BHEX Mini

Direct Imaging Black Holes from LEO

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BHEX Mini

Size

Weight

Power

Power

Cost

\sim 2.5m
\sim 25-50kg
22 kg
300W
400mW @15^{\circ}K
\$10 \text{mln}
754 mm \times \\ 146 mm \times \\ 300 mm
\$2-5 \text{Mln}
\$4-11 \text{Mln}
10-20W
\text{(deployment)}
5-7 kg
\sim 10W
\sim \$ 1 \text{mln}
\sim0.02m^3
\sim 1 kg
\sim 3W
\sim \$1\text{mln}^*
60 mm\times \\60mm \times \\32 mm
1U (100 mm\times \\100 mm \times \\100 mm)
1.2 kg
1.2 kg
100W
\sim \$100\text{k}
3U (300 mm\times \\300 mm \times \\300 mm)
100W
3 kg
\sim \$1\text{mln}^*
\sim 4W
\sim 4W
12 mm \times \\12 mm
\sim \$1\text{mln}^*

BHEX Mini SWaPC

Size

Weight

Power

Power

Cost

\sim 2.5m
\sim 25-50kg
22 kg
300W
400mW @15^{\circ}K
\$10 \text{mln}
754 mm \times \\ 146 mm \times \\ 300 mm
\$2-5 \text{Mln}
\$4-11 \text{Mln}
10-20W
\text{(deployment)}
5-7 kg
\sim 10W
\sim \$ 1 \text{mln}
\sim0.02m^3
\sim 1 kg
\sim 3W
\sim \$1\text{mln}^*
60 mm\times \\60mm \times \\32 mm
1U (100 mm\times \\100 mm \times \\100 mm)
1.2 kg
1.2 kg
100W\\\text{generated}
\sim \$100\text{k}
3U (300 mm\times \\300 mm \times \\300 mm)
100W
3 kg
\sim \$1\text{mln}^*
\sim 4W
\sim 1 kg^*
12 mm \times \\12 mm
\sim \$1\text{mln}^*
\sim85.3 kg
\sim 437 W
\sim \$25\text{ million}
N/A

BHEX Mini

Antenna

Antenna

💰Funding Oppurtunities

NASA NIAC Phase I

Oct

$175,000

$3,000

$250,000

💰Funding Oppurtunities

Funding Opportunities

NSF Instrumentation for Astronomy

NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics

NSF Multi-messenger Astronomy

Funding Opportunities

ATI

A&A

PFC

MMA

  • Cryocooler Focus
    • SunPower
    • Blue Marble
  • NSF Foundational Research in Robotics Grant (FRR)
  • Fall Walls Foundation Selections
  • Brown University Co-Lab 
  • NASA NIAC Phase I Round I Step B Selections Announced
  • Solar Panel Focus
    • DCubed Inc.
    • DHV Tech
  • NSF Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI) 
  • Data Downlink Focus
    • MIT Lincoln Labs
    • ALICE/CLICK Teams

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Matthew A. Bershady

Funding Opportunities

ATI

A&A

PFC

MMA

  • Cryocooler Focus
    • SunPower
    • Blue Marble
  • NSF Foundational Research in Robotics Grant (FRR)
  • Fall Walls Foundation Selections
  • Brown University Co-Lab 
  • NASA NIAC Phase I Round I Step B Selections Announced
  • Solar Panel Focus
    • DCubed Inc.
    • DHV Tech
  • NSF Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI) 
  • Data Downlink Focus
    • MIT Lincoln Labs
    • ALICE/CLICK Teams

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Matthew A. Bershady

The Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences (ATI) program provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for the development of new technologies and instrumentation for use in ground-based astronomy and astrophysics.  The program supports achieving the science objectives of the Division of Astronomical Sciences.  The development of innovative, potentially transformative, technologies and instruments are sought, even at high technical risk. Supported categories include (but are not limited to):  advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable new observations that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.  Proposals may include hardware and/or software development and/or analysis to enable new types of astronomical observations.  Access to the ATI supported technology and instrumentation development efforts by the US astronomical community is viewed as an important metric of success.  An annual Principal Investigators meeting is planned to disseminate information between the funded research efforts.

Funding Opportunities

ATI

A&A

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Supports observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Hanns Krim

Funding Opportunities

ATI

A&A

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Supports observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG) Program is an inclusive and flexible funding opportunity to support research in the astronomical sciences. The Program provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for observational, theoretical, laboratory, and archival data studies in astronomy and astrophysics. The Program also considers proposals for projects and tools that enable or enhance astronomical research. Proposals may span multiple disciplines and/or areas of study and may utilize multiple techniques.

Hanns Krim

Funding Opportunities

ATI

A&A

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Supports observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

MMA

Supports research to advance the interoperability of studies using electromagnetic waves, high-energy particles including neutrinos and cosmic rays, and gravitational waves to realize integrated, multi-messenger astrophysical explorations of the universe.

Nigel Sharpe

Funding Opportunities

ATI

A&A

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Supports observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

MMA

Supports research to advance the interoperability of studies using electromagnetic waves, high-energy particles including neutrinos and cosmic rays, and gravitational waves to realize integrated, multi-messenger astrophysical explorations of the universe.

Nigel Sharpe

The WoU-MMA program welcomes proposals in any area of research supported through the participating divisions that address at least one of the following criteria:

  • Coordination: Activities to coordinate observations involving more than one messenger.
  • Observations: Observations of astrophysical objects or phenomena that are potentially sources of more than one messenger.
  • Interpretation: Theory, experiment, simulations and other activities to understand or interpret observations of astrophysical objects that are sources of more than one messenger.

Funding Opportunities

ATI

A&A

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

Supports observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Supports advanced technology development, concept feasibility studies, and specialized instrumentation to enable observations for ground-based astronomy that are difficult or impossible to obtain with existing means.

MMA

Supports research to advance the interoperability of studies using electromagnetic waves, high-energy particles including neutrinos and cosmic rays, and gravitational waves to realize integrated, multi-messenger astrophysical explorations of the universe.

Funding Opportunities

  • Stephon Alexander
  • Antal Jevicki
  • David Lowe
  • Ian Del'Antonio
  • Jonathan Pober

NIAC Final Draft

NIAC Final Draft

BHEX Mini

Can BHEX Mini time-resolve the accretion disk of Sgr A*?

BHEX Mini

BHEX Mini

Can BHEX Mini time-resolve the accretion disk of Sgr A*?

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\Delta x
\Delta p

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\Delta x
\Delta p
>\hbar

The Uncertainty Principle

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V_1(q)=e^{-a^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2}

BHEX Mini

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V_1(q)=e^{-a^2q^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2q^2}

BHEX Mini

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V_1(q)=e^{-a^2q^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2q^2}
q = \sqrt{u^2+v^2}
q

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V_1(q)=e^{-a^2q^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2q^2}
q = \sqrt{u^2+v^2}
q

BHEX Mini

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V_1(q)=e^{-a^2q^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2q^2}
q

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V_1(q)=e^{-a^2q^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2q^2}
q

A single measurement of the visibility function tells us a lot more about compact sources than extended sources!

BHEX Mini

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b
V_1(q)=e^{-a^2q^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2q^2}

A single measurement of the visibility function tells us a lot more about compact sources than extended sources!

r_{constraint}=\frac{1}{\theta}

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V_1(q)=e^{-a^2q^2}
V_1(q)=e^{-b^2q^2}

Maximum coverage diameter

R_{max}=b_{max}

(u,v) Filling Fraction

f_{coverage} \sim \frac{N\pi r^2_{constraint}}{\pi R_{max}^2}

BHEX Mini

\text{To time resolve Sgr A*, we must have} \\f_{coverage}>50\% \text{ in } t < T_{ISCO} \sim 30 \text{ min}

BHEX Mini

\text{To time resolve Sgr A*, we must have} \\f_{coverage}>50\% \text{ in } t < T_{ISCO} \sim 30 \text{ min}

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