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Stuart M. Jefferies

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Stuart Jefferies

Professor of Physics & Astronomy
PhD, University of London, 1983

  • Advanced Imaging Methods
  • Asteroseismology
  • Helioseismology
  • Image Restoration Techniques
  • Signal Analysis

 

 

Selected Publications

Future Instrumentation for Solar Physics: A Double Channel MOF Imager onboard ASI Space Mission ADAHELI
P. F. Moretti, F. Berrilli, A. Bigazzi, S. M. Jefferies, N. Murphy, L. Roselli, & M. P. di Mauro
Astrophysics and Space Science, Online First (2010)

Fast and Optimal MultiFrame Blind Deconvolution Algorithm for High-Resolution, Ground-Based Imaging of Space Objects”,
C. L. Matson, K. Borelli, S. Jefferies, C. C. Beckner, Jr., E. K. Hege, & M. Lloyd-Hart
Applied Optics, 48, A75-A92 (2009)

The Energy Flux of Internal Gravity Waves in the Lower Solar Atmosphere
T. Straus, B. Fleck, S. M. Jefferies, G. Cauzzi, S. W. McIntosh, K., Reardon, G. Severino, & M. Steffen
The Astrophysical Journal, 681, L125-L128 (2008)

Observational Signatures of the Interaction between Acoustic Waves and the Solar Magnetic Canopy
 P. F. Moretti, S. M. Jefferies, J. D. Armstrong, & S. W. Mc Intosh
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 471, 961-965 (2007)

On the observation of traveling acoustic waves in the solar atmosphere using a magneto-optical filter
M. Haberreiter, W. Finsterle, & S. M. Jefferies
Astronomische Nachrichten, 328, Issue 3, p.211 (2007)

A Computational Method for the Restoration of Images with an Unknown Spatially-Varying Blur
J. Bardsley, S. Jefferies, J. Nagy, & R. Plemmons
Optics Express, 14, 1767-1782 (2006)

Magnetoacoustic Portals and the Basal Heating of the Solar Chromosphere
S. M. Jefferies, S. W. McIntosh, J. D. Armstrong, T. J. Bogdan, A., Cacciani, & B. Fleck
The Astrophysical Journal, 648, L151-L155 (2006)

Observing the Modification of the Acoustic Cutoff Frequency by Field Inclination Angle
S. W. McIntosh & S. M. Jefferies
The Astrophysical Journal, 647, L77-L81 (2006)

Modeling Solar Oscillation Power Spectra. I. Adaptive Response Function for Doppler Velocity Measurements
S. V. Vorontsov & S. M. Jefferies
The Astrophysical Journal, 623, 1202-1214 (2005)

Diagnostic of the Solar Atmosphere through Two Level Doppler and Magnetic Measurements
A. Cacciani, P. Rapex, F. Massa, R. Briguglio, S. M. Jefferies, W. Finsterle, C. Giebink, & A. Knox
EAS Publications Series, Volume 14: Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting, pp. 269-274 (2005)

Helioseismic Mapping of the Magnetic Canopy in the Solar Chromosphere
W. Finsterle, S. M. Jefferies, A. Cacciani, P. Rapex, & S. W. McIntosh
The Astrophysical Journal, 613, L185-L188 (2004)

A New Way to Model the Solar Oscillation ℓ−ν Power Spectrum
S. M. Jefferies & S. V. Vorontsov
Solar Physics, 220, 347-359 (2004)

Seismology of the Solar Atmosphere
W. Finsterle, S. M. Jefferies, A. Cacciani, P. Rapex, C. Giebink, A. Knox, & V. Dimartino
Solar Physics, 220, 317-331 (2004)

Global Helioseismic Metrology
S. M. Jefferies, S. V. Vorontsov, & C. Giebink
Proceedings of the SOHO 14 / GONG 2004 Workshop (ESA SP-559): Helio- and
Asteroseismology: Towards a Golden Future, pp. 254-260 (2004)

Comments on Inferring the Properties of the Solar Acoustic Sources by Modeling the Velocity and/or Intensity Fluctuations
S. M. Jefferies, P.-F. Moretti, M. Oliviero, & C. Giebink
Proceedings of SOHO 12 / GONG+ 2002 (ESA SP-517): Local and Global Helioseismology: The Present and Future, pp. 311-314 (2003)

A New Instrument for Sounding the Solar Atmosphere
A. Cacciani, S. M. Jefferies, W. Finsterle, P. Rapex, A. Knox, C. Giebink, & V. di Martino
Proceedings of SOHO 12 / GONG+ 2002 (ESA SP-517): Local and Global Helioseismology: The Present and Future, pp. 243-245 (2003)

Mapping the Sound Speed Structure of the Sun's Atmosphere
A. Cacciani, S. M. Jefferies, W. Finsterle, C. Giebink, A. Knox, P. Rapex, B. Subrizi, & L. Cesario
Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplement, 2, 190-193 (2003)

How Well Can We Infer the Properties of the Solar Acoustic Sources?
S. M. Jefferies, G. Severino, P.-F. Moretti, M. Oliviero, & C. Giebink
The Astrophysical Journal, 596, L117-L120 (2003)

Sensing Wave Front Amplitude and Phase with Phase Diversity
S. M. Jefferies, M. Lloyd-Hart, E. K. Hege, & J. Georges
Applied Optics, 41, 2095-2102 (2002)

Blind Deconvolution in Optical Diffusion Tomography
S. Jefferies, K. Schulze, C. Matson, K. Stoltenberg, & E. K. Hege
Optics Express, 10, 46-53 (2002)

Wave Front Sensing with Time-of-Flight Phase Diversity
M. Lloyd-Hart, S. M. Jefferies, J. R. P. Angel, & E. K. Hege
Optics Letters, 26, 402-404 (2001)

The Solar Intensity-Velocity Cross Spectrum: A Powerful Diagnostic for Helioseismology
G. Severino, M. Magrì, M. Oliviero, T. Straus, & S. M. Jefferies
The Astrophysical Journal, 561, 444-449 (2001)