Staff profile

Dr Robert Content, Physics engineering, BScA, Graduate Certificate in Weather Forecast, MSc & PhD Physics

(email at robert.content@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Responsibilities within department

Optical design & research in astronomical instrumentation.

Research interests

Integral field units and spectrographs, liquid mirror technology, OH suppressed instruments, astronomical instrumentation in general.

Publications

Articles: magazine

• Sharples, R., Bender, R., Bennet, R., Burch, K., Carter, P., Casali, M., Clark, P., Content, R., Davies, R., Davies, R., Dubbeldam, M., Finger, G., Genzel, R., Hafner, R., Hess, A., Kissler-Patig, M., Laidlaw, K., Lehnert, M., Lewis, I., Moorwood, A., Muschielok, B., Foerster-Schreiber, N., Pirard, J., Ramsay Howat, S. K., Rees, P., Richter, J., Robertson, D., Robson, I., Saglia, R., Tecza, M., Thatte, N., Todd, S. & Wegner, M. (2005). Surveying the high-redshift universe with KMOS. The Messenger 122: 2-5.

Books: sections

• Borra, E.F., Content, R. & Girard, L. (1995). Liquid mirror telescopes. In Robotic Observatories, Wiley-Praxis Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Edited by Michael F. Bode. Chichester, New York: Wiley. 125.

Conference papers

• Murray, G. J., Allington-Smith, J. R., Blake, S., Content, R., Lemke, U. & Poppett, C. (2010), Diverse field spectroscopy: instrument concepts, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. McLean, Ian S., Ramsay, Suzanne K. & Takami, Hideki eds, 7735: 77357J.
• Content, Robert, Sharples, Ray M., Blake, Simon & Talbot, R. Gordon (2010), EUCLID: design of the prism DMD NIR spectrograph, in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. Oschmann, Jacobus M., Jr., Clampin, Mark C. & MacEwen, Howard A. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7731: 77312Y.
• Becerril, S., Meisenheimer, K., Dubbeldam, C. M., Content, R., Rohloff, R. R., Prada, F., Shanks, T. & Sharples, R. (2010), eXtreme multiplex spectrograph: a high-demanding mechanical design, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. McLean, Ian S., Ramsay, Suzanne K. & Takami, Hideki eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7735: 773556.
• Content, Robert, Murray, Graham J. & Allington-Smith, Jeremy R. (2010), Optical design of optical switches for diverse field spectroscopy, in Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation. Atad-Ettedgui, Eli & Lemke, Dietrich eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7739: 773927.
• Valenziano, L., Zerbi, F. M., Cimatti, A., Bianco, A., Bonoli, C., Bortoletto, F., Bulgarelli, A., Butler, R. C., Content, R., Corcione, L., de Rosa, A., Franzetti, P., Garilli, B., Gianotti, F., Giro, E., Grange, R., Leutenegger, P., Ligori, S., Martin, L., Mandolesi, N., Morgante, G., Nicastro, L., Riva, M., Robberto, M., Sharples, R., Spanò, P., Talbot, G., Trifoglio, M., Wink, R. & Zamkotsian, F. (2010), The E-NIS instrument on-board the ESA Euclid Dark Energy Mission: a general view after positive conclusion of the assessment phase, in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. Oschmann, Jacobus M., Jr., Clampin, Mark C. & MacEwen, Howard A. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7731: 77311L.
• Content, Robert, Barden, Sam, Becerril, Santiago, Boehm, Armin, Clark, Paul, Costillo, Pedro, Dubbeldam, C. Mark, Farrell, Tony, Glazebrook, Karl, Haynes, Roger, Meisenheimer, Klaus, Miziarski, Stan, Nikoloudakis, Nikolaos, Prada, Luis Francisco, Rohloff, Ralf-Rainer, Shanks, Tom, Sharples, Ray M. & Wagner, Karl (2010), XMS and NG1dF: extreme multiplex spectrographs for wide-field multi-object spectroscopy, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. McLean, Ian S., Ramsay, Suzanne K. & Takami, Hideki. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7735: 77351Q.
• Spanò, P., Zamkotsian, F., Content, R., Grange, R., Robberto, M., Valenziano, L., Zerbi, F. M., Sharples, R. M., Bortoletto, F., de Caprio, V., Martin, L., de Rosa, A., Franzetti, P., Diolaiti, E., Garilli, B., Guzzo, L., Leutenegger, P., Scodeggio, M., Vink, R., Zamorani, G. & Cimatti, A. (2009), DMD multi-object spectroscopy in space: the EUCLID study, in UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts IV. MacEwen, Howard A. & Breckinridge, James B. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7436: 74360O.
• Content, Robert & Hastings, Peter (2008), An EAGLE with arms: a solution to the design of the adaptive multi-IFU spectrograph EAGLE for the E-ELT, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. McLean, Ian S. & Casali, Mark M. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7014: 701461.
• Murray, Graham J., Dodsworth, George N., Content, Robert & Tamura, Naoyuki (2008), Design and construction of the fibre system for FMOS, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. McLean, Ian S. & Casali, Mark M. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7014: 70145L.
• Murray, G. J., Allington-Smith, J. R., Blake, S., Content, R., Lemke, U. & Poppett, C. (2008), Diverse field spectroscopy: instrument concepts, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III. McLean, Ian S., Ramsay, Suzanne K. & Takami, Hideki eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7735: 77357J.
• Content, Robert (2008), Durham optical design of EUCLID, the merged SPACE/DUNE ESA Dark Energy Mission, in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter. Oschmann, Jacobus M., Jr., de Graauw, Mattheus W. M. & MacEwen, Howard A. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7010: 701025.
• Cuby, Jean-Gabriel, Morris, Simon, Bryson, Ian, Lehnert, Matthew, Evans, Chris, Fusco, Thierry, Jagourel, Pascal, Myers, Richard, Rousset, Gérard, Schnetler, Hermine, Amans, Jean-Philippe, Allington-Smith, Jeremy, Assemat, François, Beard, Steven, Chemla, Fanny, Content, Robert, Dipper, Nigel, Ferrari, Marc, Gendron, Eric, Gimenez, Jean-Luc, Hastings, Peter, Hubert, Zoltan, Hugot, Emmanuel, Laporte, Philippe, Leroux, Brice, Madec, Fabrice, Neichel, Benoit, Morris, Tim, Prieto, Eric, Swinbank, Mark, Talbot, Gordon, Taylor, William, Vidal, Francois, Vivès, Sébastien, Vola, Pascal & Wells, Martyn (2008), EAGLE: an MOAO fed multi-IFU in the NIR on the E-ELT, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. McLean, Ian S. & Casali, Mark M. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7014: 70141K.
• Content, Robert & Shanks, Tom (2008), Extreme multiplex spectroscopy at wide-field 4-m telescopes, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. McLean, Ian S. & Casali, Mark M. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7014: 701475.
• Content, Robert, Myers, Richard & Morris, Tim (2008), Field sampling adaptive optics: a new concept for multi-IFU spectrographs, in Adaptive Optics Systems. Hubin, Norbert, Max, Claire E. & Wizinowich, Peter L. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7015: 701527.
• Rees, Phillip, Content, Robert, Dubbeldam, Marc, Lewis, Ian, Rolt, Stephen, Todd, Stephen & Tosh, Ian (2008), Management of optical interfaces in the VLT KMOS instrument, in Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy III. Angeli, George Z. & Cullum, Martin J. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7017: 701707.
• Content, Robert, Cimatti, Andrea, Robberto, Massimo, Grange, Robert, Spanò, Paolo, Sharples, Ray M., Baugh, Carlton, Garilli, Bianca, Guzzo, Luigi, Le Fevre, Olivier, Maccagni, Dario, Rosati, Piero, Wang, Yun, Zamorani, Giovanni & Zerbi, Filippo (2008), Offspring of SPACE: the spectrograph channel of the ESA Dark Energy Mission EUCLID, in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter. Oschmann, Jacobus M., Jr., de Graauw, Mattheus W. M. & MacEwen, Howard A. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7010: 70104S.
• Wells, Martyn, Vives, Sébastien, Prieto, Eric, Laporte, Philippe, Hastings, Peter R., Evans, Chris, Content, Robert & Chemla, Fanny (2008), Optical solutions for the multi-IFU instrument EAGLE for the European ELT, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. McLean, Ian S. & Casali, Mark M. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 7014: 70141L.
• Sharples, Ray, Bender, Ralf, Bennett, Richard, Burch, Keith, Carter, Paul, Casali, Mark, Clark, Paul, Content, Robert, Davies, Richard, Davies, Roger, Dubbeldam, Marc, Finger, Gert, Genzel, Reinhard, Haefner, Reinhold, Hess, Achim, Kissler-Patig, Markus, Laidlaw, Ken, Lehnert, Matt, Lewis, Ian, Moorwood, Alan, Muschielok, Bernard, Förster Schreiber, Natascha, Pirard, Jeff, Ramsay Howat, Suzanne, Rees, Phil, Richter, Josef, Robertson, David, Robson, Ian, Saglia, Roberto, Tecza, Matthias, Thatte, Naranjan, Todd, Stephen & Wegner, Michael (2006), Design of the KMOS multi-object integral-field spectrograph, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy. Edited by McLean, Ian S.; Iye, Masanori. Proceedings of the SPIE 6269: 62691C.
• Content, Robert (2006), New design for additional sensitivity to extrasolar planet detection by stellar hallo cancellation, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter. Edited by Mather, John C.; MacEwen, Howard A.; de Graauw, Mattheus W. M., Proceedings of the SPIE 6265: 62651P.
• Content, Robert (2006), Optical design of the KMOS slicer system, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy. Edited by McLean, Ian S.; Iye, Masanori. Proceedings of the SPIE 6269: 62693S.
• Content, R., Foxwell, M. & Murray, G.J. (2004), A large array of high-performance artificial stars using airship-supported small mirrors, in Advancements in Adaptive Optics. Domenico B. Calia, Brent L. Ellerbroek & Roberto Ragazzoni eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 5490: 1079-1087.
• Murray, G.J., Dodsworth, G.N., Content, R., Tamura, N., Robertson, D.J., Gedge, D. & Brooks, B. (2004), An ultraprecision fiber connector for FMOS, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy. Edited by Alan F. M. Moorwood and Iye Masanori. Proceedings of the SPIE 5492: 1383-1394.
• Schmoll, Juergen, Dodsworth, George N., Content, Robert & Allington-Smith, Jeremy R. (2004), Design and construction of the IMACS-IFU: a 2000-element integral field unit, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy. Edited by Alan F. M. Moorwood and Iye Masanori. Proceedings of the SPIE 5492: 624-633.
• Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Dubbeldam, Cornelis M., Content, Robert, Dunlop, Colin J., Robertson, David J., Elias, Jay, Rodgers, Bernadette & Turner, James E. (2004), Integral field spectroscopy with the Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy. Edited by Alan F. M. Moorwood and Iye Masanori. Proceedings of the SPIE 5492: 701-710.
• Content, Robert, Dubbeldam, Cornelis M., Robertson, David J., Sharples, Ray M. & Morris, Simon L. (2004), Large-field reflective integral field systems for visible and infrared spectroscopy, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy. Edited by Alan F. M. Moorwood and Iye Masanori. Proceedings of the SPIE 5492: 281-292.
• Henault, Francois, Bacon, Roland, Content, Robert, Lantz, Blandine, Laurent, Florence, Lemonnier, Jean-Pierre & Morris, Simon L. (2004), Slicing the universe at affordable cost: the quest for the MUSE image slicer, Optical Design and Engineering. Edited by Mazuray, Laurent; Rogers, Philip J.; Wartmann, Rolf. Proceedings of the SPIE 5249: 134-145.
• Murray, Graham J., Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Content, Robert, Davies, Roger L., Dodsworth, George N., Miller, Bryan, Jorgensen, Inger, Hook, Isobel, Crampton, David & Murowinski, Richard G. (2003), Gemini-north multiobject spectrograph: integral field unit, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes. Edited by Iye, Masanori; Moorwood, Alan F. M. Proceedings of the SPIE 4841: 1750-1759.
• Prieto, Eric, Bonneville, Christophe, Ferruit, Pierre, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Bacon, Roland, Content, Robert, Henault, Francois, LeFevre, Olivier & Blanc, P.E. (2003), Great opportunity for NGST-NIRSPEC: a high-resolution integral field unit, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments. Edited by John C. Mather Proceedings of the SPIE 4850: 486-492.
• Content, Robert, Morris, Simon L. & Dubbeldam, Cornelis M. (2003), Microslices and low-cost spectrographs for million element integral field spectrographs, in Atad-Ettedgui, Eli & D'Odorico, Sandro eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 4842: Specialized Optical Developments in Astronomy. 174-182.
• Ramsay-Howat, Suzanne K., Sharples, Ray M., Wright, Gillian S., Hastings, Peter R., Wells, Martyn, Cunningham, Colin R., Schmoll, Juergen, Content, Robert & Robertson, David J. (2003), Multiple integral field spectroscopy using image slicers, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes. Edited by Iye, Masanori; Moorwood, Alan F. M. Proceedings of the SPIE 4841: 1315-1325.
• Wells, Martyn, Pel, Jan-Willem, Schoenmaker, Anton, Wright, Gillian S., Hastings, Peter R., Content, Robert & Peacocke, Tully (2003), Optical Design for the 5-28um NGST MIRI spectroscopy channel (MIRI-S), IR Space Telescopes and Instruments. Edited by John C. Mather Proceedings of the SPIE 4850: 504-516.
• Morris, Simon, Content, Robert, Sharples, Ray, Bower, Richard, Davies, Roger & Baugh, Carlton (2002), A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU), Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, 11-15 June, 2001 99-.
• Sharples, R., Morris, S. & Content, R. (2002), MEIFU - A Million Element Integral Field Unit for Deep Ly-α Searches, Next Generation Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectroscopy. ASP Conf. Ser 280: 125-.
• Wright, Gillian, Ivison, Rob, Hastings, Peter, Wells, Martyn, Sharples, Ray, Allington-Smith, Jeremy & Content, Robert (2002), Multiple Integral Field Spectroscopy, Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, 11-15 June, 2001 128-.
• Allington-Smith, J., Murray, G., Content, R., Dodsworth, G., Davies, R., Miller, B.W., Turner, J., Jorgensen, I., Hook, I., Crampton, D. & Murowinski, R. (2002), The GMOS Integral Field Unit: First Integral Field Spectroscopy with an 8m Telescope (Invited Talk), Galaxies: the Third Dimension. ASP Conf. Ser 282: 415.
• Content, R. (2000), Advanced Image Slicers from the Laboratory to NGST, Imaging the Universe in Three Dimensions. ASP Conf. Ser 195: 518-.
• Content, Robert, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Robertson, David J., Le Fevre, Olivier, Prieto, Eric, Delabre, Bernard & Posselt, Winfried (2000), ESA NGST integral field and multiobject spectrograph slicer system, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, James B. Breckinridge; Peter Jakobsen Eds. Proc. SPIE 4013: 851-860.
• Wright, Gillian S., Sharples, Ray M., Hastings, Peter R., Wells, Martyn, Atad-Ettedgui, Eli, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Robertson, David J., Content, Robert & Parry, Ian R. (2000), GIRMOS: an infrared multi-object spectrograph for Gemini, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye; Alan F. Moorwood; Eds. Proc. SPIE 4008: 729-735.
• Le Fèvre, O., Allington-Smith, J., Prieto, E., Bacon, R., Content, R., Cristiani, S., Davies, R., Delabre, B., Ellis, R., Monnet, G., Pécontal, E., Posselt, W., Thatte, N., de Zeeuw, P.T. & van der Werf, P. (2000), IFMOS: Integral Field Multi Object Spectrograph for the NGST, Imaging the Universe in Three Dimensions. ASP Conf. Ser 195: 431-.
• Content, R., Allington-Smith, J., Robertson, D., Pietro, E., Delabre, B. & Posselt, W. (2000), Image Slicing Optics for NGST IFMOS, Next Generation Space Telescope Science and Technology. ASP Conf. Ser 207: 326-.
• Allington-Smith, J., Content, R., Haynes, R. & Robertson, D. (2000), Integral Field Spectroscopy with GEMINI and Space Telecopes, Imaging the Universe in Three Dimensions. ASP Conf. Ser 195: 319-.
• Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Content, Robert, Dodsworth, George N., Murray, Graham J., Ren, Deqing, Robertson, David J., Turner, James E. & Webster, John (2000), Integral field spectroscopy with the GEMINI multi-object spectrographs, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye; Alan F. Moorwood; Eds. Proc. SPIE 4008: 1172-1180.
• Dubbeldam, Cornelis M., Content, Robert, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Pokrovski, Serge & Robertson, David J. (2000), Integral field unit for the Gemini near-infrared spectrograph, in Iye, Masanori & Moorwood, Alan F. M. eds, Proceedings of the SPIE 4008: Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors. 1181-1192.
• Murray, Graham J., Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Content, Robert, Dodsworth, George N., Dunlop, Colin N., Haynes, Roger, Sharples, Ray M. & Webster, John (2000), TEIFU: a high-resolution integral field unit for the William Herschel Telescope, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye; Alan F. Moorwood; Eds. Proc. SPIE 4008: 611-622.
• Content, Robert (1998), Advanced image slicers for integral field spectroscopy with UKIRT and GEMINI, Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation, Albert M. Fowler; Ed. Proc. SPIE 3354: 187-200.
• Lee, David, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Content, Robert & Haynes, Roger (1998), Characterization of microlens arrays for integral field spectroscopy, Optical Astronomical Instrumentation, Sandro D'Odorico; Ed. Proc. SPIE 3355: 810-820.
• Murowinski, Richard G., Bond, Tim, Crampton, David, Davidge, Timothy J., Fletcher, J.M., Leckie, Brian, Morbey, Christopher L., Roberts, Scott, Saddlemyer, Leslie, Sebesta, Jerry, Stilburn, James R., Szeto, Kei, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Content, Robert, Davies, Roger L., Dodsworth, G.N., Haynes, Roger, Robinson, David J., Robertson, David J., Webster, J., Lee, David, Beard, Steven M., Dickson, Colin G., Kelly, Dennis, Bennet, R., Ellis, Maureen A., Hastings, Peter R.illiams & Phil R. (1998), Gemini multiobject spectrographs, Optical Astronomical Instrumentation, Sandro D'Odorico; Ed. Proc. SPIE 3355: 188-195.
• Content, Robert (1998), Image slicer for integral field spectroscopy with NGST, Space Telescopes and Instruments V, Pierre Y. Bely; James B. Breckinridge; Eds. Proc. SPIE 3356: 122-133.
• Allington-Smith, J., Haynes, R. & Content, R. (1998), Integral Field Spectroscopy with the GEMINI Multiobject Spectrographs, The Young Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at Intermediate and High Redshift. ASP Conf. Ser 146: 359-.
• Allington-Smith, J., Haynes, R. & Content, R. (1998), Integral-Field Spectroscopy with the GEMINI Multi-Object Spectrographs, Fiber Optics in Astronomy III. ASP Conf. Ser 152: 213-.
• Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Content, Robert & Haynes, Roger (1998), New developments in integral field spectroscopy, Optical Astronomical Instrumentation, Sandro D'Odorico; Ed. Proc. SPIE 3355: 196-205.
• Haynes, Roger, Content, Robert, Turner, James, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R. & Lee, David (1998), SMIRFS-II: multiobject and integral-field near-IR spectroscopy at UKIRT, Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation, Albert M. Fowler; Ed. Proc. SPIE 3354: 419-430.
• Haynes, Roger, Doel, Andrew P., Content, Robert, Allington-Smith, Jeremy R. & Lee, David (1998), TEIFU: a thousand element integral field unit for the WHT fed by the ELECTRA AO system, Optical Astronomical Instrumentation, Sandro D'Odorico; Ed. Proc. SPIE 3355: 788-797.
• Haynes, R., Content, R., Allington-Smith, J. & Doel, P. (1998), TEIFU: an Integral-Field Unit Optimized for Use with the ELECTRA Adaptive-Optics System at the WHT, Fiber Optics in Astronomy III. ASP Conf. Ser 152: 193-.
• Ramsay Howat, Suzanne K., Ettedgui-Atad, Eli, Bennett, Richard J., Bridger, Alan, Content, Robert, Ellis, Maureen A., Hastings, Peter R., Strachan, Mel, Wall, Robert & Wells, Martyn (1998), UIST: an imaging spectrometer for the UK Infrared Telescope, Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation, Albert M. Fowler; Ed. Proc. SPIE 3354: 456-467.
• Davies, Roger L., Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Bettess, P., Chadwick, E., Content, Robert, Dodsworth, G.N., Haynes, Roger, Lee, D., Lewis, Ian J., Webster, J., Atad, E., Beard, Steven M., Ellis, M., Hastings, Peter R., Williams, Phil R., Bond, Tim, Crampton, David, Davidge, Timothy J., Fletcher, Murray, Leckie, Brian, Morbey, Christopher L., Murowinski, Richard G., Roberts, Scott, Saddlemyer, Leslie K., Sebesta, Jerry, Stilburn, James R. & Szeto, Kei (1997), GMOS: the GEMINI Multiple Object Spectrographs, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, Arne L. Ardeberg; Ed. Proc. SPIE 2871: 1099-1106.
• Allington-Smith, Jeremy R., Content, Robert, Haynes, Roger & Lewis, Ian J. (1997), Integral field spectroscopy with the Gemini Multiobject Spectrographs, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, Arne L. Ardeberg; Ed. Proc. SPIE 2871: 1284-1294.
• Content, Robert (1997), New design for integral field spectroscopy with 8-m telescopes, Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow, Arne L. Ardeberg; Ed. Proc. SPIE 2871: 1295-1305.
• Allington-Smith, J.R., Bettess, P., Chadwick, E., Content, R., Davies, R., Dodsworth, G., Haynes, R., Lee, D., Lewis, I., Webster, J., Atad, E., Beard, S., Bennett, R., Ellis, M., Hastings, P., Williams, P., Bond, T., Crampton, D., Davidge, T., Fletcher, M., Leckie, B., Morbey, C., Murowinski, R., Roberts, S., Saddlemyer, L., Sebesta, J., Stilburn, J. & Szeto, K. (1997), The Gemini Multiobject Spectrographs, Wide-field spectroscopy. ASSL 212: 73-.
• Content, Robert & Angel, J. Roger P. (1994), Design and model demonstration of a camera that removes the infrared OH background from two-dimensional images, Instrumentation in Astronomy VIII, David L. Crawford; Eric R. Craine; Eds. Proc. SPIE 2198: 757-762.
• Borra, E.F. & Content, R. (1991), Lunar liquid mirror telescopes, Space astronomical telescopes and instruments; Proceedings of the Meeting, Orlando, FL, Apr. 1-4, 1991 (A92-45151 19-89). Bellingham, WA, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 1494: 219-227.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R., Drinkwater, M.J., Girard, L. & Tremblay, L.-M. (1990), Liquid mirrors - A progress report, Advanced technology optical telescopes IV; Proceedings of the Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Feb. 12-16, 1990. Part 2 (A91-23201 08-89). Bellingham, WA, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 1236: 653-662.

Journal papers: academic

• Kimura, Masahiko, Maihara, Toshinori, Iwamuro, Fumihide, Akiyama, Masayuki, Tamura, Naoyuki, Dalton, Gavin B., Takato, Naruhisa, Tait, Philip, Ohta, Kouji, Eto, Shigeru, Mochida, Daisaku, Elms, Brian, Kawate, Kaori, Kurakami, Tomio, Moritani, Yuuki, Noumaru, Junichi, Ohshima, Norio, Sumiyoshi, Masanao, Yabe, Kiyoto, Brzeski, Jurek, Farrell, Tony, Frost, Gabriella, Gillingham, Peter R., Haynes, Roger, Moore, Anna M., Muller, Rolf, Smedley, Scott, Smith, Greg, Bonfield, David G., Brooks, Charles B., Holmes, Alan R., Curtis Lake, Emma, Lee, Hanshin, Lewis, Ian J., Froud, Tim R., Tosh, Ian A., Woodhouse, Guy F., Blackburn, Colin, Content, Robert, Dipper, Nigel, Murray, Graham, Sharples, Ray & Robertson, David J. (2010). Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 62(5): 1135-1147.
• Cimatti, A., Robberto, M., Baugh, C., Beckwith, S. V. W., Content, R., Daddi, E., De Lucia, G., Garilli, B., Guzzo, L., Kauffmann, G., Lehnert, M., Maccagni, D., Martínez-Sansigre, A., Pasian, F., Reid, I. N., Rosati, P., Salvaterra, R., Stiavelli, M., Wang, Y., Zapatero Osorio, M., Balcells, M., Bersanelli, M., Bertoldi, F., Blaizot, J., Bottini, D., Bower, R., Bulgarelli, A., Burgasser, A., Burigana, C., Butler, R. C., Casertano, S., Ciardi, B., Cirasuolo, M., Clampin, M., Cole, S., Comastri, A., Cristiani, S., Cuby, J.-G., Cuttaia, F., de Rosa, A., Sanchez, A. Diaz, di Capua, M., Dunlop, J., Fan, X., Ferrara, A., Finelli, F., Franceschini, A., Franx, M., Franzetti, P., Frenk, C., Gardner, Jonathan P., Gianotti, F., Grange, R., Gruppioni, C., Gruppuso, A., Hammer, F., Hillenbrand, L., Jacobsen, A., Jarvis, M., Kennicutt, R., Kimble, R., Kriek, M., Kurk, J., Kneib, J.-P., Le Fevre, O., Macchetto, D., MacKenty, J., Madau, P., Magliocchetti, M., Maino, D., Mandolesi, N., Masetti, N., McLure, R., Mennella, A., Meyer, M., Mignoli, M., Mobasher, B., Molinari, E., Morgante, G., Morris, S., Nicastro, L., Oliva, E., Padovani, P., Palazzi, E., Paresce, F., Perez Garrido, A., Pian, E.; Popa, L., Postman, M., Pozzetti, L., Rayner, J., Rebolo, R., Renzini, A., Röttgering, H., Schinnerer, E., Scodeggio, M., Saisse, M., Shanks, T., Shapley, A., Sharples, R., Shea, H., Silk, J., Smail, I., Spanó, P., Steinacker, J., Stringhetti, L., Szalay, A., Tresse, L., Trifoglio, M., Urry, M., Valenziano, L., Villa, F., Villo Perez, I., Walter, F., Ward, M., White, R., White, S., Wright, E., Wyse, R., Zamorani, G., Zacchei, A., Zeilinger, W. W. & Zerbi, F. (2009). SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer. Experimental Astronomy 23(1): 39-66.
• Allington-Smith, Jeremy, Dubbeldam, Cornelis M., Content, Robert, Robertson, David, Turner, James, Rodgers, Bernadette, Elias, Jonathan, Gerssen, Joris & Swinbank, Mark (2007). New techniques for integral field spectroscopy - II. Performance of the GNIRS IFU. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 376: 785-792.
• Sharples, Ray, Bender, Ralf, Bennett, Richard, Burch, Keith, Carter, Paul, Clark, Paul, Content, Robert, Davies, Richard, Davies, Roger, Dubbeldam, Marc, Genzel, Reinhard, Hess, Achim, Laidlaw, Ken, Lehnert, Matt, Lewis, Ian, Muschielok, Bernard, Ramsey-Howat, Suzie, Rees, Phil, Robertson, David, Robson, Ian, Saglia, Roberto, Tecza, Mathias, Thatte, Naranjan, Todd, Stephen, Wall, Bob & Wegner, Michael (2006). KMOS: A multi-object deployable-IFU spectrometer for the ESO VLT. New Astronomy Reviews 50: 370-373.
• Allington-Smith, J. R., Content, R., Dubbeldam, C. M., Robertson, D. J. & Preuss, W. (2006). New techniques for integral field spectroscopy - I. Design, construction and testing of the GNIRS IFU. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 371: 380-394.
• Content, Robert (2006). Slicer system of KMOS. New Astronomy Reviews 50: 374-377.
• Content, Robert (2006). Transparent microslices IFUs: From 200,000 to 5 millions spectra at once. New Astronomy Reviews 50: 267-270.
• Content, Robert (2003). Design of 2-M to 6-M Liquid Mirror Containers. Experimental Astronomy 15: 123-145.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R., Tremblay, G., Daigle, A. & Huot, Y. (2003). Mechanical and Thermal Tests of the Containers of Liquid Mirrors. Experimental Astronomy 15: 147-169.
• Allington-Smith, Jeremy, Murray, Graham, Content, Robert, Dodsworth, George, Miller, Bryan W., Turner, James, Jorgensen, Inger & Hook, Isobel (2002). Integral field spectroscopy with the GEMINI multiobject spectrographs. Experimental Astronomy 13: 1-37.
• Allington-Smith, J. R., Murray, G. J., Content, R., Dodsworth, G., Davies, R. L., Miller, B. W., Jorgensen, I., Hook, I., Crampton, D. & Murowinski, R. (2002). Integral field spectroscopy with the Gemini Multiobject Spectrograph. I. design, construction, and testing. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 114(798): 892-912.
• Turner, J. E. H., Allington-Smith, J. R., Chapman, S., Content, R., Done, C., Haynes, R., Lee, D. & Morris, S. L. (2002). The origin of [FeII] emission in NGC 4151. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 331(2): 284-292.
• Sharples, R.M., Allington-Smith, J.R., Buscher, D.F., Content, R., Haynes, R. & Myers, R.M. (2001). Recent developments in spectroscopy. New Astronomy Review 45: 77-81.
• Haynes, Roger, Lee, David, Allington-Smith, Jeremy, Content, Robert, Dodsworth, George, Lewis, Ian, Sharples, Ray, Turner, James, Webster, John, Done, Christine, Peletier, Reynier, Parry, Ian & Chapman, Scott (1999). Multiple-Object and Integral Field Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Using Fibers. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 111: 1451-1468.
• Allington-Smith, Jeremy & Content, Robert (1998). Sampling and Background Subtraction in Fiber-Lenslet Integral Field Spectrographs. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 110: 1216-1234.
• Allington-Smith, J., Bettess, P., Chadwick, E., Content, R., Davies, R., Dodsworth, G., Haynes, R., Lee, D., Lewis, I., Webster, J., Atad, E., Beard, S., Bennett, R., Harris, J., Hastings, P., Kelly, D., Paul, T., Strachan, M., Williams, P., Bond, T., Crampton, D., Davidge, T., Leckie, B., Morbey, C., Murowinski, R., Roberts, S., Saddlemyer, L., Sebesta, J., Stilburn, J. & Szeto, K. (1997). The Gemini Multiobject Spectrographs. Experimental Astronomy 7: 293-299.
• Content, Robert (1996). Deep-Sky Infrared Imaging by Reduction of the Background Light. I. Sources of the Background and Potential Suppression of the OH Emission. Astrophysical Journal 464: 412-.
• Hickson, Paul, Borra, Ermanno F., Cabanac, Remi, Content, Robert, Gibson, Brad K.alker & Gordon A.H. (1994). UBC/Laval 2.7 meter liquid mirror telescope. Astrophysical Journal 436: L201-L204.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R. & Girard, L. (1993). Optical Shop Tests of a f/1.2 2.5 Meter Diameter Liquid Mirror. Astrophysical Journal 418: 943-.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R., Girard, L., Szapiel, S., Tremblay, L.M. & Boily, E. (1992). Liquid mirrors - Optical shop tests and contributions to the technology. Astrophysical Journal 393: 829-847.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R., Delisle, C. & Gauvin, J. (1992). Optical tests of thin plastic films. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 104: 1239-1243.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R., Drinkwater, M.J. & Szapiel, S. (1989). A diffraction-limited f/2 1.5 meter diameter liquid mirror. Astrophysical Journal 346: L41-L44.
• Content, R., Borra, E.F., Drinkwater, M.J., Poirier, S., Poisson, E., Beauchemin, M., Boily, E., Gauthier, A. & Tremblay, L.M. (1989). A search for optical flares and flashes with a liquid-mirror telescope. Astronomical Journal 97: 917-922.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R. & Boily, E. (1988). Liquid mirror telescopes as cosmological tools. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 100: 1399-1404.
• Borra, E.F. & Content, R. (1988). Liquid-Mirror Telescopes - a Progress Report. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 82: 286-.
• Borra, E.F., Content, R., Poirier, S. & Tremblay, L.-M. (1988). Observing with liquid mirror telescopes - Evaluation of two observing seasons. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 100: 1015-1023.

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