Professor Chris Haniff
Professorial Fellow of Downing College
Group: Astrophysics
Address:
Room 917 Rutherford Building,
Cavendish Laboratory,
JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge CB3 0HE.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 337307
Email: cah "at" mrao.cam.ac.uk
Group Secretary / Administrator / Personal Assistant:
Karen Scrivener
Tel: +44 (0)1223 337294
Fax: +44 (0)1223 354599
Email: K.Scrivener "at" mrao.cam.ac.uk
Biography:
Research Interests:
My research is in the general area of optics for very high spatial astronomical imaging, especially the application of interferometric (aperture synthesis) methods at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. Particular areas in interest include: image formation and retrieval, atmospheric turbulence, adaptive optics, interferometer design.
Research Group - Astrophysics.
Selected Publications:
"An introduction to the theory of interferometry". Haniff, C.A. 2007 New Astronomy Reviews, 51, 565-575.
"Ground-based optical interferometry: a practical primer". Haniff, C.A. 2007 New Astronomy Reviews, 51, 583-596.
"Near-focus high-sensitivity wavefront sensing". Bharmal, N.A., Buscher, D.F., Haniff, C.A. 2005 Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 360, 1325-1332.
"Multi-wavelength visibility measurements of M giants: observations of R Dor & R Leo with MAPPIT". Jacob, A.P., Bedding,T.R., Robertson, J.G., Barton, R., Haniff, C.A., Marson, R.G. 2004Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 349, 303-312.
"The application of interferometry to optical astronomical imaging". Baldwin, J.E., Haniff, C.A., 2001 Phil. Trans. A., 360, 969-986.
"Diffraction losses in ground-based optical interferometers". Horton, A.J., Buscher, D.F., Haniff, C.A. 2001 Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 327, 217-226.