Determining accurate plasma Doppler (line-of-sight) velocities from spectroscopic measurements is a challenging endeavour, especially when weak chromospheric...
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PublicationAccurately constraining velocity information from spectral imaging observations using machine learning techniques
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TalkAstronomy by microscope
Traditionally, astronomers study stars and planets by telescope. But we can also learn about them by using a microscope – through studying meteorites. From...
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PublicationBuilding galaxies, stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars. The science behind the European Ultraviolet-Visible Observatory
This contribution gathers the contents of the white paper submitted by the UV community to the Call issued by the European Space Agency in March 2013, for the...
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PublicationComet 162P/Siding Spring: A Surprisingly Large Nucleus
We present an analysis of thermal emission from comet 162P/Siding Spring (P/2004 TU12) measured during its discovery apparition in 2004 December. The comet...
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PublicationComet McNaught C/2006 P1: observation of the sodium emission by the solar telescope THEMIS
Comet McNaught C/2006 P1 was the brightest comet of the last forty years when reaching its perihelion at an heliocentric distance of 0.17Â AU. Two days before...
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TalkCometary science and the Rosetta mission 1: comets and the Rosetta mission
Series: XXVIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Solar System Exploration Topic: Cometary Science and the Rosetta Mission. Lecture 1: Comets and the...
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PublicationConcepts for future missions to search for technosignatures
New and unique opportunities now exist to look for technosignatures (TS) beyond traditional SETI radio searches, motivated by tremendous advances in exoplanet...
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PublicationDetection of the Irregular Shape of the Southern Limb of Menoetius from Observations of the 2017-2018 Patroclus-Menoetius Mutual Events
This work presents the analysis of seven mutual events of the Patroclus-Menoetius system (PMS) observed during the last season of mutual events, in 2017-2018...
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PublicationDeuterium, Lithium, and the Hubble Deep Field
This article presents a theoretical framework for the evolution of the light-element nuclides in the Galactic disk. By understanding this evolution correctly...