Staff profile

Prof Ray Sharples, BSc, PhD, FRAS, CPhys, MInstP

Professor in the Department of Physics

Telephone: 43719/44819

Room number: 247/Netpark F1

(email at r.m.sharples@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Responsibilities within department

Dept Mentor for PGCert in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

Director, Centre for Advanced Instrumentation

Teaching activity

L1 Maths Toolkit for Scientists

Postgraduate lectures:

Stellar Structure & Evolution

Optical System Design with Zemax

Research interests

I am the Director of the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation which develops advanced instrumentation for large ground- and space-based telescopes, with spinoffs into imaging for the life sciences, fusion diagnostics and remote sensing. I am also a member of the Extragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology Group. My technical interests are in adaptive optics, infrared integral field spectroscopy, fusion diagnostics and hyperspectral remote sensing. On the observational astronomy side I work on extragalactic globular cluster systems as probes of galaxy formation theories and on the evolution of galaxies in clusters. I am the Principal Investigator for KMOS, a £15M multi-object, near-infrared, integral field spectrometer being constructed for the 8.2m ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile, and for SALT-HRS, a high-resolution echelle spectrograph being built for the 11m diameter South African Large Telescope. I am currently supervising 8 PhD students working in the fields of extragalactic astronomy, astronomical instrumentation, remote sensing and fusion diagnostics.

Research Groups

Centre for Advanced Instrumentation

Research Interests

Astronomical instrumentation
Fusion diagnostics
Observational cosmology
Remote sensing

Publications

Journal papers: academic

Cho, J., Sharples, R.M., Blakeslee, J.P., Zepf, S.E., Kundu, A., Kim, H.-S. & Yoon, S.-J. (2012). Globular cluster systems of early-type galaxies in low-density environments. \mnras 422: 3591-3610.
Faifer, F.R., Forte, J.C., Norris, M.A., Bridges, T., Forbes, D.A., Zepf, S.E., Beasley, M., Gebhardt, K., Hanes, D.A. & Sharples, R.M. (2012). Globular clusters in five early-type galaxies (Faifer+, 2011). VizieR Online Data Catalog 741: 60155.
den Herder, J.-W., Piro, L., Ohashi, T., Kouveliotou, C., Hartmann, D.H., Kaastra, J.S., Amati, L., Andersen, M.I., Arnaud, M., Attéia, J.-L., Bandler, S., Barbera, M., Barcons, X., Barthelmy, S., Basa, S., Basso, S., Boer, M., Branchini, E., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Borgani, S., Boyarsky, A., Brunetti, G., Budtz-Jorgensen, C., Burrows, D., Butler, N., Campana, S., Caroli, E., Ceballos, M., Christensen, F., Churazov, E., Comastri, A., Colasanti, L., Cole, R., Content, R., Corsi, A., Costantini, E., Conconi, P., Cusumano, G., de Plaa, J., De Rosa, A., Del Santo, M., Di Cosimo, S., De Pasquale, M., Doriese, R., Ettori, S., Evans, P., Ezoe, Y., Ferrari, L., Finger, H., Figueroa-Feliciano, T., Friedrich, P., Fujimoto, R., Furuzawa, A., Fynbo, J., Gatti, F., Galeazzi, M., Gehrels, N., Gendre, B., Ghirlanda, G., Ghisellini, G., Gilfanov, M., Giommi, P., Girardi, M., Grindlay, J., Cocchi, M., Godet, O., Guedel, M., Haardt, F., den Hartog, R., Hepburn, I., Hermsen, W., Hjorth, J., Hoekstra, H., Holland, A., Hornstrup, A., van der Horst, A., Hoshino, A., in't Zand, J., Irwin, K., Ishisaki, Y., Jonker, P., Kitayama, T., Kawahara, H., Kawai, N., Kelley, R., Kilbourne, C., de Korte, P., Kusenko, A., Kuvvetli, I., Labanti, M., Macculi, C., Maiolino, R., Hesse, M.M., Matsushita, K., Mazzotta, P., McCammon, D., Méndez, M., Mignani, R., Mineo, T., Mitsuda, K., Mushotzky, R., Molendi, S., Moscardini, L., Natalucci, L., Nicastro, F., O'Brien, P., Osborne, J., Paerels, F., Page, M., Paltani, S., Pedersen, K., Perinati, E., Ponman, T., Pointecouteau, E., Predehl, P., Porter, S., Rasmussen, A., Rauw, G., Röttgering, H., Roncarelli, M., Rosati, P., Quadrini, E., Ruchayskiy, O., Salvaterra, R., Sasaki, S., Sato, K., Savaglio, S., Schaye, J., Sciortino, S., Shaposhnikov, M., Sharples, R., Shinozaki, K., Spiga, D., Sunyaev, R., Suto, Y., Takei, Y., Tanvir, N., Tashiro, M., Tamura, T., Tawara, Y., Troja, E., Tsujimoto, M., Tsuru, T., Ubertini, P., Ullom, J., Ursino, E., Verbunt, F., van de Voort, F., Viel, M., Wachter, S., Watson, D., Weisskopf, M., Werner, N., White, N., Willingale, R., Wijers, R., Yamasaki, N., Yoshikawa, K. & Zane, S. (2012). ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn. Experimental Astronomy 34: 519-549.
Rhodes, J., Dobke, B., Booth, J., Massey, R., Liewer, K., Smith, R., Amara, A., Aldrich, J., Berge, J., Bezawada, N., Brugarolas, P., Clark, P., Dubbeldam, C.M., Ellis, R., Frenk, C., Gallie, A., Heavens, A., Henry, D., Jullo, E., Kitching, T., Lanzi, J., Lilly, S., Lunney, D., Miyazaki, S., Morris, D., Paine, C., Peacock, J., Pellegrino, S., Pittock, R., Pool, P., Refregier, A., Seiffert, M., Sharples, R., Smith, A., Stuchlik, D., Taylor, A., Teplitz, H., Ali Vanderveld, R. & Wu, J. (2012). Space-quality data from balloon-borne telescopes: The High Altitude Lensing Observatory (HALO). Astroparticle Physics 38: 31-40.
Norris, M.A., Gebhardt, K., Sharples, R.M., Faifer, F.R., Bridges, T., Forbes, D.A., Forte, J.C., Zepf, S.E., Beasley, M.A., Hanes, D.A., Proctor, R. & Kannappan, S.J. (2012). The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 3923. \mnras 421: 1485-1498.
Strader, J., Romanowsky, A.J., Brodie, J.P., Spitler, L.R., Beasley, M.A., Arnold, J.A., Tamura, N., Sharples, R.M. & Arimoto, N. (2012). The M87 globular cluster system (Strader+, 2011). VizieR Online Data Catalog 219: 70033.
Faifer, F.R., Forte, J.C., Norris, M.A., Bridges, T., Forbes, D.A., Zepf, S.E., Beasley, M., Gebhardt, K., Hanes, D.A. & Sharples, R.M. (2011). Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular cluster systems in five early-type galaxies. \mnras 416: 155-177.
Peng, E.W., Ferguson, H.C., Goudfrooij, P., Hammer, D., Lucey, J.R., Marzke, R.O., Puzia, T.H., Carter, D., Balcells, M., Bridges, T., Chiboucas, K., del Burgo, C., Graham, A.W., Guzmán, R., Hudson, M.J., Matković, A., Merritt, D., Miller, B.W., Mouhcine, M., Phillipps, S., Sharples, R., Smith, R.J., Tully, B. & Verdoes Kleijn, G. (2011). The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. IV. Intergalactic Globular Clusters and the Massive Globular Cluster System at the Core of the Coma Galaxy Cluster. \apj 730: 23.
Strader, J., Romanowsky, A.J., Brodie, J.P., Spitler, L.R., Beasley, M.A., Arnold, J.A., Tamura, N., Sharples, R.M. & Arimoto, N. (2011). Wide-field Precision Kinematics of the M87 Globular Cluster System. Astrophysical Journal Supplement 197(2): 33.
Kimura, M, Maihara, T, Iwamuro, F, Akiyama, M, Tamura, N, Dalton, GB, Takato, N, Tait, P, Ohta, K, Eto, S, Mochida, D, Elms, B, Kawate, K, Kurakami, T, Moritani, Y, Noumaru, J, Ohshima, N, Sumiyoshi, M, Yabe, K, Brzeski, J, Farrell, T, Frost, G, Gillingham, PR, Haynes, R, Moore, AM, Muller, R, Smedley, S, Smith, G, Bonfield, DG, Brooks, CB, Holmes, AR, Lake, EC, Lee, H, Lewis, IJ, Froud, TR, Tosh, IA, Woodhouse, GF, Blackburn, C, Content, R, Dipper, N, Murray, G, Sharples, R & Robertson, DJ (2010). Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope. Publications Of The Astronomical Society Of Japan 62(5): 1135-1147.
Hammer, D, Kleijn, GV, Hoyos, C, den Brok, M, Balcells, M, Ferguson, HC, Goudfrooij, P, Carter, D, Guzman, R, Peletier, RF, Smith, RJ, Graham, AW, Trentham, N, Peng, E, Puzia, TH, Lucey, JR, Jogee, S, Aguerri, AL, Batcheldor, D, Bridges, TJ, Chiboucas, K, Davies, JI, del Burgo, C, Erwin, P, Hornschemeier, A, Hudson, MJ, Huxor, A, Jenkins, L, Karick, A, Khosroshahi, H, Kourkchi, E, Komiyama, Y, Lotz, J, Marzke, RO, Marinova, I, Matkovic, A, Merritt, D, Miller, BW, Miller, NA, Mobasher, B, Mouhcine, M, Okamura, S, Percival, S, Phillipps, S, Poggianti, BM, Price, J, Sharples, RM, Tully, RB & Valentijn, E (2010). THE HST/ACS COMA CLUSTER SURVEY. II. DATA DESCRIPTION AND SOURCE CATALOGS. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 191(1): 143-159.
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.D., di Capua, M., Dunlop, J., Fan, X., Ferrara, A., Finelli, F., Franceschini, A., Franx, M., Franzetti, P., Frenk, C., Gardner, J.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.
Guzman, D, Guesalaga, A, Myers, R, Sharples, R, Morris, T, Basden, A, Saunter, C, Dipper, N, Young, L, Rodriguez, L, Reyes, M & Martin, Y (2008). Deformable Mirror Controller for Open-Loop Adaptive Optics - art. no. 70153X. Adaptive Optics Systems, Pts 1-3 7015: X153-X153.
Norris, MA, Sharples, RM, Bridges, T, Gebhardt, K, Forbes, DA, Proctor, R, Faifer, FR, Forte, JC, Beasley, MA, Zepf, SE & Hanes, DA (2008). Gemini/GMOS spectroscopy of the spheroid and globular cluster system of NGC 3923. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 385(1): 40-52.
Norris, M.A., Sharples, R.M., Bridges, T., Gebhardt, K., Forbes, D.A., Proctor, R., Faifer, F.R., Forte, J.C., Beasley, M.A., Zepf, S.E. & Hanes, D.A. (2008). Gemini/GMOS spectroscopy of the spheroid and globular cluster system of NGC 3923. \mnras 385: 40-52.
Carter, D, Goudfrooij, P, Mobasher, B, Ferguson, HC, Puzia, TH, Aguerri, AL, Balcells, M, Batcheldor, D, Bridges, TJ, Davies, JI, Erwin, P, Graham, AW, Guzman, R, Hammer, D, Hornschemeier, A, Hoyos, C, Hudson, MJ, Huxor, A, Jogee, S, Komiyama, Y, Lotz, J, Lucey, JR, Marzke, RO, Merritt, D, Miller, BW, Miller, NA, Mouhcine, M, Okamura, S, Peletier, RF, Phillipps, S, Poggianti, BM, Sharples, RM, Smith, RJ, Trentham, N, Tully, RB, Valentijn, E & Kleijn, GV (2008). The Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey. I. Survey objectives and design. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 176(2): 424-437.
Benson, AJ, Dzanovic, D, Frenk, CS & Sharples, R (2007). Luminosity and stellar mass functions of discs and spheroids in the SDSS and the supermassive black hole mass function. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 379(3): 841-866.
Tamura, N, Sharples, RM, Arimoto, N, Onodera, M, Ohta, K & Yamada, Y (2006). A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - I. Observation, data analysis and luminosity function. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 373(2): 588-600.
Tamura, N, Sharples, RM, Arimoto, N, Onodera, M, Ohta, K & Yamada, Y (2006). A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - II. Colour and spatial distribution. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 373(2): 601-612.
Tamura, N, Murray, GJ, Luke, P, Blackburn, C, Robertson, DJ, Dipper, NA, Sharples, RM & Allington-Smith, JR (2006). Cryogenic tests of volume-phase holographic gratings: results at 100 K. Applied Optics 45(23): 5923-5928.
Pierce, M, Beasley, MA, Forbes, DA, Bridges, T, Gebhardt, K, Faifer, FR, Forte, JC, Zepf, SE, Sharples, R, Hanes, DA & Proctor, R (2006). Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Leo group elliptical NGC 3379. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 366(4): 1253-1264.
Pierce, M, Bridges, T, Forbes, DA, Proctor, R, Beasley, MA, Gebhardt, K, Faifer, FR, Forte, JC, Zepf, SE, Sharples, R & Hanes, DA (2006). Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Virgo giant elliptical NGC 4649. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 368(1): 325-334.
Norris, MA, Sharples, RM & Kuntschner, H (2006). GMOS spectroscopy of the S0 galaxy NGC 3115. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 367(2): 815-824.
Sharples, RM (2006). Integral field spectroscopy - Conference summary. New Astronomy Reviews 50(4-5): 443-445.
Sharples, R, Bender, R, Bennett, R, Burch, K, Carter, P, Clark, P, Content, R, Davies, R, Davies, R, Dubbeldam, M, Genzel, R, Hess, A, Laidlaw, K, Lehnert, M, Lewis, I, Muschielok, B, Ramsey-Howat, S, Rees, P, Robertson, D, Robson, I, Saglia, R, Tecza, M, Thatte, N, Todd, S, Wall, B & Wegner, M (2006). KMOS: A multi-object deployable-IFU spectrometer for the ESO VLT. New Astronomy Reviews 50(4-5): 370-373.
Bridges, T, Gebhardt, K, Sharples, R, Faifer, FR, Forte, JC, Beasley, MA, Zepf, SE, Forbes, DA, Hanes, DA & Pierce, M (2006). The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 4649 (M60). Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society 373(1): 157-166.
Bergond, G, Zepf, SE, Romanowsky, AJ, Sharples, RM & Rhode, KL (2006). Wide-field kinematics of globular clusters in the Leo I group. Astronomy & Astrophysics 448(1): 155-164.
Tamura, N, Murray, GJ, Sharples, RM, Robertson, DJ & Allington-Smith, JR (2005). Measurement of throughput variation across a large format volume-phaseholographic grating. Optics Express 13(11): 9.
Forbes, Duncan A., Raul Faifer, Favio, Carlos Forte, Juan, Bridges, Terry, Beasley, Michael A., Gebhardt, Karl, Hanes, David A., & Sharples, Ray and Zepf, Stephen E. (2004). Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular clusters in the Virgo galaxy NGC 4649 (M60). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 355: 608-616.
Zepf, S. E., Bergond, G., Romanowsky, A. J., Rhode, K. L., & and Sharples, R. M. (2004). Some Dynamical Constraints on the Halo of NGC 3379 from Wide-Field Spectroscopy of Its Globular Cluster System. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 205.
Tamura, N., Murray, G. J., Luke, P., Blackburn, C., Robertson, D. J., Dipper, N. A., Sharples, R. M. and Allington-Smith, J. & R. (2003). Cryogenic Tests of Volume-Phase Holographic Gratings. I. Results at 200 K. Experimental Astronomy 15: 1-12.
Bridges, Terry, Beasley, Mike, Faifer, Favio, Forbes, Duncan, Forte, Juan, Gebhardt, Karl, Hanes, Dave, Sharples, Ray and Zepf, & Steve (2003). Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies with Gemini/gmos. Extragalactic Globular Clusters and their Host Galaxies, 25th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 6, 17 July 2003, Sydney, Australia 6.
Romanowsky, A. J., Douglas, N. G., Kuijken, K., Merrifield, M. R., Arnaboldi, M., Merrett, H., Napolitano, N. R., Capaccioli, M., Freeman, K. C., Bergond, G., Sharples, R. M., Zepf, S. E., & and Rhode, K. L. (2003). Halo Tracers in Nearby Galaxies. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts 203.
Džanović, Dajana, Sharples, R. M., Benson, A. J. and Frenk, & C. S. (2003). Quantitative Study of Galaxy Morphology. Astrophysics and Space Science 285: 73-77.
Burke, D. J., Collins, C. A., Sharples, R. M., Romer, A. & K. and Nichol, R. C. (2003). The Southern SHARC catalogue (Burke+, 2003). VizieR Online Data Catalog 734: 11093-.
Burke, D. J., Collins, C. A., Sharples, R. M., Romer, A. & K. and Nichol, R. C. (2003). The Southern SHARC catalogue: a ROSAT survey for distant galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 341: 1093-1108.
Beasley, M. A., Baugh, C. M. , Forbes, D. A. Sharples, R. M. & Frenk, C. S. (2002). On the formation of globular cluster systems in a hierarchical universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 333(2): 383-399.
Beasley, M. A., Hoyle, F. & Sharples, R. M. (2002). Testing stellar population models with star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 336(1): 168-188.
Lewis, I. J., Cannon, R. D., Taylor, K., Glazebrook, K., Bailey, J. A., Baldry, I. K., Barton, J. R., Bridges, T. J., Dalton, G. B., Farrell, T. J., Gray, P. M., Lankshear, A., McCowage, C., Parry, I. R., Sharples, R. M., Shortridge, K., Smith, G. A., Stevenson, J., Straede, J. & O., Waller, L. G., Whittard, J. D., Wilcox, J. K. and Willis, K. C. (2002). The Anglo-Australian Observatory 2dF facility. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 333: 279-299.
Benson, A. J., Frenk, C. S. & Sharples, R. M. (2002). The luminosity functions and stellar masses of galactic disks and spheroids. Astrophysical Journal 574(1): 104-113.
Kuntschner, H. , Ziegler, B. L. Sharples, R. M. , Worthey, G. & Fricke, K. J. (2002). VLT spectroscopy of NGC 3115 globular clusters. Astronomy & Astrophysics 395(3): 761-777.
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.
Beasley, M. A., Sharples, R. M., Bridges, T. J., Hanes, D. & A., Zepf, S. E., Ashman, K. M. and Geisler, D. (2000). Ages and metallicities of globular clusters in NGC 4472. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 318: 1249-1263.
Sharples, R. & Murdin, P. (2000). M87: The Massive Galaxy. Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sharples, R. & Murdin, P. (2000). Spectrographs: Fiber-fed Spectrographs. Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Beasley, M.A. & Sharples, R.M. (2000). Spectroscopy of globular cluster candidates in the Sculptor group galaxies NGC 253 and 55. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 311: 673-682.
Doel, A. P., Dunlop, C. N., Buscher, D. F., Myers, R. M., & Sharples, R. M. and Major, J. V. (2000). The MARTINI adaptive optics instrument. New Astronomy 5: 223-233.
Terlevich, A. I., Kuntschner, Harald, Bower, R. G., & Caldwell, N. and Sharples, R. M. (1999). Colour-magnitude relations and spectral line strengths in the Coma cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 310: 445-452.
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.
Zepf, S. E., Beasley, M. A., Sharples, R. M., Bridges, T. & J., Hanes, D. A., Ashman, K. M. and Giesler, D. (1998). Constraints on the Formation History and Mass Distribution of NGC 4472 from Spectroscopy of 150 of its Globular Clusters. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 30: 1261-.
Smail, I., Dressler, A., Couch, W. J., Ellis, R. S., & Oemler, A. Jr., Butcher, H. and Sharples, R. M. (1998). Morphological Types in 10 Distant Rich Clusters (Smail+ 1997). VizieR Online Data Catalog 211: 213-.
Barger, A. J., Aragon-Salamanca, A., Smail, I., Ellis, R. S., Couch, W. J., Dressler, A., Oemler, A., Poggianti, B. M. and Sharples, & R. M. (1998). New Constraints on the Luminosity Evolution of Spheroidal Galaxies in Distant Clusters. Astrophysical Journal 501: 522-.
Bold, G. T., Barnes, T. H., Gourlay, J., Sharples, R. M., & and Haskell, T. G. (1998). Practical issues for the use of liquid crystal spatial light modulators in adaptive optics. Optics Communications 148: 323-330.
Sharples, R. M., Zepf, S. E., Bridges, T. J., Hanes, D. & A., Carter, D., Ashman, K. M. and Geisler, D. (1998). Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in NGC 4472. Astronomical Journal 115: 2337-2344.
Gardner, J. P., Sharples, R. M., Frenk, C. S., Baugh, C. & M. and Carrasco, B. E. (1997). A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey: The Color and Surface Brightness Distribution of Nearby Galaxies. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 29: 837-.
Gardner, J. P., Sharples, R. M., Frenk, C. S. and & Carrasco, B. E. (1997). A Wide-Field K-band Survey: The Luminosity Function of Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal 480: L99-.
Bridges, T. J., Ashman, K. M., Zepf, S. E., Carter, D., & Hanes, D. A., Sharples, R. M. and Kavelaars, J. J. (1997). Kinematics and metallicities of globular clusters in M104. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 284: 376-384.
Collins, C. A., Burke, D. J., Romer, A. K., Sharples, R. & M. and Nichol, R. C. (1997). On the Evolution of X-Ray Clusters at High Redshift. Astrophysical Journal 479: L117-.
Burke, D. J., Collins, C. A., Sharples, R. M., Romer, A. & K., Holden, B. P. and Nichol, R. C. (1997). The Southern SHARC Survey: the Z = 0.3--0.7 Cluster X-Ray Luminosity Function 1. Astrophysical Journal 488: L83-.
Gardner, J. P., Sharples, R. M., Frenk, C. S., Baugh, C. & M. and Carrasco, B. E. (1996). A Wide-Field K-band Galaxy Survey. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 28: 1424-.
Gardner, J. P., Sharples, R. M., Carrasco, B. E. and & Frenk, C. S. (1996). A wide-field K-band survey - I. Galaxy counts in B, V, I and K. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 282: L1-L6.
Baugh, C. M., Gardner, J. P., Frenk, C. S. and Sharples, & R. M. (1996). A wide-field K-band survey - II. Galaxy clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 283: L15-L19.
Kneib, J.-P., Ellis, R. S., Smail, I., Couch, W. J. and & Sharples, R. M. (1996). Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Lensing Cluster Abell 2218. Astrophysical Journal 471: 643-.
Barger, A. J., Aragon-Salamanca, A., Ellis, R. S., Couch, & W. J., Smail, I. and Sharples, R. M. (1996). The life-cycle of star formation in distant clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 279: 1-24.
Love, Gordon D., Andrews, Nigel, Birch, Philip, Buscher, David, Doel, Peter, Dunlop, Colin, Major, John, Myers, Richard, Purvis, Alan, Sharples, Ray, Vick, Andrew, Zadrozny, Andrew, Restaino, Sergio R., & and Glindemann, Andreas (1995). Binary adaptive optics: atmospheric wave-front correction with a half-wave phase shifter. Applied Optics 34: 6058-.
Sharples, R. M., Whitelock, P. A. and Feast, M. W. (1995). M giants at high galactic latitudes: an old metal-rich population?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 272: 139-149.
Barger, A. J., Aragon-Salamanca, A., Ellis, R. S., Couch, & W. J., Smail, I. and Sharples, R. M. (1995). The Photometric, Spectroscopic and Morphological Evolution of Starburstin G Galaxies in Distant Clusters. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 27: 1374-.
Sharples, R. (1994). Book Review: The hidden universe / Ellis Horwood, 1991. The Observatory 114: 190-.
Sharples, R., Walker, A. & Cropper, M. (1994). Late-type giants in Baade's window (Sharples+ 1990). VizieR Online Data Catalog 724: 60054-.
Lewis, J. R., Walton, N. A., Meikle, W. P. S., Cumming, R. J., Catchpole, R. M., Arevalo, M., Argyle, R. W., Benn, C. R., Bunclark, P. S., Castaneda, H. O., Centurion, M., Clegg, R. E. S., Delgado, A., Dhillon, V. S., Goudfrooij, P., Harlaftis, E. H., Hassall, B. J. M., Helmer, L., Hill, P. W., Jones, D. H. P., King, D. L., Lazaro, C., Lucey, J. R., Martin, E. L., Miller, L., Morrison, L. V., Penny, A. J., Perez, E., Read, M., Rudd, P. J., Rutten, R. G. M., Sharples, R. M., Unger, S. W. and & Vilchez, J. (1994). Optical Observations of Supernova 1993J from La-Palma - Part One - Days 2 TO 125. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 266: L27-.
Barger, A. J., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Ellis, R. S., Couch, & W. J., Smail, I. and Sharples, R. M. (1994). Star Formation Cycle in Distant Clusters. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 27: 768-.
Zepf, S., Ashman, K., Carter, D., English, J., Freeman, & K. and Sharples, R. (1994). The Formation of Globular Clusters in Galaxy Mergers. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 26: 1431-.
Mobasher, B., Sharples, R.M. & Ellis, R.S. (1993). A Complete Galaxy Redshift Survey - Part Five - Infrared Luminosity Functions for Field Galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 263: 560-.
Bell, D. Lynden & Sharples, R. (1991). Book Review: Baryonic dark matter / Kluwer, 1990. The Observatory 111: 136-.
Oegerle, W. R., Fitchett, M. J., Danly, L. and Sharples, & R. (1991). Book-Review - Clusters of Galaxies. The Observatory 111: 138-.
Sharples, R., Walker, A. & Cropper, M. (1990). Kinematics of the Late M Giants in Baade's Window. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 246: 54-.
Staveley-Smith, L., Bland, J., Axon, D. J., Davies, R. D., & and Sharples, R. M. (1990). Michigan 160 - Internal kinematics and the cosmic distance scale. Astrophysical Journal 364: 23-34.
Allen, D., Couch, W., Malin, D., Sharples, R. and & McNaught, R. H. (1988). Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. International Astronomical Union Circular 4633: 2-.
Sharples, R.M., Ellis, R.S. & Gray, P.M. (1988). The structure and dynamics of Abell 2670. I - M/L ratio and orbital anisotropy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 231: 479-508.
Couch, Warrick J. & Sharples, R.M. (1987). A spectroscopic study of three rich galaxy clusters at Z = 0.31. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 229: 423-456.
Mobasher, B., Ellis, R.S. & Sharples, R.M. (1986). A complete galaxy redshift sample. IV - Optical and infrared colour-luminosity relations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 223: 11-37.
Wilkinson, A., Sharples, R. M., Fosbury, R. A. E. and & Wallace, P. T. (1986). Erratum - Stellar Dynamics of Centaurus-A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 220: 799-.
Wilkinson, A., Sharples, R. M., Fosbury, R. A. E. and & Wallace, P. T. (1986). Stellar dynamics of CEN A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 218: 297-329.
Sharples, R. M., Ellis, R. S., Couch, W. J. and Gray, P. & M. (1985). Multi-object spectroscopy of the distant cluster AC103. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 212: 687-707.
Longmore, A. J., Sharples, R. M., Tokunaga, A. T., Robson, & E. I., Ade, P. A. R., Radostitz, J. and Rudy, R. J. (1984). Continuum emission from the nucleus of NGC 1275. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 209: 373-385.
Sharples, R. M., Longmore, A. J., Hawarden, T. G. and & Carter, D. (1984). NGC 7172 - an obscured active nucleus. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 208: 15-24.
Sharples, R. M., Carter, D., Hawarden, T. G. and & Longmore, A. J. (1983). Kinematics of elliptical-like galaxies with dust lanes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 202: 37-52.
Wilkinson, A., Fosbury, R. A. E., Wallace, P. T. and & Sharples, R. (1983). Stellar Dynamics of Cen A. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 15: 921-.
Longmore, A.J. & Sharples, R.M. (1982). Infrared observations of early-type galaxies with dust-lanes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 201: 111-119.

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