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Professor in the Department of Physics |
Professor in the Institute for Computational Cosmology |
Publications
Conference Paper
- Overview, design, and flight results from SuperBIT: a high-resolution, wide-field, visible-to-near-UV balloon-borne astronomical telescope
Romualdez, L., Benton, S., Brown, A., Clark, P., Damaren, C., Eifler, T., Fraisse, A., Galloway, M., Hartley, J., Jauzac, M., Jones, W., Li, L., Luu, T., Massey, R., McCleary, J., Netterfield, C., Redmond, S., Rhodes, J., Schmoll, J., & Tam, S. (2018, June). Overview, design, and flight results from SuperBIT: a high-resolution, wide-field, visible-to-near-UV balloon-borne astronomical telescope. Presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States - Auto-tuned thermal control on stratospheric balloon experiments
Redmond, S., Benton, S., Brown, A., Clark, P., Damaren, C., Eifler, T., Fraisse, A., Galloway, M., Hartley, J., Jauzac, M., Jones, W., Li, L., Luu, T., Massey, R., McCleary, J., Netterfield, C., Rhodes, J., Romualdez, L., Schmoll, J., & Tam, S.-I. (2018, December). Auto-tuned thermal control on stratospheric balloon experiments. Presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Austin, Texas, United States
Journal Article
- Euclid Definition Study Report
Laureijs, R., Amiaux, J., Arduini, S., Auguères, J., Brinchmann, J., Cole, R., Cropper, M., Dabin, C., Duvet, L., Ealet, A., Garilli, B., Gondoin, P., Guzzo, L., Hoar, J., Hoekstra, H., Holmes, R., Kitching, T., Maciaszek, T., Mellier, Y., Pasian, F., …Zucca, E. (online). Euclid Definition Study Report - Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Unveiling the morphology of two Milky Way globular clusters out to their periphery
Massari, D., Dalessandro, E., Erkal, D., Balbinot, E., Bovy, J., McDonald, I., Ferguson, A., Larsen, S., Lancon, A., Annibali, F., Goldman, B., Kuzma, P., Voggel, K., Saifollahi, T., Cuillandre, J.-C., Schirmer, M., Kluge, M., Altieri, B., Amara, A., Andreon, S., …Scott, D. (in press). Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Unveiling the morphology of two Milky Way globular clusters out to their periphery. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449696 - REMIX SPH – improving mixing in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations using a generalised, material-independent approach
Sandnes, T. D., Eke, V. R., Kegerreis, J. A., Massey, R. J., Ruiz-Bonilla, S., Schaller, M., & Teodoro, L. F. (2025). REMIX SPH – improving mixing in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations using a generalised, material-independent approach. Journal of Computational Physics, 532, Article 113907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2025.113907 - Euclid: I. Overview of the Euclid mission
Euclid Collaboration, Mellier, Y., Abdurro’uf, Acevedo Barroso, J. A., Achúcarro, A., Adamek, J., Adam, R., Addison, G. E., Aghanim, N., Aguena, M., Ajani, V., Akrami, Y., Al-Bahlawan, A., Alavi, A., Albuquerque, I. S., Alestas, G., Alguero, G., Allaoui, A., Allen, S. W., Allevato, V., …Zumalacarregui, M. (2025). Euclid: I. Overview of the Euclid mission. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 697, Article A1. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450810 - Galaxy mass modelling from multiwavelength JWST strong lens analysis: dark matter substructure, angular mass complexity, or both?
Lange, S. C., Amvrosiadis, A., Nightingale, J. W., He, Q., Frenk, C. S., Robertson, A., Cole, S., Massey, R., Cao, X., Li, R., & Wang, K. (2025). Galaxy mass modelling from multiwavelength JWST strong lens analysis: dark matter substructure, angular mass complexity, or both?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539(2), 704-726. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf491 - The COSMOS-Web ring: Spectroscopic confirmation of the background source at z = 5.1
Shuntov, M., Jin, S., Mercier, W., Kartaltepe, J. S., Larson, R., Khostovan, A. A., Gavazzi, R., Nightingale, J. W., Ilbert, O., Arango-Toro, R., Franco, M., Akins, H. B., Casey, C. M., McCracken, H. J., Ciesla, L., Magdis, G. E., Amvrosiadis, A., Enia, A., Faisst, A. L., Koekemoer, A. M., …Vaccari, M. (2025). The COSMOS-Web ring: Spectroscopic confirmation of the background source at z = 5.1. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 696, Article L14. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202554273 - COSMOS-Web: Stellar mass assembly in relation to dark matter halos across 0.2 < z < 12 of cosmic history
Shuntov, M., Ilbert, O., Toft, S., Arango-Toro, R. C., Akins, H. B., Casey, C. M., Franco, M., Harish, S., Kartaltepe, J. S., Koekemoer, A. M., McCracken, H. J., Paquereau, L., Laigle, C., Bethermin, M., Dubois, Y., Drakos, N. E., Faisst, A., Gozaliasl, G., Gillman, S., Hayward, C. C., …Yang, L. (2025). COSMOS-Web: Stellar mass assembly in relation to dark matter halos across 0.2 < z < 12 of cosmic history. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 695, Article A20. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452570 - COSMOS-Web: The Role of Galaxy Interactions and Disk Instabilities in Producing Starbursts at z < 4
Faisst, A. L., Yang, L., Brinch, M., Casey, C. M., Chartab, N., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Drakos, N. E., Gillman, S., Gozaliasl, G., Hayward, C. C., Ilbert, O., Jablonka, P., Kaminsky, A., Kartaltepe, J. S., Koekemoer, A. M., Kokorev, V., Lambrides, E., Liu, D., Maraston, C., Martin, C. L., …Zavala, J. A. (2025). COSMOS-Web: The Role of Galaxy Interactions and Disk Instabilities in Producing Starbursts at z < 4. Astrophysical Journal, 980(2), Article 204. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ada566 - A Multiwavelength Investigation of Spiral Structures in z > 1 Galaxies with JWST
Kalita, B. S., Yu, S.-Y., Silverman, J. D., Daddi, E., Ho, L. C., Faisst, A. L., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Puglisi, A., Birrer, S., Kashino, D., Ding, X., Kartaltepe, J. S., Liu, Z., Kakkad, D., Valentino, F., Ilbert, O., Magdis, G., Long, A. S., Jin, S., Koekemoer, A. M., & Massey, R. (2025). A Multiwavelength Investigation of Spiral Structures in z > 1 Galaxies with JWST. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 979(2), Article L44. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ada958 - The onset of bar formation in a massive galaxy at z ∼ 3.8
Amvrosiadis, A., Lange, S., Nightingale, J. W., He, Q., Frenk, C. S., Oman, K. A., Smail, I., Swinbank, A. M., Fragkoudi, F., Gadotti, D. A., Cole, S., Borsato, E., Robertson, A., Massey, R., Cao, X., & Li, R. (2025). The onset of bar formation in a massive galaxy at z ∼ 3.8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(2), 1163-1181. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf048 - Efficient Point-spread Function Modeling with ShOpt.jl: A Point-spread Function Benchmarking Study with JWST NIRCam Imaging
Berman, E. M., McCleary, J. E., Koekemoer, A. M., Franco, M., Drakos, N. E., Liu, D., Nightingale, J. W., Shuntov, M., Scognamiglio, D., Massey, R., Mahler, G., McCracken, H. J., Robertson, B. E., Faisst, A. L., Casey, C. M., & Kartaltepe, J. S. (2024). Efficient Point-spread Function Modeling with ShOpt.jl: A Point-spread Function Benchmarking Study with JWST NIRCam Imaging. Astronomical Journal, 168(4), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad6a0f - Unveiling the Distant Universe: Characterizing z ≥ 9 Galaxies in the First Epoch of COSMOS-Web
Franco, M., Akins, H. B., Casey, C. M., Finkelstein, S. L., Shuntov, M., Chworowsky, K., Faisst, A. L., Fujimoto, S., Ilbert, O., Koekemoer, A. M., Liu, D., Lovell, C. C., Maraston, C., McCracken, H. J., McKinney, J., Robertson, B. E., Bagley, M. B., Champagne, J. B., Cooper, O. R., Ding, X., …Zavala, J. A. (2024). Unveiling the Distant Universe: Characterizing z ≥ 9 Galaxies in the First Epoch of COSMOS-Web. The Astrophysical Journal, 973(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5e6a - A complex node of the cosmic web associated with the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0600.1-2008
Furtak, L. J., Zitrin, A., Richard, J., Eckert, D., Sayers, J., Ebeling, H., Fujimoto, S., Laporte, N., Lagattuta, D., Limousin, M., Mahler, G., Meena, A. K., Andrade-Santos, F., Frye, B. L., Jauzac, M., Koekemoer, A. M., Kohno, K., Espada, D., Lu, H., Massey, R., & Niemiec, A. (2024). A complex node of the cosmic web associated with the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0600.1-2008. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(2), 2242-2261. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1943 - SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere
Gill, A. S., Benton, S. J., Damaren, C. J., Everett, S. W., Fraisse, A. A., Hartley, J. W., Harvey, D., Holder, B., Huff, E. M., Jones, W. C., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J. S.-Y., Jauzac, M., Li, L., Luu, T. V. T., Massey, R., McCleary, J. E., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Paracha, E., …Vitorelli, A. Z. (2024). SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere. Astronomical Journal, 168(2), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad5840 - Unveiling lens light complexity with a novel multi-Gaussian expansion approach for strong gravitational lensing
He, Q., Nightingale, J. W., Amvrosiadis, A., Robertson, A., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., Massey, R., Li, R., Cao, X., Lange, S. C., & França, J. P. C. (2024). Unveiling lens light complexity with a novel multi-Gaussian expansion approach for strong gravitational lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532(2), 2441-2462. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1577 - The COSMOS-Web ring: In-depth characterization of an Einstein ring lensing system at z ∼ 2
Mercier, W., Shuntov, M., Gavazzi, R., Nightingale, J. W., Arango, R., Ilbert, O., Amvrosiadis, A., Ciesla, L., Casey, C. M., Jin, S., Faisst, A. L., Andika, I. T., Drakos, N. E., Enia, A., Franco, M., Gillman, S., Gozaliasl, G., Hayward, C. C., Huertas-Company, M., Kartaltepe, J. S., …Vijayan, A. P. (2024). The COSMOS-Web ring: In-depth characterization of an Einstein ring lensing system at z ∼ 2. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 687, Article A61. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348095 - Strong gravitational lensing’s ‘external shear’ is not shear
Etherington, A., Nightingale, J., Massey, R., Tam, S.-I., Cao, X., Niemiec, A., He, Q., Robertson, A., Li, R., Amvrosiadis, A., Cole, S., Diego, J., Frenk, C., Frye, B., Harvey, D., Jauzac, M., Koekemoer, A., Lagattuta, D., Lange, S., Limousin, M., …Steinhardt, C. (2024). Strong gravitational lensing’s ‘external shear’ is not shear. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(3), 3684-3697. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1375 - Hydrodynamical simulations of merging galaxy clusters: giant dark matter particle colliders, powered by gravity
Sirks, E. L., Harvey, D., Massey, R., Oman, K. A., Robertson, A., Frenk, C., Everett, S., Gill, A. S., Lagattuta, D., & McCleary, J. (2024). Hydrodynamical simulations of merging galaxy clusters: giant dark matter particle colliders, powered by gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), 3160-3170. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1012 - Weak gravitational lensing measurements of Abell 2744 using JWST and shear measurement algorithm pyRRG-JWST
Harvey, D. R., & Massey, R. (2024). Weak gravitational lensing measurements of Abell 2744 using JWST and shear measurement algorithm pyRRG-JWST. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(2), 802-809. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae370 - Euclid: Validation of the MontePython forecasting tools
Casas, S., Lesgourgues, J., Schöneberg, N., Sabarish, V. M., Rathmann, L., Doerenkamp, M., Archidiacono, M., Bellini, E., Clesse, S., Frusciante, N., Martinelli, M., Pace, F., Sapone, D., Sakr, Z., Blanchard, A., Brinckmann, T., Camera, S., Carbone, C., Ilić, S., Markovic, K., …Veropalumbo, A. (2024). Euclid: Validation of the MontePython forecasting tools. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, Article A90. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346772 - Scanning for dark matter subhaloes in Hubble Space Telescope imaging of 54 strong lenses
Nightingale, J. W., He, Q., Cao, X., Amvrosiadis, A., Etherington, A., Frenk, C. S., Hayes, R. G., Robertson, A., Cole, S., Lange, S., Li, R., & Massey, R. (2024). Scanning for dark matter subhaloes in Hubble Space Telescope imaging of 54 strong lenses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(4), 10480-10506. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3694 - Data Downloaded via Parachute from a NASA Super-Pressure Balloon
Sirks, E. L., Massey, R., Gill, A. S., Anderson, J., Benton, S. J., Brown, A. M., Clark, P., English, J., Everett, S. W., Fraisse, A. A., Franco, H., Hartley, J. W., Harvey, D., Holder, B., Hunter, A., Huff, E. M., Hynous, A., Jauzac, M., Jones, W. C., Joyce, N., …Vassilakis, G. N. (2023). Data Downloaded via Parachute from a NASA Super-Pressure Balloon. Aerospace, 10(11), Article 960. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10110960 - A Recent Impact Origin of Saturn’s Rings and Mid-sized Moons
Teodoro, L. F. A., Kegerreis, J. A., Estrada, P. R., Ćuk, M., Eke, V. R., Cuzzi, J. N., Massey, R. J., & Sandnes, T. D. (2023). A Recent Impact Origin of Saturn’s Rings and Mid-sized Moons. Astrophysical Journal, 955(2), Article 137. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf4ed - Lensing in the Blue. II. Estimating the Sensitivity of Stratospheric Balloons to Weak Gravitational Lensing
McCleary, J. E., Everett, S. W., Shaaban, M. M., Gill, A. S., Vassilakis, G. N., Huff, E. M., Massey, R. J., Benton, S. J., Brown, A. M., Clark, P., Holder, B., Fraisse, A. A., Jauzac, M., Jones, W. C., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J. S.-Y., Li, L., T. Luu, T. V., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., …Tam, S. I. (2023). Lensing in the Blue. II. Estimating the Sensitivity of Stratospheric Balloons to Weak Gravitational Lensing. Astronomical Journal, 166(3), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ace7ca - Beyond the bulge–halo conspiracy? Density profiles of early-type galaxies from extended-source strong lensing
Etherington, A., Nightingale, J. W., Massey, R., Robertson, A., Cao, X., Amvrosiadis, A., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., He, Q., Lagattuta, D. J., Lange, S., & Li, R. (2023). Beyond the bulge–halo conspiracy? Density profiles of early-type galaxies from extended-source strong lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(4), 6005-6018. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad582 - Abell 1201: detection of an ultramassive black hole in a strong gravitational lens
Nightingale, J., Smith, R. J., He, Q., O’Riordan, C. M., Kegerreis, J. A., Amvrosiadis, A., Edge, A. C., Etherington, A., Hayes, R. G., Kelly, A., Lucey, J. R., & Massey, R. J. (2023). Abell 1201: detection of an ultramassive black hole in a strong gravitational lens. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(3), 3298-3322. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad587 - On the gravitational lensing interpretation of three gravitational wave detections in the mass gap by LIGO and Virgo
Bianconi, M., Smith, G. P., Nicholl, M., Ryczanowski, D., Richard, J., Jauzac, M., Massey, R., Robertson, A., Sharon, K., & Ridley, E. (2023). On the gravitational lensing interpretation of three gravitational wave detections in the mass gap by LIGO and Virgo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(3), 3421-3430. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad673 - Enabling discovery of gravitationally lensed explosive transients: a new method to build an all-sky watch list of groups and clusters of galaxies
Ryczanowski, D., Smith, G. P., Bianconi, M., McGee, S., Robertson, A., Massey, R., & Jauzac, M. (2023). Enabling discovery of gravitationally lensed explosive transients: a new method to build an all-sky watch list of groups and clusters of galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(2), 2547-2557. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad231 - The PAU Survey and Euclid: Improving broadband photometric redshifts with multi-task learning
Cabayol, L., Eriksen, M., Carretero, J., Casas, R., Castander, F., Fernández, E., Garcia-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Hildebrandt, H., Hoekstra, H., Joachimi, B., Miquel, R., Padilla, C., Pocino, A., Sanchez, E., Serrano, S., Sevilla, I., Siudek, M., Tallada-Crespí, P., Aghanim, N., …Tramacere, A. (2023). The PAU Survey and Euclid: Improving broadband photometric redshifts with multi-task learning. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 671, Article A153. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245027 - RXJ0437+00: constraining dark matter with exotic gravitational lenses
Lagattuta, D. J., Richard, J., Ebeling, H., Basto, Q., Cerny, C., Edge, A., Jauzac, M., Mahler, G., & Massey, R. (2023). RXJ0437+00: constraining dark matter with exotic gravitational lenses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(1), 1091-1107. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad803 - Discovering gravitationally lensed gravitational waves: predicted rates, candidate selection, and localization with the Vera Rubin Observatory
Smith, G. P., Robertson, A., Mahler, G., Nicholl, M., Ryczanowski, D., Bianconi, M., Sharon, K., Massey, R., Richard, J., & Jauzac, M. (2023). Discovering gravitationally lensed gravitational waves: predicted rates, candidate selection, and localization with the Vera Rubin Observatory. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(1), 702-721. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad140 - PyAutoGalaxy: Open-Source Multiwavelength Galaxy Structure & Morphology
Nightingale, J. W., Amvrosiadis, A., Hayes, R. G., He, Q., Etherington, A., Cao, X., Cole, S., Frawley, J., Frenk, C. S., Lange, S., Li, R., Massey, R. J., Negrello, M., & Robertson, A. (2023). PyAutoGalaxy: Open-Source Multiwavelength Galaxy Structure & Morphology. The Journal of Open Source Software, 8(81), Article 4475. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04475 - Testing strong lensing subhalo detection with a cosmological simulation
He, Q., Nightingale, J., Robertson, A., Amvrosiadis, A., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., Massey, R., Li, R., Amorisco, N. C., Metcalf, R. B., Cao, X., & Etherington, A. (2023). Testing strong lensing subhalo detection with a cosmological simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 220-239. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2779 - The “External” Shears In Strong Lens Models
Nightingale, J. W., Etherington, A., & Massey, R. (2022). The “External” Shears In Strong Lens Models. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 18(S381), 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921323003691 - Pilot-WINGS: An extended MUSE view of the structure of Abell 370
Lagattuta, D. J., Richard, J., Bauer, F. E., Cerny, C., Claeyssens, A., Guaita, L., Jauzac, M., Jeanneau, A., Koekemoer, A. M., Mahler, G., Prieto Lyon, G., Acebron, A., Meneghetti, M., Niemiec, A., Zitrin, A., Bianconi, M., Connor, T., Cen, R., Edge, A., Faisst, A. L., …Weaver, J. R. (2022). Pilot-WINGS: An extended MUSE view of the structure of Abell 370. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(1), 497-517. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac418 - Galaxy–galaxy strong lens perturbations: line-of-sight haloes versus lens subhaloes
He, Q., Li, R., Frenk, C. S., Nightingale, J., Cole, S., Amorisco, N. C., Massey, R., Robertson, A., Etherington, A., Amvrosiadis, A., & Cao, X. (2022). Galaxy–galaxy strong lens perturbations: line-of-sight haloes versus lens subhaloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(4), 5862-5873. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac759 - Dealing with density discontinuities in planetary SPH simulations
Ruiz-Bonilla, S., Borrow, J., Eke, V., Kegerreis, J., Massey, R., Sandnes, T., & Teodoro, L. (2022). Dealing with density discontinuities in planetary SPH simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(3), 4660-4668. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac857 - A forward-modelling method to infer the dark matter particle mass from strong gravitational lenses
He, Q., Robertson, A., Nightingale, J., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., Massey, R., Amvrosiadis, A., Li, R., Cao, X., & Etherington, A. (2022). A forward-modelling method to infer the dark matter particle mass from strong gravitational lenses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(2), 3046-3062. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac191 - Systematic Errors Induced by the Elliptical Power-law model in Galaxy–Galaxy Strong Lens Modeling
Cao, X., Li, R., Nightingale, J., Massey, R., Robertson, A., Frenk, C. S., Amvrosiadis, A., Amorisco, N. C., He, Q., Etherington, A., Cole, S., & Zhu, K. (2022). Systematic Errors Induced by the Elliptical Power-law model in Galaxy–Galaxy Strong Lens Modeling. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/ac3f2b - Halo concentration strengthens dark matter constraints in galaxy-galaxy strong lensing analyses
Amorisco, N. C., Nightingale, J., He, Q., Amvrosiadis, A., Cao, X., Cole, S., Etherington, A., Frenk, C. S., Li, R., Massey, R., & Robertson, A. (2022). Halo concentration strengthens dark matter constraints in galaxy-galaxy strong lensing analyses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510, 2464-2479. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3527 - The surprising accuracy of isothermal Jeans modelling of self-interacting dark matter density profiles
Robertson, A., Massey, R., Eke, V., Schaye, J., & Theuns, T. (2021). The surprising accuracy of isothermal Jeans modelling of self-interacting dark matter density profiles. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(3), 4610-5634. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3954 - PyAutoLens: Open-Source Strong Gravitational Lensing
Nightingale, J., Hayes, R., Kelly, A., Amvrosiadis, A., Etherington, A., He, Q., Li, N., Cao, X., Frawley, J., Cole, S., Enia, A., Frenk, C., Harvey, D., Li, R., Massey, R., Negrello, M., & Robertson, A. (2021). PyAutoLens: Open-Source Strong Gravitational Lensing. The Journal of Open Source Software, 6(58), Article 2825. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02825 - Reconciling galaxy cluster shapes, measured by theorists vs observers
Harvey, D., Robertson, A., Tam, S.-I., Jauzac, M., Massey, R., Rhodes, J., & McCarthy, I. G. (2021). Reconciling galaxy cluster shapes, measured by theorists vs observers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(2), 2627-2644. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3193 - The effect of pre-impact spin on the Moon-forming collision
Ruiz-Bonilla, S., Eke, V., Kegerreis, J., Massey, R., & Teodoro, L. (2021). The effect of pre-impact spin on the Moon-forming collision. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(3), 2861-2870. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3385 - Atmospheric Erosion by Giant Impacts onto Terrestrial Planets: A Scaling Law for any Speed, Angle, Mass, and Density
Kegerreis, J., Eke, V., Catling, D., Massey, R., Teodoro, L., & Zahnle, K. (2020). Atmospheric Erosion by Giant Impacts onto Terrestrial Planets: A Scaling Law for any Speed, Angle, Mass, and Density. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 901(2), Article L31. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abb5fb - The distribution of dark matter and gas spanning 6 Mpc around the post-merger galaxy cluster MS 0451-03
Tam, S.-I., Jauzac, M., Massey, R., Harvey, D., Eckert, D., Ebeling, H., Ellis, R., Ghirardini, V., Klein, B., Kneib, J.-P., Lagattuta, D., Natarajan, P., Robertson, A., & Smith, G. (2020). The distribution of dark matter and gas spanning 6 Mpc around the post-merger galaxy cluster MS 0451-03. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(3), 4032-4050. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1828 - Mapping dark matter and finding filaments: calibration of lensing analysis techniques on simulated data
Tam, S.-I., Massey, R., Jauzac, M., & Robertson, A. (2020). Mapping dark matter and finding filaments: calibration of lensing analysis techniques on simulated data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(3), 3973-3990. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1756 - Atmospheric Erosion by Giant Impacts onto Terrestrial Planets
Kegerreis, J., Eke, V., Massey, R., & Teodoro, L. (2020). Atmospheric Erosion by Giant Impacts onto Terrestrial Planets. Astrophysical Journal, 897(2), Article 161. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab9810 - On building a cluster watch-list for identifying strongly lensed supernovae, gravitational waves and kilonovae
Ryczanowski, D., Smith, G. P., Bianconi, M., Massey, R., Robertson, A., & Jauzac, M. (2020). On building a cluster watch-list for identifying strongly lensed supernovae, gravitational waves and kilonovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(2), 1666-1671. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1274 - Understanding the large inferred Einstein radii of observed low-mass galaxy clusters
Robertson, A., Massey, R., & Eke, V. (2020). Understanding the large inferred Einstein radii of observed low-mass galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(4), 4706-4712. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1076 - Download by parachute: retrieval of assets from high altitude balloons
Sirks, E., Clark, P., Massey, R., Benton, S., Brown, A., Damaren, C., Eifler, T., Fraisse, A., Frenk, C., Funk, M., Galloway, M., Gill, A., Hartley, J., Holder, B., Huff, E., Jauzac, M., Jones, W., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J.-Y., Li, L., …Tam, S.-I. (2020). Download by parachute: retrieval of assets from high altitude balloons. Journal of Instrumentation, 15(05), Article P05014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/05/p05014 - The BUFFALO HST Survey
Steinhardt, C. L., Jauzac, M., Acebron, A., Atek, H., Capak, P., Davidzon, I., Eckert, D., Harvey, D., Koekemoer, A. M., Lagos, C. D., Mahler, G., Montes, M., Niemiec, A., Nonino, M., Oesch, P., Richard, J., Rodney, S. A., Schaller, M., Sharon, K., Strolger, L.-G., …Zitrin, A. (2020). The BUFFALO HST Survey. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 247(2), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab75ed - Robust diffraction-limited near-infrared-to-near-ultraviolet wide-field imaging from stratospheric balloon-borne platforms—Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope performance
Romualdez, L. J., Benton, S. J., Brown, A. M., Clark, P., Damaren, C. J., Eifler, T., Fraisse, A. A., Galloway, M. N., Gill, A., Hartley, J. W., Holder, B., Huff, E. M., Jauzac, M., Jones, W. C., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J. S.-Y., Li, L., Luu, T. V. T., Massey, R. J., McCleary, J., …Tam, S.-I. (2020). Robust diffraction-limited near-infrared-to-near-ultraviolet wide-field imaging from stratospheric balloon-borne platforms—Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope performance. Review of Scientific Instruments, 91(3), Article 034501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5139711 - Observable tests of self-interacting dark matter in galaxy clusters: cosmological simulations with SIDM and baryons
Robertson, A., Harvey, D., Massey, R., Eke, V., McCarthy, I. G., Jauzac, M., Li, B., & Schaye, J. (2019). Observable tests of self-interacting dark matter in galaxy clusters: cosmological simulations with SIDM and baryons. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(3), 3646-3662. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1815 - Planetary Giant Impacts: Convergence of High-Resolution Simulations using Efficient Spherical Initial Conditions and SWIFT
Kegerreis, J., Eke, V., Gonnet, P., Korycansky, D., Massey, R., Schaller, M., & Teodoro, L. (2019). Planetary Giant Impacts: Convergence of High-Resolution Simulations using Efficient Spherical Initial Conditions and SWIFT. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(4), 5029-5040. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1606 - Deep and rapid observations of strong-lensing galaxy clusters within the sky localization of GW170814
Smith, G., Bianconi, M., Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Robertson, A., Berry, C., Massey, R., Sharon, K., Farr, W., & Veitch, J. (2019). Deep and rapid observations of strong-lensing galaxy clusters within the sky localization of GW170814. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(4), 5180-5191. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz675 - Growing a ‘cosmic beast’: observations and simulations of MACS J0717.5+3745
Jauzac, M., Eckert, D., Schaller, M., Schwinn, J., Massey, R., Bahé, Y., Baugh, C., Barnes, D., Dalla Vecchia, C., Ebeling, H., Harvey, D., Jullo, E., Kay, S., Kneib, J.-P., Limousin, M., Medezinski, E., Natarajan, P., Nonino, M., Robertson, A., Tam, S., & Umetsu, K. (2018). Growing a ‘cosmic beast’: observations and simulations of MACS J0717.5+3745. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(3), 2901-2917. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2366 - The core of the massive cluster merger MACS J0417.5-1154 as seen by VLT/MUSE
Jauzac, M., Mahler, G., Edge, A. C., Sharon, K., Gillman, S., Ebeling, H., Harvey, D., Richard, J., Hamer, S. L., Fumagalli, M., Swinbank, A. M., Kneib, J.-P., Massey, R., & Salomé, P. (2018). The core of the massive cluster merger MACS J0417.5-1154 as seen by VLT/MUSE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(3), 3082-3097. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3312 - Image Reconstruction Techniques in Neutron and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy: Improving Lunar Prospector Data
Wilson, J., Lawrence, D., Peplowski, P., Cahill, J., Eke, V., Massey, R., & Teodoro, L. (2018). Image Reconstruction Techniques in Neutron and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy: Improving Lunar Prospector Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123(7), 1804-1822. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018je005589 - Dark matter dynamics in Abell 3827: new data consistent with standard cold dark matter
Massey, R., Harvey, D., Liesenborgs, J., Richard, J., Stach, S., Swinbank, M., Taylor, P., Williams, L., Clowe, D., Courbin, F., Edge, A., Israel, H., Jauzac, M., Joseph, R., Jullo, E., Kitching, T., Leonard, A., Merten, J., Nagai, D., Nightingale, J., …Tittley, E. (2018). Dark matter dynamics in Abell 3827: new data consistent with standard cold dark matter. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(1), 669-677. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty630 - The shape of galaxy dark matter halos in massive galaxy clusters: Insights from strong gravitational lensing
Jauzac, M., Harvey, D., & Massey, R. (2018). The shape of galaxy dark matter halos in massive galaxy clusters: Insights from strong gravitational lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(3), 4046-4051. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty909 - What if LIGO's gravitational wave detections are strongly lensed by massive galaxy clusters?
Smith, G., Jauzac, M., Veitch, J., Farr, W., Massey, R., & Richard, J. (2018). What if LIGO's gravitational wave detections are strongly lensed by massive galaxy clusters?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(3), 3823-3828. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty031 - A gravitationally boosted MUSE survey for emission-line galaxies at z ≳ 5 behind the massive cluster RCS 0224
Smit, R., Swinbank, A., Massey, R., Richard, J., Smail, I., & Kneib, J.-P. (2017). A gravitationally boosted MUSE survey for emission-line galaxies at z ≳ 5 behind the massive cluster RCS 0224. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(3), 3306-3323. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx245 - Abell 2744: too much substructure for ΛCDM?
Schwinn, J., Jauzac, M., Baugh, C., Bartelmann, M., Eckert, D., Harvey, D., Natarajan, P., & Massey, R. (2017). Abell 2744: too much substructure for ΛCDM?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(3), 2913-2923. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx277 - Cosmic particle colliders: simulations of self-interacting dark matter with anisotropic scattering
Robertson, A., Massey, R., & Eke, V. (2017). Cosmic particle colliders: simulations of self-interacting dark matter with anisotropic scattering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(4), 4719-4730. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx463 - A test for skewed distributions of dark matter, and a possible detection in galaxy cluster Abell 3827
Taylor, P., Massey, R., Jauzac, M., Courbin, F., Harvey, D., Joseph, R., & Robertson, A. (2017). A test for skewed distributions of dark matter, and a possible detection in galaxy cluster Abell 3827. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(4), 5004-5013. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx855 - What does the Bullet Cluster tell us about self-interacting dark matter?
Robertson, A., Massey, R., & Eke, V. (2017). What does the Bullet Cluster tell us about self-interacting dark matter?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(1), 569-587. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2670 - The Extraordinary Amount of Substructure in the Hubble Frontier Fields Cluster Abell 2744
Jauzac, M., Eckert, D., Schwinn, J., Harvey, D., Baugh, C., Robertson, A., Bose, S., Massey, R., Owers, M., Ebeling, H., Shan, H., Jullo, E., Kneib, J.-P., Richard, J., Atek, H., Clément, B., Egami, E., Israel, H., Knowles, K., Limousin, M., …Tchernin, C. (2016). The Extraordinary Amount of Substructure in the Hubble Frontier Fields Cluster Abell 2744. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(4), 3876-3893. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2251 - Hubble Frontier Fields: predictions for the return of SN Refsdal with the MUSE and GMOS spectrographs
Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Limousin, M., Knowles, K., Mahler, G., Smith, G., Kneib, J.-P., Jullo, E., Natarajan, P., Ebeling, H., Atek, H., Clément, B., Eckert, D., Egami, E., Massey, R., & Rexroth, M. (2016). Hubble Frontier Fields: predictions for the return of SN Refsdal with the MUSE and GMOS spectrographs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457(2), 2029-2042. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw069 - Warm-hot baryons comprise 5-10 per cent of filaments in the cosmic web
Eckert, D., Jauzac, M., Shan, H., Kneib, J.-P., Erben, T., Israel, H., Jullo, E., Klein, M., Massey, R., Richard, J., & Tchernin, C. (2015). Warm-hot baryons comprise 5-10 per cent of filaments in the cosmic web. Nature, 528, 105-107. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16058 - Self-interacting dark matter scattering rates through cosmic time
Robertson, A., Massey, R., Eke, V., & Bower, R. (2015). Self-interacting dark matter scattering rates through cosmic time. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(3), 2267-2276. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1805 - The offsets between galaxies and their dark matter in Λ cold dark matter
Schaller, M., Robertson, A., Massey, R., Bower, R. G., & Eke, V. R. (2015). The offsets between galaxies and their dark matter in Λ cold dark matter. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 453(1), L58-L62. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slv104 - Hubble Frontier Fields: a high-precision strong-lensing analysis of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 using ∼180 multiple images
Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Jullo, E., Clément, B., Limousin, M., Kneib, J.-P., Ebeling, H., Natarajan, P., Rodney, S., Atek, H., Massey, R., Eckert, D., Egami, E., & Rexroth, M. (2015). Hubble Frontier Fields: a high-precision strong-lensing analysis of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 using ∼180 multiple images. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 1437-1446. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1402 - The behaviour of dark matter associated with four bright cluster galaxies in the 10 kpc core of Abell 3827
Massey, R., Williams, L., Smit, R., Swinbank, M., Kitching, D., Harvey, D., Jauzac, M., Israel, H., Clowe, D., Edge, A., Hilton, M., Jullo, E., Leonard, A., Liesenborgs, J., Merten, J., Mohammed, I., Nagai, D., Richard, J., Robertson, A., Saha, P., …Tittley, E. (2015). The behaviour of dark matter associated with four bright cluster galaxies in the 10 kpc core of Abell 3827. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(4), 3393-3406. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv467 - Hubble Frontier Fields : the geometry and dynamics of the massive galaxy cluster merger MACSJ0416.1−2403
Jauzac, M., Jullo, E., Eckert, D., Ebeling, H., Richard, J., Limousin, M., Atek, H., Kneib, J.-P., Clément, B., Egami, E., Harvey, D., Knowles, K., Massey, R., Natarajan, P., Neichel, B., & Rexroth, M. (2015). Hubble Frontier Fields : the geometry and dynamics of the massive galaxy cluster merger MACSJ0416.1−2403. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(4), 4132-4147. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2425 - Evidence for explosive silicic volcanism on the Moon from the extended distribution of thorium near the Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex
Wilson, J., Eke, V., Massey, R., Elphic, R., Jolliff, B., Lawrence, D., Llewellin, E., McElwaine, J., & Teodoro, L. (2015). Evidence for explosive silicic volcanism on the Moon from the extended distribution of thorium near the Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120(1), 92-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014je004719 - Characterization of a Commercial, Front-Illuminated Interline Transfer CCD Camera for use as a Guide Camera on a Balloon-Borne Telescope
Clark, P., Massey, R., Chang, H., Galloway, M., Israel, H., Jones, L., Li, L., Mandic, M., Morris, T., Netterfield, C., Peacock, J., Sharples, R., & Susca, S. (2014). Characterization of a Commercial, Front-Illuminated Interline Transfer CCD Camera for use as a Guide Camera on a Balloon-Borne Telescope. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 3(2), Article 1440003. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2251171714400030 - Hubble Frontier Fields: a high-precision strong-lensing analysis of galaxy cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403 using ∼200 multiple images
Jauzac, M., Clément, B., Limousin, M., Richard, J., Jullo, E., Ebeling, H., Atek, H., Kneib, J.-P., Knowles, K., Natarajan, P., Eckert, D., Egami, E., Massey, R., & Rexroth, M. (2014). Hubble Frontier Fields: a high-precision strong-lensing analysis of galaxy cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403 using ∼200 multiple images. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443(2), 1549-1554. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1355 - Space-quality data from balloon-borne telescopes: The High Altitude Lensing Observatory (HALO)
Rhodes, J., Dobke, B., Booth, J., Massey, R., Liewer, K., Smith, R., Amara, A., Aldrich, J., Berge, J., Bezawada, N., Brugarolas, P., Clark, P., Dubbeldam, C., Ellis, R., Frenk, C., Gallie, A., Heavens, A., Henry, D., Jullo, E., Kitching, T., …Wu, J. (2012). Space-quality data from balloon-borne telescopes: The High Altitude Lensing Observatory (HALO). Astroparticle Physics, 38, 31-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.05.015
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