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Mark R. Chun

Maintained by LG

 

Mark R. Chun

 

 

Assistant Specialist

PhD, University of Chicago, 1997

  • Adaptive optics
  • Atmospheric characterization

 

 

Selected Publications

Adaptive Optics Imaging of a Massive Galaxy Associated With a Metal-Rich Absorber
M. R. Chun, V. P. Kulkarni, S. Gharanfoli, & M. Takamiya
The Astronomical Journal, 139, 296-301 (2010)

Mauna Kea Ground-Layer Characterization Campaign
M. Chun, R. Wilson, R. Avila, T. Butterley, J.-L. Aviles, D. Wier, & S. Benigni
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 394, 1121-1130. (2009)

The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign
M. C. Liu, Z. Wahhaj, B. Biller, E. Shkolnik, M. Chun et al.
15th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun
AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1094, pp. 461-464 (2009)

Observing Strategies for the NICI Campaign to Directly Image Extrasolar Planets
B. Biller, E. Artigau, Z. Wahhaj, M. Hartung, M. C. Liu, L. M. Close, M. R. Chun, C. Ftaclas, D. W. Toomey, & T. Hayward
15th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun
AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1094, pp. 425-428 (2009)

Balloon Thermosonde Measurements over Mauna Kea and Comparison with Seeing Measurements
J. P. McHugh, G. Y. Jumper, & M. Chun
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 120, 1318-1324 (2008)

Cats: Optical to Near-Infrared Colors of the Bulge and Disk of Two z = 0.7 Galaxies Using Hubble Space Telescope and Keck Laser Adaptive Optics Imaging
E. Steinbring, J. Melbourne, A. J. Metevier, D. C. Koo, M. R. Chun, L. Simard, J. E. Larkin, and C. E. Max
Astronomical Journal, 136, 1523-1532 (2008)

Performance of the Near-Infrared Coronagraphic Imager on Gemini-South
M. Chun, D. Toomey, Z. Wahhaj, B. Biller, E. Artigau, T. Hayward, M. Liu, L. Close, M. Hartung, F. Rigaut, and C. Ftaclas
Proceedings of the SPIE, 7015, 70151V-70151V-9 (2008)

LOLAS: An Optical Turbulence Profiler in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with Extreme Altitude Resolution
R. Avila, J. L. Avilés, R. W. Wilson, M. Chun, T. Butterley, and E. Carrasco
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 387, 1511-1516 (2008)

Emission-Line Spectroscopy of a Damped Lyα-absorbing Galaxy at z = 0.437
S. Gharanfoli, V. P. Kulkarni, M. R. Chun, and M. Takamiya
Astronomical Journal, 133, 130-138 (2007)

MIRAO: A Mid-IR Adaptive Optics System Design for TMT
M. R. Chun, J. Elias, B. Ellerbroek, T. Bond, M. Liang, R. Clare, A. Tokunaga, M. Richter,
and L. Daggert
Proceedings of the SPIE, 6272, 62720S (2006)

Preliminary Optical Design for the TMT Mid-Infrared Adaptive Optics System and Echelle Spectrograph
M. Liang, J. H. Elias, A. T. Tokunaga, M. R. Chun, M. J. Richter, L. Daggert, and T. Bond
Proceedings of the SPIE, 6269, 626943 (2006)

Adaptive Optics Imaging of Low-Redshift Damped Lyα Quasar Absorbers
M. R. Chun, S. Gharanfoli, V. P. Kulkarni, and M. Takamiya
Astronomical Journal, 131, 686-700 (2006)

Optical Turbulence Profiles at Mauna Kea Measured by MASS and SCIDAR
A. Tokovinin, J. Vernin, A. Ziad, and M. Chun
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 117, 395-400 (2005)

A Method for High-Resolution C2N Profiling in the First Few Hundred Meters
R. Avila and M. R. Chun
Proceedings of the SPIE, 5490, 742-748 (2004)

Gains from a Ground-only Adaptive Optics System
M. R. Chun
Proceedings of the SPIE, 4839, 94-98 (2003)

Pan-STARRS: A Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Array
N. Kaiser et al.
Proceedings of the SPIE, 4836, 154-164 (2002)

First light for Hokupa'a 36 on Gemini North
J. E. Graves, M. J. Northcott, F. J. Roddier, C. A. Roddier, D. Potter, D. J. O'Connor, F. J. Rigaut, and M. R. Chun
Proceedings of the SPIE, 4007, 26-30 (2000)

Curvature-based laser guide star adaptive optics system for Gemini South
M. R. Chun, C. D'Orgeville, B. L. Ellerbroek, J. E. Graves, M. J. Northcott, and F. J. Rigaut
Proceedings of the SPIE, 4007, 142-148 (2000)

Turbulence and wind profiling with generalized scidar at Cerro Pachon
 R. Avila, J. Vernin, M. R. Chun, and L. J. Sanchez
Proceedings of the SPIE, 4007, 721-732 (2000)

Gemini Mauna Kea laser guide star system
C. D'Orgeville, M. R. Chun, J. Sebag, C. Boyer, D. Montgomery, J. M. Oschmann, F. J. Rigaut, and D. A. Simons
Proceedings of the SPIE, 3762, 150-160 (1999)

The Useful Field of View of an Adaptive Optics System
M. Chun
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 110, 317-329 (1998)

Design of tip-tilt and adaptive optics servos using measured angle-of-arrival and phase power spectra
E. J. Kibblewhite and M. R. Chun
Proceedings of the SPIE, 3353, 522-530 (1998)

Increasing the useful field of view of an adaptive optics system
M. R. Chun, W. J. Wild, F. Shi, M. F. Smutko, E. J. Kibblewhite, R. Q. Fugate, and J. C. Christou
Proceedings of the SPIE, 3353, 384-390 (1998)

Performance of ChAOS on the Apache Point Observatory's 3.5-m telescope
E. J. Kibblewhite, M. R. Chun, J. E. Larkin, V. Scor, F. Shi, M. F. Smutko, and W. J. Wild
Proceedings of the SPIE, 3353, 60-71 (1998)