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20052022
most citedPTF11eon/SN2011dh: Discovery of a Type IIb Supernova From a Compact Progenitor in the Nearby Galaxy M51

228 citations · 2k across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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31 papers

astro-ph.IM2022★ 211 cited

The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation

Shoko Jin, Scott C. Trager, Gavin B. Dalton +212

WEAVE, the new wide-field, massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope, will see first light in late 2022. WEAVE comprises a new 2-degree…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 7 cited

LOTUS: A low cost, ultraviolet spectrograph

I. A. Steele, J. M. Marchant, H. E. Jermak +10

We describe the design, construction and commissioning of LOTUS; a simple, low-cost long-slit spectrograph for the Liverpool Telescope. The design is optimized for near-UV and visi…

astro-ph.IM2015

IO:I: A Near-Infrared Camera for the Liverpool Telescope

Robert Barnsley, Helen Jermak, Iain Steele +3

IO:I is a new instrument that has recently been commissioned for the Liverpool Telescope, extending current imaging capabilities beyond the optical and into the near infrared. Cost…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 85 cited

Project overview and update on WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams +50

We present an overview of and status report on the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). WEAVE principally targets optical ground-ba…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 15 cited

Liverpool Telescope 2: a new robotic facility for rapid transient follow-up

C. M. Copperwheat, I. A. Steele, R. M. Barnsley +23

The Liverpool Telescope is one of the world's premier facilities for time domain astronomy. The time domain landscape is set to radically change in the coming decade, with surveys…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 35 cited

New constraints on GRB jet geometry and relativistic shock physics

C. Guidorzi, C. G. Mundell, R. Harrison +23

We use high--quality, multi-band observations of Swift GRB120404A, from gamma-ray to radio frequencies, together with the new hydrodynamics code of van Eerten et al. (2012) to test…