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A field programmable gate array based Langmuir probe system for measurement of plasma parameters at 500 kHz in a high-power impulse magnetron sputtering plasma. (2024)
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Hickling, C. J., Hall, S., Harrison, J. R., Sharples, R., & Bradley, J. W. (2024). A field programmable gate array based Langmuir probe system for measurement of plasma parameters at 500 kHz in a high-power impulse magnetron sputtering plasma. Review of Scientific Instruments, 95(3), Article 033503. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0174458

By utilizing Field Programmable Gate Arrays in a configuration similar to that of the Mirror Langmuir Probe, it is possible to bias a single probe at three precise voltages in sequence. These voltages can be dynamically adjusted in real-time based on... Read More about A field programmable gate array based Langmuir probe system for measurement of plasma parameters at 500 kHz in a high-power impulse magnetron sputtering plasma..

GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI (2023)
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Allende Prieto, C., Aguado, D. S., González Hernández, J. I., Rebolo, R., Najita, J., Manser, C. J., …Zou, H. (2023). GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI. Astrophysical Journal, 957(2), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfa96

The observations from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will significantly increase the numbers of known extremely metal-poor stars by a factor of ∼10, improving the sample statistics to study the early chemical evolution of the Milky W... Read More about GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI.

KURVS: the outer rotation curve shapes and dark matter fractions of z ∼ 1.5 star-forming galaxies (2023)
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Puglisi, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Swinbank, M., Gillman, S., Tiley, A. L., Bower, R. G., …Sharples, R. M. (2023). KURVS: the outer rotation curve shapes and dark matter fractions of z ∼ 1.5 star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(2), 2814-2835. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1966

We present first results from the KMOS Ultra-deep Rotation Velocity Survey (KURVS), aimed at studying the outer rotation curves shape and dark matter content of 22 star-forming galaxies at z ∼1.5. These galaxies represent ’typical’ star-forming discs... Read More about KURVS: the outer rotation curve shapes and dark matter fractions of z ∼ 1.5 star-forming galaxies.

Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey (2023)
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Cooper, A. P., Koposov, S. E., Allende Prieto, C., Manser, C. J., Kizhuprakkat, N., Myers, A. D., …Zou, H. (2023). Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey. Astrophysical Journal, 947(1), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb3c0

We describe the Milky Way Survey (MWS) that will be undertaken with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on the Mayall 4 m telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Over the next 5 yr DESI MWS will observe approximately seven millio... Read More about Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey.

Characterisation of detachment in the MAST-U Super-X divertor using multi-wavelength imaging of 2D atomic and molecular emission processes (2023)
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Wijkamp, T., Allcock, J., Feng, X., Kool, B., Lipschultz, B., Verhaegh, K., …Jaspers, R. (2023). Characterisation of detachment in the MAST-U Super-X divertor using multi-wavelength imaging of 2D atomic and molecular emission processes. Nuclear Fusion, 63(5), Article 056003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/acc191

In this work, we provide the first 2D spatially resolved description of radiative detachment in MAST-U Super-X L-mode divertor plasmas. The Super-X magnetic configuration was designed to achieve reduced heat- and particle loads at the divertor target... Read More about Characterisation of detachment in the MAST-U Super-X divertor using multi-wavelength imaging of 2D atomic and molecular emission processes.

The Spectroscopic Data Processing Pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (2023)
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Guy, J., Bailey, S., Kremin, A., Alam, S., Alexander, D., Allende Prieto, C., …Zou, H. (2023). The Spectroscopic Data Processing Pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. Astrophysical Journal, 165(4), Article 144. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/acb212

We describe the spectroscopic data processing pipeline of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which is conducting a redshift survey of about 40 million galaxies and quasars using a purpose-built instrument on the 4 m Mayall Telescope at... Read More about The Spectroscopic Data Processing Pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument.

DESI Observations of the Andromeda Galaxy: Revealing the Immigration History of our Nearest Neighbor (2023)
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Dey, A., Najita, J. R., Koposov, S., Josephy-Zack, J., Maxemin, G., Bell, E. F., …Zou, H. (2023). DESI Observations of the Andromeda Galaxy: Revealing the Immigration History of our Nearest Neighbor. Astrophysical Journal, 944(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aca5f8

We present DESI observations of the inner halo of M31, which reveal the kinematics of a recent merger - a galactic immigration event - in exquisite detail. Of the 11,416 sources studied in 3.75 hours of on-sky exposure time, 7,438 are M31 sources wit... Read More about DESI Observations of the Andromeda Galaxy: Revealing the Immigration History of our Nearest Neighbor.

Wavelength calibration of birefringent interferometers for 2-D measurement of plasma flow (2023)
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Allcock, J. S., Silburn, S. A., Sharples, R. M., Harrison, J. R., Conway, N. J., Long, T., & Lin, N. (2023). Wavelength calibration of birefringent interferometers for 2-D measurement of plasma flow. Optics Express, 31(2), 1901-1915. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.473278

Imaging birefringent interferometers are used to measure plasma flow in 2-D via the Doppler shift of a spectral emission line. Applications include plasma physics study in fusion energy experiments and in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. We present a ne... Read More about Wavelength calibration of birefringent interferometers for 2-D measurement of plasma flow.

The Robotic Multiobject Focal Plane System of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) (2022)
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Silber, J. H., Fagrelius, P., Fanning, K., Schubnell, M., Aguilar, J. N., Ahlen, S., …Zou, H. (2023). The Robotic Multiobject Focal Plane System of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Astronomical Journal, 165(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac9ab1

A system of 5,020 robotic fiber positioners was installed in 2019 on the Mayall Telescope, at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The robots automatically re-target their optical fibers every 10 - 20 minutes, each to a precision of several microns, with... Read More about The Robotic Multiobject Focal Plane System of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI).

Reconstruction of the emissivity and flow for Doppler coherence imaging spectroscopy (CIS) on J-TEXT (2022)
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Li, B., Wang, T., Nie, L., Long, T., Zhang, X., Sharples, R., …Pan, Y. (2022). Reconstruction of the emissivity and flow for Doppler coherence imaging spectroscopy (CIS) on J-TEXT. Fusion Engineering and Design, 184, Article 113271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113271

Doppler coherence imaging spectroscopy (CIS) has been installed on J-TEXT tokamak to provide a wealth of information for carbon impurity ions (CIII). To obtain the local emissivity and flow from the line-integrated information measured by the camera,... Read More about Reconstruction of the emissivity and flow for Doppler coherence imaging spectroscopy (CIS) on J-TEXT.

The HR image slicer for GNIRS at Gemini North: optical design and performance (2022)
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Calcines Rosario, A., Dubbeldam, C. M., Sharples, R., Bourgenot, C., Diaz, R., & Stephens, A. W. (2022). The HR image slicer for GNIRS at Gemini North: optical design and performance. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626235

GNIRS (Gemini Near-InfraRed Spectrograph) is a multi-function spectrograph at Gemini North telescope offering four observational modes in the spectral range of 0.8 to 5.4 µm. It provides 2-pixel spectral resolutions from 1,200 up to 18,0000 and has s... Read More about The HR image slicer for GNIRS at Gemini North: optical design and performance.

The resolved chemical abundance properties within the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies at z≈ 1.5 (2022)
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Gillman, S., Puglisi, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Swinbank, A., Tiley, A., Harrison, C., …Obreschkow, D. (2022). The resolved chemical abundance properties within the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies at z≈ 1.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(3), 3480-3499. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac580

We exploit the unprecedented depth of integral field data from the KMOS Ultra-deep Rotational Velocity Survey (KURVS) to analyse the strong (Hα) and forbidden ([NII], [SII]) emission line ratios in 22 main-sequence galaxies at z ≈ 1.5. Using the [NII... Read More about The resolved chemical abundance properties within the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies at z≈ 1.5.

Chronos: A NIR spectroscopic galaxy survey to probe the most fundamental stages of galaxy evolution (2021)
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Ferreras, I., Cropper, M., Sharples, R., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bruzual, G., Charlot, S., …Windhorst, R. (2021). Chronos: A NIR spectroscopic galaxy survey to probe the most fundamental stages of galaxy evolution. Experimental Astronomy, 51(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09702-2

We propose a dedicated, ultra-deep spectroscopic survey in the near infrared (NIR), that will target a mass-limited sample of galaxies during two of the most fundamental epochs of cosmic evolution: the formation of the first galaxies (at z ≳ 6; cosmi... Read More about Chronos: A NIR spectroscopic galaxy survey to probe the most fundamental stages of galaxy evolution.

2D measurements of plasma electron density using coherence imaging with a pixelated phase mask (2021)
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Allcock, J., Silburn, S., Sharples, R., Harrison, J., Conway, N., & Vernimmen, J. (2021). 2D measurements of plasma electron density using coherence imaging with a pixelated phase mask. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(7), Article 073506. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0050704

In this paper, the pixelated phase mask (PPM) method of interferometry is applied to coherence imaging (CI)—a passive, narrowband spectral imaging technique for diagnosing the edge and divertor regions of fusion plasma experiments. Compared to previo... Read More about 2D measurements of plasma electron density using coherence imaging with a pixelated phase mask.

The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr (2021)
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Tiley, A. L., Gillman, S., Cortese, L., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Harrison, C., …Puglisi, A. (2021). The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506(1), 323-342. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1692

We present the KMOS Galaxy Evolution Survey (KGES), a K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) study of the H α and [N II] emission from 288 K-band-selected galaxies at 1.2 ≲ z ≲ 1.8, with stellar masses in the range log10(M∗/M⊙)≈9 – 11.5. In this pap... Read More about The KMOS galaxy evolution survey (KGES): the angular momentum of star-forming galaxies over the last ≍10 Gyr.

Development of an 11-channel multi wavelength imaging diagnostic for divertor plasmas in MAST Upgrade (2021)
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Feng, X., Calcines, A., Sharples, R., Lipschultz, B., Perek, A., Vijvers, W., …Mumgaard, R. (2021). Development of an 11-channel multi wavelength imaging diagnostic for divertor plasmas in MAST Upgrade. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(6), Article 063510. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0043533

Divertor detachment and alternative divertor magnetic geometries are predicted to be promising approaches to handle the power exhaust of future fusion devices. In order to understand the detachment process caused by volumetric losses in alternative d... Read More about Development of an 11-channel multi wavelength imaging diagnostic for divertor plasmas in MAST Upgrade.

The evolution of gas-phase metallicity and resolved abundances in star-forming galaxies at z ≍ 0.6-1.8 (2020)
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Gillman, S., Tiley, A., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Sharples, R., Smail, I., …Stott, J. P. (2021). The evolution of gas-phase metallicity and resolved abundances in star-forming galaxies at z ≍ 0.6-1.8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(3), 4229-4247. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3400

We present an analysis of the chemical abundance properties of ≈650 star-forming galaxies at z ≈ 0.6–1.8. Using integral-field observations from the K-band multi-object spectrograph (KMOS), we quantify the [N II]/H α emission-line ratio, a proxy for... Read More about The evolution of gas-phase metallicity and resolved abundances in star-forming galaxies at z ≍ 0.6-1.8.

Doppler coherence imaging of scrape-off-layer impurity flows in the HL-2A tokamak (2020)
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Long, T., Allcock, J., Nie, L., Sharples, R., Xu, M., Ke, R., …Duan, X. (2020). Doppler coherence imaging of scrape-off-layer impurity flows in the HL-2A tokamak. Review of Scientific Instruments, 91(8), Article 083504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005609

A new Doppler coherence imaging spectroscopy interferometer has been developed on the HL-2A tokamak for the scrape-off-layer impurity flow measurement. Its spatial resolution is estimated to be up to ∼0.8 mm in the horizontal direction and ∼9 mm in t... Read More about Doppler coherence imaging of scrape-off-layer impurity flows in the HL-2A tokamak.

KASHz: No evidence for ionised outflows instantaneously suppressing star formation in moderate luminosity AGN at z∼1.4–2.6 (2020)
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Scholtz, J., Harrison, C., Rosario, D., Alexander, D., Chen, C., Kakkad, D., …Stach, S. (2020). KASHz: No evidence for ionised outflows instantaneously suppressing star formation in moderate luminosity AGN at z∼1.4–2.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(3), 3194-3216. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa030

As part of our KMOS AGN Survey at High-redshift (KASHz), we present spatially-resolved VLT/KMOS and VLT/SINFONI spectroscopic data and ALMA 870μm continuum imaging of eight z=1.4–2.6 moderate AGN (⁠L 2−10kev L2−10kev = 1042 − 1045 ergs s−1). We map [... Read More about KASHz: No evidence for ionised outflows instantaneously suppressing star formation in moderate luminosity AGN at z∼1.4–2.6.

From peculiar morphologies to Hubble-type spirals: the relation between galaxy dynamics and morphology in star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 1.5 (2019)
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Gillman, S., Tiley, A., Swinbank, A., Harrison, C., Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., …Sweet, S. (2020). From peculiar morphologies to Hubble-type spirals: the relation between galaxy dynamics and morphology in star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 1.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(1), 1492-1512. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3576

We present an analysis of the gas dynamics of star–forming galaxies at z ∼ 1.5 using data from the KMOS Galaxy Evolution Survey (KGES). We quantify the morphology of the galaxies using HSTCANDELS imaging parametrically and non-parametrically. We comb... Read More about From peculiar morphologies to Hubble-type spirals: the relation between galaxy dynamics and morphology in star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 1.5.

The digital mirror Langmuir probe: Field programmable gate array implementation of real-time Langmuir probe biasing (2019)
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Vincent, C., McCarthy, W., Golfinopoulos, T., LaBombard, B., Sharples, R., Lovell, J., …Kuang, A. (2019). The digital mirror Langmuir probe: Field programmable gate array implementation of real-time Langmuir probe biasing. Review of Scientific Instruments, 90(8), Article 083504. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5109834

High bandwidth, high spatial resolution measurements of electron temperature, density, and plasma potential are valuable for resolving turbulence in the boundary plasma of tokamaks. While conventional Langmuir probes can provide such measurements, ei... Read More about The digital mirror Langmuir probe: Field programmable gate array implementation of real-time Langmuir probe biasing.

Overview of new MAST physics in anticipation of first results from MAST Upgrade (2019)
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Harrison, J., Akers, R., Allan, S., Allcock, J., Allen, J., Appel, L., …Team, T. E. M. (2019). Overview of new MAST physics in anticipation of first results from MAST Upgrade. Nuclear Fusion, 59(11), Article 112011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ab121c

The mega amp spherical tokamak (MAST) was a low aspect ratio device (R/a  =  0.85/0.65 ~ 1.3) with similar poloidal cross-section to other medium-size tokamaks. The physics programme concentrates on addressing key physics issues for the operation of... Read More about Overview of new MAST physics in anticipation of first results from MAST Upgrade.

The energetics of starburst-driven outflows at z ∼ 1 from KMOS (2019)
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Swinbank, A., Harrison, C., Tiley, A., Johnson, H., Smail, I., Stott, J., …Sobral, D. (2019). The energetics of starburst-driven outflows at z ∼ 1 from KMOS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(1), 381-393. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1275

We present an analysis of the gas outflow energetics from KMOS observations of 529 main-sequence star-forming galaxies at z 1 using broad, underlying Hα and forbid- den lines of [Nii] and [Sii]. Based on the stacked spectra for a sample with median s... Read More about The energetics of starburst-driven outflows at z ∼ 1 from KMOS.

The Dynamics and Distribution of Angular Momentum in HiZELS Star – Forming Galaxies at z = 0.8 – 3.3 (2019)
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Gillman, S., Swinbank, A., Tiley, A., Harrison, C., Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., …Theuns, T. (2019). The Dynamics and Distribution of Angular Momentum in HiZELS Star – Forming Galaxies at z = 0.8 – 3.3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(1), 175-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz765

We present adaptive optics assisted integral field spectroscopy of 34 star–forming galaxies at z = 0.8–3.3 selected from the HiZELS narrow-band survey. We measure the kinematics of the ionised interstellar medium on ∼1 kpc scales, and show that the g... Read More about The Dynamics and Distribution of Angular Momentum in HiZELS Star – Forming Galaxies at z = 0.8 – 3.3.

Angular momentum of z ∼ 1.5 galaxies and their local analogues with adaptive optics (2019)
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Sweet, S. M., Fisher, D. B., Savorgnan, G., Glazebrook, K., Obreschkow, D., Gillman, S., …Sharples, R. M. (2019). Angular momentum of z ∼ 1.5 galaxies and their local analogues with adaptive optics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(4), 5700-5714. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz750

We present stellar specific angular momentum j* measurements of two z ∼ 1.5 galaxies in the KGES sample and 12 DYNAMO z ∼ 0.1 analogues of high-redshift galaxies. We combine natural seeing integral field spectroscopic data to trace line emission out... Read More about Angular momentum of z ∼ 1.5 galaxies and their local analogues with adaptive optics.

The Shapes of the Rotation Curves of Star-forming Galaxies Over the Last ≈ 10 Gyr (2019)
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Tiley, A. L., Swinbank, A., Harrison, C., Smail, I., Turner, O., Schaller, M., …Magdis, G. (2019). The Shapes of the Rotation Curves of Star-forming Galaxies Over the Last ≈ 10 Gyr. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(1), 934-960. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz428

We analyse maps of the spatially-resolved nebular emission of ≈1500 star-forming galaxies at z ≈ 0.6–2.2 from deep KMOS and MUSE observations to measure the average shape of their rotation curves. We use these to test claims for declining rotation cu... Read More about The Shapes of the Rotation Curves of Star-forming Galaxies Over the Last ≈ 10 Gyr.

KROSS-SAMI: A Direct IFS Comparison of the Tully-Fisher Relation Across 8 Gyr Since z ≈ 1 (2018)
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Tiley, A., Bureau, M., Cortese, L., Harrison, C., Johnson, H., Stott, J., …Richards, S. (2019). KROSS-SAMI: A Direct IFS Comparison of the Tully-Fisher Relation Across 8 Gyr Since z ≈ 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(2), 2166-2188. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2794

We construct Tully–Fisher relations (TFRs), from large samples of galaxies with spatially resolved H α emission maps from the K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS) at z ≈ 1. We compare these to data from th... Read More about KROSS-SAMI: A Direct IFS Comparison of the Tully-Fisher Relation Across 8 Gyr Since z ≈ 1.

New opportunities of freeform gratings using diamond machining (2018)
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Bourgenot, C., Calcines, A., & Sharples, R. M. (2018). New opportunities of freeform gratings using diamond machining. In R. Navarro, & R. Geyl (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 10706, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312040

With the recent development of new ultra fine aluminium alloys and progress in the field of directly machined freeform surfaces, diamond machined freeform gratings could play an important part in future spectrographs or integral field units, particul... Read More about New opportunities of freeform gratings using diamond machining.

Design of freeform diffraction gratings: performance, limitations and potential applications (2018)
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Calcines, A., Bourgenot, C., & Sharples, R. M. (2018). Design of freeform diffraction gratings: performance, limitations and potential applications. In R. Navarro, & R. Geyl (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 10706, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312125

Spectroscopy is a key technique in astronomy and nowadays most major telescopes include at least one spectrograph in their instrument suite. The dispersive element is one of the most important components and it defines the pupil size, spectral resolu... Read More about Design of freeform diffraction gratings: performance, limitations and potential applications.

The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS) II - The Effect of Environment on the Structural Properties of Massive Cluster Galaxies at Redshift $1.39 \lt z \lt1.61$ (2018)
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Chan, J., Beifiori, A., Saglia, R., Mendel, J., Stott, J., Bender, R., …Wegner, M. (2018). The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS) II - The Effect of Environment on the Structural Properties of Massive Cluster Galaxies at Redshift $1.39 \lt z \lt1.61$. Astrophysical Journal, 856(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaadb4

We present results on the structural properties of massive passive galaxies in three clusters at 1.39 < z < 1.61 from the KMOS Cluster Survey. We measure light-weighted and mass-weighted sizes from optical and near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope ima... Read More about The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS) II - The Effect of Environment on the Structural Properties of Massive Cluster Galaxies at Redshift $1.39 \lt z \lt1.61$.

The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). III. Fundamental Plane of Cluster Galaxies at z ≃ 1.80 in JKCS 041 (2017)
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Prichard, L. J., Davies, R. L., Beifiori, A., Chan, J. C., Cappellari, M., Houghton, R. C., …Wegner, M. (2017). The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). III. Fundamental Plane of Cluster Galaxies at z ≃ 1.80 in JKCS 041. Astrophysical Journal, 850(2), Article 203. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa96a6

We present data for 16 galaxies in the overdensity JKCS 041 at $z\simeq 1.80$ as part of the K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) Cluster Survey (KCS). With 20 hr integrations, we have obtained deep absorption-line spectra from which we derived ve... Read More about The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). III. Fundamental Plane of Cluster Galaxies at z ≃ 1.80 in JKCS 041.

The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the origin of disc turbulence in z ≈ 1 star-forming galaxies (2017)
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Johnson, H., Harrison, C., Swinbank, A., Tiley, A., Stott, J., Bower, R., …Richards, S. (2018). The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the origin of disc turbulence in z ≈ 1 star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(4), 5076-5104. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3016

We analyse the velocity dispersion properties of 472 z ∼ 0.9 star-forming galaxies observed as part of the KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS). The majority of this sample is rotationally dominated (83 ± 5 per cent with vC/σ0 > 1) but also... Read More about The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the origin of disc turbulence in z ≈ 1 star-forming galaxies.

A compact, smart Langmuir Probe control module for MAST-Upgrade (2017)
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Lovell, J., Stephen, R., Bray, S., Naylor, G., Elmore, S., Willett, H., …Sharples, R. (2017). A compact, smart Langmuir Probe control module for MAST-Upgrade. Journal of Instrumentation, 12(11), Article C11008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/11/c11008

A new control module for the MAST-Upgrade Langmuir Probe system has been developed. It is based on a Xilinx Zynq FPGA, which allows for excellent configurability and ease of retrieving data. The module is capable of arbitrary bias voltage waveform ge... Read More about A compact, smart Langmuir Probe control module for MAST-Upgrade.

The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). I. The Fundamental Plane and the Formation Ages of Cluster Galaxies at Redshift 1.4 < Z < 1.6 (2017)
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Beifiori, A., Mendel, J. T., Chan, J. C., Saglia, R. P., Bender, R., Cappellari, M., …Wegner, M. (2017). The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). I. The Fundamental Plane and the Formation Ages of Cluster Galaxies at Redshift 1.4 < Z < 1.6. Astrophysical Journal, 846(2), Article 120. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8368

We present the analysis of the fundamental plane (FP) for a sample of 19 massive red-sequence galaxies (${M}_{\star }\gt 4\times {10}^{10}$ ${M}_{\odot }$) in three known overdensities at $1.39\lt z\lt 1.61$ from the K-band Multi-object Spectrograph... Read More about The KMOS Cluster Survey (KCS). I. The Fundamental Plane and the Formation Ages of Cluster Galaxies at Redshift 1.4 < Z < 1.6.

The KMOS Deep Survey (KDS) – I. Dynamical measurements of typical star-forming galaxies at z ≃ 3.5 (2017)
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Turner, O., Cirasuolo, M., Harrison, C., McLure, R., Dunlop, J., Swinbank, A., …Sharples, R. (2017). The KMOS Deep Survey (KDS) – I. Dynamical measurements of typical star-forming galaxies at z ≃ 3.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(2), 1280-1320. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1366

We present dynamical measurements from the KMOS (K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph) Deep Survey (KDS), which is comprised of 77 typical star-forming galaxies at z z ≃ 3.5 in the mass range 9.0 < log(M⋆/M⊙) < 10.5. These measurements constrain the inte... Read More about The KMOS Deep Survey (KDS) – I. Dynamical measurements of typical star-forming galaxies at z ≃ 3.5.

The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): rotational velocities and angular momentum of z ≈ 0.9 galaxies (2017)
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Harrison, C., Johnson, H., Swinbank, A., Stott, J., Bower, R., Smail, I., …Magdis, G. (2017). The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): rotational velocities and angular momentum of z ≈ 0.9 galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(2), 1965-1983. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx217

We present dynamical measurements for 586 Hα detected star-forming galaxies from the KMOS (K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph) Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS). The sample represents typical star-forming galaxies at this redshift (z = 0.6–1.0)... Read More about The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): rotational velocities and angular momentum of z ≈ 0.9 galaxies.

Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7 (2017)
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Swinbank, M., Harrison, C., Trayford, J., Schaller, M., Smail, I., Schaye, J., …Stott, J. (2017). Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(3), 3140-3159. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx201

We present a MUSE and KMOS dynamical study 405 star-forming galaxies at redshift z = 0.28–1.65 (median redshift z¯= 0.84). Our sample is representative of the star-forming “main-sequence”, with star-formation rates of SFR = 0.1–30M⊙ yr−1 and stellar... Read More about Angular momentum evolution of galaxies over the past 10 Gyr: a MUSE and KMOS dynamical survey of 400 star-forming galaxies from z = 0.3 to 1.7.

A new catalog of homogenised absorption line indices for Milky Way globular clusters from high-resolution integrated spectroscopy (2016)
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Kim, H., Cho, J., Sharples, R., Vazdekis, A., Beasley, M., & Yoon, S. (2016). A new catalog of homogenised absorption line indices for Milky Way globular clusters from high-resolution integrated spectroscopy. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 227(2), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/227/2/24

We perform integrated spectroscopy of 24 Galactic globular clusters (GGCs). Spectra are observed from one core radius for each cluster with a high wavelength resolution of ~2.0 Å FWHM. In combination with two existing data sets from Puzia et al. and... Read More about A new catalog of homogenised absorption line indices for Milky Way globular clusters from high-resolution integrated spectroscopy.

Overview of recent physics results from MAST (2016)
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Kirk, A., Adamek, J., Akers, R., Allan, S., Appel, L., Arese Lucini, F., …Team, T. E. M. (2016). Overview of recent physics results from MAST. Nuclear Fusion, 57(10), Article 102007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa65e0

New results from MAST are presented that focus on validating models in order to extrapolate to future devices. Measurements during start-up experiments have shown how the bulk ion temperature rise scales with the square of the reconnecting field. Dur... Read More about Overview of recent physics results from MAST.

Modifications to the synthetic aperture microwave imaging diagnostic (2016)
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Brunner, K., Chorley, J., Dipper, N., Naylor, G., Sharples, R., Taylor, G., …Vann, R. (2016). Modifications to the synthetic aperture microwave imaging diagnostic. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(11), Article 11E129. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961283

The synthetic aperture microwave imaging diagnostic has been operating on the MAST experiment since 2011. It has provided the first 2D images of B-X-O mode conversion windows and showed the feasibility of conducting 2D Doppler back-scattering experim... Read More about Modifications to the synthetic aperture microwave imaging diagnostic.

An FPGA-Based Bolometer for the MAST-U Super-X Divertor (2016)
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Lovell, J., Naylor, G., Field, A., Drewelow, P., & Sharples, R. (2016). An FPGA-Based Bolometer for the MAST-U Super-X Divertor. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(11), Article 11E721. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961556

A new resistive bolometer system has been developed for MAST-Upgrade. It will measure radiated power in the new Super-X divertor, with millisecond time resolution, along 16 vertical and 16 horizontal lines of sight. The system uses a Xilinx Zynq-7000... Read More about An FPGA-Based Bolometer for the MAST-U Super-X Divertor.

The Angular Momentum Distribution and Baryon Content of Star-forming Galaxies at z ~ 1-3 (2016)
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Burkert, A., Förster Schreiber, N., Genzel, R., Lang, P., Tacconi, L., Wisnioski, E., …Wuyts, E. (2016). The Angular Momentum Distribution and Baryon Content of Star-forming Galaxies at z ~ 1-3. Astrophysical Journal, 826(2), Article 214. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/826/2/214

We analyze the angular momenta of massive star-forming galaxies (SFGs) at the peak of the cosmic star formation epoch (z ~ 0.8–2.6). Our sample of ~360 log(M */M ⊙) ~ 9.3–11.8 SFGs is mainly based on the KMOS3D and SINS/zC-SINF surveys of Hα kinemati... Read More about The Angular Momentum Distribution and Baryon Content of Star-forming Galaxies at z ~ 1-3.

The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the Tully–Fisher relation at z ∼ 1 (2016)
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Tiley, A., Stott, J., Swinbank, A., Bureau, M., Harrison, C., Bower, R., …Best, P. (2016). The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the Tully–Fisher relation at z ∼ 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(1), 103-129. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw936

We present the stellar mass (M*), and K-corrected K-band absolute magnitude (MK) Tully–Fisher relations (TFRs) for subsamples of the 584 galaxies spatially resolved in H α emission by the KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS). We model the v... Read More about The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): the Tully–Fisher relation at z ∼ 1.

Sizes, Colour gradients and Resolved Stellar Mass Distributions for the Massive Cluster Galaxies in XMMUJ2235-2557 at z = 1.39 (2016)
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Chan, J., Beifiori, A., Mendel, J., Saglia, R., Bender, R., Fossati, M., …Stott, J. (2016). Sizes, Colour gradients and Resolved Stellar Mass Distributions for the Massive Cluster Galaxies in XMMUJ2235-2557 at z = 1.39. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), 3181-3209. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw502

We analyse the sizes, colour gradients, and resolved stellar mass distributions for 36 massive and passive galaxies in the cluster XMMUJ2235-2557 at z = 1.39 using optical and near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope imaging. We derive light-weighted Sér... Read More about Sizes, Colour gradients and Resolved Stellar Mass Distributions for the Massive Cluster Galaxies in XMMUJ2235-2557 at z = 1.39.

The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): dynamical properties, gas and dark matter fractions of typical z~1 star-forming galaxies (2016)
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Stott, J., Swinbank, A., Johnson, H., Tiley, A., Magdis, G., Bower, R., …Cirasuolo, M. (2016). The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): dynamical properties, gas and dark matter fractions of typical z~1 star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457(2), 1888-1904. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw129

The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS) is an ESO-guaranteed time survey of 795 typical star-forming galaxies in the redshift range z = 0.8–1.0 with the KMOS instrument on the Very Large Telescope. In this paper, we present resolved kinema... Read More about The KMOS Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey (KROSS): dynamical properties, gas and dark matter fractions of typical z~1 star-forming galaxies.

KROSS: mapping the Hα emission across the star formation sequence at z ≈ 1 (2016)
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Magdis, G., Bureau, M., Stott, J., Tiley, A., Swinbank, A., Bower, R., …Sharples, R. (2016). KROSS: mapping the Hα emission across the star formation sequence at z ≈ 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(4), 4533-4541. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2931

We present first results from the KMOS (K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph) Redshift One Spectroscopic Survey, an ongoing large kinematical survey of a thousand, z ∼ 1 star-forming galaxies, with VLT KMOS. Out of the targeted galaxies (∼500 so far), we... Read More about KROSS: mapping the Hα emission across the star formation sequence at z ≈ 1.

The KMOS AGN Survey at High redshift (KASHz): the prevalence and drivers of ionized outflows in the host galaxies of X-ray AGN (2015)
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Harrison, C., Alexander, D., Mullaney, J., Stott, J., Swinbank, A., Arumugam, V., …Sharples, R. (2016). The KMOS AGN Survey at High redshift (KASHz): the prevalence and drivers of ionized outflows in the host galaxies of X-ray AGN. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2), 1195-1220. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2727

We present the first results from the KMOS (K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph) AGN (active galactic nuclei) Survey at High redshift (KASHz), a VLT/KMOS integral-field spectroscopic (IFS) survey of z ≳ 0.6 AGN. We present galaxy-integrated spectra of 8... Read More about The KMOS AGN Survey at High redshift (KASHz): the prevalence and drivers of ionized outflows in the host galaxies of X-ray AGN.

Inferring divertor plasma properties from hydrogen Balmer and Paschen series spectroscopy in JET-ILW (2015)
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Lomanowski, B., Meigs, A., Sharples, R., Stamp, M., Guillemaut, C., & Contributors, J. (2015). Inferring divertor plasma properties from hydrogen Balmer and Paschen series spectroscopy in JET-ILW. Nuclear Fusion, 55(12), Article 123028. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/12/123028

A parametrised spectral line profile model is formulated to investigate the diagnostic scope for recovering plasma parameters from hydrogenic Balmer and Paschen series spectroscopy in the context of JET-ILW divertor plasmas. The separate treatment of... Read More about Inferring divertor plasma properties from hydrogen Balmer and Paschen series spectroscopy in JET-ILW.

Overview of MAST results (2015)
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Chapman, I., Adamek, J., Akers, R., Allan, S., Appel, L., Asunta, O., …Upgrade Teams, M. (2015). Overview of MAST results. Nuclear Fusion, 55(10), https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/10/104008

The Mega Ampère Spherical Tokamak (MAST) programme is strongly focused on addressing key physics issues in preparation for operation of ITER as well as providing solutions for DEMO design choices. In this regard, MAST has provided key results in unde... Read More about Overview of MAST results.

A SLUGGS and Gemini/GMOS combined study of the elliptical galaxy M60: wide-field photometry and kinematics of the globular cluster system (2015)
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Pota, V., Brodie, J., Bridges, T., Strader, J., Romanowsky, A., Villaume, A., …Arnold, J. (2015). A SLUGGS and Gemini/GMOS combined study of the elliptical galaxy M60: wide-field photometry and kinematics of the globular cluster system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(2), 1962-1983. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv677

We present new wide-field photometry and spectroscopy of the globular clusters (GCs) around NGC 4649 (M60), the third brightest galaxy in the Virgo cluster. Imaging of NGC 4649 was assembled from a recently obtained Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Ca... Read More about A SLUGGS and Gemini/GMOS combined study of the elliptical galaxy M60: wide-field photometry and kinematics of the globular cluster system.

Young star clusters in the interacting galaxies of Hickson Compact Group 90 (2015)
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Miah, J., Sharples, R., & Cho, J. (2015). Young star clusters in the interacting galaxies of Hickson Compact Group 90. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3639-3648. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2735

Deep images of Hickson Compact Group 90 (HCG 90) have been obtained using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. We report results for star clusters observed in the interacting pair of galaxies NGC 7174 and NGC 7176. We presen... Read More about Young star clusters in the interacting galaxies of Hickson Compact Group 90.

Evidence for Wide-spread Active Galactic Nucleus-driven Outflows in the Most Massive z \~ 1-2 Star-forming Galaxies (2014)
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Genzel, R., Förster Schreiber, N., Rosario, D., Lang, P., Lutz, D., Wisnioski, E., …van Dokkum, P. (2014). Evidence for Wide-spread Active Galactic Nucleus-driven Outflows in the Most Massive z \~ 1-2 Star-forming Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 796(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/796/1/7

In this paper, we follow up on our previous detection of nuclear ionized outflows in the most massive (log(M */M ☉) ≥ 10.9) z ~ 1-3 star-forming galaxies by increasing the sample size by a factor of six (to 44 galaxies above log(M */M ☉) ≥ 10.9) from... Read More about Evidence for Wide-spread Active Galactic Nucleus-driven Outflows in the Most Massive z \~ 1-2 Star-forming Galaxies.

Characterization of a Commercial, Front-Illuminated Interline Transfer CCD Camera for use as a Guide Camera on a Balloon-Borne Telescope (2014)
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Clark, P., Massey, R., Chang, H., Galloway, M., Israel, H., Jones, L., …Susca, S. (2014). Characterization of a Commercial, Front-Illuminated Interline Transfer CCD Camera for use as a Guide Camera on a Balloon-Borne Telescope. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 3(2), Article 1440003. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2251171714400030

We report results obtained during the characterization of a commercial front-illuminated progressive scan interline transfer CCD camera. We demonstrate that the unmodified camera operates successfully in temperature and pressure conditions (-40°C, 4... Read More about Characterization of a Commercial, Front-Illuminated Interline Transfer CCD Camera for use as a Guide Camera on a Balloon-Borne Telescope.

Enhanced visible and near-infrared capabilities of the JET mirror-linked divertor spectroscopy system (2014)
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Lomanowski, B., Meigs, A., Conway, N., Zastrow, K., Sharples, R., Heesterman, P., …Contributors, J. E. (2014). Enhanced visible and near-infrared capabilities of the JET mirror-linked divertor spectroscopy system. Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(11), Article 11E432. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893426

The mirror-linked divertor spectroscopy diagnostic on JET has been upgraded with a new visible and near-infrared grating and filtered spectroscopy system. New capabilities include extended near-infrared coverage up to 1875 nm, capturing the hydrogen... Read More about Enhanced visible and near-infrared capabilities of the JET mirror-linked divertor spectroscopy system.

A relationship between specific star formation rate and metallicity gradient within z ∼ 1 galaxies from KMOS-HiZELS (2014)
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Stott, J., Sobral, D., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Bower, R., Best, P., …Matthee, J. (2014). A relationship between specific star formation rate and metallicity gradient within z ∼ 1 galaxies from KMOS-HiZELS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443(3), 2695-2704. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1343

We have observed a sample of typical z ∼ 1 star-forming galaxies, selected from the HiZELS survey, with the new K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) near-infrared, multi-integral field unit instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), in order to... Read More about A relationship between specific star formation rate and metallicity gradient within z ∼ 1 galaxies from KMOS-HiZELS.

Coherence imaging of scrape-off-layer and divertor impurity flows in the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (invited) (2014)
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Silburn, S., Harrison, J., Howard, J., Gibson, K., Meyer, H., Michael, C., & Sharples, R. (2014). Coherence imaging of scrape-off-layer and divertor impurity flows in the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (invited). Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(11), Article 11D703. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891165

A new coherence imaging Doppler spectroscopy diagnostic has been deployed on the UK’s Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak for scrape-off-layer and divertor impurity flow measurements. The system has successfully obtained 2D images of C III, C II, and He II li... Read More about Coherence imaging of scrape-off-layer and divertor impurity flows in the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (invited).

A Consistent Study of Metallicity Evolution at 0.8 < z < 2.6 (2014)
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Wuyts, E., Kurk, J., Förster Schreiber, N., Genzel, R., Wisnioski, E., Bandara, K., …Wilman, D. (2014). A Consistent Study of Metallicity Evolution at 0.8 < z < 2.6. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 789(2), Article L40. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/789/2/l40

We present the correlations between stellar mass, star formation rate (SFR), and the [N II]/Hα flux ratio as an indicator of gas-phase metallicity for a sample of 222 galaxies at 0.8 < z < 2.6 and log (M */M ☉) = 9.0-11.5 from the LUCI, SINS/zC-SINF,... Read More about A Consistent Study of Metallicity Evolution at 0.8 < z < 2.6.

The dynamics of z = 0.8 Hα-selected star-forming galaxies from KMOS/CF-HiZELS (2013)
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Sobral, D., Swinbank, A., Stott, J., Matthee, J., Bower, R., Smail, I., …Sharples, R. (2013). The dynamics of z = 0.8 Hα-selected star-forming galaxies from KMOS/CF-HiZELS. Astrophysical Journal, 779(2), Article 139. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/779/2/139

We present the spatially resolved Hα dynamics of 16 star-forming galaxies at z ~ 0.81 using the new KMOS multi-object integral field spectrograph on the ESO Very Large Telescope. These galaxies, selected using 1.18 μm narrowband imaging from the 10 d... Read More about The dynamics of z = 0.8 Hα-selected star-forming galaxies from KMOS/CF-HiZELS.

The software package for astronomical reductions with KMOS: SPARK (2013)
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Davies, R., Agudo Berbel, A., Wiezorrek, E., Cirasuolo, M., Förster Schreiber, N., Jung, Y., …Wegner, M. (2013). The software package for astronomical reductions with KMOS: SPARK. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 558, Article A56. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322282

The K-band Multi Object Spectrograph (KMOS) is a multi-object near-infrared integral field spectrometer with 24 deployable cryogenic pick-off arms. Inevitably, data processing is a complex task that requires careful calibration and quality control. I... Read More about The software package for astronomical reductions with KMOS: SPARK.

New Microslice Technology for Hyperspectral Imaging (2013)
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Content, R., Blake, S., Dunlop, C., Nandi, D., Sharples, R., Talbot, G., …Luke, P. (2013). New Microslice Technology for Hyperspectral Imaging. Remote Sensing, 5(3), 1204-1219. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5031204

We present the results of a project to develop a proof of concept for a novel hyperspectral imager based on the use of advanced micro-optics technology. The technology gives considerably more spatial elements than a classic pushbroom which translates... Read More about New Microslice Technology for Hyperspectral Imaging.

FPGA-based embedded Linux technology in fusion: The MAST microwave imaging system (2012)
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Huang, B., Vann, R., Freethy, S., Myers, R., Naylor, G., Sharples, R., & Shevchenko, V. (2012). FPGA-based embedded Linux technology in fusion: The MAST microwave imaging system. Fusion Engineering and Design, 87(12, SI), 2106-2111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.06.004

ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn (2012)
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den Herder, J., Piro, L., Ohashi, T., Kouveliotou, C., Hartmann, D., Kaastra, J., …Zane, S. (2012). ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn. Experimental Astronomy, 34, 519-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-011-9224-7

Space-quality data from balloon-borne telescopes: The High Altitude Lensing Observatory (HALO) (2012)
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Rhodes, J., Dobke, B., Booth, J., Massey, R., Liewer, K., Smith, R., Amara, A., Aldrich, J., Berge, J., Bezawada, N., Brugarolas, P., Clark, P., Dubbeldam, C., Ellis, R., Frenk, C., Gallie, A., Heavens, A., Henry, D., Jullo, E., Kitching, T., …Wu, J. (2012). Space-quality data from balloon-borne telescopes: The High Altitude Lensing Observatory (HALO). Astroparticle Physics, 38, 31-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.05.015

Globular cluster systems of early-type galaxies in low-density environments (2012)
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Cho, J., Sharples, R., Blakeslee, J., Zepf, S., Kundu, A., Kim, H., & Yoon, S. (2012). Globular cluster systems of early-type galaxies in low-density environments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422(4), 3591-3610. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20873.x

Deep images of 10 early-type galaxies in low-density environments have been obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The global properties of the globular cluster (GC) systems of the galaxies have been de... Read More about Globular cluster systems of early-type galaxies in low-density environments.

The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 3923 (2012)
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Norris, M., Gebhardt, K., Sharples, R., Faifer, F., Bridges, T., Forbes, D., …Kannappan, S. (2012). The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 3923. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 421(2), 1485-1498. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20417.x

This paper presents further results from our spectroscopic study of the globular cluster (GC) system of the group elliptical NGC 3923. From observations made with the GMOS instrument on the Gemini South Telescope, an additional 50 GC and ultra-compac... Read More about The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 3923.

Globular clusters in five early-type galaxies (Faifer+, 2011) (2012)
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Faifer, F., Forte, J., Norris, M., Bridges, T., Forbes, D., Zepf, S., …Sharples, R. (2012). Globular clusters in five early-type galaxies (Faifer+, 2011)

The M87 globular cluster system (Strader+, 2011) (2012)
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Strader, J., Romanowsky, A., Brodie, J., Spitler, L., Beasley, M., Arnold, J., …Arimoto, N. (2012). The M87 globular cluster system (Strader+, 2011)

Wide-field Precision Kinematics of the M87 Globular Cluster System (2011)
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Strader, J., Romanowsky, A., Brodie, J., Spitler, L., Beasley, M., Arnold, J., …Arimoto, N. (2011). Wide-field Precision Kinematics of the M87 Globular Cluster System. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 197(2), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/33

Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular cluster systems in five early-type galaxies (2011)
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Faifer, F., Forte, J., Norris, M., Bridges, T., Forbes, D., Zepf, S., …Sharples, R. (2011). Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular cluster systems in five early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416(1), 155-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19018.x

The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. IV. Intergalactic Globular Clusters and the Massive Globular Cluster System at the Core of the Coma Galaxy Cluster (2011)
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Peng, E., Ferguson, H., Goudfrooij, P., Hammer, D., Lucey, J., Marzke, R., …Verdoes Kleijn, G. (2011). The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. IV. Intergalactic Globular Clusters and the Massive Globular Cluster System at the Core of the Coma Galaxy Cluster. Astrophysical Journal, 730(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/730/1/23

Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope (2010)
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Kimura, M., Maihara, T., Iwamuro, F., Akiyama, M., Tamura, N., Dalton, G., …Robertson, D. (2010). Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope. Publications of Astronomical Society of Japan, 62(5), 1135-1147

THE HST/ACS COMA CLUSTER SURVEY. II. DATA DESCRIPTION AND SOURCE CATALOGS (2010)
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Hammer, D., Kleijn, G., Hoyos, C., den Brok, M., Balcells, M., Ferguson, H., …Valentijn, E. (2010). THE HST/ACS COMA CLUSTER SURVEY. II. DATA DESCRIPTION AND SOURCE CATALOGS. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 191(1), 143-159. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/191/1/143

SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer (2009)
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Cimatti, A., Robberto, M., Baugh, C., Beckwith, S., Content, R., Daddi, E., …Zerbi, F. (2009). SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer. Experimental Astronomy, 23(1), 39-66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9096-7

We describe the scientific motivations, the mission concept and the instrumentation of SPACE, a class-M mission proposed for concept study at the first call of the ESA Cosmic-Vision 2015–2025 planning cycle. SPACE aims to produce the largest three-di... Read More about SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer.

Deformable Mirror Controller for Open-Loop Adaptive Optics - art. no. 70153X (2008)
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Guzman, D., Guesalaga, A., Myers, R., Sharples, R., Morris, T., Basden, A., …Martin, Y. (2008). Deformable Mirror Controller for Open-Loop Adaptive Optics - art. no. 70153X. Proceedings of SPIE, 7015, X153-X153

The Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey. I. Survey objectives and design (2008)
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Carter, D., Goudfrooij, P., Mobasher, B., Ferguson, H., Puzia, T., Aguerri, A., …Kleijn, G. (2008). The Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey. I. Survey objectives and design. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 176(2), 424-437. https://doi.org/10.1086/533439

Gemini/GMOS spectroscopy of the spheroid and globular cluster system of NGC 3923 (2008)
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Norris, M., Sharples, R., Bridges, T., Gebhardt, K., Forbes, D., Proctor, R., …Hanes, D. (2008). Gemini/GMOS spectroscopy of the spheroid and globular cluster system of NGC 3923. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 385(1), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12826.x

Luminosity and stellar mass functions of discs and spheroids in the SDSS and the supermassive black hole mass function (2007)
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Benson, A., Dzanovic, D., Frenk, C., & Sharples, R. (2007). Luminosity and stellar mass functions of discs and spheroids in the SDSS and the supermassive black hole mass function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 379(3), 841-866. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11923.x

A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - I. Observation, data analysis and luminosity function (2006)
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Tamura, N., Sharples, R., Arimoto, N., Onodera, M., Ohta, K., & Yamada, Y. (2006). A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - I. Observation, data analysis and luminosity function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 373(2), 588-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11067.x

A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - II. Colour and spatial distribution (2006)
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Tamura, N., Sharples, R., Arimoto, N., Onodera, M., Ohta, K., & Yamada, Y. (2006). A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - II. Colour and spatial distribution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 373(2), 601-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11059.x

The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 4649 (M60) (2006)
Journal Article
Bridges, T., Gebhardt, K., Sharples, R., Faifer, F., Forte, J., Beasley, M., …Pierce, M. (2006). The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 4649 (M60). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 373(1), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10997.x

Cryogenic tests of volume-phase holographic gratings: results at 100 K. (2006)
Journal Article
Tamura, N., Murray, G., Luke, P., Blackburn, C., Robertson, D., Dipper, N., …Allington-Smith, J. (2006). Cryogenic tests of volume-phase holographic gratings: results at 100 K. Applied optics, 45(23), 5923-5928. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.45.005923

We present results from cryogenic tests of volume-phase holographic (VPH) gratings at ∼100  K∼100  K. The aims of these tests are to see whether the diffraction efficiency as a function of wavelength is significantly different at a low temperature fr... Read More about Cryogenic tests of volume-phase holographic gratings: results at 100 K..

KMOS: A multi-object deployable-IFU spectrometer for the ESO VLT (2006)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Bender, R., Bennett, R., Burch, K., Carter, P., Clark, P., …Wegner, M. (2006). KMOS: A multi-object deployable-IFU spectrometer for the ESO VLT. New Astronomy Reviews, 50(4-5), 370-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2006.02.014

Integral field spectroscopy - Conference summary (2006)
Journal Article
Sharples, R. (2006). Integral field spectroscopy - Conference summary. New Astronomy Reviews, 50(4-5), 443-445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2006.02.015

Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Virgo giant elliptical NGC 4649 (2006)
Journal Article
Pierce, M., Bridges, T., Forbes, D., Proctor, R., Beasley, M., Gebhardt, K., …Hanes, D. (2006). Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Virgo giant elliptical NGC 4649. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 368(1), 325-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10097.x

GMOS spectroscopy of the S0 galaxy NGC 3115 (2006)
Journal Article
Norris, M., Sharples, R., & Kuntschner, H. (2006). GMOS spectroscopy of the S0 galaxy NGC 3115. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 367(2), 815-824

Wide-field kinematics of globular clusters in the Leo I group (2006)
Journal Article
Bergond, G., Zepf, S., Romanowsky, A., Sharples, R., & Rhode, K. (2006). Wide-field kinematics of globular clusters in the Leo I group. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 448(1), 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20053697

Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Leo group elliptical NGC 3379 (2006)
Journal Article
Pierce, M., Beasley, M., Forbes, D., Bridges, T., Gebhardt, K., Faifer, F., …Proctor, R. (2006). Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Leo group elliptical NGC 3379. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 366(4), 1253-1264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09810.x

Measurement of throughput variation across a large format volume-phase holographic grating. (2005)
Journal Article
Tamura, N., Murray, G., Sharples, R., Robertson, D., & Allington-Smith, J. (2005). Measurement of throughput variation across a large format volume-phase holographic grating. Optics Express, 13(11), 4125-4133. https://doi.org/10.1364/opex.13.004125

Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular clusters in the Virgo galaxy NGC 4649 (M60) (2004)
Journal Article
Forbes, D. A., Raul Faifer, F., Carlos Forte, J., Bridges, T., Beasley, M. A., Gebhardt, K., …Zepf, S. E. (2004). Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular clusters in the Virgo galaxy NGC 4649 (M60). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 355, 608-616

Some Dynamical Constraints on the Halo of NGC 3379 from Wide-Field Spectroscopy of Its Globular Cluster System (2004)
Journal Article
Zepf, S., Bergond, G., Romanowsky, A., Rhode, K., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (2004). Some Dynamical Constraints on the Halo of NGC 3379 from Wide-Field Spectroscopy of Its Globular Cluster System

Forming Globular Cluster Systems Semi-analytically (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beasley, M., Baugh, C., Forbes, D., Sharples, R., & Frenk, C. (2003). Forming Globular Cluster Systems Semi-analytically.

Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies with Gemini/gmos (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bridges, T., Beasley, M., Faifer, F., Forbes, D., Forte, J., Gebhardt, K., …Zepf, S. (2003). Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies with Gemini/gmos.

VLT Spectroscopy of NGC 3115 Globular Clusters (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuntschner, H., Ziegler, B. L., Sharples, R., Worthey, G., & Fricke, K. J. (2003). VLT Spectroscopy of NGC 3115 Globular Clusters.

The Southern SHARC catalogue (Burke+, 2003) (2003)
Journal Article
Burke, D., Collins, C., Sharples, R., Romer, A., & Nichol, R. (2003). The Southern SHARC catalogue (Burke+, 2003)

Quantitative Study of Galaxy Morphology (2003)
Journal Article
Džanović, D., Sharples, R., Benson, A., & Frenk, C. (2003). Quantitative Study of Galaxy Morphology. Astrophysics and Space Science, 285, 73-77

Halo Tracers in Nearby Galaxies (2003)
Journal Article
Romanowsky, A., Douglas, N., Kuijken, K., Merrifield, M., Arnaboldi, M., Merrett, H., …L., K. (2003). Halo Tracers in Nearby Galaxies

The Southern SHARC catalogue: a ROSAT survey for distant galaxy clusters (2003)
Journal Article
Burke, D., Collins, C., Sharples, R., Romer, A., & Nichol, R. (2003). The Southern SHARC catalogue: a ROSAT survey for distant galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 341, 1093-1108

Cryogenic Tests of Volume-Phase Holographic Gratings: I. Results at 200 K. (2003)
Journal Article
Tamura, N., Murray, G., Luke, P., Blackburn, C., Robertson, D., Dipper, N., …Allington-Smith, J. (2003). Cryogenic Tests of Volume-Phase Holographic Gratings: I. Results at 200 K. Experimental Astronomy, 15(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Aexpa.0000028163.98901.d9

We present results from cryogenic tests of a Volume-Phase Holographic(VPH) grating at 200 K measured at near-infrared wavelengths. The aims of these tests were to see whether the diffraction efficiency and angular dispersion of a VPH grating are sign... Read More about Cryogenic Tests of Volume-Phase Holographic Gratings: I. Results at 200 K..

Multiple Integral Field Spectroscopy (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wright, G., Ivison, R., Hastings, P., Wells, M., Sharples, R., Allington-Smith, J., & Content, R. (2002). Multiple Integral Field Spectroscopy.

Forming Globular Cluster Systems Semi-Analytically (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beasley, M., Baugh, C., Forbes, D., Sharples, R., & Frenk, C. (2002). Forming Globular Cluster Systems Semi-Analytically.

MEIFU - A Million Element Integral Field Unit for Deep Ly-α Searches (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharples, R., Morris, S., & Content, R. (2002). MEIFU - A Million Element Integral Field Unit for Deep Ly-α Searches.

A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU) (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morris, S., Content, R., Sharples, R., Bower, R., Davies, R., & Baugh, C. (2002). A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU). In Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 11-15 June 2001 (99-107). https://doi.org/10.1007/10857019_16

We describe an instrument concept that will provide simultaneous spectra for a million spatial samples on the sky. With the proposed field of view and spectral resolution, it will be able to measure redshifts and line strengths for around 2-4000 z∼∼3... Read More about A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU).

Ages and Metallicities of Globular Clusters in NGC 4472. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beasley, M., Sharples, R., Bridges, T., Hanes, D., Zepf, S., Ashman, K., & Geisler, D. (2002). Ages and Metallicities of Globular Clusters in NGC 4472. In D. P. Geisler, E. K. Grebel, & D. Minniti (Eds.), Extragalactic star clusters: proceedings of the 207th Symposium of the IAU held in Pucón, Chile, 12-16 March 2001

We have derived ages and metallicities from co-added spectra of 131 globular clusters (GCs) associated with the giant Virgo elliptical NGC 4472. From their metal-line indices, we find that our sample of GCs span a metallicity range of approximately -... Read More about Ages and Metallicities of Globular Clusters in NGC 4472..

IGER Bacon R., et al., 1995, A&AS, 113, 347 (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bacon, R., Adam, G., Cabrit, S., Combes, F., Davies, R., Emsellem, E., …de Zeeuw, P. (2002). IGER Bacon R., et al., 1995, A&AS, 113, 347.

The Anglo-Australian Observatory 2dF facility (2002)
Journal Article
Lewis, I., Cannon, R., Taylor, K., Glazebrook, K., Bailey, J., Baldry, I., …Willis, K. (2002). The Anglo-Australian Observatory 2dF facility. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 333, 279-299

VLT spectroscopy of NGC 3115 globular clusters (2002)
Journal Article
Kuntschner, H., Ziegler, B., Sharples, R., Worthey, G., & Fricke, K. (2002). VLT spectroscopy of NGC 3115 globular clusters. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 395(3), 761-777. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20021325

We present results derived from VLT-FORS2 spectra of 24 different globular clusters associated with the lenticular galaxy NGC 3115. A subsample of 17 globular clusters have sufficiently high signal-to-noise to allow precision measurements of absorpti... Read More about VLT spectroscopy of NGC 3115 globular clusters.

Testing stellar population models with star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2002)
Journal Article
Beasley, M., Hoyle, F., & Sharples, R. (2002). Testing stellar population models with star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 336(1), 168-188. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05714.x

We present high signal-to-noise ratio integrated spectra of 24 star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), obtained using the FLAIR spectrograph at the UK Schmidt telescope. The spectra have been placed on to the Lick/IDS system in order to te... Read More about Testing stellar population models with star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The luminosity functions and stellar masses of galactic disks and spheroids (2002)
Journal Article
Benson, A., Frenk, C., & Sharples, R. (2002). The luminosity functions and stellar masses of galactic disks and spheroids. Astrophysical Journal, 574(1), 104-113. https://doi.org/10.1086/340925

We present a method to obtain quantitative measures of galaxy morphology and apply it to a spectroscopic sample of field galaxies in order to determine the luminosity and stellar mass functions of galactic disks and spheroids. For our sample of appro... Read More about The luminosity functions and stellar masses of galactic disks and spheroids.

On the formation of globular cluster systems in a hierarchical universe (2002)
Journal Article
Beasley, M., Baugh, C., Forbes, D., Sharples, R., & Frenk, C. (2002). On the formation of globular cluster systems in a hierarchical universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 333(2), 383-399. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05402.x

We have investigated the formation of globular cluster (GC) systems in the fiducial semi-analytic model of galaxy formation of Cole et al., by assuming that GCs are formed at high redshifts (z>5) in protogalactic fragments, and during the subsequent... Read More about On the formation of globular cluster systems in a hierarchical universe.

Recent developments in spectroscopy (2001)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Allington-Smith, J., Buscher, D., Content, R., Haynes, R., & Myers, R. (2001). Recent developments in spectroscopy. New Astronomy Reviews, 45, 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1387-6473%2800%2900133-0

Globular Clusters as Dynamical Probes of the Virgo Giant Elliptical M49 (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bridges, T., Ashman, K., Beasley, M., Geisler, D., Hanes, D., Sharples, R., & Zepf, S. (2000). Globular Clusters as Dynamical Probes of the Virgo Giant Elliptical M49.

Intracluster Planetary Nebulae in the Virgo Cluster (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Freeman, K., Arnaboldi, M., Capaccioli, M., Ciardullo, R., Feldmeier, J., Ford, H., …Sharples, R. (2000). Intracluster Planetary Nebulae in the Virgo Cluster.

M87: The Massive Galaxy (2000)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., & Murdin, P. (2000). M87: The Massive Galaxy

The MARTINI adaptive optics instrument (2000)
Journal Article
Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Buscher, D., Myers, R., Sharples, R., & Major, J. (2000). The MARTINI adaptive optics instrument. New Astronomy, 5, 223-233

Spectroscopy of globular cluster candidates in the Sculptor group galaxies NGC 253 and 55 (2000)
Journal Article
Beasley, M., & Sharples, R. (2000). Spectroscopy of globular cluster candidates in the Sculptor group galaxies NGC 253 and 55. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 311, 673-682

Spectrographs: Fiber-fed Spectrographs (2000)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., & Murdin, P. (2000). Spectrographs: Fiber-fed Spectrographs

Ages and metallicities of globular clusters in NGC 4472 (2000)
Journal Article
Beasley, M., Sharples, R., Bridges, T., Hanes, D., Zepf, S., Ashman, K., & Geisler, D. (2000). Ages and metallicities of globular clusters in NGC 4472. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 318(4), 1249-1263. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03885.x

We have derived ages and metallicities from co-added spectra of 131 globular clusters associated with the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4472. Based upon a calibration with Galactic globular clusters, we find that our sample of globular clusters in NGC... Read More about Ages and metallicities of globular clusters in NGC 4472.

First Atmospheric Compensation with a Linearized High-Order Adaptive Mirror-Electra (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zadrozny, A., Chang, M., Buscher, D., Myers, R., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., …Arnold, R. (1999). First Atmospheric Compensation with a Linearized High-Order Adaptive Mirror-Electra.

Clusters of Galaxies, X-Rays, and Dark Matter (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burke, D., Collins, C., Nichol, R., Romer, A., Reichart, D., Holden, B., …Sharples, R. (1999). Clusters of Galaxies, X-Rays, and Dark Matter.

Colour-magnitude relations and spectral line strengths in the Coma cluster (1999)
Journal Article
Terlevich, A., Kuntschner, H., Bower, R., Caldwell, N., & Sharples, R. (1999). Colour-magnitude relations and spectral line strengths in the Coma cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 310, 445-452. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02941.x

Multiple-Object and Integral Field Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Using Fibers (1999)
Journal Article
Haynes, R., Lee, D., Allington-Smith, J., Content, R., Dodsworth, G., Lewis, I., …Chapman, S. (1999). Multiple-Object and Integral Field Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Using Fibers. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 111, 1451-1468

Multi-Fiber Spectroscopy at the Observatorio "Guillermo Haro" (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carrasco, B., Vazquez, S., Ren, D., Sharples, R., Langarica, R., Lewis, I., & Parry, I. (1998). Multi-Fiber Spectroscopy at the Observatorio "Guillermo Haro".

Practical issues for the use of liquid crystal spatial light modulators in adaptive optics (1998)
Journal Article
Bold, G., Barnes, T., Gourlay, J., Sharples, R., Haskell, ,., & G., T. (1998). Practical issues for the use of liquid crystal spatial light modulators in adaptive optics. Optics Communications, 148, 323-330

Morphological Types in 10 Distant Rich Clusters (Smail+ 1997) (1998)
Journal Article
Smail, I., Dressler, A., Couch, W., Ellis, R., Oemler, A. J., Butcher, H., & Sharples, R. (1998). Morphological Types in 10 Distant Rich Clusters (Smail+ 1997)

Constraints on the Formation History and Mass Distribution of NGC 4472 from Spectroscopy of 150 of its Globular Clusters (1998)
Journal Article
Zepf, S., Beasley, M., Sharples, R., Bridges, T., Hanes, D., Ashman, K., & Giesler, D. (1998). Constraints on the Formation History and Mass Distribution of NGC 4472 from Spectroscopy of 150 of its Globular Clusters. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 30, 1261-

Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in NGC 4472 (1998)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Zepf, S., Bridges, T., Hanes, D., Carter, D., Ashman, K., & Geisler, D. (1998). Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in NGC 4472. Astronomical Journal, 115, 2337-2344

New Constraints on the Luminosity Evolution of Spheroidal Galaxies in Distant Clusters (1998)
Journal Article
Barger, A., Aragon-Salamanca, A., Smail, I., Ellis, R., Couch, W., Dressler, A., …Sharples, R. (1998). New Constraints on the Luminosity Evolution of Spheroidal Galaxies in Distant Clusters. Astrophysical Journal, 501, 522-

The K-band luminosity function of galaxies (1998)
Book Chapter
Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Frenk, C., & Carrasco, B. (1998). The K-band luminosity function of galaxies. In B. J. McLean, D. A. Golombek, J. J. Hayes, & H. E. Payne (Eds.), New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys : Proceedings of the 179th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Baltimore, U.S.A., August 26–30, 1996 (278-280)

A Wide-Field K-Band Galaxy Survey (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Baugh, C., Frenk, C., & Carrasco, B. (1997). A Wide-Field K-Band Galaxy Survey. In G. A. Mamon, X. T. Trinh, & J. . T. V. Tran (Eds.), Extragalactic Astronomy in the Infrared. = Astronomie extragalactique dans l'infrarouge: proceedings of the XVIIth Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, France, March 15-22, 1997

The K-band Luminosity Function of Early-Type Galaxies (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharples, R., Gardner, J., Frenk, C., & Carrasco, B. (1997). The K-band Luminosity Function of Early-Type Galaxies.

The K-Band Luminosity Function of Galaxies (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Frenk, C., & Carrasco, B. (1997). The K-Band Luminosity Function of Galaxies.

On the Evolution of X-Ray Clusters at High Redshift (1997)
Journal Article
Collins, C., Burke, D., Romer, A., Sharples, R., & Nichol, R. (1997). On the Evolution of X-Ray Clusters at High Redshift. Astrophysical Journal, 479, L117-

A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey: The Color and Surface Brightness Distribution of Nearby Galaxies (1997)
Journal Article
Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Frenk, C., Baugh, C., & Carrasco, B. (1997). A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey: The Color and Surface Brightness Distribution of Nearby Galaxies. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 29(2),

We present the results of a wide-field K band galaxy survey. We have imaged nearly 10 square degrees in two fields at high galactic latitude using linear detectors in the near-infrared K band and the optical B, V, and I bands. We have obtained spectr... Read More about A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey: The Color and Surface Brightness Distribution of Nearby Galaxies.

Kinematics and metallicities of globular clusters in M104 (1997)
Journal Article
Bridges, T., Ashman, K., Zepf, S., Carter, D., Hanes, D., Sharples, R., & Kavelaars, J. (1997). Kinematics and metallicities of globular clusters in M104. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 284, 376-384

The Southern SHARC Survey: the Z = 0.3--0.7 Cluster X-Ray Luminosity Function 1 (1997)
Journal Article
Burke, D., Collins, C., Sharples, R., Romer, A., Holden, B., & Nichol, R. (1997). The Southern SHARC Survey: the Z = 0.3--0.7 Cluster X-Ray Luminosity Function 1. Astrophysical Journal, 488, L83-

A wide-field K-band survey: The luminosity function of galaxies (1997)
Journal Article
Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Frenk, C., & Carrasco, B. (1997). A wide-field K-band survey: The luminosity function of galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 480(2), L99-L102. https://doi.org/10.1086/310630

Recent results from the MARTINI III/WHIRCAM infra-red adaptive optics system (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Doel, P., Buscher, D., Dunlop, C., Sharples, R., & Andrews, N. (1996). Recent results from the MARTINI III/WHIRCAM infra-red adaptive optics system.

A Search for distant X-ray galaxy clusters (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burke, D., Collins, C., Nichol, R., Romer, A., Holden, B., Sharples, R., & Ulmer, M. (1996). A Search for distant X-ray galaxy clusters.

The Butcher-Oemler Effect in Nearby Clusters (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharples, R. (1996). The Butcher-Oemler Effect in Nearby Clusters.

A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey (1996)
Journal Article
Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Frenk, C., Baugh, C., & Carrasco, B. (1996). A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 28(4),

We present the results of a wide-field K band galaxy survey. We have imaged nearly 10 square degrees in two fields at high galactic latitude using linear detectors in the near-infrared K band, and the optical B, V, and I bands. We have obtained spect... Read More about A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey.

Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Lensing Cluster Abell 2218 (1996)
Journal Article
Kneib, J., Ellis, R., Smail, I., Couch, W., & Sharples, R. (1996). Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Lensing Cluster Abell 2218. Astrophysical Journal, 471, 643-

A wide-field K-band survey - I. Galaxy counts in B, V, I and K (1996)
Journal Article
Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Carrasco, B., & Frenk, C. (1996). A wide-field K-band survey - I. Galaxy counts in B, V, I and K. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 282, L1-L6. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/282.1.l1

A wide-field K-band survey - II. Galaxy clustering (1996)
Journal Article
Baugh, C., Gardner, J., Frenk, C., & Sharples, R. (1996). A wide-field K-band survey - II. Galaxy clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 283, L15-L19. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/283.1.l15

The life-cycle of star formation in distant clusters (1996)
Journal Article
Barger, A., Aragon-Salamanca, A., Ellis, R., Couch, W., Smail, I., & Sharples, R. (1996). The life-cycle of star formation in distant clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 279, 1-24

Novel adaptive optics with the Durham University ELECTRA system (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buscher, D., Doel, A., Andrews, N., Dunlop, C., Morris, P., Myers, R., …Wilson, R. (1996). Novel adaptive optics with the Durham University ELECTRA system.

The Photometric, Spectroscopic and Morphological Evolution of Starburstin G Galaxies in Distant Clusters (1995)
Journal Article
Barger, A., Aragon-Salamanca, A., Ellis, R., Couch, W., Smail, I., & Sharples, R. (1995). The Photometric, Spectroscopic and Morphological Evolution of Starburstin G Galaxies in Distant Clusters. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 27, 1374-

Binary adaptive optics: atmospheric wave-front correction with a half-wave phase shifter (1995)
Journal Article
Love, G. D., Andrews, N., Birch, P., Buscher, D., Doel, P., Dunlop, C., …Glindemann, A. (1995). Binary adaptive optics: atmospheric wave-front correction with a half-wave phase shifter. Applied Optics, 34, 6058-

M giants at high galactic latitudes: an old metal-rich population? (1995)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Whitelock, P., & Feast, M. (1995). M giants at high galactic latitudes: an old metal-rich population?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 272, 139-149

Star Formation Cycle in Distant Clusters (1994)
Journal Article
Barger, A., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Ellis, R., Couch, W., Smail, I., & Sharples, R. (1994). Star Formation Cycle in Distant Clusters. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 27, 768-

Book Review: The hidden universe / Ellis Horwood, 1991 (1994)
Journal Article
Sharples, R. (1994). Book Review: The hidden universe / Ellis Horwood, 1991. Observatory, 114, 190-

Late-type giants in Baade's window (Sharples+ 1990) (1994)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Walker, A., & Cropper, M. (1994). Late-type giants in Baade's window (Sharples+ 1990)

Optical Observations of Supernova 1993J from La-Palma - Part One - Days 2 TO 125 (1994)
Journal Article
Lewis, J., Walton, N., Meikle, W., Cumming, R., Catchpole, R., Arevalo, M., …Vilchez, J. (1994). Optical Observations of Supernova 1993J from La-Palma - Part One - Days 2 TO 125. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 266, L27-

The Formation of Globular Clusters in Galaxy Mergers (1994)
Journal Article
Zepf, S., Ashman, K., Carter, D., English, J., Freeman, K., & Sharples, R. (1994). The Formation of Globular Clusters in Galaxy Mergers. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 26, 1431-

Morphology & Kinematics of the 'Born-Again' Planetary Abell 78 (1993)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clegg, R., Devaney, M., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., & Sharples, R. (1993). Morphology & Kinematics of the 'Born-Again' Planetary Abell 78.

Fibre-to-Object Allocation Algorithms for Autofib Type Fibre Positioners (1993)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, I., Parry, I., Sharples, R., & Taylor, K. (1993). Fibre-to-Object Allocation Algorithms for Autofib Type Fibre Positioners.

The AAT 2dF Project - Current Status (1993)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, P., Taylor, K., Parry, I., Lewis, I., & Sharples, R. (1993). The AAT 2dF Project - Current Status.

High Precision Fibre Positioning for the Prime Foci of 4-metre class Telescopes (1993)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parry, I., Sharples, R., Lewis, I., & Gray, P. (1993). High Precision Fibre Positioning for the Prime Foci of 4-metre class Telescopes.

Improved galaxy cluster distances from an optical Tully-Fisher relation (1993)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Young, P., Sharples, R., Lucey, J., & Staveley-Smith, L. (1993). Improved galaxy cluster distances from an optical Tully-Fisher relation.

A Complete Galaxy Redshift Survey - Part Five - Infrared Luminosity Functions for Field Galaxies (1993)
Journal Article
Mobasher, B., Sharples, R., & Ellis, R. (1993). A Complete Galaxy Redshift Survey - Part Five - Infrared Luminosity Functions for Field Galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 263, 560-

MARTINI - Sensing and control system design (1992)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (1992). MARTINI - Sensing and control system design.

MARTINI - A Partial Adaptive System in the Visible; Status and Development (1992)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (1992). MARTINI - A Partial Adaptive System in the Visible; Status and Development.

The Galactic Bulge and the Thick Disc (1992)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feast, M., Whitelock, P., & Sharples, R. (1992). The Galactic Bulge and the Thick Disc.

Deep WFC Imaging of the z=0.3 Cluster AC114 (1992)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharples, R., Smail, I., Ellis, R., Couch, W., Fitchett, M., & Jørgensen, H. (1992). Deep WFC Imaging of the z=0.3 Cluster AC114.

Autofib Manual (1991)
Book
Sharples, R., Gray, P., & Hatzidimitriou, D. (1991). Autofib Manual. Anglo-Australian Observatory

MARTINI - System operation and astronomical performance (1991)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (1991). MARTINI - System operation and astronomical performance.

Book Review: Baryonic dark matter / Kluwer, 1990 (1991)
Journal Article
Bell, D. L., & Sharples, R. (1991). Book Review: Baryonic dark matter / Kluwer, 1990. Observatory, 111, 136-

Book-Review - Clusters of Galaxies (1991)
Journal Article
Oegerle, W., Fitchett, M., Danly, L., & Sharples, R. (1991). Book-Review - Clusters of Galaxies. Observatory, 111, 138-

Kinematics of the Baade Window late M giants (1990)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, A., Sharples, R., & Cropper, M. (1990). Kinematics of the Baade Window late M giants.

Kinematics of the Late M Giants in Baade's Window (1990)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Walker, A., & Cropper, M. (1990). Kinematics of the Late M Giants in Baade's Window. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 246, 54-

Michigan 160 - Internal kinematics and the cosmic distance scale (1990)
Journal Article
Staveley-Smith, L., Bland, J., Axon, D., Davies, R., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (1990). Michigan 160 - Internal kinematics and the cosmic distance scale. Astrophysical Journal, 364, 23-34

The stellar content of early-type galaxies in dense environments (1989)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rose, J., Sharples, R., Ellis, R., & Bower, R. (1989). The stellar content of early-type galaxies in dense environments.

A complete sample of globular clusters in NGC 5128. (1988)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharples, R. (1988). A complete sample of globular clusters in NGC 5128.

AUTO FIB Current Status (1988)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parry, I., & Sharples, R. (1988). AUTO FIB Current Status.

The structure and dynamics of Abell 2670. I - M/L ratio and orbital anisotropy (1988)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Ellis, R., & Gray, P. (1988). The structure and dynamics of Abell 2670. I - M/L ratio and orbital anisotropy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 231, 479-508

Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud (1988)
Journal Article
Allen, D., Couch, W., Malin, D., Sharples, R., & McNaught, R. (1988). Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud

A spectroscopic study of three rich galaxy clusters at Z = 0.31 (1987)
Journal Article
Couch, W. J., & Sharples, R. (1987). A spectroscopic study of three rich galaxy clusters at Z = 0.31. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 229, 423-456

Infrared colour-luminosity relations for field galaxies (1986)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, R., Mobasher, B., & Sharples, R. (1986). Infrared colour-luminosity relations for field galaxies.

A complete galaxy redshift sample. IV - Optical and infrared colour-luminosity relations (1986)
Journal Article
Mobasher, B., Ellis, R., & Sharples, R. (1986). A complete galaxy redshift sample. IV - Optical and infrared colour-luminosity relations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 223, 11-37

Stellar dynamics of CEN A (1986)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, A., Sharples, R., Fosbury, R., & Wallace, P. (1986). Stellar dynamics of CEN A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 218, 297-329

Erratum - Stellar Dynamics of Centaurus-A (1986)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, A., Sharples, R., Fosbury, R., & Wallace, P. (1986). Erratum - Stellar Dynamics of Centaurus-A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 220, 799-

AAO fibre system (1985)
Book
Gray, P., & Sharples, R. (1985). AAO fibre system. Anglo-Australian Observatory

Multi-object spectroscopy of the distant cluster AC103 (1985)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Ellis, R., Couch, W., & Gray, P. (1985). Multi-object spectroscopy of the distant cluster AC103. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 212, 687-707

Continuum emission from the nucleus of NGC 1275 (1984)
Journal Article
Longmore, A., Sharples, R., Tokunaga, A., Robson, E., Ade, P., Radostitz, J., & Rudy, R. (1984). Continuum emission from the nucleus of NGC 1275. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 209, 373-385

NGC 7172 - an obscured active nucleus (1984)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Longmore, A., Hawarden, T., & Carter, D. (1984). NGC 7172 - an obscured active nucleus. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 208, 15-24

Stellar Dynamics of Cen A (1983)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, A., Fosbury, R., Wallace, P., & Sharples, R. (1983). Stellar Dynamics of Cen A. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 15, 921-

Kinematics of elliptical-like galaxies with dust lanes (1983)
Journal Article
Sharples, R., Carter, D., Hawarden, T., & Longmore, A. (1983). Kinematics of elliptical-like galaxies with dust lanes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 202, 37-52

Infrared observations of early-type galaxies with dust-lanes (1982)
Journal Article
Longmore, A., & Sharples, R. (1982). Infrared observations of early-type galaxies with dust-lanes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 201, 111-119