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HEALTH PHYSICS

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RadSafe Mailing List
Health Physics Program at the Illinois Institute of Technology

SYNCHROTRONS

ALS Home Page (ALS)
Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD)
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS)
Daresbury Synchrotron Light Source, U.K.
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
Elettra in Trieste (Sincrotrone Trieste)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Photon Factory (PF)
MAX-lab, Lund University, Sweden
National Sychrotron Light Source (NSLS)
SPring8 Synchrotron Accelerator Center (SPring8) Harima, Japan
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL)
Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC), University of Wisconsin

 


DATA ANALYSIS

X-ray Absorption calculations with FEFF

  • FEFF is an excellent package for calculating both XANES and XAFS.
    • X-ray Absorption reduction and fitting with Larch
  • Larch is an excellent package for reduction and fitting of XAS data.
    • Photoelectron diffraction calculations with MSCD
  • MSCD is the best package that I have used for Photoelectron Diffraction Analysis.
    • Local Atomic Structure from diffraction (PDF measurement)
  • It is also possible to determine local atomic structure from diffraction.
    • IGOR PRO
  • Igor Pro is the best package that I have used for spectral decomposition and for producing publication quality graphics.


    • SPORTING CLAYS

    National Sporting Clays Association
  • The NSCA is the sport's governing body.
    • Sporting Clays Magazine
  • Golf with a shotgun and much more fun.
    • Green Acres Sportsman's Club
    Back Forty Sporting Clays
    Deer Creek Hunt Club
  • My favorite local sporting clay courses.
    • Hopkins Game Farm
  • Site of my best finish. I finished E1 at the 2003 U. S. Open Prelim and E6 at the 2003 U. S. Open.
    • Ben Avery Shooting Facility
  • Don't miss the Kachina Open.
    • NRA Whittington Center
  • My favorite place to shoot in NM.
    •  John Woolley Shooting Clinics
  • John Woolley is one of the best shooting instructors out there. Keep your head still.
    • Remington Premier STS
  • Only shoot the green.

    • ASTRONOMY

    Amateur Astronomy Magazine
    Astronomy Magazine
    Sky and Telescope Magazine
  • Three of the best astronomy magazines around.
    • JMI Telescopes
  • Jim's Mobile makes some of the largest equatorial newtonians. The split-ring is an excellent design.
    • OBSESSION Telescopes
    STARMASTER Telescopes
  • ONLY LOOK THROUGH A BIG DOB. Note Starmaster is no longer accepting orders but the StarStep Observing Chair is the best.
    • Tolga Astro
  • Tolga Astro is a vendor of CCD, Astronomy, and other scientific equipment. Perfect vendor when you need advice or are doing something advanced. For university people, Tolga is a vendor who accepts purchase orders.
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    Woodland Hills Camera & Telescopes
  • Woodland Hills stocks a number of astronomical items including CCD cameras. Woodland Hills is also a vendor who accepts purchase orders.
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    Oceanside Photo and Telescope
  • OPT also has a large number of items in stock. CCD cameras, telescopes, and mounts. OPT is also large enough to accept purchase orders.
    •  Astronomy-Mall
  • Look here for your telescope needs.

    • OZSCOPES
  • The Australian Telescope Experts
    • Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer
    ArgoLoad Software for Mac OS X (FREE)
  • The Argo Navis is the most modern digital setting circle. As they describe the AN, it is a telescope computer. The company greatly supported my efforts to create open source control software for Mac OS X.
    • Starlight XPress
    Santa Barbara Instrument Group
  • Starlight Express has been working to help me produce Mac OS X based image collection software.
    • David Schmenk's CCD Page


    AUTO RACING

    INDYCAR
  • The best show on wheels.
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    John Andretti Fan Page


    College Football

    Go Maroons
    University of Chicago Fight Song

  • The Grand Old Man is Amos Alonzo Stagg with Seven Big Ten Championships

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