., Scott, D., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Thomas, N. E., Tucker, C. E., Tucker, G. S. & Ward-Thompson, D., Apr 10 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal. 857, 1, 10.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

molecular clouds
polarization
dust
polarimetry
flatness
7 Citations (Scopus)

HAWC +, the Far-Infrared Camera and Polarimeter for SOFIA

Harper, D. A., Runyan, M. C., Dowell, C. D., Wirth, C. J., Amato, M., Ames, T., Amiri, M., Banks, S., Bartels, A., Benford, D. J., Berthoud, M., Buchanan, E., Casey, S., Chapman, N. L., Chuss, D. T., Cook, B., Derro, R., Dotson, J. L., Evans, R., Fixsen, D. & 48 othersGatley, I., Guerra, J. A., Halpern, M., Hamilton, R. T., Hamlin, L. A., Hansen, C. J., Heimsath, S., Hermida, A., Hilton, G. C., Hirsch, R., Hollister, M. I., Hostetter, C. F., Irwin, K., Jhabvala, C. A., Jhabvala, M., Kastner, J., Kovács, A., Lin, S., Loewenstein, R. F., Looney, L. W., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Maher, S. F., Michail, J. M., Miller, T. M., Moseley, S. H., Novak, G. A., Pernic, R. J., Rennick, T., Rhody, H., Sandberg, E., Sandford, D., Santos, F. P., Shafer, R., Sharp, E. H., Shirron, P., Siah, J., Silverberg, R., Sparr, L. M., Spotz, R., Staguhn, J. G., Toorian, A. S., Towey, S., Tuttle, J., Vaillancourt, J., Voellmer, G., Volpert, C. G., Wang, S. I. & Wollack, E. J., Dec 1 2018, In : Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation. 7, 4, 1840008.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

SOFIA (airborne observatory)
Polarimeters
polarimeters
Observatories
observatories