Russ Laher's Spitzer-Science-Center Webpage  
 
Software
  Aperture Photometry Tool (APT)
 
Spitzer-Space-Telescope Links
  Images of Spitzer's launch
  Official homepage
 
Reviews
  2005 S12.0 Test Readiness Review
  2005 S13.0 Test Readiness Review
  2006 S14.0 Test Readiness Review
  2006 S15.0 Test Readiness Review
  2007 S16.0 Test Readiness Review
  2007 S17.0 Test Readiness Review
  2008 S18.0 Test Readiness Review
 
Engineering Websites
  Archive Working Group (AWG)
  Advanced Data Products (ADP) Development Team
 
Operations
  Science Data-Processing Summary
  Managing Selected Database Tables in TFS
  Sandbox Directory Structure
  Database Architecture for Archived Products
 
Software Documentation
  Ensemble Creation (the long version)
 
CGI Software Links - Operations Environment
  APES
  Show DCEs SODB Info
  Show QA Pointing-Transfer SODB Info
  Set QA Status for Selected Requests
  On-The-Fly Reprocessing
 
CGI Software Links - D/L Segment-Test Environment
  APES
  Show DCEs SODB Info
  Show QA Pointing-Transfer SODB Info
  Set QA Status for Selected Requests
  On-The-Fly Reprocessing
 
Algorithm Development
  Proposed IRAC Rad-Hit Detection Algorithm   --->   Preliminary Results
  Three-temperature model of Spitzer spectral energy distribution
 
Astronomy Links
  SIMBAD
  NASA ADS
  Astronomy Preprints
  Caltech Journals
 
Other Links
  G.I.E.C. Wiki
  Oxford English Dictionary
  Informix Database Documentation
  IPAC Webmail
  ISG Help Desk
  ISG Documentation (Wireless Internet Connectivity, etc.)
  Graziadionet Portal
  Continuing Education: Tuition Reimbursement
 
Recent Conference Papers
  Pipeline Processing of Infrared-Array-Camera Images from the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
    (GSFC Workshop on Computational Optics and Imaging for Space Applications. May 10, 2000)
  New Software for Ensemble Creation in the Spitzer-Space-Telescope Operations Database
    (2004 ADASS XIV Conference, Pasadena, California)
  Caltrans Keeps the Spitzer Pipelines Moving
    (2004 ADASS XIV Conference, Pasadena, California)
  Processing of 24 Micron Image Data at the Spitzer Science Center [Paper] [Poster]
    (2004 ADASS XIV Conference, Pasadena, California)
  Position Refinement of Spitzer-Space-Telescope Images [Paper] [Poster]
    (2005 ADASS XV Conference, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain)
  Galaxy Clustering in Far-Infrared SWIRE Fields [Paper] [Poster]
    (2005 Spitzer Conference: Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution, Pasadena, California)
  Data Quality Analysis at the Spitzer Science Center [Paper] [Poster]
    (2006 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference, Orlando, Florida)
  Post-Bandmerge Utilities Applied to Spitzer Pleiades Data [Paper] [Poster]
    (2006 ADASS XVI Conference, Tucson, Arizona)
  Optimal Point-Source Extraction for Spitzer IRS Spectra [Paper]
    (2006 ADASS XVI Conference, Tucson, Arizona)
  Image Processing Application for Cognition (IPAC) [Paper]
    (2006 ADASS XVI Conference, Tucson, Arizona)
  Optimal Merging of Point Sources Extracted from Spitzer Space Telescope Data in Multiple
    Infrared Passbands Versus Simple General Source Association [Paper] [Poster]
    (2007 ADASS XVII Conference, London, UK)
 
Recent Journal Papers
  Refinement of the Spitzer Telescope Pointing History Based on Image Registration Corrections from Multiple Data Channels [Paper],
    Howard L. McCallon, John W. Fowler, Russ R. Laher, Frank J. Masci, and Mehrdad Moshir 2007,
    PASP, 119, 1308.
  Direct evidence for channel-coupling effects in molecules: electron impact excitation of the a″ 1Σ+g state of N2 [Paper],
    M. A. Khakoo, S. Wang, R. Laher, P. V. Johnson, C. P. Malone, and I. Kanik 2007,
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 40, F167.
  Franck-Condon factors and r-centroids for the A 1Σ+u-X 1Σ+g band system of 107, 109Ag2: comparison of the observed and calculated absorption band strengths [Paper],
    A. Antic-Jovanovic, M. Kuzmanovic, V. Bojovic, Murtadha A. Khakoo, Russ R. Laher 2007,
    Chinese Physics Letters 24, 2566.
  Electron impact excitation of the (v″=0) to the a″ 1Σ+g, b 1Πu, c 1Πu, o 1Πu, b″ 1Σ+u, c″ 1Σ+u, F 3Πu and G 3Πu states of molecular nitrogen [Paper],
    Khakoo, Murtadha A., Shi-Yang Wang, Vaasu Swaminathan, Daniel Nuyujukian, Russ Laher , Brenton Lewis, Paul V. Johnson,
    Charles P. Malone, and Isik Kanik 2008,
    Phys. Rev. A, 77, 012704.
  Radiative transition parameters for the A 1Σ+u-X 1Σ+g band system of 107, 109Ag2 [Paper],
    Russ R. Laher, Murtadha A. Khakoo, A. Antic-Jovanovic 2008, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 248, 111.
 
Supplements
  Derivatives used in the Mapping Matrix in the PASP Paper entitled Refinement of the Spitzer Telescope
    Pointing History Based on Image Registration Corrections from Multiple Data Channels
    by Howard L. McCallon, John W. Fowler, Russ R. Laher, Frank J. Masci, and Mehrdad Moshir 2007 [PDF].

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Last updated 5/6/08.