WIYN 3.5m Observatory

WIYN Publications

Refereed Publications | Technical Papers | Dissertations

Refereed Publications

WIYN refereed publications are now listed within the NOAO Libary web pages.

Technical Papers

University of Wisconsin

Bershady, M., Barden, S., Blanche, P.-A., Blanco, D., Corson, C., Crawford, S., Glaspey, J., Habraken, S., Jacoby, G., Keyes, J., and 8 coauthors, "WIYN bench upgrade: a revitalized spectrograph," 2008, SPIE, 7014E, 15B.
Crause, L., Bershady, M., Buckley, D., "Investigation of focal ratio degradation in optical fibres for astronomical instrumentation," 2008, SPIE 7014E, 210C.
Percival, J. W., "A software state machine for computing astronomical coordinates," 1994, ASP Conf. Series (ADASS), 61, 477.
Percival, J. W., "Remote observing from the bottom up: the architecture of the WIYN telescope control system," 1995, SPIE, 2479, 33.
Percival, J. W., "A Graphical Front End for the WIYN Telescope Engineering Data System," 1995, ASP Conf. Series (ADASS), 77, 140.

Indiana University

Honeycutt, R. K., Robertson, J.W. & Pier, J. R., "Medium-resolution Echelle Spectrograph Design," 1998, in Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, SPIE, 3355, 696.

Yale University

Horch, E., Ninkov, Z. & van Altena, W.F., "A new low-noise high-quantum-efficiency speckle imaging system," 1998, in Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, SPIE, 3355, 777.

WIYN Collaborations

Barden, S. C., Sawyer, D. G., & Honeycutt, R. K., "Integral Field Spectroscopy on the WIYN Telescope Using a Fiber Array," 1998, in Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, SPIE, 3355, 892.
Code, A. D., Claver, C. F., Goble, L. W., Jacoby, G. H., and Sawyer, D. G., "WIYN active optics: a platform for AO," 1998, SPIE, 3353, 649.
Percival, J. W., White, R. L., "Efficient Transfer of Images over Networks," 1993, ASP. Conf. Series(ADASS), 52, 321.
Percival, J. W., White, R. L., "An Ultra-Low Bandwidth Video Transmission System," 1996, ASP Conf. Series (ADASS), 101, 108.
Sawyer, D. G., Code, A. D., Percival, J. W., Smith, P. S., "Flexible observing modes employed at the WIYN Observatory," 1998, SPIE, 3349, 435.
Seaman, R. & von Hippel, T., "WIYN Data Distribution and Archiving," 1997, in Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VI, eds. G. Hunt & H.E. Payne (San Francisco: ASP Conference Series), 125, 306.

WIYN and NOAO Staff

Anderson D., Burge, J., Ketelsen, D., Martin, B., West, S., Poczulp, G., Richardson, J., Wong, W., "Fabrication and testing of the 3.5-m, f/1.75 WIYN primary mirror," 1993, SPIE, 1994, 193.
Barden, S. C., and Armandroff, T., "Performance of the WIYN fiber-fed MOS system: Hydra," 1995, SPIE, 2476, 56.
Barden, S. C., Armandroff, T., Muller, G., Rudeen, A. C., Lewis, J., Groves, L., "Modifying Hydra forthe WIYN telescope: an optimum telescope, fiber MOS combination," 1994, SPIE, 2198, 87.
Barkhouser, R.H., Smee, S.A., Meixner, M., 2004 "Optical and Optomechanical Design of the WIYN High Resolution Infrared Camera," in Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, SPIE, 5492, 921.
Bida, T.A., Dunham, E.W., Bright, L.P., Corson, C., 2004, "Site Testing for the Discovery Channel Telescope," in Ground-Based Telescopes, SPIE, 5489, 196.
Blanco, D., Corson, C., and Sawyer, D., "Seeing Experiments with the WIYN 3.5m Telescope," 2000,SPIE, 4004.
Blanco, D. R., and Johns, M. W., "Thermal Design of the WIYN 3.5-m telescope enclosure," 1994, SPIE, 2199, 743.
Boroson, T. A., Harmer, D. L., Saha, A., Smith, P. S., Willmarth, D. W., Silva, D. R., "WIYN queue: theory meets reality," 1998, in Proc. SPIE Conf. on Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return, 3349, 41.
Burke, B.E., Tonry, J., Cooper, M., Luppino, G., Jacoby, G., Bredthauer, R., Boggs, K., Lesser, M., Onaka, P., Yung, D., Doherty, P., Craig, D., 2004, "The Orthogonal-Transfer Array: A New CCD Architecture for Astronomy," in Optical and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy, SPIE, 5499, 185.
Claver, C. F., Jacoby, G. H., Silva, D. R., Code, A. D., "High-speed-image motion study at the WIYN 3.5-m telescope," 1998, SPIE 3353, 1130.
Claver, C., Vaughnn, D., Daly, P., Gomez, R., and Pearson, E., "Fast Tip-Tilt Imager for the 3.5m WIYN Telescope," 2000, SPIE, 4007.
Claver, C.F., Corson, C., Gomez, R.R., Daly, P.N., Dryden, D.M., Abareshi, B. 2003, "WIYN Tip-Tilt Module Performance," in Large Ground-based Telescopes, SPIE, 4837, 438.
Daly, P. and Claver, C., "Real-time Linux and LabVIEW as a control Environment for the WIYN Tip-Tilt Module," 2000, SPIE, 4009.
Ellington, S., "Disturbance rejection of the WIYN telescope position control system," 1995, SPIE, 2479, 278.
Harbeck, D.R., Jacoby, G.H., Muller, G., Sawyer, D., Harmer, C, Yeatts, A., 2008, "The WIYN One Degree Imager: An Update," in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, SPIE, 7014.
Harmer, C.F.W., Claver, C.F., Jacoby, G.H., 2002, "Optical Design of the WIYN One Degree Imager (ODI)," in Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries, SPIE, 4836, 260.
Jacoby, G.H., Harmer, C., Harbeck, D., Muller, G., Blanco, D., Keyes, J., Cavin, J., "The WIYN One Degree Imager Optical Design," 2008, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, SPIE, 7014.
Jacoby, G. H., Tonry, J. L., Burkes, B. E., Claver, C. F., Starr, B. M., Saha, A., Luppino, G. A., Harmer, C. F. W., "One Degree Imager (ODI)," 2002, SPIE, 4836, 217.
Johns, M. W., and Blanco, D. R., "WIYN 3.5-meter telescope project," 1994, SPIE, 2199, 2. Johns, M., and Pilachowski C., "The WIYN 3.5 Meter Telescope Project," 1990, SPIE, 1236 (Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes IV), 2.
Lesser, M, Ouellette, D., Zaraba, G., Jacoby, G., Muller, G., Sawyer, D., Keyes, J., Bredthauer, R., Boggs, K., 2009, "Packaging and Characterization of Orthogonal Transfer Array CCDs for the WIYN One Degree Imager," in Sensors, Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Scientific Applications, SPIE, 7249.
Marshall, B., Gillies, K., Lewis, J., "The Integration of Telescopes, Instruments, and User Interfaces at KPNO and WIYN," 1996, ASP Conf. Series (ADASS), 101, 408.
Meixner, M., Knezek, P., Churchwell, E., Doering, R., Indebetouw, R., Figer, D., MacKenty, J.W., Fruchter, A., Barkhouser, R.H., Smee, S.A., 2004, "Design Study for the WIYN High-resolution Infrared Camera," in Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, SPIE, 5492, 1440.
Meixner, M., Smee, S., Doering, R.L., Barkhouser, R.H., Orndorff, J., Knezek, P., Churchwell, E., Scharfstein, G., Percival, J., Mills, D., Corson, C., "Performance of the WIYN High-resolution Infrared Camera," 2008, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, SPIE, 7014.
Mills, D., "WIYN telescope graphical user interfaces," 1995, SPIE, 2479, 50.
Muller, G.P., Harbeck, D., Jacoby, G.H., Harmer, C., Yeatts, A., Blanco, D., 2008, "Mechanical Design of the WIYN One Degree Imager (ODI)," in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, SPIE, 7014.
Roddier, N. A., Blanco, D. R., Goble, L. W., Roddier, C. A., "WIYN telescope active optics system," 1995, SPIE, 2479, 364.
Saha, A., Armandroff, T., Sawyer, D., Corson, C., "Imaging Performance of the "Mini-Mosaic" Camera at the WIYN Telescope," 2000, SPIE, 4008.
Saha, A., Harmer, D., Smith, D., and Willmarth, D., "NOAO Queue-Observing Experiment on the WIYN Telescope," 2000, SPIE 4010.
Sawyer, D, Corson, C., and Saha, A., "Optimizing the Delivered Image Quality of the WIYN 3.5m Telescope," 2000, SPIE, 4004.
Sawyer, D., Moore, P., Rahmer, G., Buchholz, N., 2004, "Orthogonal Transfer Array Control solutions Using the MONSOON Image Acquisition System," in Optical and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy, SPIE, 5499, 489.
Stepp, L., Roddier, N., Dryden, D., and Cho, M., "Active Optics system for a 3.5-meter structured mirror," 1991, SPIE, 1542, 175.
Yeatts, A.K., Harbeck, D., Cavin, J., McDougall, E., 2008, "The WIYN ODI Instrument Software Architecture," in Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, SPIE, 7019.
Vaughnn, D., Claver, C.F., Richardson, E.H., 2000, "Four-Quadrant Error Sensor that Yields Position and Focus Utilizing an Internal Mirrorlette Array," in Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, SPIE, 4008, 1413.
Wolfe, T., Armandroff, T., Blouke, M.M., Rector, T., Reed, R., Saha, A., Schommer, R., Smith, C., Smith, R.M., Walker, A.R., 2000, "CCD Detector Performance for NOAO's Wide-Field MOSAIC Cameras," in Sensors and Cameras for Scientific, Industrial, and Digital Photography Applications, SPIE, 3965, 80.

Dissertations

University of Wisconsin

Andersen, D. R., "The Photometric and Kinematic Structure and Asymmetry of Galaxy Disks," 2001,PhD Thesis, Penn State University, (M. Bershady, Advisor).
Cole, A., "Helium-Burning Stars and the Star-Formation Histories of Dwarf Galaxies," 1999 (J. Gallagher, Advisor).
Conselice, C., "The Origin, Evolution and Classification of Field and Cluster Galaxy Populations," 2001 (J. Gallagher, Advisor).
Crawford, S., "The Distribution of Star-Forming Galaxies in Intermediate Redshift Galaxy Clusters," 2006 (M. Bershady, Advisor).
Dellenbush, K., "Evolutionary Paths in Starbursting Transition Dwarf Galaxies," 2008 (J. Gallagher, Advisor).
Devine, K., "Massive Star Forming Environments," 2010 (E. Churchwell, Advisor).
Doane, N., "Diffuse Hot Gas in Nearby Face-On Spiral Galaxies," 2007 (E. Wilcots, Advisor).
Dolan, C. J., "A Lithium-Based Survey of the Young Stellar Population of the Lambda Orionis Association," 2000, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (R. Mathieu, Advisor).
Eigenbrot, A., "Disk Heating and the Structure and Dynamics of Disk Galaxies," in progress (M. Bershady, Advisor).
Erwin, P., "Nonaxisymmetric Dynamics in Binaries and the Centers of Galaxies," 2000, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (L. Sparke, Advisor).
Geller, A. M., "Binary Stars and Blue Stragglers in the Old Open Cluster NGC 188," 2010, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (R. Mathieu, Advisor)
Gosnell, N., "Observational Signatures of Stellar Encounters in Open Clusters," 2011, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (R. Mathieu, Advisor).
Howk, J., "Extraplanar dust in nearby edge-on galaxies," 1999, PhD Thesis, Penn State University (B.Savage, Advisor).
Keenan, R. C., "A Near-Infrared Survey: Local Large-Scale Structure and The Near-Infrared Background," 2011, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison (A. Barger, Advisor)
Matthews, L. D., "Galaxy Structure and Evolution at the End of the Spiral Sequence," 1998, Ph.D. thesis, State University of New York at Stony Brook (J. S. Gallagher, Advisor).
Meibom, S., "Evolution of Angular Momentum in Close Detached Binaries and Single Stars of Solar Type," 2005, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (R. Mathieu, Advisor).
Milliman, K., "Surface Abundance and Binary Properities of Alternative-Evolution Stars in Open Clusters," 2016, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (R. Mathieu, Advisor).
Mosby, G., "The Relationship Between Quasar Activity & Star Formation in Low Redshift Active Galaxies & the RSS-NIR Detector System," in progress (C. Tremonti, M. Wolf, Hooper Advisors).
Nelson, T., "Binary Supersoft X-Ray Sources and the Supernova Ia Progenitor Problem," 2009 (M. Orio, Advisor).
Pisano, D. J., "The Formation and Evolution of Isolated Galaxies," 2001, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison. (E. Wilcots, Advisor).
Ryon, J., "Tracing Star Formation Properties of Nearby Galaxies with Star Cluster Populations," in progress (J. Gallagher, Advisor).
Sell, P., "The Winds of Change: Compact Objects at the Heart of Outflows from Actively Evolving Multi-size Scale Systems," in progress (S. Heinz & C. Tremonti, Advisors).
Schechtman-Rook, A., "Constraining the Vertical Distributions of Stellar Populations Through Edge-On Studies of Fast-Rotating Spiral Galaxies," in progress (M. Bershady, Advisor).
Stassun, K. G., "A Test of Star Formation Theory: The Connection Between Rotation, Accretion, and Circumstellar Disks Among Low-Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars," 2000, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (R. Mathieu, Advisor).
Steffen, A., "A Wide Field Chandra Survey of the Lockman Hole," 2004, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin -Madison (A. Barger, Advisor).
Tripp, T., "The Nature of QSO Absorption Lines," 1997, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin - Madison (B. Savage, Advisor).
Wehner, E., "Tidal Debris in the Starburst Galaxy NGC 3310: a Photometric and Spectroscopic Analysis," 2005, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin -Madison (J. S. Gallagher, Advisor).

Indiana University

Baptista, B., "Photodiode Radiation Hardness, Lyman-Alpha Emitting Galaxies, and Photon Detection in Liquid Argon Neutrino Detectors", 2013, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (S. Mufson, Advisor).
Barnes, K. L., "Star Formation in the Outer Disks of Spiral Galaxies," 2012, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (L. van Zee, Advisor).
Berrington, R., "The Dynamical Evolution of Galaxy Clusters: Observations and Simulations," 2000, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (H. Cohn & P. Lugger, Advisors).
Boberg, O., "Stellar Populations and Kinematics of Peculiar Milky Way Star Clusters," 2017, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (E. Friel, Advisor).
Cordero, M., "Multiple Populations in More Metal-Rich Galactic Globular Clusters", 2014, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (C. Pilachowski, Advisor).
Cummings, J. D., "Correlation of Initial Lithium and Iron in Young Open Clusters," 2011, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (C. Deliyannis, Advisor).
Dowell, J., "Photometric and Spectroscopic Studies of Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems," 2015, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (K. Rhode, Advisor).
Hargis, Jonathan R., "New Results from a Wide-field Imaging Survey of Globular Cluster Systems: Clues to the Formation and Evolution of Giant Galaxies," 2013, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (K. Rhode, Advisor).
Haurberg, N., "Chemical Abundances and Star-Formation Histories of Low-Mass Dwarf Galaxies," 2013, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (J. Salzer, Advisor).
Hillwig, T. C., "The Kinematic and Excitation Structure of Two Nova Shells," 2001, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (K. Honeycutt, Advisor).
Hirschauer, A., "Metallicities of Galaxies in the Local Universe," 2016, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (J. Salzer, Advisor).
Jacobson, H.R., "A Study of Open Clusters in the Apparent Abundance Transition Zone Rgc=10 kpc in the Milky Way," 2009, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (C. Pilachowski, Advisor).
Janowiecki, S., "The Evolutionary Status of High and Extremely Low Surface Brightness Dwarf Galaxies," 2015, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (J. Salzer, Advisor).
Jurcevic, J., "Distances to Nearby Galaxies via Long Period Variables," 1998, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (K. Honeycutt, Advisor).
Kafka, S., "Exploring Stellar Activity on the Secondary Star of Cataclysmic variables," 2005, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (K. Honeycutt, Advisor).
Lamenti, D., "Radial Velocity Detection of Binary Systems for Solar Type Stars in Open Star Clusters," 2009, Master’s thesis (C. Pilachowski, Advisor).
Maderak, R.M., "The Evolution of Galactic Oxygen as Traced by Open Cluster Dwarfs," 2011, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University, (C. Deliyannis, Advisor).
Margheim, S., "Lithium in the Pleiades," 2005, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (C. Deliyannis, Advisor).
Monroe, T.R., "The Effects of Stellar Metallicity on the Frequency of Debris Disks in Young Star Clusters", 2011, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University, (C. Pilachowski, Advisor).
Mostek, N., "Calibration System Design and Determination of Filter Calibration Requirements for Snap," 2007, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (S. Mufson, Advisor).
Overbeek, J., "The Evolution of Neutron-Capture Elements in the Milky Way," 2016, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (E. Friel, Advisor).
Rengstorf, A.W., "Quasar Detection via Variability in a High Galactic Latitude Drift Scan Survey,"2003, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (S. Mufson, Advisor).
Richards, E., "Baryonic Distributions in Galaxy Dark Matter Halos," 2016, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (L. van Zee, Advisor).
Robertson, J., "Two Examples of Mass Transfer Effects on the Long-Term Light Curves of Cataclysmic Variables," 1995, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (K. Honeycutt, Advisor).
Rogel, A. B., "The ChaMPlane Project: Spectroscopic Follow-Up and Theoretical Modelling," 2005, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (H. Cohn & P. Lugger, Advisors).
Steinhauer, A., "Formation and Evolution of the Open Cluster Lithium Gap," 2003, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (C. Deliyannis, Advisor).
van Sistine, A., "The ALFALFA H-alpha Survey," 2015 (J. Salzer, Advisor).
Young, M., "Giant Galaxies and Their Globular Cluster Populations: Analysis and Results from a Wide-Field Imaging Survey and Archive," 2016, Ph.D. Thesis, Indiana University (K. Rhode, Advisor).

Purdue University

Baldrige, S., "Small Scale Structures in Plaentary Nebulae," 2017, PhD Thesis, Purdue University (A. Speck, Advisor).
Ma, Z., "Galaxy Evolution as Seen by Herschel," in progress (H. Yan, Advisor).

Yale University

Abramson, A., "Environmental Effects on Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxies," in progress (J. Kenney, Advisor).
Andrews, P. A., "Quasar Counts from Variability and Color Selected Samples," 2003, Ph.D. thesis, Yale University (C. Baltay, Advisor).
Cortes, J., "Stellar and Gas Kinematics and Optical Imaging of Peculiar Virgo Cluster Galaxies," 2005, Ph.D. thesis, Yale University (J. Kenney & E. Hardy, Advisors).
Crowl, H., "Galaxy Transformation in the Virgo Cluster: Gas Stripping and Stellar Population Evolution," 2006, Ph.D. thesis, Yale University (J. Kenney, Advisor).
Jogee, S., "Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Inner Kiloparsec of Starbursts and Non-Starbursts," 1999, Ph.D. thesis, Yale University (J. Kenney, Advisor).
Koopmann, R. A., "Environmental Effects on Morphology and Massive Star Formation in 93 Bright Virgo Cluster and Isolated Spiral Galaxies," 1997, Ph.D. thesis, Yale University (J. Kenney, Advisor).
Meyer, R. D., "Binary Star Speckle Photometry and Astrophysical Implications," 2002, Ph.D. thesis, Yale University (W. van Altena, Advisor).
MacDonald, R., in progress.
Meyer, R., "Binary Star Speckle Photometry and Astrophysical Implications," 2002 (W. van Altena, Advisor).
Plunkett, A., "Multi-Wavelength Observations of Outflows in Star-Forming Regions," 2015, PhD thesis, Yale University (H. Arce, Advisor).
Rhode, K. L., "A Wide-Field Survey of the Globular Cluster Systems of Elliptical and Spiral Galaxies," 2003, PhD thesis, Yale University (S. Zepf & C. Bailyn, Advisors).
Winnick, R. A., "Metallicity Distributions in the Draco, Ursa Minor, and Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies," 2003, PhD thesis, Yale University (R. Zinn, Advisor).

NOAO

Andersen, D., "The Photometric and Kinematic Structure and Asymmetry of Galaxy Disks," 2001, Penn State University, (M. Bershady, Advisor).
Chandar, R., "Star Clusters in M33 and NGC 6822," 2000, Johns Hopkins (L. Bianchi & H. Ford, Advisors).
Doering, R., "Parameterizing the Dust Around Herbig Ae/Be Stars: Multiwavelength Imaging Radiative Transfer Modeling, and Near-Infrared Instrumentation," 2008, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (J. Thaler, Advisor).
Frinchaboy, P., "Galactic Disk Dynamical Tracers: Open Clusters and the Local Milky Way Rotation Curve and Velocity Field," 2006, University of Virginia (S. Majewski, Advisor).
Haines, T., "Constructing Massive Blue Elliptical Galaxies in the Local Universe," Master’s thesis, 2013, University of Missouri Kansas City (D. McIntosh, Advisor).
Herrmann, K., "Probing Galactic Disks with Planetary Nebulae," 2008, Penn State University (R. Ciardullo, Advisor).
Jangren, A., "The Evolution of Luminous Blue Compact Galaxies," 2000, Penn State University (D. Schneider, Advisor).
Kiminki, D., "Massive Binary Stars as a Probe of Massive Star Formation," 2010, University of Wyoming (H. Kobulnicky, Advisor).
King, N., "Luminous Blue Variables and Related High-Mass Evolved Stars in M31 and Their Surprising Environments," 2000, New Mexico State University (R. Walterbos, Advisor).
Lemley, S., "A Survey for Quasars with Redshifts Greater than Four," 1998, University of Michigan (G. MacAlpine, Advisor).
Manning, A., "Measuring Ultraviolet Extinction with GALEX in Overlapping Galaxies," 2011, Univeristy of Alabama (W. Keel, Advisor).
Rebillot, P., "Multi-Wavelength Observations of the Blazar Markarian 421 in December 2002 and January 2003," Washington University, 2006 (J. Buckley, Advisor).