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Walter Kieran Gear

Walter Kieran Gear

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41246
World Ranking
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158

Overview

Walter Kieran Gear is a researcher affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Superconducting and THz Device Technology

Walter Kieran Gear has contributed to numerous scientific papers published in reputable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Some of their recent papers are:

  • JINGLE - IV. Dust, H i gas, and metal scaling laws in the local Universe (2020), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Submillimetre observations of the two-component magnetic field in M82 (2021), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The HASHTAG Project: The First Submillimeter Images of the Andromeda Galaxy from the Ground (2021), published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • The JCMT nearby galaxies legacy survey: SCUBA-2 observations of nearby galaxies (2023), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey: SCUBA-2 observations of nearby galaxies (2023), published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Throughout the course of their career, Walter Kieran Gear has worked collaboratively with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • C. D. Wilson
  • Kate Pattle
  • M. W. L. Smith
  • Ilse De Looze
  • A. Saintonge

Best Publications

  • The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

    M. J. Griffin;A. Abergel;A. Abreu;P. A. R. Ade

  • The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

    Matthew Joseph Griffin;A. Abergel;A. Abreu;Peter A. R. Ade

  • High-redshift star formation in the Hubble Deep Field revealed by a submillimetre-wavelength survey

    David H. Hughes;Stephen Serjeant;James Dunlop;Michael Rowan-Robinson

  • Unveiling Dust-enshrouded Star Formation in the Early Universe: a Sub-mm Survey of the Hubble Deep Field

    David Hughes;Steve Serjeant;James Dunlop;Michael Rowan-Robinson

  • Models for high-frequency radio outbursts in extragalactic sources, with application to the early 1983 millimeter-to-infrared flare of 3C 273.

    A. P. Marscher;Walter Kieran Gear

  • SCUBA: A Common - user submillimetre camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell telescope

    W. S. Holland;E. I. Robson;Walter Kieran Gear;C. R. Cunningham

  • The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

    S. J. Oliver;J. Bock;J. Bock;B. Altieri

  • The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

    S. J. Oliver;J. Bock;J. Bock;B. Altieri;A. Amblard

  • POLARIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF 15 ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT HIGH FREQUENCIES: JET KINEMATICS FROM BIMONTHLY MONITORING WITH THE VERY LONG BASELINE ARRAY

    Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Alan P. Marscher;Matthew L. Lister;Alastair M. Stirling;Alastair M. Stirling

  • The inner jet of an active galactic nucleus as revealed by a radio-to-γ-ray outburst

    Alan P. Marscher;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Francesca D. D'Arcangelo;Paul S. Smith

  • The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

    K. Coppin;E.L. Chapin;A.M.J. Mortier;S.E. Scott

  • Submillimetre images of dusty debris around nearby stars

    Wayne S. Holland;Jane S. Greaves;B. Zuckerman;R. A. Webb

  • The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey – II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

    K. Coppin;E. L. Chapin;E. L. Chapin;A. M. J. Mortier;S. E. Scott

  • THE CANADA-UK DEEP SUBMILLIMETER SURVEY: FIRST SUBMILLIMETER IMAGES, THE SOURCE COUNTS, AND RESOLUTION OF THE BACKGROUND

    Stephen Anthony Eales;Simon Lilly;Walter Kieran Gear;Loretta Dunne

  • The Canada-UK Deep Submillimetre Survey: First Submillimetre Images, the Source Counts, and Resolution of the Background

    Stephen Eales;Simon Lilly;Walter Gear;Loretta Dunne

  • A Dust Ring around epsilon Eridani: Analog to the Young Solar System

    J. S. Greaves;W. S. Holland;G. Moriarty-Schieven;T. Jenness

  • HerMES: The SPIRE confusion limit

    H. T. Nguyen;B. Schulz;L. Levenson;A. Amblard

  • The Canada-UK Deep Sub-Millimeter Survey II: First identifications, redshifts and implications for galaxy evolution

    Simon J. Lilly;Stephen A. Eales;Walter K.P. Gear;Francois Hammer

  • A dust ring around Epsilon Eridani: analogue to the young Solar System

    J. S. Greaves;W. S. Holland;G. Moriarty-Schieven;T. Jenness

  • The Herschel Reference Survey

    A. Boselli;S. Eales;L. Cortese;G. Bendo

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Jamie Stevens
Jamie Stevens Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stephen Anthony Eales
Stephen Anthony Eales Cardiff University
Matthew Joseph Griffin
Matthew Joseph Griffin Cardiff University
Asantha Cooray
Asantha Cooray University of California, Irvine
Peter A. R. Ade
Peter A. R. Ade Cardiff University
J. J. Bock
J. J. Bock California Institute of Technology
Mattia Vaccari
Mattia Vaccari University of Cape Town
Jason Glenn
Jason Glenn Goddard Space Flight Center
Alessandro Boselli
Alessandro Boselli Aix-Marseille University

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