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Peer-Reviewed Publications

1.  Ammons, S.M.; Johnson, L.; Laag, E.A.; Kupke, R; and Gavel, D.T.  2008, "First Laboratory Demonstration of Multi-Object and Laser Tomographic Adaptive Optics on a 10 meter telescope," submitted to PASP.

2.  Ammons, S.M.; Melbourne, J.; Max, C.E.; Koo, D.C.; and Rosario, D.J.V.  "Spatially Resolved Stellar Populations of Eight GOODS-South AGN at z~1," accepted to AJ.

3.  Laag, E.A.; Ammons, S.M.; Gavel, D.T.; and Kupke, R.  2008, "Multi-conjugate adaptive optics results from the laboratory for adaptive optics MCAO/MOAO testbed," J-OSA, 25, 2114.

4.  Melbourne, J.; Ammons, M.; Wright, S. A.; Metevier, A.; Steinbring, E.; Max, C.; Koo, D. C.; Larkin, J. E.; and Barczys, M. 2008, "Triggered or Self-Regulated Star Formation Within Intermediate Redshift Luminous Infrared Galaxies. I. Morphologies and Spectral Energy Distributions," AJ, 135, 1207.

5.  Marshall, P.J.; Treu, T.; Melbourne, J.; Gavazzi, R.; Bundy, K.; Ammons, S.M.; Bolton, A.S.; Burles, S.; Larkin, J.E.; Le Mignant, D.; Koo, D.C.; Koopmans, L.V.E.; Max, C.E.; Moustakas, L.A.; Steinbring, E.; and Wright, S.A.  2007, "Superresolving Distant Galaxies with Gravitational Telescopes: Keck Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics and Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Lens System SDSS J0737+3216," ApJ, 671, 1196.

6.  Robinson, S.E.; Ammons, S.M.; Kretke, K.A.; Strader, J.; Wertheimer, J.G.; Fischer, D.A.; and Laughlin, G.  2007, "The N2K Consortium. VII. Atmospheric Parameters of 1907 Metal-rich Stars: Finding Planet-Search Targets," ApJS, 169, 430.

7.  Ammons, S.M.; Robinson, S.E.; Strader, J.; Laughlin, G.; Fischer, D.; and Wolf, A.  2006, "The N2K Consortium. IV. New Temperatures and Metallicities for More than 100,000 FGK Dwarfs," ApJ, 638, 1004.

8.  Robinson, S.E.; Strader, J.; Ammons, S.M.; Laughlin, G.; and Fischer, D.  2006, "The N2K Consortium. V. Identifying Very Metal-rich Stars with Low-Resolution Spectra: Finding Planet-Search Targets," ApJ, 637, 1002.  

9.  Fischer, D.A.; Laughlin, G.; Marcy, G.W.; Butler, R.P.; Vogt, S.S.; Johnson, J.A.; Henry, G.W.; McCarthy, C.; Ammons, M.; Robinson, S.; Strader, J.; Valenti, J.A.; McCullough, P.R.; Charbonneau, D.; Haislip, J.; Knutson, H.A.; Reichart, D.E.; McGee, P.; Monard, B.; Wright, J.T.; Ida, S.; Sato, B.; and Minniti, D.  2006, "The N2K Consortium. III. Short-Period Planets Orbiting HD 149143 and HD 109749," ApJ, 637, 1094.

10.  Sato, B.; Fischer, D.A.; Henry, G.W.; Laughlin, G.; Butler, R.P.; Marcy, G.W.; Vogt, S.S.; Bodenheimer, P.; Ida, S.; Toyota, E.; Wolf, A.; Valenti, J.A.; Boyd, L.J.; Johnson, J.A.; Wright, J.T.; Ammons, M.; Robinson, S.; Strader, J.; McCarthy, C.; Tah, K. L.; and Minniti, D.  2005, "The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn around HD 149026 with a Large Dense Core," ApJ, 633, 465.

11.  Fischer, D.A.; Laughlin, G.; Butler, P.; Marcy, G.; Johnson, J.; Henry, G.; Valenti, J.; Vogt, S.; Ammons, M.; Robinson, S.; Spear, G.; Strader, J.; Driscoll, P.; Fuller, A.; Johnson, T.; Manrao, E.; McCarthy, C.; Muñoz, M.; Tah, K. L.; Wright, J.; Ida, S.; Sato, B.; Toyota, E.; and Minniti, D.  2005, "The N2K Consortium. I. A Hot Saturn Planet Orbiting HD 88133," ApJ, 620, 481.

SPIE Manuscripts

1.  Ammons, S.M.; Johnson, L.; Laag, E.A.; Kupke, R; and Gavel, D.T.  2008, "Laboratory Demonstrations of Multi-Object Adaptive Optics in the visible on a 10 meter telescope," proc. SPIE, 7015, 5.

2.  Ammons, S.M.; Gavel, D.T.; Dillon, D.; Reinig, M.; Grigsby, B.; and Morzinski, K.M.  2008, "Application of Hartmann Linearity Calibrations to ViLLaGEs," proc. SPIE, 7015, 112.

3.  Gavel, D.T.; Bauman, B.J.; Reinig, M.R.; Lockwood, C.; Morzinski, K.M.; Severson, S.A.; Palmer, D.W.; Dillon, D.R.; Ammons, M.; Grigsby, B.J.; Gates, E.L.; and Johnson, J.A.  2008, "Visible light laser guidestar experimental system (Villages)," proc. SPIE, 7015, 8.

4.  Grigsby, B.J.; Lockwood, C.; Morzinski, K.M.; Ammons, M.; Johnson, J.A.; Reinig, M.R.; Dillon, D.R.; Gavel, D.T.; Bauman, B.J.; Gates, E.L.; and Palmer, D.W.  2008, "Design on an on-sky visible-light MEMS-based AO sytem," proc. SPIE, 7018, 126.

5.  Gavel, D.; Severson, S.; Bauman, B.; Dillon, D.; Reinig, M.; Lockwood, C.; Palmer, D.; Morzinski, K.; Ammons, M.; Gates, E.; and Grigsby, B.  2008, "Villages: an on-sky visible wavelength astronomy AO experiment using a MEMS deformable mirror," proc. SPIE, 6888, 4.

6.  Ammons, S.M.; Laag, E.A.; Kupke, R.; Gavel, D.T.; and Max, C.E.  2007, "Enabling laboratory demonstrations of multi-object adaptive optics with linearity calibrations," proc. SPIE, 6691, 5.

7.  Morzinski, K.M.; Harpsøe, K.B.W.; Gavel, D.T.; and Ammons, S.M. 2007, "The open-loop control of MEMS: modeling and experimental results," proc. SPIE, 6467, 13.

8.  Ammons, S.M.; Kupke, R.; Laag, E.A.; Gavel, D.T.; Dillon, D.R.; Reinig, M.R.; Bauman, B.J.; Max, C.E.; and Johnson, J.A.  2006, "First results from the UCSC Laboratory for Adaptive Optics multi-conjugate and multi-object adaptive optics testbed," proc. SPIE, 6272, 2.

9.  Keller, C.U.; Plymate, C.; and Ammons, S.M. 2002, "Low-cost solar adaptive optics in the infrared," proc. SPIE, 4853, 351.

Conference Proceedings

1.  Ammons, S.M.; Melbourne, J.; Max, C.E.; Koo, D.C.; and Rosario, D.J.V.  2008, "Evidence for Distributed Young Stellar Populations in Strong AGN at z~1," BAAS, 212, 2010.

2.  Ammons, S.M.; Melbourne, J.; Max, C.E.; and Koo, D.C.  2007, "Keck laser guide star observations of 11 GOODS-South Chandra sources at z ~ 1," proc. IAUS, 245, 463.  

3.  Laag, E.; Gavel, D.; and Ammons, M.  2007, "Open-Loop Woofer-Tweeter Control on the LAO Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Testbed," proceedings of The 6th International Workshop on Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine (astro-ph:  0710.0405).

4.  Gavel, D.T.; Ammons, S.M.; and Laag, E.A.  2007, "A Comparison of Tomography Reconstruction Techniques for MCAO and MOAO: Theory and Laboratory Experience," in Adaptive Optics:  Analysis and Methods, Optical Society of America Technical Digest, AMA1.

5.  Koo, D.C.; Melbourne, J.; Max, C.; Metevier, A.; Ammons, M.; Larkin, J.E.; Barczys, M.; Wright, S.A.; and Steinbring, E.  2007, "CATS: CfAO Treasury Survey of distant galaxies, supernovae, and AGN's," proc. IAUS, 235, 355.

6. Robinson, S.E.; Ammons, S.; Strader, J.; Fischer, D.A.; Kretke, K.A.; Wertheimer, J.G.; and Laughlin, G.P.  2006, "The Status of the N2K Project: >400 Optimal Planet-Search Targets and 3 New Planets Found," BAAS, 38, 101.

7.  Ammons, S.M.; Laughlin, G.; Robinson, S.E.; Strader, J.; and Fischer, D.A.  2004, "Broadband photometric calibrations of Fundamental Stellar Properties for Stars in the Tycho 2 Catalog," BAAS, 37, 379.

8.  Robinson, S.; Strader, J.; Ammons, M.; Laughlin, G.; and Fischer, D.  2004, "Identifying Likely Planet-Bearing Stars with Low-Resolution Spectroscopy," BAAS, 36, 1406.

9.  Ammons, S.M. and Keller, C.U.  2002, "Preliminary tests of a low-cost solar infrared adaptive optics system," BAAS, 34, 736.