Bright mid-infrared detections of MAXI J1836-194 with VISIR on the VLT: brightening of the compact jet
(2011)
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Russell, D., Belloni, T., Miller-Jones, J., O'Brien, K., Gandhi, P., Cadolle Bel, M., …Corbel, S. (2011). Bright mid-infrared detections of MAXI J1836-194 with VISIR on the VLT: brightening of the compact jet
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A readout for large arrays of microwave kinetic inductance detectors (2012)
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McHugh, S., Mazin, B. A., Serfass, B., Meeker, S., O'Brien, K., Duan, R., …Werthimer, D. (2012). A readout for large arrays of microwave kinetic inductance detectors. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83,
Excess Optical Enhancement Observed with ARCONS for Early Crab Giant Pulses (2013)
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Strader, M., Johnson, M., Mazin, B., Spiro Jaeger, G., Gwinn, C., Meeker, S., …Bumble, B. (2013). Excess Optical Enhancement Observed with ARCONS for Early Crab Giant Pulses. Astrophysical Journal, 779,
Direct detection of SDSS J0926+3624 orbital expansion with ARCONS (2014)
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Szypryt, P., Duggan, G., Mazin, B., Meeker, S., Strader, M., van Eyken, J., …Bumble, B. (2014). Direct detection of SDSS J0926+3624 orbital expansion with ARCONS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(3), 2765-2770. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu137AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) stars belong to a class of ultracompact, short-period binaries with spectra dominated largely by helium. SDSS J0926+3624 is of particular interest as it is the first observed eclipsing AM CVn system. We observed SDSS J09... Read More about Direct detection of SDSS J0926+3624 orbital expansion with ARCONS.
Simulated stellar kinematics studies of high-redshift galaxies with the HARMONI Integral Field Spectrograph (2016)
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Kendrew, S., Zieleniewski, S., Houghton, R., Thatte, N., Devriendt, J., Tecza, M., …Häußler, B. (2016). Simulated stellar kinematics studies of high-redshift galaxies with the HARMONI Integral Field Spectrograph. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), 2405-2422. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw438We present a study into the capabilities of integrated and spatially resolved integral field spectroscopy of galaxies at z = 2–4 with the future HARMONI spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) using the simulation pipeline, HS... Read More about Simulated stellar kinematics studies of high-redshift galaxies with the HARMONI Integral Field Spectrograph.
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/stx3016We 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.
Centroid error compensation method for a star tracker under complex dynamic conditions (2017)
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Tan, W., Qin, S., Myers, R., Morris, T., Jiang, G., Zhao, Y., …Dai, D. (2017). Centroid error compensation method for a star tracker under complex dynamic conditions. Optics Express, 25(26), 33559-33574. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.25.033559The traditional approach of a star tracker for reducing the dynamic error concentrates on a single frame of star images. Through correlating adjacent star images together with their angular relations sensed by a gyroscope unit (GU), the attitude-corr... Read More about Centroid error compensation method for a star tracker under complex dynamic conditions.
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/aa96a6We 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 light-sheet microscopy revolution (2018)
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Girkin, J. M., & Carvalho, M. T. (2018). The light-sheet microscopy revolution. Journal of Optics, 20(5), Article 053002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aab58aThis paper reviews the rapid advances that have been made in one form of optical biological imaging in the last decade, namely that of light-sheet microscopy. Although the concept was originally presented over one hundred years ago, it was a methodol... Read More about The light-sheet microscopy revolution.
Optimizing the accuracy and efficiency of optical turbulence profiling using adaptive optics telemetry for extremely large telescopes (2018)
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Laidlaw, D. J., Osborn, J., Morris, T. J., Basden, A. G., Beltramo-Martin, O., Butterley, T., …Wilson, R. W. (2018). Optimizing the accuracy and efficiency of optical turbulence profiling using adaptive optics telemetry for extremely large telescopes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(4), 4341-4353. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3285Advanced adaptive optics (AO) instruments on ground-based telescopes require accurate knowledge of the atmospheric turbulence strength as a function of altitude. This information assists point spread function reconstruction, AO temporal control techn... Read More about Optimizing the accuracy and efficiency of optical turbulence profiling using adaptive optics telemetry for extremely large telescopes.
Origin of the asymmetry of the wind driven halo observed in high-contrast images (2018)
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Cantalloube, F., Por, E., Dohlen, K., Sauvage, J., Vigan, A., Kasper, M., …Fusco, T. (2018). Origin of the asymmetry of the wind driven halo observed in high-contrast images. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 620, Article L10. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834311The latest generation of high-contrast instruments dedicated to exoplanets and circumstellar disk imaging are equipped with extreme adaptive optics and coronagraphs to reach contrasts of up to 10−4 at a few tenths of arcseconds in the near-infrared.... Read More about Origin of the asymmetry of the wind driven halo observed in high-contrast images.
Tandem fluorescence and Raman (fluoRaman) characterisation of a novel photosensitiser in colorectal cancer cell line SW480 (2018)
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Gala de Pablo, J., Chisholm, D. R., Steffen, A., Nelson, A. K., Mahler, C., Marder, T. B., …Evans, S. D. (2018). Tandem fluorescence and Raman (fluoRaman) characterisation of a novel photosensitiser in colorectal cancer cell line SW480. Analyst, 143(24), 6113-6120. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8an01461bThe development of new imaging tools, molecules and modalities is crucial to understanding biological processes and the localised cellular impact of bioactive compounds. A small molecule photosensitiser, DC473, has been designed to be both highly flu... Read More about Tandem fluorescence and Raman (fluoRaman) characterisation of a novel photosensitiser in colorectal cancer cell line SW480.
Spectro-Imaging Polarimetry of the Local Corona During Solar Eclipse (2017)
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Qu, Z., Dun, G., Chang, L., Murray, G., Cheng, X., Zhang, X., & Deng, L. (2017). Spectro-Imaging Polarimetry of the Local Corona During Solar Eclipse. Solar Physics, 292(2), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1055-xResults are presented from spectro-imaging polarimetry of radiation from the local solar corona during the 2013 total solar eclipse in Gabon. This polarimetric observation was performed from 516.3 nm to 532.6 nm using a prototype Fiber Arrayed Solar... Read More about Spectro-Imaging Polarimetry of the Local Corona During Solar Eclipse.
A Wildly Flickering Jet in the Black Hole X-Ray Binary MAXI J1535–571 (2018)
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Cristina Baglio, M., Russell, D. M., Casella, P., Al Noori, H., Al Yazeedi, A., Belloni, T., …Vincentelli, F. M. (2018). A Wildly Flickering Jet in the Black Hole X-Ray Binary MAXI J1535–571. Astrophysical Journal, 867(2), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aae532We report on the results of optical, near-infrared (NIR), and mid-infrared observations of the black hole X-ray binary candidate (BHB) MAXI J1535–571 during its 2017/2018 outburst. During the first part of the outburst (MJD 58004–58012), the source s... Read More about A Wildly Flickering Jet in the Black Hole X-Ray Binary MAXI J1535–571.
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/sty2794We 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.
Overview of progress in European medium sized tokamaks towards an integrated plasma-edge/wall solution (2017)
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Meyer, H., Eich, T., Beurskens, M., Coda, S., Hakola, A., Martin, P., …Zuin, M. (2017). Overview of progress in European medium sized tokamaks towards an integrated plasma-edge/wall solution. Nuclear Fusion, 57(10), Article 102014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa6084Integrating the plasma core performance with an edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) that leads to tolerable heat and particle loads on the wall is a major challenge. The new European medium size tokamak task force (EU-MST) coordinates research on ASDEX U... Read More about Overview of progress in European medium sized tokamaks towards an integrated plasma-edge/wall solution.
MuSICa: THE MULTI-SLIT IMAGE SLICER FOR THE EST SPECTROGRAPH (2013)
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Calcines, A., LÓpez, R., & Collados, M. (2013). MuSICa: THE MULTI-SLIT IMAGE SLICER FOR THE EST SPECTROGRAPH. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 02(01), https://doi.org/10.1142/s2251171713500098
SS Cancri: the shortest modulation-period Blazhko RR Lyrae (2017)
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Cafolla, C., Mathew, R., Edge, A., Swinbank, A., Lansbury, G., Wilson, R., …Dhillon, V. (2017). SS Cancri: the shortest modulation-period Blazhko RR Lyrae. Information bulletin on variable stars, 63, Article 6213. https://doi.org/10.22444/ibvs.6213
ChromaBlur: Rendering Chromatic Eye Aberration Improves Accommodation and Realism (2017)
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Cholewiak, S. A., Love, G. D., Srinivasan, P. P., Ng, R., & Banks, M. S. (2017). ChromaBlur: Rendering Chromatic Eye Aberration Improves Accommodation and Realism. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 36(6), Article 210. https://doi.org/10.1145/3130800.3130815Computer-graphics engineers and vision scientists want to generate images that reproduce realistic depth-dependent blur. Current rendering algorithms take into account scene geometry, aperture size, and focal distance, and they produce photorealistic... Read More about ChromaBlur: Rendering Chromatic Eye Aberration Improves Accommodation and Realism.
Compact, modular and in-plane AOSLO for high-resolution retinal imaging (2018)
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Young, L. K., Morris, T. J., Saunter, C. D., & Smithson, H. E. (2018). Compact, modular and in-plane AOSLO for high-resolution retinal imaging. Biomedical Optics Express, 9(9), 4275-4293. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.9.004275The adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) was first developed in 2002 and since then the technology has been adopted in several laboratories around the world, for both clinical and psychophysical research. There have been a few major... Read More about Compact, modular and in-plane AOSLO for high-resolution retinal imaging.