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Publications (10)

physics.plasm-ph2025

Ultra-high-gain water-window X-ray laser driven by plasma photocathode wakefield acceleration

Lily H. A. Berman, David Campbell, Edgar Hartmann +4

X-ray free-electron lasers are large and complex machines, limited by electron beam brightness. Here we show through start-to-end simulations how to realise compact, robust and tun…

physics.ed-ph2017

Discovering New Variable Stars at Key Stage 3

Katy Chubb, Rosie Hood, Thomas Wilson +2

Details of the London pilot of the `Discovery Project' are presented, where university-based astronomers were given the chance to pass on some real and applied knowledge of astrono…

astro-ph.IM2024

The PLATO Mission

Heike Rauer, Conny Aerts, Juan Cabrera +842

PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large numb…

cs.SE2017

Functional Requirements-Based Automated Testing for Avionics

Youcheng Sun, Martin Brain, Daniel Kroening +7

We propose and demonstrate a method for the reduction of testing effort in safety-critical software development using DO-178 guidance. We achieve this through the application of Bo…

physics.space-ph2013

Ionospheric observations of Underground Nuclear Explosions (UNE) using GPS and the Very Large Array

Jihye Park, Joseph Helmboldt, Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska +2

Observations from GPS receivers and the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope recorded traveling ionospheric disturbances (TID) from underground nuclear explosions (UNEs), detonat…

astro-ph.EP2025

THYME XIII: Two young Neptunes orbiting a 75-Myr star in the Alpha Persei Cluster

Anne Dattilo, Andrew M. Vanderburg, Madyson G. Barber +28

Young planets with mass measurements are particularly valuable in studying atmospheric mass-loss processes, but these planets are rare and their masses difficult to measure due to…

physics.acc-ph2025

Proton-Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration for Future HEP Colliders

Allen Caldwell, John Farmer, Nelson Lopes +3

We discuss the main elements of a collider facility based on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. We show that very competitive luminosities could be reached for high energ…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Validation of ERMES 20.0 finite element code for MAST Upgrade O-X mode conversion

Ruben Otin, Ying Hao Matthew Liang, Thomas Wilson +2

This study presents the validation of the frequency-domain finite element code ERMES 20.0, benchmarked against Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) solvers. The simulations focus o…

physics.plasm-ph2019

Guided propagation of extremely intense lasers in plasma via ion motion

Wei-Min Wang, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Thomas Wilson +2

The upcoming petawatt laser facilities may deliver laser pulses with unprecedented intensity of , which can trigger various nonlinear quantum…

cs.SI2019

Understanding population fluctuations through volunteered geographic information and novel indicators: The experience of Rakiura, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Mathew Darling, Benjamin Adams, Caroline Orchiston +2

In an era of heterogeneous data, novel methods and volunteered geographic information provide opportunities to understand how people interact with a place. However, it is not enoug…