L. Petro

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

L. Petro is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Petro has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in L. Petro's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (26 papers), CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (13 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (12 papers). L. Petro is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (26 papers), CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (13 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (12 papers). L. Petro collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. L. Petro's co-authors include Ronald L. Gilliland, A. S. Fruchter, Henry C. Ferguson, W. V. Dixon, Douglas B. McElroy, Zolt Levay, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, R. E. Williams and Rocio Katsanis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

L. Petro

47 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry

1996 574 citations R. E. Williams, Mark Dickinson et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	WFC3/IR Dark Current Stability 2012 ·B. Hilbert, L. Petro	4
2	WFC3/UVIS and IR Time Dependency of Linear Geometric Distortion over Cycles 17 & 18 2012 ·V. Kozhurina-Platais, L. Petro	1
3	WFC3 UVIS Charge Transfer Eciency October 2009 to October 2011 2012 ·K. G. Noeske, S. Baggett, H. Bushouse, L. Petro, Ronald L. Gilliland, (unknown)	7
4	WFC3/UVIS Charge Injection Behavior: Results of an Initial Test 2011 ·H. Bushouse, S. Baggett, Ronald L. Gilliland, K. G. Noeske, L. Petro	2
5	WFC3 Calibration Using Galactic Clusters 2009 ·Elena Sabbi, Jason S. Kalirai, A. R. Martel, Susana E. Deustua, S. Baggett, (unknown), H. Bushouse, (unknown), B. Hilbert, (unknown), V. Kozhurina-Platais, John MacKenty, (unknown), Cheryl Pavlovsky, L. Petro, Abhijith Rajan, Adam G. Riess, Michael H. Wong	1
6	WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11445 - IR Geometric Distortion Calibration 2009 ·V. Kozhurina-Platais, Colin Cox, B. McLean, L. Petro, Linda Dressel, H. Bushouse	1
7	WFC3 SMOV Proposal 11444 - UVIS Geometric Distortion Calibration 2009 ·V. Kozhurina-Platais, Colin Cox, B. McLean, L. Petro, Linda Dressel, H. Bushouse, Elena Sabbi	1
8	Overview of the WFC3 Cycle 17 Detector Monitoring Campaign 2009 ·Michael H. Wong, S. Baggett, Susana E. Deustua, (unknown), A. R. Martel, B. Hilbert, Jason S. Kalirai, H. Bushouse, (unknown), (unknown), V. Kozhurina-Platais, John MacKenty, P. R. McCullough, Cheryl Pavlovsky, L. Petro, Abhijith Rajan, Adam G. Riess, Elena Sabbi	1
9	Wide field camera 3 ground testing and calibration 2008 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·H. Bushouse, S. Baggett, Howard E. Bond, T. M. Brown, Susana E. Deustua, G. Hartig, B. Hilbert, Robert Hill, (unknown), Randy A. Kimble, John MacKenty, A. R. Martel, P. R. McCullough, L. Petro, Stephen A. Rinehart, Massimo Robberto	2
10	New IR Detector Sample Times 2006 ·L. Petro, (unknown)	3
11	The host galaxy of GRB 990712 2003 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·L. Christensen, J. Hjorth, J. Gorosabel, P. M. Vreeswijk, A. S. Fruchter, K. C. Sahu, L. Petro	9
12	The Exo-Zodiacal Disk Mapper: A Space Interferometer to Detect and Map Zodiacal Dust Disks Around Nearby Stars 1999 ·Experimental Astronomy ·Pierre Y. Bély, L. Petro, R. Burg, L. A. Wade, Charles Beichman, J. Gay, Pierre Baudoz, Y. Rabbia, J. M. Perrin	0
13	First results with the Achromatic Interfero Coronograph 1998 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Pierre Baudoz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), L. Petro, S. C. Casey, Pierre Y. Bély, R. Burg, John MacKenty, (unknown), Pierre-Yves Madec	6
14	The optical counterpart to γ-ray burst GRB970228 observed using the Hubble Space Telescope 1997 ·Nature ·K. C. Sahu, Mario Livio, L. Petro, F. Macchetto, J. van Paradijs, C. Kouveliotou, G. J. Fishman, Charles A. Meegan, P. Groot, T. J. Galama	79
15	The Hubble Deep Field: Number Counts, Color-Magnitude and Color-Color Diagrams 1995 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·Mauro Giavalisco, Mark Dickinson, Henry C. Ferguson, A. S. Fruchter, Ronald L. Gilliland, Ray A. Lucas, D. B. McElroy, L. Petro, M. Postman, R. Williams	0
16	The Hubble Deep Field: Images 1995 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·R. E. Williams, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Ronald L. Gilliland, Henry C. Ferguson, A. S. Fruchter, D. B. McElroy, Ray A. Lucas, L. Petro, Marc Postman, H. M. Adorf, R. N. Hook	0
17	Improved Dark-Sky Restrictions for HST Observations 1994 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·L. Petro, (unknown), C. J. Burrows, (unknown), John MacKenty, F. Paresce, (unknown), K. U. Ratnatunga, (unknown)	0
18	Tentative Identification of the Flaring X-Ray Source HO323+02 1981 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·R. Doxsey, J. E. McClintock, L. Petro, R. A. Remillard, D. Schwartz	1
19	Observations of the Transient Cen X-4 During Quiescence 1981 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·L. Petro, C. R. Canizares, G. A. Kriss, J. E. McClintock, Ronald A. Remillard	1
20	Optical observations of HD 77581 and a model for the system HD 77581-2U 0900-40. 1974 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·L. Petro, W. A. Hiltner	2

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