Staff profile

Research Interests

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Centre for Advanced Instrumentation

• 2019: SOLARNET: Integrating High Resolution Solar Physics(£103219.70 from Interreg (ERDF) Europe)

Conference Proceeding

• Gilmore, G. Longmore, A. Myers, R. & Wilson, R. (1996). United Kingdom adaptive optics programs.
• Buscher, D.F. Doel, A.P. Andrews, N. Dunlop, C. Morris, P.W., Myers, R.M., Sharples, R.M., Vick, A.J.A. Zadrozny, A., Haniff, C.A. & Wilson, R.W. (1996). Novel adaptive optics with the Durham University ELECTRA system.
• Wilson, R.W. & Jenkins, C.R. (1994). Aspects of the theoretical performance of modal adaptive optics.
• Wilson, R.W. Baldwin, J.E. Warner, P.J. & Buscher, D.F. (1992). N.R.M. Imaging of M Giant Stars at the William Herschel Telescope.

Journal Article

• Hartley, Kathryn E, Farley, Oliver J D, Townson, Matthew J, Osborn, James & Wilson, R W (2023). First On-Sky Demonstration of a Scintillation Correction technique using Tomographic Wavefront Sensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 520(3): 4134-4146.
• Perera, Saavidra, Wilson, Richard W, Butterley, Tim, Osborn, James, Farley, Ollie J D & Laidlaw, Douglas J (2023). SHIMM: a versatile seeing monitor for astronomy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 520(4): 5475-5486.
• Griffiths, Ryan, Osborn, James, Farley, Ollie, Butterley, Tim, Townson, Matthew J. & Wilson, Richard (2023). Demonstrating 24-hour continuous vertical monitoring of atmospheric optical turbulence. Optics Express 31(4): 6730-6740.
• Guesalaga, A, Ayancán, B, Sarazin, M, Wilson, R W, Perera, S & Le Louarn, M (2021). FASS: a turbulence profiler based on a fast, low-noise camera. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 501(2): 3030-3045.
• Wang, Luqian, Gies, Douglas R., Lester, Kathryn V., Guo, Zhao, Matson, Rachel A., Peters, Geraldine J., Dhillon, Vik S., Butterley, Tim, Littlefair, Stuart P., Wilson, Richard W. & Maxted, Pierre F. L. (2020). The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn. The Astronomical Journal 159(1): 4.
• Laidlaw, Douglas J, Osborn, James, Morris, Timothy J, Basden, Alastair G, Gendron, Eric, Rousset, Gérard, Townson, Matthew J & Wilson, Richard W (2020). Automated wind velocity profiling from adaptive optics telemetry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 491(1): 1287-1294.
• Föhring, D, Wilson, R W, Osborn, J & Dhillon, V S (2019). Atmospheric scintillation noise in ground-based exoplanet photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 489(4): 5098-5108.
• Farley, O J D, Osborn, J, Morris, T, Fusco, T, Neichel, B, Correia, C & Wilson, R W (2019). Identifying optical turbulence profiles for realistic tomographic error in adaptive optics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488(1): 213-221.
• Osborn, H P, Kenworthy, M, Rodriguez, J E, de Mooij, E J W, Kennedy, G M, Relles, H, Gomez, E, Hippke, M, Banfi, M, Barbieri, L, Becker, I S, Benni, P, Berlind, P, Bieryla, A, Bonnoli, G, Boussier, H, Brincat, S M, Briol, J, Burleigh, M R, Butterley, T, Calkins, M L, Chote, P, Ciceri, S, Deldem, M, Dhillon, V S, Dose, E, Dubois, F, Dvorak, S, Esquerdo, G A, Evans, D F, Ferratfiat, S, Fossey, S J, Günther, M N, Hall, J, Hambsch, F-J, Herrero, E, Hills, K, James, R, Jayawardhana, R, Kafka, S, Killestein, T L, Kotnik, C, Latham, D W, Lemay, D, Lewin, P, Littlefair, S, Lopresti, C, Mallonn, M, Mancini, L, Marchini, A, McCormac, J J, Murawski, G, Myers, G, Papini, R, Popov, V, Quadri, U, Quinn, S N, Raynard, L, Rizzuti, L, Robertson, J, Salvaggio, F, Scholz, A, Sfair, R, Smith, A M S, Southworth, J, Tan, T G, Vanaverbeke, S, Waagen, E O, Watson, C A, West, R G, Winter, O C, Wheatley, P J, Wilson, R W & Zhou, G (2019). The PDS 110 observing campaign – photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal eclipses are aperiodic. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 485(2): 1614-1625.
• Laidlaw, Douglas J, Osborn, James, Morris, Timothy J, Basden, Alastair G, Beltramo-Martin, Olivier, Butterley, Timothy, Gendron, Eric, Reeves, Andrew P, Rousset, Gerard, Townson, Matthew J & Wilson, Richard W (2019). Optimizing the accuracy and efficiency of optical turbulence profiling using adaptive optics telemetry for extremely large telescopes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 483(4): 4341-4353.
• Farley, O. J. D., Osborn, J., Morris, T., Sarazin, M., Butterley, T., Townson, M. J., Jia, P. & Wilson, R. W. (2018). Representative optical turbulence profiles for ESO Paranal by hierarchical clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 481(3): 4030-4037.
• Osborn, J., Wilson, R., Sarazin, M., Butterley, T., Chacon, A., Derie, F., Farley, O., Haubois, X., Laidlaw, D., LeLouarn, M., Masciadri, E., Milli, J., Navarrete, J. & Townson, M. J. (2018). Optical turbulence profiling with Stereo-SCIDAR for VLT and ELT. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 478(1): 825-834.
• Cafolla, C., Mathew, R. S., Edge, A. C., Swinbank, A. M., Lansbury, G. B., Wilson, R. W., Butterley, T., Lucey, J. R., Hardy, L. K., Littlefair, S. P. & Dhillon, V. S. (2017). SS Cancri: the shortest modulation-period Blazhko RR Lyrae. Information Bulletin on Variable Stars 63: 6213.
• Hardy, L. K., McAllister, M. J., Dhillon, V. S., Littlefair, S. P., Bours, M. C. P., Breedt, E., Butterley, T., Chakpor, A., Irawati, P., Kerry, P., Marsh, T. R., Parsons, S. G., Savoury, C. D. J., Wilson, R. W. & Woudt, P. A. (2017). Hunting for eclipses: high-speed observations of cataclysmic variables. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 465(4): 4968-4984.
• Osborn, J., Butterley, T., Townson, M. J., Reeves, A. P., Morris, T. J. & Wilson, R. W. (2017). Turbulence velocity profiling for high sensitivity and vertical-resolution atmospheric characterization with Stereo-SCIDAR. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 464(4): 3998-4007.
• Hardy, L.H., Butterley, T., Dhillon, V.S., Littlefair, S.P. & Wilson, R.W. (2015). pt5m – a 0.5 m robotic telescope on La Palma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 454(4): 4316-4325.
• Osborn, J., Föhring, D., Dhillon, V. S. & Wilson, R. W. (2015). Atmospheric scintillation in astronomical photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 452(2): 1707-1716.
• Shepherd, H., Osborn, J., Wilson, R.W., Butterley, T., Avila, R., Dhillon, V. & Morris, T.J. (2014). Stereo-SCIDAR: optical turbulence profiling with high sensitivity using a modified SCIDAR instrument. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437(4): 3568-3577.
• Föhring, D., Dhillon, V.S., Madhusudhan, N., Marsh, T.R., Copperwheat, C.M., Littlefair, S.P. & Wilson, R.W. (2013). ULTRACAM z′-band detection of the secondary eclipse of WASP-12b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 435(3): 2268-2273.
• Osborn, James, Wilson, Richard W., Dhillon, V. S., Avila, Remy & Love, Gordon D. (2011). Conjugate-plane photometry: reducing scintillation in ground-based photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 411(2): 1223-1230.
• Osborn, J., Wilson, R.W., Butterley, T., Shepherd, H. & Sarazin, M. (2010). Profiling the surface layer of optical turbulence with SLODAR. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 406(2): 1405-1408.
• Wilson, R.W., Butterley, T. & Sarazin, M. (2009). The Durham/ESO SLODAR optical turbulence profiler. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 399(4): 2129-2138.
• Chun, M., Wilson, R., Avila, R., Butterley, T., Aviles, J.L., Wier, D. & Begnini, S. (2009). Mauna Kea ground-layer characterization campaign. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 394(3): 1121-1230.
• Avila, R., Aviles, J.L., Wilson, R.W., Chun, M., Butterley, T. & Carrasco, E. (2008). LOLAS: an optical turbulence profiler in the atmospheric boundary layer with extreme altitude resolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 387(4): 1511-1516.
• Kellerer, A., Sarazin, M., Butterley, T. & WIlson, R.W. (2007). Method of estimating time scales of atmospheric piston and its application at Dome C (Antarctica). Applied Optics 46(21): 4754-4762.
• Basden, A. G., Butterley, T., Myers, R. M. & Wilson R. W. (2007). Durham extremely large telescope adaptive optics simulation platform. Applied Optics 46(7): 1089-1098.
• Assemat, F., Wilson, R.W. & Gendron, E. (2006). Method for simulating infinitely long and non stationary phase screens with optimized memory storage. Optics Express 14(3).
• Butterley, T., Wilson, R. W. & Sarazin, M. (2006). Determination of the profile of atmospheric optical turbulence strength from SLODAR data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 369(2): 835-845.
• Basden, A.G., Assemat, F., Butterley, T., Geng, D., Saunter, C.D. & Wilson RW (2005). Acceleration of adaptive optics simulations using programmable logic. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 364(4): 1413-1418.
• Wilson, R. W., Wooder, N. J., Rigal, F. & Dainty, J. C. (2003). Estimation of anisoplanatism in adaptive optics by generalized SCIDAR profiling. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 339(2): 491-494.
• Wilson, R. W. (2002). SLODAR: measuring optical turbulence altitude with a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 337(1): 103-108.
• Michaille, L., Clifford, J. B., Dainty, J. C., Gregory, T., Quartel, J. C., Reavell, F. C., Wilson, R. W. & Wooder, N. J. (2001). Characterization of the mesospheric sodium layer at La Palma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 328(4): 993-1000.
• Baldwin, J. E., Tubbs, R. N., Cox, G. C. Mackay, C. D., Wilson, R. W. & Andersen, M. I. (2001). Diffraction-limited 800 nm imaging with the 2.56 m Nordic optical telescope. Astronomy & Astrophysics 368(1): L1-L4.
• Michaille, L., Cañas, A.D., Dainty, J.C., Maxwell, J., Gregory, T., Quartel, J.C., Reavell, F.C., Wilson, R.W. & Wooder, N.J. (2000). A laser beacon for monitoring the mesospheric sodium layer at La Palma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 318: 139-144.
• Young, J.S. Baldwin, J.E. Boysen, R.C. Haniff, C.A. Lawson, P.R. Mackay, C.D. Pearson, D. Rogers, J. St.-Jacques, D. Warner, P.J. Wilson, D.M.A. & Wilson, R.W. (2000). New views of Betelgeuse: multi-wavelength surface imaging and implications for models of hotspot generation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 315: 635-645.
• Wilson, R.W., O'Mahony, N. Packham, C. & Azzaro, M. (1999). The seeing at the William Herschel Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 309: 379-387.
• Wilson, R.W. (1998). Results of the JOSE site evaluation project for adaptive optics at the William Herschel Telescope. New Astronomy Review 42: 465-469.
• Packham, C., O'Mahony, N. & Wilson, R.W. (1998). Recent developments in the Half Arcsecond Programme. New Astronomy Reviews 42: 431-433.
• Wilson, R.W., Dhillon, V.S. & Haniff, C.A. (1997). The changing face of Betelgeuse. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 291: 819-.
• St-Jacques, D., Cox, G.C., Baldwin, J.E., Mackay, C.D. Waldram, E.M. & Wilson, R.W. (1997). The JOSE atmospheric seeing monitor at the William Herschel Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 290: 66-74.
• Wilson, R.W. & Jenkins, C.R. (1996). Adaptive optics for astronomy: theoretical performance and limitations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 278: 39-61.
• Baldwin, J.E., Beckett, M.G., Boysen, R.C., Burns, D., Buscher, D.F., Cox, G. C., Haniff, C.A., Mackay, C.D., Nightingale, N.S., Rogers, J., Scheuer, P.A.G., Scott, T.R., Tuthill, P.G., Warner, P.J., Wilson, D.M.A. & Wilson, R.W. (1996). The first images from an optical aperture synthesis array: mapping of Capella with COAST at two epochs. Astronomy and Astrophysics 306: L13-.
• Wilson, R.W., Baldwin, J.E., Buscher, D.F. & Warner, P.J. (1992). High-resolution imaging of Betelgeuse and Mira. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 257: 369-376.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Wilson, R. & Saunter, C. (2003). SLODAR: Profiling Atmospheric Turbulence at the WHT. The Newsletter of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING Newsl.), issue no. 7, p. 19 7: 19-.
• Michaille, L., Quartel, J.C., Dainty, J.C., Wooder, N.J. Wilson, R.W. & Gregory, T. (2000). First Sodium Laser Beacon at La Palma. The Newsletter of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING Newsl.), issue no. 2, p. 15-16 2: 15-16.
• Packham, C., Wilson, R.W. Azzaro, M. O'Mahony, N. Fine, S. Gray, D. Reyes, V. & Martín, C. (2000). The Half Arcsecond Programme (I). The Newsletter of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING Newsl.), issue no. 2, p. 21-23 2: 21-23.
• Wilson, R., Baldwin, J., Warner, P. & Buscher, D. (1991). The changing surface of Betelgeuse. GEMINI Newsletter Royal Greenwich Observatory 34: 20-.