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Mark Thompson is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and specializes in Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research contributions span several subfields including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Instrumentation
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Computational Mechanics

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Notable recent publications by Mark Thompson include:

  • The statistical reliability of 267-GHz JCMT observations of Venus: no significant evidence for phosphine absorption (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters
  • The SARAO MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Galactic Plane Survey (2024), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • CHIMPS2: survey description and 12CO emission in the Galactic Centre (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The SEDIGISM survey: A search for molecular outflows (2021), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Molecular Cloud Cores with a High Deuterium Fraction: Nobeyama Single-pointing Survey (2020), The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

The scientist frequently publishes in a variety of journals, with the most common venues being:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Mark Thompson collaborates regularly with several coauthors who have contributed extensively alongside them, including:

  • J. S. Urquhart
  • A. J. Rigby
  • David Eden
  • A. Traficante
  • G. A. Fuller

Best Publications

  • VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

    D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas;J. P. Emerson;R. K. Saito

  • Clouds, filaments, and protostars: The Herschel Hi-GAL Milky Way

    S. Molinari;B. Swinyard;J. Bally;M. Barlow

  • The Herschel ATLAS

    Stephen Anthony Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray

  • The UKIDSS galactic plane survey

    P.~W. Lucas;M.~G. Hoare;A. Longmore;A.~C. Schröder

  • Vvv dr1: the first data release of the milky way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared eso public survey vista variables in the via lactea

    R. K. Saito;M. Hempel;D. Minniti;D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas

  • The Detection of a Population of Submillimeter-Bright, Strongly Lensed Galaxies

    Mattia Negrello;R. Hopwood;G. De Zotti;A. Cooray

  • The Australia Telescope Compact Array Broadband Backend (CABB)

    Warwick E. Wilson;R.H. Ferris;P. Axtens;A. Brown

  • The Australia Telescope Compact Array Broad-band Backend: description and first results

    Warwick E. Wilson;R. H. Ferris;P. Axtens;A. Brown

  • A 100 pc ELLIPTICAL AND TWISTED RING OF COLD AND DENSE MOLECULAR CLOUDS REVEALED BY HERSCHEL AROUND THE GALACTIC CENTER

    S. Molinari;J. Bally;A. Noriega-Crespo;M. Compiegne

  • EMU: Evolutionary Map of the Universe

    Ray P. Norris;Andrew M. Hopkins;Andrew M. Hopkins;Jose Afonso;S. Brown

  • Hi-GAL, the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey: photometric maps and compact source catalogues. First data release for Inner Milky Way: +68{\deg}> l > -70{\deg}

    S. Molinari;E. Schisano;D. Elia;M. Pestalozzi

  • ATLASGAL - properties of a complete sample of Galactic clumps

    J. S. Urquhart;J. S. Urquhart;C. König;A. Giannetti;A. Giannetti;S. Leurini;S. Leurini

  • Herschel-ATLAS: rapid evolution of dust in galaxies over the last 5 billion years

    L. Dunne;Haley Louise Gomez;E. da Cunha;E. da Cunha;S. Charlot

  • The 6-GHz methanol multibeam maser catalogue – I. Galactic Centre region, longitudes 345° to 6°

    J. L. Caswell;G. A. Fuller;J. A. Green;A. Avison

  • ATLASGAL – environments of 6.7 GHz methanol masers

    J. S. Urquhart;T. J. T. Moore;F. Schuller;F. Wyrowski

  • ATLASGAL — towards a complete sample of massive star forming clumps ⋆

    J. S. Urquhart;T. J. T. Moore;T. Csengeri;F. Wyrowski

  • Herschel-ATLAS: a binary HyLIRG pinpointing a cluster of starbursting proto-ellipticals

    R. J. Ivison;A. M. Swinbank;Ian Smail;A. I. Harris

  • Probing the initial conditions of high-mass star formation. II. Fragmentation, stability, and chemistry

    T. Pillai;J. Kauffmann;F. Wyrowski;J. Hatchell

  • The H2O Southern Galactic Plane Survey (HOPS) – I. Techniques and H2O maser data

    Andrew Walsh;Shari Breen;Tui Britton;Kate Brooks

  • A survey of molecular line emission towards ultracompact HII regions

    J. Hatchell;M. A. Thompson;T. J. Millar;G. H. Macdonald

Frequent Co-Authors

James Urquhart
James Urquhart University of Kent
Glenn J. White
Glenn J. White The Open University
Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Gary A. Fuller
Gary A. Fuller University of Manchester
Loretta Dunne
Loretta Dunne Cardiff University
G. de Zotti
G. de Zotti National Institute for Astrophysics
Sergio Molinari
Sergio Molinari National Institute for Astrophysics
Michael G. Burton
Michael G. Burton Armagh Observatory
Simon Dye
Simon Dye University of Nottingham
Matt J. Jarvis
Matt J. Jarvis University of Oxford

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