Staff profile

• Adaptive Optics
• Astronomical Instrumentation

Conference Paper

• Bardou, L., Gendron, E., Rousset, G., Gratadour, D., Basden, A. G., Bonaccini, D., Buey, T., Centrone, M., Chemla, F., Lombardi, G., Marchetti, E., Morris, T. J., Myers, R. M., Osborn, J., Townson, M. J., Vidal, F., & Reyes Garcia-Talavera, M. (2017, June). Preliminary on-sky results of the CANARY experiment with an ELT-elongated sodium LGS. Presented at Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes 5, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
• Clark, P., Berry, P., Bingham, R., Bissonauth, N., Caldwell, M., Dipper, N., Dunlop, C., Henry, D., Luke, P., Myers, R., & Robertson, D. (2004, September). Wavefront sensing within the VISTA infrared camera. Presented at Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series
• Bonaccini Calia, D., Myers, R. M., Zappa, F., Love, G. D., Morris, T. J., Hackenberg, W. K., Wilson, R. W., & Buscher, D. F. (2004, December). Cone-effect-free adaptive optics laser guide star development for the ELTs
• Love, G. D., Myers, R. M., Wilson, R. W., Buscher, D. F., Butterley, T., & Morris, T. J. (2004, December). Sensing the atmosphere on the upward path: LGSs without focal anisoplanatism for ELTs
• Morris, T. J., Berry, P., Butterley, T., Clark, P., Dunlop, C. N., Myers, R. M., Saunter, C. D., Wilson, ,., & Richard, W. (2004, December). A ground-layer AO system demonstrator for the William Herschel Telescope
• Soechting, I. K., Wilson, R. W., Myers, R. M., Longmore, A. J., Benn, C. R., Ostensen, R., Els, S., Goodsell, S., Gregory, T., & Talbot, G. (2004, December). Influence of restricted FOV and CCD binning in SH-WFS on the performance of NAOMI
• Kellner, S., Ragazzoni, R., Gässler, W., Diolaiti, E., Farinato, J., Arcidiacono, C., Myers, R. M., Morris, T. J., & Ghedina, A. (2004, December). PIGS on sky - dream or reality?
• Butterley, T., Buscher, D. F., Love, G. D., Morris, T. J., Myers, R. M., & Wilson, R. W. (2004, December). Sky-projected Shack-Hartmann laser guide star
• Benn, C. R., Blanken, M., Bevil, C., Els, S., Goodsell, S., Gregory, T., Jolley, P., Longmore, A. J., Martin, O., Myers, R. M., Ostensen, R., Rees, S., Rutten, R. G., Soechting, I., Talbot, G., & Tulloch, S. M. (2004, December). NAOMI: adaptive optics at the WHT
• Thompson, S., Doel, A. P., Bingham, R. G., Charalambous, A., Bissonauth, N., Clark, P., Myers, R. M., & Talbot, G. (2003, December). OSCA, an Optimized Stellar Coronagraph for Adaptive optics: Description and first light
• Rutten, R. G., Clark, P., Myers, R. M., Wilson, R. W., Bingham, R. G., Emsellem, E., Gregory, T., Humphreys, R. A., Knapen, J., Moretto, G., Morris, S. L., & Talbot, G. (2003, December). Facility class Rayleigh beacon AO system for the 4.2m William Herschel telescope
• Myers, R. M., Longmore, A. J., Benn, C. R., Buscher, D. F., Clark, P., Dipper, N. A., Doble, N., Doel, A. P., Dunlop, C. N., Gao, X., Gregory, T., Humphreys, R. A., Ives, D. J., Øestensen, R., Peacocke, P., Rutten, R. G., Tierney, C. J., Vick, A. J., Wells, M. R., Wilson, R. W., …Zadrozny, A. (2003, December). NAOMI adaptive optics system for the 4.2m William Herschel telescope
• Clark, P., Bissonauth, N., O'Byrne, J. W., Dunlop, C. N., Gregory, T., Morris, T. J., Myers, R. M., Saunter, C. D., & Wilson, R. W. (2003, December). Rayleigh guide star AO demonstrator for the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope
• Love, G. D., Clark, P., Dunlop, C. N., Kelly, T.-L., Langloids, M., Myers, R. M., & Sharples, R. M. (2002, December). Emulating MultiConjugate Turbulence
• Sharples, R. M., Myers, R. M., & Walton, N. A. (2000, December). MOSAIC: a multi-object spectrograph with adaptive image correction
• Zadrozny, A., Chang, M., Buscher, D., Myers, R., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Sharples, R., & Arnold, R. (1999, December). First Atmospheric Compensation with a Linearized High-Order Adaptive Mirror-Electra
• Longmore, A., Wells, M., Strachan, M., Dixon, C., Peacocke, T., Myers, R., Humphreys, R., Gentles, A., Worswick, S., & Weise, A. (1997, December). Progress on the WHT natural guide star AO system (NAOMI) [3126-03]
• Gilmore, G., Longmore, A., Myers, R., & Wilson, R. (1996, December). United Kingdom adaptive optics programs
• Buscher, D., Doel, A., Andrews, N., Dunlop, C., Morris, P., Myers, R., Sharples, R., Vick, A., Zadrozny, A., Haniff, C., & Wilson, R. (1996, December). Novel adaptive optics with the Durham University ELECTRA system
• Gentles, A. B., Wells, M., Longmore, A. J., Myers, R. M., & Humphreys, R. A. (1995, December). Natural guide star AO system for the William Herschel Telescope
• Myers, R. M., Longmore, A. J., Humphreys, R. A., Gilmore, G. F., Gentles, A. B., Wells, M., & Wilson, R. W. (1995, December). United Kingdom adaptive optics program
• Myers, R. M., Doel, A. P., Dunlop, C. N., Major, J. V., Sharples, R. M., & Vick, A. J. (1994, December). Astronomical adaptive optics system for use on a 4-m-class telescope at optical wavelengths
• Love, G. D., Doel, A. P., Myers, R. M., Purvis, A., & Sharples, R. M. (1994, December). Binary adaptive optics: a status report
• Sharples, R. M., Doel, A. P., & Myers, R. M. (1994, December). Wavefront reconstruction algorithms for astronomical adaptive optics systems
• Clegg, R., Devaney, M., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., & Sharples, R. (1993, December). Morphology & Kinematics of the 'Born-Again' Planetary Abell 78
• Shanks, T., Tanvir, N., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., & Myers, R. (1993, December). A Virgo Galaxy Resolved via WHT MARTINI Image Sharpening
• Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (1992, December). MARTINI - Sensing and control system design
• Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (1992, December). MARTINI - A Partial Adaptive System in the Visible; Status and Development
• Shanks, T., Tanvir, N., Doel, P., Dunlop, C., Myers, R., Major, J., Redfern, M., Devaney, N., & O'Kane, P. (1991, December). A High Resolution, Ground Based Observation of a Virgo Galaxy
• Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Sharples, ,., & M., R. (1991, December). MARTINI - System operation and astronomical performance
• Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., & Purvis, A. (1990, December). Stellar image stabilization using piezo-driven active mirrors
• Brown, D., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Purvis, A., & Thompson, M. (1988, December). Image Stabilisation - the MARTINI Project
• Owens, A., Myers, R., & Thompson, M. (1985, December). Detection of gamma-ray lines from the direction of the Crab Nebula
• Ayre, C., Myers, R., Thompson, M., Bhat, P., Ma, ,., & Q., Y. (1983, December). Possible detection of gamma-ray lines from the Crab nebula
• Ayre, C., Myers, R., Thompson, M., Bhat, P., Ma, ,., & Q., Y. (1983, December). A catalogue of atmospheric gamma ray lines

Doctoral Thesis

• Myers, R. M. (1989). High Spectral Resolution Gamma Ray Astronomy in the Energy Region 50 KEV to 10 Mev. (Thesis). Durham University. https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1647427

Journal Article

• Dubost, N., Bharmal, N. A., Dubbeldam, M., & Myers, R. M. (2022). Concept validation of a high dynamic range point-diffraction interferometer for wavefront sensing in adaptive optics. Applied Optics, 61(14), 4160-4167. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.439569
• Jenkins, D. R., Basden, A. G., & Myers, R. M. (2019). A many-core CPU prototype of an MCAO and LTAO RTC for ELT-scale instruments. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(4), 5142-5152. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz638
• Yang, H., Bharmal, N., Myers, R., & Younger, E. (2019). Laboratory demonstration of an alternative laser guide stars wavefront sensing technique—projected pupil plane pattern. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 5(2), Article 029002. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.5.2.029002
• Jenkins, D. R., Basden, A., & Myers, R. M. (2018). ELT-scale adaptive optics real-time control with the Intel Xeon Phi Many Integrated Core Architecture. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(3), 3149-3158. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1310
• Yang, H., Bharmal, N. A., & Myers, R. M. (2018). Projected Pupil Plane Pattern: an alternative LGS wavefront sensing technique. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(4), 4443-4453. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty926
• Dubost, N., Bharmal, N., & Myers, R. M. (2018). Calibration of quasi-static aberrations in high-contrast astronomical adaptive optics with a pupil-modulated point-diffraction interferometer. Optics Express, 26(9), 11068-11083. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.26.011068
• Tan, W., Qin, S., Myers, R., Morris, T., Jiang, G., Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Ma, L., & Dai, D. (2017). Centroid error compensation method for a star tracker under complex dynamic conditions. Optics Express, 25(26), 33559-33574. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.25.033559
• Basden, A., Bardou, L., Bonaccini-Calia, D., Buey, T., Centrone, M., Chemla, F., Gach, J., Gendron, E., Gratadour, D., Guidolin, I., Jenkins, D., Marchetti, E., Morris, T., Myers, R., Osborn, J., Reeves, A., Reyes, M., Rousset, G., Stangalini, M., Townson, M., & Vidal, F. (2017). On-sky demonstration of matched filters for wavefront measurements using ELT-scale elongated laser guide stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(4), 5003-5010. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx062
• Martin, O., Gendron, É., Rousset, G., Gratadour, D., Vidal, F., Morris, T., Basden, A., Myers, R., Correia, C., & Henry, D. (2017). Wave-front error breakdown in laser guide star multi-object adaptive optics validated on-sky by CANARY. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 598, Article A37. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629271
• Basden, A., Atkinson, D., Bharmal, N., Bitenc, U., Brangier, M., Buey, T., Butterley, T., Cano, D., Chemla, F., Clark, P., Cohen, M., Conan, J.-M., de Cos, F., Dickson, C., Dipper, N., Dunlop, C., Feautrier, P., Fusco, T., Gach, J., Gendron, E., …Younger, E. (2016). Experience with wavefront sensor and deformable mirror interfaces for wide-field adaptive optics systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(2), 1350-1359. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw730
• Reeves, A., Morris, T., Myers, R., Bharmal, N., & Osborn, J. (2016). A tomographic algorithm to determine tip-tilt information from laser guide stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(1), 333-341. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw622
• Bitenc, U., Basden, A., Bharmal, N., Morris, T., Dipper, N., Gendron, E., Vidal, F., Gratadour, D., Rousset, G., & Myers, R. (2015). On-sky tests of the CuReD and HWR fast wavefront reconstruction algorithms with CANARY. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(2), 1199-1205. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv003
• Vidal, F., Gendron, E., Rousset, G., Morris, T., Basden, A., Myers, R., Brangier, M., Chemla, F., Dipper, N., Gratadour, D., Henry, D., Hubert, Z., Longmore, A., Martin, O., Talbot, G., & Younger, E. (2014). Analysis of on-sky MOAO performance of CANARY using natural guide stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 569, Article A16. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322991
• Osborn, J., Guzman, D., De Cos Juez, F., Basden, A., Morris, T., Gendron, E., Butterley, T., Myers, R., Guesalaga, A., Sanchez Lasheras, F., Gomez Victoria, M., Sánchez Rodríguez, M., Gratadour, D., & Rousset, G. (2014). Open loop tomography with artificial neural networks on CANARY: on-sky results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(3), 2508-2514. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu758
• Basden, A., Bharmal, N., Myers, R., Morris, S., & Morris, T. (2013). Monte-Carlo simulation of ELT scale multi-object adaptive optics deformable mirror requirements and tolerances. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(2), 992-998. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1302
• Basden, A., & Myers, R. (2012). The Durham adaptive optics real-time controller: capability and Extremely Large Telescope suitability. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 424(2), 1483-1494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21342.x
• Osborn, J., De Cos Juez, F. J., Guzman, D., Butterley, T., Myers, R., Guesalaga, A., & Laine, J. (2012). Using artificial neural networks for open-loop tomography. Optics Express, 20(3), 2420-2434. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.20.002420
• Gendron, E., Vidal, F., Brangier, M., Morris, T., Hubert, Z., Basden, A., Rousset, G., Myers, R., Chemla, F., Longmore, A., Butterley, T., Dipper, N., Dunlop, C., Geng, D., Gratadour, D., Henry, D., Laporte, P., Looker, N., Perret, D., Sevin, A., …Younger, E. (2011). MOAO first on-sky demonstration with CANARY. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 529, Article L2. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201116658
• Young, L. K., Liversedge, S. P., Love, G. D., Myers, R. M., & Smithson, H. E. (2011). Not all aberrations are equal: Reading impairment depends on aberration type and magnitude. Journal of Vision, 11(13), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1167/11.13.20
• Basden, A., Geng, D., Myers, R., & Younger, E. (2010). Durham adaptive optics real-time controller. Applied optics, 49(32), 6354-6363. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.49.006354
• Basden, A., Myers, R., & Butterley, T. (2010). Considerations for EAGLE from Monte Carlo adaptive optics simulation. Applied optics, 49(31), G1-G8. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.49.0000g1
• Guzman, D., de Cos Juez, F. J., Myers, R., Guesalaga, A., & Sanchez Lasheras, F. (2010). Modeling a MEMS deformable mirror using non-parametric estimation techniques. Optics Express, 18(20), 21356-21369. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.18.021356
• Guzman, D., de Cos Juez, F. J., Sanchez Lasheras, F., Myers, R., & Young, L. (2010). Deformable mirror model for open-loop adaptive optics using multivariate adaptive regression splines. Optics Express, 18(7), 6492-6505
• Osborn, J., Myers, R. M., & Love, G. D. (2009). PSF halo reduction in adaptive optics using dynamic pupil masking. Optics Express, 17(20), 17279-17292. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.017279
• Basden, A., Butterley, T., Myers, R., & Wilson, R. (2007). Durham extremely large telescope adaptive optics simulation platform. Applied optics, 46(7), 1089-1098. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.46.001089
• Andersen, D., Stoesz, J., Morris, S., Lloyd-Hart, M., Crampton, D., Butterley, T., Ellerbroek, B., Jolissaint, L., Milton, N., Myers, R., Szeto, K., Tokovinin, A., Veran, J.-P., & Wilson, R. (2006). Performance modeling of a wide-field ground-layer adaptive optics system. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 118(849), 1574-1590. https://doi.org/10.1086/509266
• Morris, T., & Myers, R. (2006). WIde-field adaptive optics correction using a single rotating laser guide star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 370(4), 1783-1789. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10588.x
• Butterley, T., Love, G., Wilson, R., Myers, R., & Morris, T. (2006). A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor projected on to the sky with reduced focal anisoplanatism. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 368(2), 837-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10160.x
• Thompson, S., Doel, A., Bingham, R., Charalambous, A., Myers, R., Bissonauth, N., Clark, P., & Talbot, G. (2005). Results from the adaptive optics coronagraph at the William Herschel Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 364(4), 1203-1210. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09628.x
• Langlois, M., Saunter, C., Dunlop, C., Myers, R., & Love, G. (2004). Multiconjugate adaptive optics: laboratory experience. Optics Express, 12(8), 1689-1699
• Buscher, D., Love, G., & Myers, R. (2002). Laser beacon wave-front sensing without focal anisoplanatism. Optics Letters, 27(3), 149-151. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.27.000149
• Dale, S., Love, G., Myers, R., & Naumov, A. (2001). Wavefront correction using a self-referencing phase conjugation system based on a Zernike cell. Optics Communications, 191(1-2), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0030-4018%2801%2901116-6
• Sharples, R., Allington-Smith, J., Buscher, D., Content, R., Haynes, R., & Myers, R. (2001). Recent developments in spectroscopy. New Astronomy Reviews, 45, 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1387-6473%2800%2900133-0
• Kelly, T.-L., Buscher, D., Clark, P., Dunlop, C., Love, G., Myers, R., Sharples, R., & Zadrozny, A. (2000). Dual-conjugate wavefront generation for adaptive optics. Optics Express, 7(11), 368-374. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.7.000368
• Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Buscher, D., Myers, R., Sharples, R., & Major, J. (2000). The MARTINI adaptive optics instrument. New Astronomy, 5, 223-233
• Love, G. D., Andrews, N., Birch, P., Buscher, D., Doel, P., Dunlop, C., Major, J., Myers, R., Purvis, A., Sharples, R., Vick, A., Zadrozny, A., Restaino, S. R., & Glindemann, A. (1995). Binary adaptive optics: atmospheric wave-front correction with a half-wave phase shifter. Applied Optics, 34, 6058-
• Shanks, T., Major, J., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Myers, R., Ratcliffe, A., & Tanvir, N. (1993). High resolution imaging of Virgo galaxies
• Shanks, T., Tanvir, N., Major, J., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., & Myers, R. (1992). High-resolution imaging of Virgo cluster galaxies. II - Detection of the brightest stars in NGC 4523. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 256, 29P-32P
• Tanvir, N., Shanks, T., Major, J., Doel, A., Dunlop, C., Myers, R., Redfern, R., O'Kane, P., & Devaney, M. (1991). High-resolution imaging of Virgo cluster galaxies. I - Observational techniques and first results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 253, 21P-24P. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/253.1.21p
• Ayre, C., Myers, R., Thompson, M., Bhat, P., Ma, ,., & Q., Y. (1983). Gamma-ray line features from the Crab Nebula in the energy range 50-2000 keV. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 205, 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/205.2.285

Other (Print)

• Benn, C., Ostensen, R., Els, S., Prada, F., Gregory, T., & Myers, R. (2002). NAOMI -- Common-User Adaptive Optics at the WHT
• Benn, C., Ostensen, R., Myers, R., Gregory, T., & Longmore, A. (2001). NAOMI News
• Benn, C., Longmore, A., Myers, R., Gregory, T., & Davenhall, C. (2001). NAOMI - Adaptive Optics at the WHT
• Allington-Smith, J., Buscher, D., & Myers, R. (1999). Adaptive Optics at the WHT