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Conference Paper

• Redmond, S., Benton, S., Brown, A., Clark, P., Damaren, C., Eifler, T., …Tam, S. (2018). Auto-tuned thermal control on stratospheric balloon experiments. In H. K. Marshall, J. Spyromilio, & R. Gilmozzi (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII : 10–15 June 2018, Austin, Texas, United States ; proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312339
• Romualdez, L., Benton, S., Brown, A., Clark, P., Damaren, C., Eifler, T., …Tam, S. (2018). Overview, design, and flight results from SuperBIT: a high-resolution, wide-field, visible-to-near-UV balloon-borne astronomical telescope. In H. Takami, C. J. Evans, & L. Simard (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307754

Journal Article

• Nightingale, J. W., Amvrosiadis, A., Hayes, R. G., He, Q., Etherington, A., Cao, X., …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
• Lagattuta, D. J., Richard, J., Ebeling, H., Basto, Q., Cerny, C., Edge, A., …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
• Smith, G. P., Robertson, A., Mahler, G., Nicholl, M., Ryczanowski, D., Bianconi, M., …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
• Etherington, A., Nightingale, J. W., Massey, R., Robertson, A., Cao, X., Amvrosiadis, A., …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
• Bianconi, M., Smith, G. P., Nicholl, M., Ryczanowski, D., Richard, J., Jauzac, M., …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
• Nightingale, J., Smith, R. J., He, Q., O’Riordan, C. M., Kegerreis, J. A., Amvrosiadis, A., …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
• 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
• Cabayol, L., Eriksen, M., Carretero, J., Casas, R., Castander, F., Fernández, E., …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
• He, Q., Nightingale, J., Robertson, A., Amvrosiadis, A., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., …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
• Lagattuta, D. J., Richard, J., Bauer, F. E., Cerny, C., Claeyssens, A., Guaita, 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
• He, Q., Li, R., Frenk, C. S., Nightingale, J., Cole, S., Amorisco, N. C., …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
• 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
• He, Q., Robertson, A., Nightingale, J., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., Massey, R., …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
• Cao, X., Li, R., Nightingale, J., Massey, R., Robertson, A., Frenk, C. 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
• Amorisco, N. C., Nightingale, J., He, Q., Amvrosiadis, A., Cao, X., Cole, S., …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
• 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
• Nightingale, J., Hayes, R., Kelly, A., Amvrosiadis, A., Etherington, A., He, Q., …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
• 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
• Harvey, D., Robertson, A., Tam, S., 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
• 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
• Tam, S., Jauzac, M., Massey, R., Harvey, D., Eckert, D., Ebeling, H., …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
• Tam, S., 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Sirks, E., Clark, P., Massey, R., Benton, S., Brown, A., Damaren, C., …Tam, S. (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
• Steinhardt, C. L., Jauzac, M., Acebron, A., Atek, H., Capak, P., Davidzon, I., …Zitrin, A. (2020). The BUFFALO HST Survey. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 247(2), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab75ed
• 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
• Robertson, A., Harvey, D., Massey, R., Eke, V., McCarthy, I. G., Jauzac, M., …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
• 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
• Smith, G., Bianconi, M., Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Robertson, A., Berry, C., …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
• Jauzac, M., Eckert, D., Schaller, M., Schwinn, J., Massey, R., Bahé, Y., …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
• Jauzac, M., Mahler, G., Edge, A. C., Sharon, K., Gillman, S., Ebeling, H., …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
• 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
• Massey, R., Harvey, D., Liesenborgs, J., Richard, J., Stach, S., Swinbank, M., …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
• 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
• 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
• Smit, R., Swinbank, A., Massey, R., Richard, J., Smail, I., & Kneib, J. (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
• Schwinn, J., Jauzac, M., Baugh, C., Bartelmann, M., Eckert, D., Harvey, D., …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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Jauzac, M., Eckert, D., Schwinn, J., Harvey, D., Baugh, C., Robertson, A., …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
• Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Limousin, M., Knowles, K., Mahler, G., Smith, G., …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
• Eckert, D., Jauzac, M., Shan, H., Kneib, J., Erben, T., Israel, H., …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
• 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
• 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
• Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Jullo, E., Clément, B., Limousin, M., Kneib, J., …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
• Massey, R., Williams, L., Smit, R., Swinbank, M., Kitching, D., Harvey, D., …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
• Jauzac, M., Jullo, E., Eckert, D., Ebeling, H., Richard, J., Limousin, M., …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
• Wilson, J., Eke, V., Massey, R., Elphic, R., Jolliff, B., Lawrence, D., …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
• Clark, P., Massey, R., Chang, H., Galloway, M., Israel, H., Jones, L., …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
• Jauzac, M., Clément, B., Limousin, M., Richard, J., Jullo, E., Ebeling, H., …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
• Rhodes, J., Dobke, B., Booth, J., Massey, R., Liewer, K., Smith, R., …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