Staff profile

Dr PW Draper, B.Sc. (Physics), Ph.D. (Astronomy)

Senior Computer Programmer in the Department of Physics

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 43566

Room number: 323

(email at p.w.draper@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Research interests

Astronomy data analysis programming, specialising in Java, C/C++, Tcl, Fortran, UNIX scripting and user interfaces.

Selected Publications

Conference papers

Gray, N., Giaretta, D. L., Berry, D. S., Currie, M. J., & Draper, P. and Taylor, M. (2004), Data Models in the VO: How Do They Make Code Better?, ASP Conf. Ser. 314: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) XIII 314: 535-.
Giaretta, D. L., Currie, M. J., Rankin, S., Draper, P., & Berry, D. S., Gray, N. and Taylor, M. (2004), Starlink Software, ASP Conf. Ser. 314: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) XIII 314: 832-.
Giaretta, D., Taylor, M., Draper, P., Gray, N. and & McIlwrath, B. (2003), HDX Data Model: FITS, NDF and XML Implementation, ASP Conf. Ser. 295: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XII 295: 221-.
Taylor, M., Platon, R., Chipperfield, A., Draper, P., & McIlwrath, B. and Giaretta, D. (2003), Web Services and Their Use in Starlink Software, ASP Conf. Ser. 295: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XII 295: 325-.
Bly, Martin J., Chipperfield, Alan J., Giaretta, David L., Graffagnino, Vito G., McIlwrath, Brian K., Platon, Roy T., Wallace, Patrick T., Allan, Alasdair, Berry, David S., Davenhall, Clive, Draper, Peter W., & Gray, Norman, Jenness, Tim and Taylor, Mark B. (2002), Starlink Software Developments, ASP Conf. Ser. 281: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XI 281: 513-.
Draper, P.W. (2000), GAIA: Recent Developments, ASP Conf. Ser. 216: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX 216: 615-.
Warren-Smith, R. F., Draper, P. W. and Scarrott, S. M. (1987), Evidence from optical polarimetry for spiral structure in the magnetic field and cloud density around newly-formed stars, IAU Symp. 122: Circumstellar Matter 122: 129-130.
Warren-Smith, R. F., Draper, P. W. and Scarrott, S. M. (1987), Observation of magnetic field structure around newly formed stars, Interstellar Magnetic Fields: Observation and Theory 166-170.
Scarrott, S. M., Warren-Smith, R. F., Draper, P. W. and & Gledhill, T. M. (1985), Optical polarimetry of nebulae with emission line jets, Cosmical Gas Dynamics 281-286.

Journal papers: academic

Andersson, B.-G., Draper, P. W., Scarrott, M. S., & Stockdale, P. D., Wannier, P. G. and Wolstencroft, R. D. (1997). Multi-band Polarimetry of BD+31(deg) 643. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 29: 1361-.
Scarrott, S.M. & Draper, P.W. (1996). Further evidence for vertical magnetic fields in the galaxy NGC 891. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 278: 519-524.
Scarrott, S. M., Draper, P. W. and Stockdale, D. P. (1996). Imaging polarimetry of the luminous merger galaxy NGC 3256. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 279: 1325-1330.
Draper, P. W., Done, C., Scarrot, S. M. and Stockdale, D. & P. (1995). Multicolour Imaging Polarimetry of the Galaxy NGC2146. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 277: 1430-.
Eaton, N., Scarrott, S. M. and Draper, P. W. (1995). Polarization studies of comet P/Swift-Tuttle. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 273: L59-L62.
Alton, P. B., Draper, P. W., Gledhill, T. M., Stockdale, & D. P., Scarrott, S. M. and Wolstencroft, R. D. (1994). Imaging Polarimetry of the Blue Compact Galaxy NGC3125. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 270: 238-.
Draper, P. W., Scarrott, S. M. and Stockdale, D. P. (1994). The starburst galaxy NGC1808: Another M82?. Astrophysics and Space Science 216: 399-401.
Scarrott, S. M., Stockdale, D. P. and Draper, P. W. (1994). VHE:65A - an Extremely Red Reflection Nebula or a Typical Cometary Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 268: L60-.
Scarrott, S. M., Draper, P. W. and Tadhunter, C. N. (1993). Imaging polarimetry of the bipolar nebula Parsamyan 22. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 260: 171-176.
Scarrott, S. M., Draper, P. W., Stockdale, D. P. and & Wolstencroft, R. D. (1993). Imaging Polarimetry of the Starburst Galaxy NGC1808 - another M82. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 264: L7-.
Lawrence, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., Oliver, S., Taylor, A., McMahon, R. G., Broadhurst, T., Scarrott, S. M., Rolph, C. D., Draper, P. W., Ellis, R. S., Tadhunter, C., Condon, J. J., Lonsdale, C. J., Hacking, & P., Conrow, T., Efstathiou, G. P. and Saunders, W. S. (1993). Optical, infrared, radio and polarization imaging of the high-redshift galaxy IRAS F10214 + 4724. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 260: 28-36.
Scarrott, S. M., Draper, P. W. and Tadhunter, C. N. (1993). The nature of the optical nebulosity surrounding the star RNO 91 in the L 43 dark cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 262: 306-312.
Draper, P. W., Scarrott, S. M. and Tadhunter, C. N. (1993). The optical polarization of the low-redshift radio galaxies 3CR 33,305, 321 and 459. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 262: 1029-1036.
Draper, P. W., Gledhill, T. M., Scarrott, S. M. and & Tadhunter, C. N. (1992). Imaging polarimetry of the galaxy NGC 4151 - Further constraints on the geometry of the narrow emission line region. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 257: 309-316.
Scarrott, S. M., Draper, P. W., Rolph, C. D. and & Wolstencroft, R. D. (1992). Star formation in dark globules in the GUM Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 257: 485-492.
Tadhunter, C. N., Scarrott, S. M., Draper, P. and Rolph, & C. (1992). The optical polarizations of high- and intermediate-redshift radio galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 256: 53P-58P.
Draper, P., Rolph, C., Scarrott, M., Tadhunter, C., & Lawrence, A. and McMahon, R. (1991). IRAS 10214+4724 - a highly polarized galaxy. GEMINI Newsletter Royal Greenwich Observatory 34: 14-.
Scarrott, S. M., Draper, P. W. and Warren-Smith, R. F. (1989). The origin of the 'polarization disc' in NGC2261/R.Mon. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 237: 621-634.
Draper, Peter Walter (1988). CCD polarimetry as a probe of regions of recent star-formation. Ph.D. Thesis
Warren-Smith, R. F., Draper, P. W. and Scarrott, S. M. (1987). Magnetic fields and star formation - Evidence from imaging polarimetry of the Serpens Reflection Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 227: 749-771.
Warren-Smith, R. F., Draper, P. W. and Scarrott, S. M. (1987). Polarimetry of the NGC 2261/R Monocerotis system and the faint jetlike feature to its southwest. Astrophysical Journal 315: 500-503.
Scarrott, S. M., Warren-Smith, R. F., Draper, P. W., & Bruck, M. T. and Wolstencroft, R. D. (1987). The Bruck 'bipolar' - A nebulous star cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 225: 17P-20P.
Scarrott, S. M., Warren-Smith, R. F., Draper, P. W. and & Gledhill, T. M. (1986). Optical polarimetry of nebulae in regions of star formation. Canadian Journal of Physics 64: 426-430.
Draper, P. W., Warren-Smith, R. F. and Scarrott, S. M. (1985). A polarization study of the cometary nebula Parsamyan 21. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 212: 1P-4P.
Draper, P. W., Warren-Smith, R. F. and Scarrott, S. M. (1985). Illumination of reflection nebulosity in the L1551 dark cloud by the infrared sources IRS5 and L1551NE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 216: 7P-11P.
Draper, P. W., Warren-Smith, R. F. and Scarrott, S. M. (1985). The source of illumination of the bipolar nebula near NGC 7129. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 212: 5P-8P.

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Is supervised by

Prof Carlos Frenk