Staff profile

• Balloon borne astronomy
• Cherenkov telescope design
• Integral Field spectroscopy
• Optical systems design
• Visible light and NIR astronomical spectroscopy

Conference Paper

• Bharmal, N. A., Bramall, D., Calcines Rosario, A. Z., Morris, T. J., Schmoll, J., & Staykov, L. (2022). WIVERN: a laboratory experiment for testing novel laser-based wavefront sensing techniques. In L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, & E. Vernet (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 12185, Adaptive Optics Systems VIII; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629888
• Becker, T., Roth, M., & Schmoll, J. (2000). 3-D Spectroscopy with Fibers: Extraction Methods and their Limitations (Poster).
• Roth, M., Becker, T., & Schmoll, J. (2000). Faint Object 2-D Spectroscopy: Promise and Limitations.
• Roth, M., Altmann, W., Bauer, S., Becker, T., Dionies, F., Fechner, T., …Wolter, D. (2000). PMAS: An Integral Field Spectrophotometer for the Calar Alto Observatory 3.5m Telescope (Poster).
• Reif, K., Bagschik, K., Klink, G., Kohley, R., Poschmann, H., de Boer, K., …Heber, U. (1998). BUSCA: Simultaneous imaging in 4 optical bands. In R. E. Schielicke (Ed.), Astronomische Gesellschaft Meeting Abstracts, Abstracts of Contributed Talks and Posters presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft at Heidelberg, September 14--19, 1998
• Roth, M. M., Bauer, S., Dionies, F., Fechner, T., Hahn, T., Laux, U., …Wolter, D. (1998). PMAS -- the Potsdam multiaperture spectrophotometer: a progress report.
• Sanner, J., Dieball, A., Schmoll, J., Reif, K., & Geffert, M. (1998). HoLiCam - A New Device For Astrometry.
• Schmoll, J., Popow, E., & Roth, M. (1998). FRD Optimization for PMAS.
• Schmoll, J., Roth, M., & Laux, U. (1998). Lens Array and Fiber Developments for PMAS.
• Bleul, H., Manthey, E., Juette, M., Pohlen, M., Schmidtobreick, L., Vanscheidt, R., …Schmoll, J. (1997). Morphology of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) - quantitative analysis of the segmented coma in February 1997.

Journal Article

• Sirks, E. L., Massey, R., Gill, A. S., Anderson, J., Benton, S. J., Brown, A. M., …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
• McCleary, J. E., Everett, S. W., Shaaban, M. M., Gill, A. S., Vassilakis, G. N., Huff, E. M., …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
• Romualdez, L. J., Benton, S. J., Brown, A. M., Clark, P., Damaren, C. J., Eifler, T., …Tam, S. (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
• Rulten, C., Zech, A., Okumurad, A., Laporte, P., & Schmoll, J. (2016). Simulating the optical performance of a small-sized telescope with secondary optics for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Astroparticle Physics, 82, 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.05.002
• Banks, M. S., Sprague, W. W., Schmoll, J., Parnell, J. A., & Love, G. D. (2015). Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?. Science Advances, 1(7), Article e1500391. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500391
• Acharya, B., Actis, M., Aghajani, T., Agnetta, G., Aguilar, J., Aharonian, F., …Zychowski, P. (2013). Introducing the CTA concept. Astroparticle Physics, 43(SI), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.01.007
• Actis, M., Agnetta, G., Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A., Aleksić, J., Aliu, E., …et al. (2011). Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. Experimental Astronomy, 32(3), 193-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-011-9247-0
• Schmoll, J., Dubbeldam, C., Robertson, D., & Yao, J. (2006). The Durham Micro-optics Programme. New Astronomy Reviews, 50, 337-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2006.03.009
• Schmoll, J., Robertson, D., Dubbeldam, C., Bortoletto, F., Pina, L., Hudec, R., …Ramsay-Howat, S. (2006). Optical replication techniques for image slicers. New Astronomy Reviews, 50, 263-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2006.03.006
• Roth, M. M., Kelz, A., Fechner, T., Hahn, T., Bauer, S., Becker, T., …Altmann, W. (2005). PMAS: The Potsdam Multi-Aperture Spectrophotometer. I. Design, Manufacture, and Performance. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 117, 620-642
• Schmoll, J., Roth, M., & Laux, U. (2003). Statistical Test of Optical Fibers for Use in PMAS, the Potsdam Multi-Aperture Spectrophotometer. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 115, 854-868
• Vanscheidt, R., Bleul, H., Manthey, E., Jütte, M., Pohlen, M., Schmidtobreick, L., …Schmoll, J. (2000). Quantitative Morphology Of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) In February - April 1997. Earth, Moon, and Planets, 81, 223-231
• Sanner, J., Geffert, M., Brunzendorf, J., & Schmoll, J. (1999). Open star clusters. I. NGC 581 (M 103) (Sanner+, 1999)
• Sanner, J., Geffert, M., Brunzendorf, J., & Schmoll, J. (1999). Photometric and kinematic studies of open star clusters. I. NGC 581 (M 103). Astronomy and Astrophysics, 349, 448-456
• Dietrich, M., Peterson, B., Albrecht, P., Altmann, M., Barth, A., Bennie, P., …Zou, Z. (1999). 3C 390.3 BVRI and H photometry (Dietrich+, 1998)
• Dietrich, M., Peterson, B., Albrecht, P., Altmann, M., Barth, A., Bennie, P., …Zou, Z. (1998). Steps toward Determination of the Size and Structure of the Broad-Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei. XII. Ground-based Monitoring of 3C 390.3. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 115, 185-
• Geffert, M., Klemola, A., Hiesgen, M., & Schmoll, J. (1997). Absolute proper motions for the calibration of the HIPPARCOS proper motion system. Astronomy and astrophysics. Supplement series, 124, 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1051/aas%3A1997186
• Geffert, M., Klemola, A., Hiesgen, M., & Schmoll, J. (1996). Hipparcos stars proper motions (Geffert+ 1997)