ATNF Marsfield Scientific Computing Group
About Us
The ATNF Marsfield Scientific Computing Group (SCG) consists of
- Shaun Amy
- Mark Calabretta
- Malte Marquarding (deputy)
- Vince McIntyre (leader)
- Matthew Whiting
Group Wiki (internal access only)
Mission Statement
The scientific computing groups within ATNF: provide world-class astronomical software to support the facility's telescopes; maintain computing facilities for the use of staff and visiting astronomers (in collaboration with CSIRO IT); perform and publish research into new algorithms and data processing methods for astronomy.
Activities in more detail.
News
- Software Releases
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Version 2.14 of our RPFITS package was released on 2006 Aug 1.
Version 2.0 of our single-dish package ASAP was released on 2006 May 8.
- Scientific Computing Review
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The activities of the Scientific Computing Group were reviewed in 2005 May. ATNF responded several months later.
Recent Publications
- Whiting, Matthew T., Webster, Rachel L., & Francis, Paul J. 2006, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Multi-object spectroscopy of the field surrounding PKS 2126-158: discovery of a z= 0.66 galaxy group - McClure-Griffiths, N. M., Ford, Alyson, Pisano, D. J., Gibson, B. K., Staveley-Smith, L., Calabretta, M. R., Dedes, L., & Kalberla, P. M. W. 2006, Astrophysical Journal
Evidence for Chimney Breakout in the Galactic Supershell GSH 242-03+37 - Greisen, E. W., Calabretta, M. R., Valdes, F. G., & Allen, S. L. 2006, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Representations of spectral coordinates in FITS - Subrahmanyan, Ravi, Hunstead, R. W., Cox, N. L. J., & McIntyre, V. 2006, Astrophysical Journal
SGRS J0515-8100: A Fat-Double Giant Radio Galaxy - Doyle, M. T., Drinkwater, M. J., Rohde, D. J., Pimbblet, K. A., Read, M., Meyer, M. J., Zwaan, M. A., Ryan-Weber, E., Stevens, J., Koribalski, B. S., Webster, R. L., Staveley-Smith, L., Barnes, D. G., Howlett, M., Kilborn, V. A., Waugh, M., Pierce, M. J., Bhathal, R., de Blok, W. J. G., Disney, M. J., Ekers, R. D., Freeman, K. C., Garcia, D. A., Gibson, B. K., Harnett, J., Henning, P. A., Jerjen, H., Kesteven, M. J., Knezek, P. M., Mader, S., Marquarding, M., Minchin, R. F., O'Brien, J., Oosterloo, T., Price, R. M., Putman, M. E., Ryder, S. D., Sadler, E. M., Stewart, I. M., Stootman, F., & Wright, A. E. 2005, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The HIPASS catalogue - III. Optical counterparts and isolated dark galaxies - Dickel, John R., McIntyre, Vincent J., Gruendl, Robert A., & Milne, Douglas K. 2005, Astronomical Journal
A 4.8 and 8.6 GHz Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud. I. The Images
For a full listing, this link will do a full search (2005-present) of ADS.
Former members
- Wim Brouw
- Anil Chandra
- Neil Killeen
- Tara Murphy
- Praveena Tokachichu