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

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.

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.

Characterisation of detachment in the MAST-U Super-X divertor using multi-wavelength imaging of 2D atomic and molecular emission processes (2023)
Journal Article
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.

Bits Missing: Finding Exotic Pulsars Using bfloat16 on NVIDIA GPUs (2023)
Journal Article
White, J., Adámek, K., Roy, J., Dimoudi, S., Ransom, S. M., & Armour, W. (2023). Bits Missing: Finding Exotic Pulsars Using bfloat16 on NVIDIA GPUs. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 265(1), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acb351

The Fourier domain acceleration search (FDAS) is an effective technique for detecting faint binary pulsars in large radio astronomy data sets. This paper quantifies the sensitivity impact of reducing numerical precision in the graphics processing uni... Read More about Bits Missing: Finding Exotic Pulsars Using bfloat16 on NVIDIA GPUs.

Wavelength calibration of birefringent interferometers for 2-D measurement of plasma flow (2023)
Journal Article
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 MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF). III. Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Grism Spectroscopy and Imaging (2023)
Journal Article
Revalski, M., Rafelski, M., Fumagalli, M., Fossati, M., Pirzkal, N., Sunnquist, B., …Peroux, C. (2023). The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF). III. Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Grism Spectroscopy and Imaging. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 265(2), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acb8ae

We present extremely deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) observations of the MUSE Ultra Deep Field. This unique region of the sky contains two quasars at z ≈ 3.22 that are separated by only ∼500 kpc, providing a stereoscopic... Read More about The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF). III. Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Grism Spectroscopy and Imaging.

SHIMM: a versatile seeing monitor for astronomy (2023)
Journal Article
Perera, S., Wilson, R. W., Butterley, T., Osborn, J., Farley, O. J., & Laidlaw, D. J. (2023). SHIMM: a versatile seeing monitor for astronomy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(4), 5475-5486. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad339

Characterization of atmospheric optical turbulence is crucial for the design and operation of modern ground-based optical telescopes. In particular, the effective application of adaptive optics correction on large and extremely large telescopes relie... Read More about SHIMM: a versatile seeing monitor for astronomy.

The Spectroscopic Data Processing Pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (2023)
Journal Article
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.

Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey (2023)
Journal Article
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.

Modelling gas around galaxy pairs and groups using the Q0107 quasar triplet (2023)
Journal Article
Beckett, A., Morris, S. L., Fumagalli, M., Tejos, N., Jannuzi, B., & Cantalupo, S. (2023). Modelling gas around galaxy pairs and groups using the Q0107 quasar triplet. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(1), 1113-1143. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad596

We examine to what extent disc and outflow models can reproduce observations of H I gas within a few virial radii of galaxies in pairs and groups. Using highly sensitive HST/COS and FOS spectra of the Q0107 quasar triplet covering Ly α for z≲1, as we... Read More about Modelling gas around galaxy pairs and groups using the Q0107 quasar triplet.

First observations of confined fast ions in MAST Upgrade with an upgraded neutron camera (2023)
Journal Article
Cecconello, M., Dolby, I., Sperduti, A., Rivero-Rodriguez, J., Ericsson, G., Fitzgerald, I., …Elmore, S. (2023). First observations of confined fast ions in MAST Upgrade with an upgraded neutron camera. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 65(3), Article 035013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/acb50c

Spherical tokamaks are key to the successful design of operating scenarios of future fusion reactors in the areas of divertor physics, neutral beam current drive and fast ion physics. MAST Upgrade, which has successfully concluded its first experimen... Read More about First observations of confined fast ions in MAST Upgrade with an upgraded neutron camera.

Laboratory demonstration of real-time focal plane wavefront control of residual atmospheric speckles (2022)
Journal Article
Gerard, B. L., Dillon, D., Cetre, S., & Jensen-Clem, R. (2022). Laboratory demonstration of real-time focal plane wavefront control of residual atmospheric speckles. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 8(3), Article 039001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.8.3.039001

Current and future high contrast imaging instruments aim to detect exoplanets at closer orbital separations, lower masses, and/or older ages than their predecessors. However, continually evolving speckles in the coronagraphic science image limit cont... Read More about Laboratory demonstration of real-time focal plane wavefront control of residual atmospheric speckles.