Staff profile

Research interests

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

Conference Paper

• Berry, D., Currie, M., Jenness, T., Draper, P., Bell, G., & Tilanus, R. (2013). Starlink 2012: The Kapuahi Release. In D. Friedel (Ed.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII. Proceedings of a Conference held at University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, USA 4-8 November 2012
• Berry, D., & Draper, P. (2010). Using the AST Library to Create and Use STC-S Region Descriptions. In Y. Mizumoto, K. Morita, & M. Ohishi (Eds.),
• Draper, P. W., Berry, D. S., Jenness, T., & Economou, F. (2009). GAIA - Version 4. In D. Bohlender, D. Durand, & P. Dowler (Eds.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XVIII: 2-5 November 2008, Hotel Loews Le Concorde, Québec City, QC, Canada (575-578)
• Currie, M., Draper, P., Berry, D., Jenness, T., Cavanagh, B., & Economou, F. (2008). Starlink Software Developments. In R. Argyle, P. Bunclark, & J. Lewis (Eds.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems ASP Conference Series, Vol. 394, Proceedings of the conference held 23-26 September, 2007, in Kensington Town Hall, London, United Kingdom (650-653)
• Draper, P. W., Berry, D. S., Jenness, T., Economou, F., & Currie, M. J. (2008). GAIA-3D: Volume visualization of data-cubes. In R. Argyle, P. Bunclark, & J. Lewis (Eds.), Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems ASP Conference Series, Vol. 394, Proceedings of the conference held 23-26 September, 2007, in Kensington Town Hall, London, United Kingdom (339-342)
• Draper, P. W., Currie, M. J., Jenness, T., Leech, J., Economou, F., Berry, D. S., & Taylor, M. B. (2007). GAIA 3D: Visualizing data cubes. In R. Shaw, F. Hill, & D. Bell (Eds.),
• Gray, N., Jenness, T., Allan, A., Berry, D., Currie, M., Draper, P., …Cavanagh, B. (2005). Porting the Starlink Software Collection to GNU Autotools. In P. Shopbell, M. Britton, & R. Ebert (Eds.),
• Draper, P., Allan, A., Berry, D., Currie, M., Giaretta, D., Rankin, S., …Taylor, M. (2005). Starlink software developments. In P. Shopbell, M. Briton, & R. Ebert (Eds.),
• Wolstencroft, R., Andersson, B., Draper, P., Moriarty-Schieven, G., Stockdale, D., & Wannier, P. (2004). The Nature of the Dust Disc Surrounding BD+31\deg643. In A. Penny (Ed.),
• Gray, N., Giaretta, D., Berry, D., Currie, M., Draper, P., & Taylor, M. (2004). Data Models in the VO: How Do They Make Code Better?.
• Giaretta, D., Currie, M., Rankin, S., Draper, P., Berry, D., Gray, N., & Taylor, M. (2004). Starlink Software.
• Giaretta, D., Taylor, M., Draper, P., Gray, N. A., & McIlwrath, B. (2003). HDX Data Model: FITS, NDF and XML Implementation.
• Taylor, M., Platon, R., Chipperfield, A., Draper, P., McIlwrath, B., & Giaretta, D. (2003). Web Services and Their Use in Starlink Software.
• Bly, M. J., Chipperfield, A. J., Giaretta, D. L., Graffagnino, V. G., McIlwrath, B. K., Platon, R. T., …Taylor, M. B. (2002). Starlink Software Developments.
• Draper, P. (2000). GAIA: Recent Developments.
• Wolstencroft, R., Draper, P., Stockdale, D., & Scarrott, M. (2000). Astronomical Sources of Circular Polarization in Visible Light and. In G. Lemarchand, & K. Meech (Eds.),
• Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P., & Scarrott, S. (1987). Observation of magnetic field structure around newly formed stars.
• Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P., & Scarrott, S. (1987). Evidence from optical polarimetry for spiral structure in the magnetic field and cloud density around newly-formed stars.
• Scarrott, S., Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P. A., & Gledhill, T. (1985). Optical polarimetry of nebulae with emission line jets.

Doctoral Thesis

• Draper, P. W. (1988). CCD polarimetry as a probe of regions of recent star-formation. (Thesis). Durham University. Retrieved from https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1618143

Journal Article

• Schaller, M., Borrow, J., Draper, P. W., Ivkovic, M., McAlpine, S., Vandenbroucke, B., …Xiang, Z. (2024). Swift: A modern highly-parallel gravity and smoothed particle hydrodynamics solver for astrophysical and cosmological applications. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae922
• Flewelling, H., Magnier, E., Chambers, K., Heasley, J., Holmberg, C., Huber, M., …Shiao, B. (2020). The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82d
• Magnier, E. A., Schlafly, E. F., Finkbeiner, D. P., Tonry, J., Goldman, B., Röser, S., …Wainscoat, R. (2020). Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82a
• Magnier, E. A., Sweeney, W., Chambers, K., Flewelling, H., Huber, M., Price, P., …Wainscoat, R. (2020). Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82c
• Magnier, E. A., Chambers, K., Flewelling, H., Hoblitt, J., Huber, M., Price, P., …Wainscoat, R. (2020). The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb829
• Waters, C., Magnier, E., Price, P., Chambers, K., Burgett, W., Draper, P., …Wood-Vasey, W. (2020). Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 251(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abb82b
• Kodric, M., Riffeser, A., Hopp, U., Goessl, C., Seitz, S., Bender, R., …Wainscoat, R. (2018). Cepheids in M31: The PAndromeda Cepheid Sample. Astronomical Journal, 156(3), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aad40f
• Scolnic, D., Jones, D., Rest, A., Pan, Y., Chornock, R., Foley, R., …Smith, K. (2018). The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample. Astrophysical Journal, 859(2), Article 101. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab9bb
• Jones, D., Scolnic, D., Riess, A., Rest, A., Kirshner, R., Berger, E., …Smith, K. (2018). Measuring Dark Energy Properties with Photometrically Classified Pan-STARRS Supernovae. II. Cosmological Parameters. Astrophysical Journal, 857(1), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab6b1
• Hernitschek, N., Sesar, B., Rix, H., Belokurov, V., Martinez-Delgado, D., Martin, N. F., …Draper, P. W. (2017). The Geometry of the Sagittarius Stream from Pan-STARRS1 3π RR Lyrae. Astrophysical Journal, 850(1), Article 96. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa960c
• Jian, H., Lin, L., Lin, K., Foucaud, S., Chen, C., Chiueh, T., …Waters, C. (2017). The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-deep Survey: Star Formation Quenching in Group and Cluster Environments. Astrophysical Journal, 845(1), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7de2
• Bañados, E., Venemans, B., Morganson, E., Hodge, J., Decarli, R., Walter, F., …Wainscoat, R. (2015). Constraining the Radio-loud Fraction of Quasars at z > 5.5. Astrophysical Journal, 804(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/804/2/118
• McCrum, M., Smartt, S., Rest, A., Smith, K., Kotak, R., Rodney, S., …Waters, C. (2015). Selecting superluminous supernovae in faint galaxies from the first year of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(2), 1206-1231. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv034
• Venemans, B., Bañados, E., Decarli, R., Farina, E., Walter, F., Chambers, K., …Sullivan, P. (2015). The Identification of Z-dropouts in Pan-STARRS1: Three Quasars at 6.5< z< 6.7. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 801(1), Article L11. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/l11
• Sanders, N., Soderberg, A., Gezari, S., Betancourt, M., Chornock, R., Berger, E., …Waters, C. (2015). Toward Characterization of the Type IIP Supernova Progenitor Population: A Statistical Sample of Light Curves from Pan-STARRS1. Astrophysical Journal, 799(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/208
• Schlafly, E., Green, G., Finkbeiner, D., Rix, H., Burgett, W., Chambers, K., …Waters, C. (2015). Three-dimensional Dust Mapping Reveals that Orion Forms Part of a Large Ring of Dust. Astrophysical Journal, 799(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/116
• Scolnic, D., Rest, A., Riess, A., Huber, M., Foley, R., Brout, D., …Waters, C. (2014). Systematic Uncertainties Associated with the Cosmological Analysis of the First Pan-STARRS1 Type Ia Supernova Sample. Astrophysical Journal, 795(1), Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/795/1/45
• Deacon, N., Liu, M., Magnier, E., Aller, K., Best, W., Dupuy, T., …Wainscoat, R. (2014). Wide Cool and Ultracool Companions to Nearby Stars from Pan-STARRS 1. Astrophysical Journal, 792(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/792/2/119
• Bernard, E., Ferguson, A., Schlafly, E., Abbas, M., Bell, E., Deacon, N., …Waters, C. (2014). Serendipitous discovery of a thin stellar stream near the Galactic bulge in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 443(1), L84-L88. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu089
• Bernard, E., Ferguson, A., Schlafly, E., Platais, I., Bell, E., Martin, N., …Waters, C. (2014). Galactic globular and open cluster fiducial sequences in the Pan-STARRS1 photometric system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(4), 2999-3009. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1081
• Slater, C., Bell, E., Schlafly, E., Morganson, E., Martin, N., Rix, H., …Waters, C. (2014). The Complex Structure of Stars in the Outer Galactic Disk as Revealed by Pan-STARRS1. Astrophysical Journal, 791(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/791/1/9
• Schlafly, E., Green, G., Finkbeiner, D., Jurić, M., Rix, H., Martin, N., …Waters, C. (2014). A Map of Dust Reddening to 4.5 kpc from Pan-STARRS1. Astrophysical Journal, 789(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/789/1/15
• Schlafly, E., Green, G., Finkbeiner, D., Rix, H., Bell, E., Burgett, W., …Tonry, J. (2014). A Large Catalog of Accurate Distances to Molecular Clouds from PS1 Photometry. Astrophysical Journal, 786(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/786/1/29
• Laevens, B., Martin, N., Sesar, B., Bernard, E., Rix, H., Slater, C., …Waters, C. (2014). A New Distant Milky Way Globular Cluster in the Pan-STARRS1 3π Survey. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 786(1), Article L3. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/786/1/l3
• Lee, C., Seitz, S., Kodric, M., Riffeser, A., Koppenhoefer, J., Bender, R., …Magnier, E. (2014). Properties of M31. IV. Candidate Luminous Blue Variables from PAndromeda. Astrophysical Journal, 785(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/785/1/11
• Green, G., Schlafly, E., Finkbeiner, D., Jurić, M., Rix, H., Burgett, W., …Waters, C. (2014). Measuring Distances and Reddenings for a Billion Stars: Toward a 3D Dust Map from Pan-STARRS 1. Astrophysical Journal, 783(2), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/783/2/114
• Lin, L., Jian, H., Foucaud, S., Norberg, P., Bower, R., Cole, S., …Waters, C. (2014). The Pan-STARRS1 Medium-Deep Survey: The Role of Galaxy Group Environment in the Star Formation Rate versus Stellar Mass Relation and Quiescent Fraction out to z ~ 0.8. Astrophysical Journal, 782(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/782/1/33
• McCrum, M., Smartt, S., Kotak, R., Rest, A., Jerkstrand, A., Inserra, C., …Wainscoat, R. (2014). The superluminous supernova PS1-11ap: bridging the gap between low and high redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(1), 656-674. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1923
• Farrow, D. J., Cole, S., Metcalfe, N., Draper, P., Norberg, P., Foucaud, S., …Waters, C. (2014). Pan-STARRS1: Galaxy clustering in the Small Area Survey 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(1), 748-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1933
• Martin, N., Schlafly, E., Slater, C., Bernard, E., Rix, H., Bell, E., …Waters, C. (2013). Perseus I: a distant satellite dwarf galaxy of Andromeda. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 779(1), Article L10. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/779/1/l10
• Liu, M., Magnier, E., Deacon, N., Allers, K., Dupuy, T., Kotson, M., …Wainscoat, R. (2013). The Extremely Red, Young L Dwarf PSO J318.5338-22.8603: A Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Analog to Directly Imaged Young Gas-Giant Planets. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 777(2), Article L20. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/777/2/l20
• Metcalfe, N., Farrow, D., Cole, S., Draper, P., Norberg, P., Burgett, W., …Waters, C. (2013). The Pan-STARRS1 Small Area Survey 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(3), 1825-1839. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1343
• Andersson, B., Draper, P., Scarrott, M., Stockdale, P., Wannier, P., & Wolstencroft, R. (1997). Multi-band Polarimetry of BD+31(deg) 643. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 29, 1361-
• Scarrott, S., Draper, P., & Stockdale, D. (1996). Imaging polarimetry of the luminous merger galaxy NGC 3256. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 279, 1325-1330. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/279.4.1325
• Scarrott, S., & Draper, P. (1996). Further evidence for vertical magnetic fields in the galaxy NGC 891. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 278, 519-524. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/278.2.519
• Draper, P., Done, C., Scarrott, S., & Stockdale, D. (1995). Multicolour Imaging Polarimetry of the Galaxy NGC2146. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 277, 1430-
• Eaton, N., Scarrott, S., & Draper, P. (1995). Polarization studies of comet P/Swift-Tuttle. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 273, L59-L62
• Draper, P., Scarrott, S., & Stockdale, D. (1994). The starburst galaxy NGC1808: Another M82?. Astrophysics and Space Science, 216, 399-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00982526
• Alton, P., Draper, P., Gledhill, T., Stockdale, D., Scarrott, S., & Wolstencroft, R. (1994). Imaging Polarimetry of the Blue Compact Galaxy NGC3125. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 270, 238-
• Scarrott, S., Stockdale, D., & Draper, P. (1994). VHE:65A - an Extremely Red Reflection Nebula or a Typical Cometary Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 268, L60-
• Scarrott, S., Draper, P., & Tadhunter, C. (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. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/262.2.306
• Scarrott, S., Draper, P., & Tadhunter, C. (1993). Imaging polarimetry of the bipolar nebula Parsamyan 22. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 260, 171-176
• Lawrence, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., Oliver, S., Taylor, A., McMahon, R., Broadhurst, T., …Saunders, W. (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
• Draper, P., Scarrott, S., & Tadhunter, C. (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
• Scarrott, S., Draper, P., Stockdale, D., & Wolstencroft, R. (1993). Imaging Polarimetry of the Starburst Galaxy NGC1808 - another M82. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 264, L7-
• Scarrott, S., Draper, P., Rolph, C., & Wolstencroft, R. (1992). Star formation in dark globules in the GUM Nebula. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 257, 485-492. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/257.3.485
• Tadhunter, C., Scarrott, S., Draper, P., & Rolph, C. (1992). The optical polarizations of high- and intermediate-redshift radio galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 256, 53-58. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/256.1.53p
• Draper, P., Gledhill, T., Scarrott, S., & Tadhunter, C. (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. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/257.2.309
• Draper, P., Rolph, C., Scarrott, M., Tadhunter, C., Lawrence, A., & McMahon, R. (1991). IRAS 10214+4724 - a highly polarized galaxy
• Scarrott, S., Draper, P., & Warren-Smith, R. (1989). The origin of the 'polarization disc' in NGC2261/R.Mon. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 237, 621-634. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/237.3.621
• Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P., & Scarrott, S. (1987). Polarimetry of the NGC 2261/R Monocerotis system and the faint jetlike feature to its southwest. Astrophysical Journal, 315, 500-503. https://doi.org/10.1086/165155
• Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P., & Scarrott, S. (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
• Scarrott, S., Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P., Bruck, M., & Wolstencroft, R. (1987). The Bruck 'bipolar' - A nebulous star cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 225, 17P-20P
• Scarrott, S., Warren-Smith, R., Draper, P., & Gledhill, T. (1986). Optical polarimetry of nebulae in regions of star formation. Canadian Journal of Physics, 64, 426-430. https://doi.org/10.1139/p86-076
• Draper, P., Warren-Smith, R., & Scarrott, S. (1985). A polarization study of the cometary nebula Parsamyan 21. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 212, 1P-4P
• Draper, P., Warren-Smith, R., & Scarrott, S. (1985). The source of illumination of the bipolar nebula near NGC 7129. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 212, 5P-8P
• Draper, P., Warren-Smith, R., & Scarrott, S. (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

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Castro-Neves, M., & Draper, P. (2014). SPLAT-VO: Spectral Analysis Tool for the Virtual Observatory. [[Media unknown]]
• Draper, P. (2014). SPLAT: Spectral Analysis Tool. [[Media unknown]]