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Dome C site testing: implications for science and technology of future telescopes Proceedings of the 3rd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2010 (Ref: 14029)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Gillingham P.G.McGrath A.Haynes R.Saunders W.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

Site testing data provides an essential part of the justi¯cation … for funding any new astronomical facility by de¯ning the technological … design and determining the telescope performance, thus allowing the … scienti¯c objectives to be prioritised.

A wide-field, optical/infrared, 2.5m class telescope for Antarctica Proceedings of the 3rd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2010 (Ref: 14022)
Authors:
Burton M.G.Burgarella D.Andersen M.Busso M.Eiroa C.Epchtein N.Maillard J-P.Persi P.
Category 3: Conference paper

This report provides the recommendations of ARENAWork- … ing Group 1 concerning the development of and objectives for a wide- … field, optical / infrared, 2.5m class telescope for Antarctica. It discusses … the key science drivers for such a telescope…

The Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2009 (Ref: 14015)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Bailey J.Barrado y Navascues D.Bedding T.R.Bland-Hawthorn J.Bond I.Boulanger F.Bouwens R.Bruntt H.Bunker A.Burgarella D.Burton M.G.Busso M.Coward D.Cioni M-R.Durand G.Eiroa C.Epchtein N.Gehrels N.Gillingham P.Glazebrook K.Haynes R.Kiss L.Lagage P.O.Le Bertre T.Mackay C.Maillard J.P.McGrath A.Minier V.Mora A.Olsen K.Persi P.Pimbblet K.Quimby R.Saunders W.Schmidt B.Stello D.Storey J.W.V.Tinney C.Tremblin P.Wheeler J.C.Yock P.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/ … infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to … be exceptional for astronomy. The seeing (above ¡­30m height), coherence time…

The Science Case for PILOT II: the Distant Universe Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2009 (Ref: 14014)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Bunker A.Bouwens R.Burgarella D.Burton M.G.Gehrels N.Glazebrook K.Pimbblet K.Quimby R.Saunders W.Storey J.W.V.Wheeler J.C.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/ … infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C … deliver a high sensitivity, high photometric precision, wide-field, high spatial resolution…

The Science Case for PILOT III: the Nearby Universe Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2009 (Ref: 14013)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Bailey J.Barrado y Navascues D.Bedding T.Bland-Hawthorn J.Bond I.Bruntt H.Burton M.G.Cioni M-R.Eiroa C.Epchtein N.Kiss L.Lagage P.O.Minier V.Mora A.Olsen K.Persi P.Saunders W.Stello D.Storey J.W.V.Tinney C.Yock P.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/ … infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C … deliver a high sensitivity, high photometric precision, wide-field, high spatial resolution…

Proposed intrumentation for PILOT Proceedings of SPIE 7014, 70144N1-9, 2008 (Ref: 13757)
Authors:
Saunders W.Gillingham P.McGrath A.Haynes R.Storey J.Lawrence J.Burton M.Mora A.
Category 3: Conference paper

PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed Australian/European optical/infrared … telescope for Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, with target first light in 2012. The proposed telescope is 2.4m diameter, with overall focal ratio f/10…

Twilight astronomy from Antarctica Proceedings of the 2nd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2008 (Ref: 13761)
Authors:
Burton M.G.
Category 3: Conference paper

A description of the early days of infrared site testing at … the South Pole is given, with special attention paid to the data which … quantified the conditions during summer and the long twilight period. Such times are also provide relatively benign conditions for humans … in Antarctica as well.

PILOT-like telescope potential Proceedings of the 2nd ARENA Conference, EAS Publications Series, 2008 (Ref: 13758)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Lawrence J.S.Saunders W.
Category 3: Conference paper

In this paper we review the progress towards the deployment … of a large "PILOT-like" telescope at Concordia Station, Dome C. PI- … LOT is a proposed 2.4m optical/IR telescope that will cost in excess … of EUR 10m…

Annual reproductive rates of Weddell seals in eastern Antarctica from 1973 to 2000 Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2008 (Ref: 13548)
Authors:
Lake S.Burton H.Barker R.Hindell M.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Mark recapture analysis of Pygmy Blue Whales from Perth Canyon, Western Australia 2000-2005 IWC Scientific Committee; SC/60/SH16, 2008 (Ref: 13451)
Authors:
Jenner C.Jenner M.Burton C.Sturrock V.Salgado Kent C.Morrice M.Attard C.Moller L.Double M.C.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Between January and April over six consecutive years (2000 to 2005) photographs of the … dorsal fin and lateral bodies of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) were … collected at the Perth Canyon, Western Australia.

d13C and d15N analysis of stratified sediments collected from an elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) moult wallow in east Antarctica shows Late Holocene change in diet and foraging location. 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town, South Africa, 28 Nov - 3 Dec 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13352)
Authors:
van den Hoff J.Burton H.
Category 3: Poster

Significant relationships between southern elephant seal population parameters and climatic variables 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals - Cape Town, South Africa, 28 Nov - 3 Dec 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13284)
Authors:
Burton H.R.van den Hoff J.Bester M.N.
Category 3: Conference paper

Under-yearling and yearling southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) movements at Marion Island: bathymetric relationships 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals - Cape Town, South Africa, 28 Nov - 3 Dec 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13283)
Authors:
Tosh C.A.Bester M.N.Bornemann H.Burton H.R.Pistorius P.A.Plotz J.Ramdohr S.Stewart B.van den Hoff J.
Category 3: Conference paper

Assessing change in the foraging ecology of southern elephant seal during the Holocene 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals - Cape Town, South Africa, 28 Nov - 3 Dec 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13282)
Authors:
van den Hoff J.Burton H.
Category 3: Conference paper

PILOT: optical configuration and instrumentation XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 33, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12909)
Authors:
Lawrence J.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Poster

LAPCAT: the Large Antarctic Plateau Clear-Aperture Telescope XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 31, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12908)
Authors:
Storey J.W.V.Angel R.Lawrence J.Hinz P.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.
Category 3: Poster

AstroPoles - the astronomical program for the International Polar Year XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 25, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12907)
Authors:
Burton M.G.
Category 3: Poster

The history of astronomy in Antarctica XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 24, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12906)
Authors:
Indermuehle B.Burton M.Maddison S.
Category 3: Poster

Technology for a remote automated Antarctic observatory XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 22, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12905)
Authors:
Ashley M.C.B.Lawrence J.Storey J.W.V.Burton M.G.Hengst S.Luong-Van D.
Category 3: Poster

Science with the High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope XXVI IAU General Assembly, Special Session 7, No. 20, Astronomy in Antarctica, Prague, 22-23 August 2006, 2006 (Ref: 12904)
Authors:
Walsh W.Burton M.G.Storey J.W.V.Ashley M.C.B.Walker C.
Category 3: Poster

LAPCAT: the Large Antarctic Plateau Clear-Aperture Telescope Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes, Proceedings of the SPIE, 2006 (Ref: 12901)
Authors:
Storey J.Angel R.Lawrence J.Hinz P.Ashley M.Burton M.
Category 3: Conference paper

We present a proposal for an 8.4 metre off-axis optical/IR telescope to be located at Dome C, Antarctica. LAPCAT will use a mirror identical to the offset segment recently cast for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) as a completely unobscured f/2.1 primary.

Site testing Dome A, Antarctica Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes, Proceedings of the SPIE, 2006 (Ref: 12899)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Cui X.Everett J.R.Indermuehle B.T.Kenyon S.L.Luong-Van D.Moore A.M.Storey J.W.V.Tokovinin A.Travouillon T.Pennypacker C.Wang L.York D.
Category 3: Conference paper

Recent data have shown that Dome C, on the Antarctic plateau, is an exceptional site for astronomy, with atmospheric conditions superior to those at any existing mid-latitude site. Dome C, however, may not be the best site on the Antarctic plateau for every kind of astronomy.

Exoplanet detection from Dome C, Antarctica: opportunities and challenges IAU Colloquium 200, Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science and Techniques, Nice, France, 2006 (Ref: 12895)
Authors:
Lawrence J.S.Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

Many methods have been proposed for the detection of exoplanets. The minimum … detectable planetary size and mass, and the maximum distance from us at which exoplanets are … observable, are determined by both technological and environmental constraints.

Results from the South Pole Infra-Red EXplorer Telescope Special Session 2, 25th IAU General Assembly, Sydney, July 2003. Highlights of Astronomy, ASP Conference Series, 2005 (Ref: 12892)
Authors:
Rathborne J.M.Burton M.G.
Category 3: Conference paper

Site Testing at Dome C - Cloud Statistics from ICECAM Experiment Highlights of Astronomy, ASP Conference Series, 2005 (Ref: 12891)
Authors:
Ashley M.C.B.Burton M.G.Calisse P.G.Phillips A.Storey J.W.V.
Category 3: Conference paper

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