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David Lunney
Researcher at UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Publications - 39
Citations - 1908
David Lunney is an academic researcher from UK Astronomy Technology Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spectrograph & Telescope. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 33 publications receiving 1657 citations.
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SCUBA-2: the 10 000 pixel bolometer camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
Wayne S. Holland,Wayne S. Holland,D. Bintley,E. L. Chapin,Antonio Chrysostomou,Gary R. Davis,Jessica Dempsey,William Duncan,William Duncan,Michel Fich,Per Friberg,Mark Halpern,Kent D. Irwin,Tim Jenness,B. D. Kelly,M. J. MacIntosh,E. I. Robson,Douglas Scott,Peter A. R. Ade,Eli Atad-Ettedgui,David S. Berry,Simon C. Craig,Xiaofeng Gao,Andy Gibb,Gene C. Hilton,Matthew I. Hollister,Jan Kycia,David Lunney,H. McGregor,David Montgomery,William Parkes,Remo P. J. Tilanus,Joel N. Ullom,Craig Walther,Anthony J. Walton,Adam Woodcraft,Mandana Amiri,David Atkinson,B. Burger,Timothy C. Chuter,I. M. Coulson,William B. Doriese,Camelia Dunare,Frossie Economou,Michael D. Niemack,Harriet Parsons,Carl D. Reintsema,B. Sibthorpe,Ian Smail,R. V. Sudiwala,H. Thomas +50 more
TL;DR: SCUBA-2 as mentioned in this paper is an innovative 10000 pixel bolometer camera operating at submillimetre wavelengths on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), which has the capability to carry out wide-field surveys to unprecedented depths, addressing key questions relating to the origins of galaxies, stars and planets.
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Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG
Rosario Cosentino,Christophe Lovis,Francesco Pepe,Andrew Collier Cameron,David W. Latham,Emilio Molinari,Stéphane Udry,Naidu Bezawada,Martin Black,Andy Born,N. Buchschacher,D. Charbonneau,Pedro Figueira,M. Fleury,A. Galli,Angus Gallie,Xiaofeng Gao,Adriano Ghedina,Carlos Gonzalez,Manuel Gonzalez,José Guerra,David Henry,Keith Horne,I. Hughes,Dennis Kelly,Marcello Lodi,David Lunney,Charles Maire,Michel Mayor,Giuseppina Micela,Mark Ordway,John A. Peacock,David F. Phillips,Giampaolo Piotto,Don Pollacco,Didier Queloz,Ken Rice,C. Riverol,L. Riverol,Jose San Juan,Dimitar Sasselov,Damien Ségransan,Alessandro Sozzetti,Danuta Sosnowska,Brian Stobie,Andrew Szentgyorgyi,Andy Vick,L. Weber +47 more
TL;DR: The visible spectrograph HARPS-N as discussed by the authors was used at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) to perform radial velocity measurements of extrasolar planetary systems.
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ULTRACAM: an ultrafast, triple - beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
V. S. Dhillon,Tom Marsh,M. J. Stevenson,David Atkinson,P. Kerry,P. T. Peacocke,A. J. A. Vick,Steven Beard,Derek Ives,David Lunney,S. A. McLay,Chris Tierney,J. Kelly,S. P. Littlefair,Rhana B. Nicholson,R. Pashley,E. T. Harlaftis,Kieran O'Brien +17 more
TL;DR: The ULTRACAM as discussed by the authors is a portable, high-speed imaging photometer designed to study faint astronomical objects at high temporal resolutions, which employs two dichroic beamsplitters and three frame transfer CCD cameras to provide three-colour optical imaging at frame rates of up to 500 Hz.
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ULTRACAM: an ultra-fast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics
V. S. Dhillon,T. R. Marsh,M. J. Stevenson,David Atkinson,P. Kerry,P. T. Peacocke,A. J. A. Vick,Steven Beard,Derek Ives,David Lunney,S. A. McLay,Chris Tierney,J. Kelly,S. P. Littlefair,Rhana B. Nicholson,R. Pashley,E. T. Harlaftis,Kieran O'Brien +17 more
TL;DR: The ULTRACAM as mentioned in this paper is a portable, high-speed imaging photometer designed to study faint astronomical objects at high temporal resolutions, which employs two dichroic beamsplitters and three frame transfer CCD cameras to provide three-colour optical imaging at frame rates of up to 500 Hz.
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MOONS: the Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the VLT
M. Cirasuolo,Jose Afonso,Marcella Carollo,Hector Flores,Roberto Maiolino,Ernesto Oliva,S. Paltani,Leonardo Vanzi,Chris Evans,Manuel Abreu,David Atkinson,C. Babusiaux,Steven Beard,Franz E. Bauer,Michele Bellazzini,Ralf Bender,Philip Best,Naidu Bezawada,Piercarlo Bonifacio,Angela Bragaglia,I. Bryson,D. Busher,Alexandre Cabral,Karina Caputi,Mauro Centrone,Fanny Chemla,A. Cimatti,M. R. L. Cioni,G. Clementini,João Coelho,Denija Crnojević,E. Daddi,James Dunlop,Stephen Anthony Eales,Sofia Feltzing,Annette M. N. Ferguson,Malcolm E. Fisher,Adriano Fontana,J. P. U. Fynbo,B. Garilli,Gerard Gilmore,Adrian M. Glauser,Isabelle Guinouard,Francois Hammer,P. Hastings,A. Hess,Rob Ivison,P. Jagourel,Matt J. Jarvis,Lex Kaper,G. Kauffman,A. T. Kitching,Andy Lawrence,D. Lee,B. Lemasle,G. Licausi,Simon J. Lilly,Dario Lorenzetti,David Lunney,F. Mannucci,Ross J. McLure,Dante Minniti,David Montgomery,B. Muschielok,Kirpal Nandra,Ramón Navarro,Peder Norberg,S. J. Oliver,Livia Origlia,Nelson D. Padilla,John A. Peacock,Fernando Pedichini,J. Peng,Laura Pentericci,J. Pragt,Mathieu Puech,Sofia Randich,Phil Rees,Alvio Renzini,Nils Ryde,Mark Rodrigues,Isaac Roseboom,F. Royer,R. P. Saglia,Ariel G. Sánchez,Ricardo P. Schiavon,H. Schnetler,David Sobral,Roberto Speziali,David Sun,Remko Stuik,Andy Taylor,William Taylor,Stephen Todd,Eline Tolstoy,Miguel Torres,Monica Tosi,Eros Vanzella,Lars Venema,Fabrizio Vitali,Michael Wegner,Martyn Wells,Vivienne Wild,G. Wright,G. Zamorani,Manuela Zoccali +105 more
TL;DR: MOONS as mentioned in this paper is a new multi-object optical and near-infrared spectrograph selected by ESO as a third generation instrument for the VLT, which can provide the European astronomical community with a powerful, unique instrument able to pioneer a wide range of Galactic, Extragalactic and Cosmological studies and provide crucial follow-up for major facilities such as Gaia, VISTA, Euclid and LSST.