My publications as an ADS library

Papers in refereed journals

Papers 2–6 appeared in my PhD. Thesis 'Stellar Content and Evolution of OB Associations'
(1996, Leiden University)

  1. High-velocity OH/IR Stars at the Galactic Centre
    H.J. van Langevelde, A.G.A. Brown, M. Lindqvist, H.J. Habing, P.T. de Zeeuw, 1992, A&A, 261, L17–L20
  2. The Orion OB1 Association I. Stellar Content
    A.G.A. Brown, E.J. de Geus, P.T. de Zeeuw, 1994, A&A, 289, 101–120
  3. The Orion OB1 Association II. The Orion-Eridanus Bubble
    A.G.A. Brown, D. Hartmann, W.B. Burton, 1995, A&A, 300, 903–922
  4. High S/N Echelle Spectroscopy in Young Stellar Groups I. Observations and Data Reduction
    W. Verschueren, A.G.A. Brown, H. Hensberge, M. David, R.S. Le Poole, E.J. de Geus, P.T. de Zeeuw, 1997, PASP, 109, 868–882
  5. High S/N Echelle Spectroscopy in Young Stellar Groups II. Rotational Velocities of Early-Type Stars in Sco OB2
    A.G.A. Brown, W. Verschueren, 1997, A&A, 319, 811–838
  6. Kinematic Ages of OB Associations
    A.G.A. Brown, G. Dekker, P.T. de Zeeuw, 1997, MNRAS, 285, 479–492
  7. The Hyades: Distance, Structure, Dynamics and Age
    M.A.C. Perryman, A.G.A. Brown, Y. Lebreton, A. Gómez, C. Turon, G. Cayrel de Strobel, J.C. Mermilliod, N. Robichon, J. Kovalevsky, F. Crifo, 1998, A&A, 331, 81–120
  8. A Hipparcos Census of the Nearby OB Associations
    P.T. de Zeeuw, R. Hoogerwerf, J.H.J. de Bruijne, A.G.A. Brown, A. Blaauw, 1999, AJ, 117, 354–399
  9. The Binary Population in OB Associations
    A.G.A. Brown, 2001, Astronomische Nachrichten, 322, Number 1, 43–46
  10. ADONIS Observations of Hard X-ray Emitting Late B-Type Stars in Lindroos Systems
    N. Huélamo, W. Brandner, A.G.A. Brown, R. Neuhäuser, H. Zinnecker, 2001, A&A, 373, 657–664
  11. Exploring the Full Stellar Population of the Upper Scorpius OB Association
    Th. Preibisch, A.G.A. Brown, T. Bridges, E. Guenther, H. Zinnecker, 2002, AJ, 124, 404–416
  12. On the Hipparcos Parallaxes of O Stars
    S.E. Schröder, L. Kaper, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, A.G.A. Brown, 2004, A&A, 428, 149–157
  13. The Primordial Binary Population I. A near-infrared adaptive optics search for close companions to A star members of Scorpius OB2
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, H. Zinnecker, L. Kaper, S.F. Portegies Zwart, 2005, A&A, 430, 137–154
  14. Detection of satellite remnants in the Galactic Halo with Gaia – I. The effect of the Galactic background, observational errors and sampling
    A.G.A. Brown, H.M. Velázquez, L.A. Aguilar, 2005, MNRAS, 359, 1287–1305
  15. The design and performance of the Gaia photometric system
    C. Jordi, E. Høg, A.G.A. Brown, et al., 2006, MNRAS, 367, 290–314
  16. Star classification possibilities with the Gaia spectrophotometers. I. Simulated spectra
    V. Straižys, R. Lazauskaitė, A.G.A. Brown, K. Zdanavičius, 2006, Baltic Astronomy, vol. 15, 449–459
  17. A brown dwarf desert for intermediate mass stars in Sco OB2?
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, L. Kaper, 2007, A&A, 464, 581–599
  18. The Primordial Binary Population II. Recovering the binary population for intermediate mass stars in Sco OB2
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, S.F. Portegies Zwart, L. Kaper, 2007, A&A 474, 77–104
  19. The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): second data release
    T. Zwitter, A. Siebert, U. Munari, K.C. Freeman, A. Siviero, F.G. Watson, J.P. Fulbright, R.F.G. Wyse, R. Campbell, G.M. Seabroke, M. Williams, M. Steinmetz, O. Bienaymé, G. Gilmore, E.K. Grebel, A. Helmi, J.F. Navarro, B. Anguiano, C. Boeche, D. Burton, P. Cass, J. Dawe, K. Fiegert, M. Hartley, K. Russell, L. Veltz, J. Bailin, J. Binney, J. Bland-Hawthorn, A.G.A. Brown, W. Dehnen, N.W. Evans, P. Re Fiorentin, M. Fiorucci, O. Gerhard, B. Gibson, A. Kelz, K. Kujken, G. Matijevič, I. Minchev, Q.A. Parker, J. Penarrubia, A. Quillen, M.A. Read, W. Reid, S. Roeser, G. Ruchti, R.-D. Scholz, M.C. Smith, R. Sordo, E. Tolstoy, L. Tomasella, S. Vidrih, E. Wylie de Boer, 2008, AJ, 136, 421–451
  20. Exploring the consequences of pairing algorithms for binary stars
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, S.P. Goodwin, S.F. Portegies Zwart, L. Kaper, 2009, A&A, 493, 979–1016
  21. The Quest for the Sun's Siblings: an Exploratory Search in the Hipparcos Catalogue
    A.G.A. Brown, S.F. Portegies Zwart, J. Bean, 2010, MNRAS, 407, 458–464
  22. On the identification of substructure in phase-space using orbital frequencies II: The Gaia Era
    F.A. Gómez, A. Helmi, A.G.A. Brown, Y.-S. Li, 2010, MNRAS, 408, 935–946
  23. Most likely distances to RAVE stars assuming a standard stellar evolution scenario
    T. Zwitter, G. Matijevič, M.A. Breddels, M.C. Smith, A. Helmi, U. Munari, O. Bienaymé, J. Binney, J. Bland-Hawthorn, C. Boeche, A.G.A. Brown, R. Campbell, K.C. Freeman, B. Gibson, G. Gilmore, E.K. Grebel, J.F. Navarro, Q.A. Parker, G.M. Seabroke, A. Siebert, A. Siviero, M. Steinmetz, F.G. Watson, M. Williams, R.F.G. Wyse, 2010, A&A, 522, 54–68
  24. Electrode level Monte Carlo model of radiation damage effects on astronomical CCDs
    T. Prod'homme, A.G.A. Brown, L. Lindegren, A.D.T. Short, S.W. Brown, 2011, MNRAS, 414, 2215–2228
  25. Detection of satellite remnants in the Galactic Halo with Gaia -- II. A modified Great Circle Cell Method
    C. Mateu, G. Bruzual, L.A. Aguilar, A.G.A. Brown, O. Valenzuela, F. Hernández, H.M. Velázquez, L. Carigi, 2011, MNRAS, 214–224
  26. High precision astrometry mission for the detection and characterization of nearby habitable planetary systems with the Nearby Earth Astrometric Telescope (NEAT)
    Fabien Malbet, Alain Léger, Michael Shao, Renaud Goullioud, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Anthony G.A. Brown, Christophe Cara, Gilles Durand, Carlos Eiroa, Philippe Feautrier, Björn Jakobsson, Emmanuel Hinglais, Lisa Kaltenegger, Lucas Labadie, Anne-Marie Lagrange, Jacques Laskar, René Liseau, Jonathan Lunine, Jesus Maldonado, Manuel Mercier, Christoph Mordasini, Didier Queloz, Andreas Quirrenbach, Alessandro Sozzetti, Wesley Traub, Olivier Absil, Yann Alibert, Alexandre Humberto Andrei, Charles Beichman, Alain Chelli, Charles S. Cockell, Gilles Duvert, Thierry Forveille, Paulo J.V. Garcia, David Hobbs, Alberto Krone-Martins, Helmut Lammer, Nadège Meunier, Stefano Minardi, André Moitinho de Almeida, Nicolas Rambaux, Sean Raymond, Huub J.A. Röttgering, Johannes Sahlmann, Peter A. Schuller, Damien Ségransan, Franck Selsis, Jean Surdej, Eva Villaver, Glenn J. White, Hans Zinnecker, 2012, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 34, Number 2, 385—413
    DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9246-1
  27. The impact of CCD radiation damage on Gaia astrometry: I. Image location estimation in the presence of radiation damage
    T. Prod'homme, B. Holl, L. Lindegren, A.G.A. Brown, 2012, MNRAS, 419, 2995–3017
  28. The impact of CCD radiation damage on Gaia astrometry: II. Effect of image location errors on the astrometric solution
    B. Holl, T. Prod'homme, L. Lindegren, A.G.A. Brown, 2012, MNRAS, 422, 2786–2807
  29. Dynamical attitude model for Gaia
    D. Risquez, F. van Leeuwen, A.G.A. Brown, 2012, Experimental Astronomy
    DOI: 10.1007/s10686-012-9310-5
  30. Digging supplementary buried channels: Investigating the notch architecture within the CCD pixels on ESA's Gaia satellite G.M Seabroke, T. Prod'homme, N.J. Murray, C. Crowley, G. Hopkinson, A.G.A. Brown, R. Kohley, A. Holland, 2013, MNRAS, 429
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt121
  31. Attitude Reconstruction for the Gaia Spacecraft
    D. Risquez, F. van Leeuwen, A.G.A. Brown, 2013, A&A, 551, A19
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220281
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Invited reviews

  1. The Large-Scale Distribution and Motions of Older Stars in Orion
    A.G.A. Brown, F. Walter, A. Blaauw, 1998, in The Orion Complex Revisited, eds. M.J. McCaughrean and A. Burkert, ASP Conference Series, unpublished, (astro-ph/9802054)
  2. The Initial Mass Function in Nearby OB Associations
    A.G.A. Brown, 1998, in The 38th Herstmonceux Conference: The Stellar Initial Mass Function, eds. D. Howell & G.F. Gilmore, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 142, p. 45–59
  3. OB Associations
    A.G.A. Brown, A. Blaauw, R. Hoogerwerf, J.H.J. de Bruijne, P.T. de Zeeuw, 1999, in The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems, eds. C.J. Lada & N. Kylafis, NATO ASI Series C Vol. 540, p. 411–440
  4. Open Clusters and OB Associations: a Review
    A.G.A. Brown, 2001, in IXth Latin American Regional IAU Meeting, "Focal Points in Latin American Astronomy", eds. L.A. Aguilar & A. Carramiñana, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias, 11, p. 83–96
  5. OB Associations: the Hipparcos View
    A.G.A. Brown, J.H.J. de Bruijne, R. Hoogerwerf, P.T. de Zeeuw, A. Blaauw, 2000, in 33rd Eslab Symposium: Star Formation from the Small to the Large Scale, eds. F. Favata, A.A. Kaas & A. Wilson, ESA SP-445, p. 239–248
  6. Evolution from OB Associations and Moving Groups to the Field Population
    A.G.A. Brown, 2002, in Modes of Star Formation and the Origin of Field Populations, eds. E.K. Grebel & W. Brandner, ASP Conference Series Vol. 285, p. 150–159
  7. Getting ready for the micro-arcsecond era
    A.G.A. Brown, 2008, in IAU Symp. 248: A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry, eds. W.J. Jin, I. Platais & M.A.C. Perryman, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (2007), 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 567–576
  8. Learning about Galactic structure with Gaia astrometry
    A.G.A. Brown, 2008, in Classification and Discovery in Large Astronomical Surveys, ed. C.A.L. Bailer-Jones, AIP Conference Proceedings vol. 1082, AIP (Melville, New York), ISBN 978-0-7354-0613-1, p. 209–215
  9. ELSA and the frontiers of astrometry
    A.G.A. Brown, 2010, in Gaia: at the frontiers of astrometry, eds. C. Turon, F. Meynadier & F. Arenou, EAS Publications Series Vol. 45, EDP Sciences (Les Ulis), ISBN 978-2-7598-0608-9, p. 365–370
  10. Astrometric surveys: solving the Milky Way puzzle with Gaia A.G.A. Brown, 2011, in Assembling the puzzle of the Milky Way, eds. C. Reylé, A. Robin & M. Schultheis, EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 19, pp. 09002 1–7
  11. Science from Gaia: how to deal with a complex billion-source catalogue and data archive A.G.A. Brown, 2012, in Astrostatistics and Data Mining eds. L.M. Sarro, L. Eyer, W. O'Mullane, J. De Ridder, Springer Series in Astrostatistics, Volume 2, ISBN 978-1-4614-3322-4, pp. 17–29
  12. Statistical Astrometry
    A.G.A. Brown, 2012, in Astrometry for Astrophysics: Methods, Models, and Applications, ed. W. van Altena, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ISBN 978-0-521-51920-5, pp. 242–256
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Technical notes

The following are unpublished documents that are used internally in instrumentation projects in which I am involved.

Gaia
  1. On the Curvature of Orbits of Nearby Stars
    A.G.A. Brown, 1998, SWG-AB-001, 1 p.
  2. Implications of a Differentially Rotating Galaxy
    A.G.A. Brown, 1999, SWG-AB-002, 3 pp.
  3. The Initial Mass Function in Stellar Clusters
    A.G.A. Brown, 1999, SWG-AB-003, 2 pp.
  4. Photometric Simulations: Outline of the Problem
    A.G.A. Brown, 1999, 5 pp.
  5. Progress Report on GAIA Photometric Simulations
    A.G.A. Brown, 1999, SWG-AB-004, 5 pp.
  6. Photometric Simulations: Preliminary Results
    A.G.A. Brown, 1999, 8 pp.
  7. Photometric Simulations: Preliminary Results. Expanded and Revised Version
    A.G.A. Brown, 1999, SWG-AB-005, 13 pp.
  8. Photometric Data Analysis for GAIA: Mathematical Formulation
    A.G.A. Brown, 2001, GAIA-AB-001, 6 pp.
  9. IDL Procedures for GAIA Focal Plane Simulations
    A.G.A. Brown, 2001, 82 pp.
  10. GAIA Database of Observed Spectra Task List
    A.G.A. Brown, 2001, ICAP-AB-001, 1 p.
  11. Questions Concerning the Building of a Database of Real Spectra
    A.G.A. Brown, 2001, ICAP-AB-002, 3 pp.
  12. A Database of Real and Synthetic Spectra for GAIA: Overview
    A.G.A. Brown, 2001, GAIA-AB-002, 9 pp.
  13. Results of the First Cycle of Blind Testing
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, ICAP-AB-003, 66 pp.
  14. Results of the Second Cycle of Blind Testing
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, ICAP-AB-004, 37 pp.
  15. Results of the Second Cycle of Blind Testing; Appendix: Visualising the confusion statistics for single stars
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, ICAP-AB-005, 45 pp.
  16. Results of the Second Cycle of Blind Testing; Appendix: Detailed performance of the proposed Gaia photometric systems
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, ICAP-AB-006, 444 pp.
  17. Results of the Second Cycle of Blind Testing; Appendix: Detailed performance of the parametrisation methods for single stars
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, ICAP-AB-007, 1556 pp.
  18. Photometric Data Analysis for Gaia: Definition of Work Packages
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, PWG-AB-001, 34 pp.
  19. Optimising the Orthogonality of the AP Gradients for the Photometric Systems of Gaia: Some considerations on the figure of merit
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, PWG-AB-002, 16 pp.
  20. Procedure for Photometric Systems Recommendation
    A.G.A. Brown, C. Jordi, J. Knude, E. Høg, 2004, PWG-AB-003, 8 pp.
  21. On Gaia photometric system optimisation and photometric data analysis
    A.G.A. Brown, 2004, PWG-AB-004, 1 pp.
  22. BBP photometric systems evaluation
    C. Jordi, J.M. Carrasco, E. Høg, A.G.A. Brown, J. Knude, 2004, UB-PWG-028, 25 pp.
  23. MBP photometric systems evaluation
    C. Jordi, J.M. Carrasco, E. Høg, A.G.A. Brown, J. Knude, 2004, UB-PWG-029, 48 pp.
  24. Photometric systems evaluation of global degeneracies: Results from self-organising maps
    A.G.A. Brown, 2005, PWG-AB-005, 7 pp.
  25. Photometric systems evaluation of global degeneracies: Self-organising maps for BBP and MBP systems
    A.G.A. Brown, 2005, PWG-AB-006, 40 pp.
  26. Photometric systems evaluation of global degeneracies: Self-organising maps for combined BBP/MBP systems
    A.G.A. Brown, 2005, PWG-AB-007, 109 pp.
  27. Simulation of calibration parameters for GDAAS-II
    A.G.A. Brown, 2005, GAIA-AB-003, 3 pp.
  28. Requirements on AF11/BBP simulations for GDAAS-II
    A.G.A. Brown, 2005, GAIA-AB-004, 2 pp.
  29. Simulating Prism Spectra for the EADS-Astrium Gaia Design
    A.G.A. Brown, 2006, GAIA-CA-TN-LEI-AB-005, 40 pp.
  30. Interface Document for Ad-hoc Simulations of Prism Spectra for the EADS-Astrium Gaia Design
    A.G.A. Brown, 2006, GAIA-C8-SP-LEI-AB-006, 15 pp.
  31. Gaia spectrophotometers: optimization study
    C. Jordi, E. Høg, A.G.A. Brown, J. de Bruijne, 2006, GAIA-CH-TN-UB-CJ-037, 45 pp.
  32. Gaia photometers: recommended design
    C. Jordi, E. Høg, A.G.A. Brown, J. de Bruijne, 2006, GAIA-CH-TN-UB-CJ-038, 7 pp.
  33. Optimizing the photometers
    E. Høg, A.G.A. Brown, J. de Bruijne, C. Jordi, 2006, GAIA-CA-TN-NBI-EH-175, 5 pp.
  34. Photometry with dispersed images: overview of BP/RP data processing
    A.G.A. Brown, 2006, GAIA-C5-SP-LEI-AB-009, 27 pp.
  35. Chromaticity in Gaia-3
    J. de Bruijne, L. Lindegren, O. Svensson, C. Jordi, F. Figueras, A. Brown, 2006 GAIA-CA-TN-ESA-JDB-028, 6 pp.
  36. On the definition of the solar aspect angle
    A.G.A. Brown, U. Bastian, L. Lindegren, F. van Leeuwen, F. Mignard, 2006, GAIA-CG-TN-LEI-AB-010, 7 pp.
  37. Star classification possibilities with the Gaia spectrometers. I. Simulated spectra
    V. Straižys, R. Lazauskaitė, A.G.A. Brown, K. Zdanavičius, 2006, GAIA-C8-TN-ITPA-VS-001, 11 pp.
  38. Gaia Data Processing & Analysis Consortium: Response to ESA's Announcement of Opportunity — Proposal for the Gaia Data Processing
    F.M. Mignard et al., 2006, GAIA-CD-SP-DPAC-FM-030-1, 563 pp.
  39. Gaia Data Processing Architecture
    W. O'Mullane, U. Lammers, C. Bailer-Jones, U. Bastian, A.G.A. Brown, R. Drimmel, L. Eyer, C. Huc, D. Katz, L. Lindegren, D. Pourbaix, X. Luri, J. Torra, F. Mignard, F. van Leeuwen, 2007, in "Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XVI", eds. R.A. Shaw, F. Hill & D.J. Bell, ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 376, p. 99–108, GAIA-C1-ESAC-CP-WOM-009
  40. Calibration requests to industry
    A.G.A. Brown, 2007, GAIA-CG-TN-LEI-AB-007, 21 pp.
  41. Implementation of the heuristic CTI model developed by Astrium
    A.G.A. Brown, 2007, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-008, 29 pp.
  42. Minutes of the CU5/CU4 2D imaging meeting
    A.G.A. Brown, 2007, GAIA-C5-MN-LEI-AB-011, 4 pp.
  43. Specification of a photometric mask for radiation test campaign #3
    A.G.A. Brown, 2007, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-012, 5 pp.
  44. CU5 data processing flow charts
    F. de Angeli, A.G.A. Brown, C. Cacciari, et al., 2008, GAIA-C5-SP-IOA-FDA-003, 163 pp.
  45. CU5 data model
    D.W. Evans, A.G.A. Brown, C. Cacciari, et al., 2008, GAIA-C5-SP-IOA-DWE-009, 62 pp.
  46. A simple estimate of chance optical projections on the sky
    A.G.A. Brown, 2008, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-013, 9 pp.
  47. Crowded field BP/RP pre-processing: implications for the CU5 pipeline and for the CU5-CU8 interface
    Anthony Brown and DU11 team, 2008, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-014, 16 pp.
  48. The BP/RP processing algorithm in IDT
    Anthony Brown, 2008, GAIA-C3-TN-LEI-AB-015
  49. BP/RP spectrum shape coefficients for PSF/LSF calibration, centroiding, and chromaticity corrections
    Paola Marrese & Anthony Brown, 2009, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-PM-004
  50. DPAC Inputs to the Gaia System Calibration Plan
    Anthony Brown, et al., 2009, GAIA-CO-TN-LEI-AB-016
  51. Characterizing image shape changes for radiation campaign #3 photometric tests
    Anthony Brown, 2009, GAIA-CH-TN-LEI-AB-017
  52. Description of the PhotPipe taker SpecPreProcess
    Anthony Brown, 2009, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-018
  53. Physical Effects in the Gaia Attitude Simulation: Thermal Infrared Emission
    Daniel Risquez & Anthony Brown, 2009, GAIA-C2-TN-LEI-DRO-004
  54. Module tests for the DU11 PhotPipe code
    Anthony Brown and the DU11 team, 2009, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-019
  55. Forward modelling for the BP/RP data processing: options and implications
    Anthony Brown, Carme Jordi, Claus FabriciusFloor van Leewen, 2010, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-020
  56. Update of SM and AF numerical PSFs
    P. Sartoretti, C. Babusiaux, A.G.A. Brown, 2010, GAIA-C2-TN-OPM-PS-010
  57. DPAC Initialization Activities and Inputs to Gaia In-Orbit Commissioning
    Anthony Brown, 2011, GAIA-CO-TN-LEI-AB-022
  58. Minutes of the Initial in-orbit calibration workshop
    Anthony Brown, 2011, GAIA-CO-MN-LEI-AB-023
  59. Proposal for the treatment of non-nominal windows in BP/RP
    G. Busso, A.G.A. Brown, 2011, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-GB-009
  60. Minutes of the 2nd Initial in-orbit calibration workshop
    Anthony Brown, 2011, GAIA-CO-MN-LEI-AB-024
  61. Minutes of the 3rd Initial in-orbit calibration workshop
    Anthony Brown, 2012, GAIA-CO-MN-LEI-AB-025
  62. Gaia data access scenarios summary
    A.G.A. Brown, F. Arenou, N.C. Hambly, F. van Leeuwen, X. Luri, J.-C. Malapert, W. O'Mullane, D. Tapiador, N.A. Walton, 2012, GAIA-C9-TN-LEI-AB-026
  63. Summary of BP/RP pre-processing in PhotPipe
    Anthony Brown, Giorgia Busso, Paola Marrese, Fiore De Luise, Giuliano Giuffrida, Anna Piersimoni, Luigi Pulone, Marco Castellani, Daniel Risquez, 2012, GAIA-C5-TN-LEI-AB-021
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SINFONI
  1. Progress Report on Curvature AO Simulations for SINFONI: Extended Guide Source: Implementation and First Results
    A.G.A. Brown, 2002, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-001, 10 pp.
  2. Progress Report on Curvature AO Simulations for SINFONI: Field of View Limitations in the Curvature Sensor and Results from Extended Guide Source Simulations
    A.G.A. Brown, 2002, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-002, 12 pp.
  3. Progress Report on Curvature AO Simulations for SINFONI: Revised Results for the Extended Guide Source
    A.G.A. Brown, 2002, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-003, 10 pp.
  4. Progress Report on Curvature AO Simulations for SINFONI: Implementation of the Laser Guide Star
    A.G.A. Brown, 2002, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-004, 39 pp.
  5. Progress Report on Curvature AO Simulations for SINFONI: Correct Implementation of the Extended Guide Source and Resulting Performance of the AO System
    A.G.A. Brown, 2002, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-005, 15 pp.
  6. Progress Report on Curvature AO Simulations for SINFONI: First Results of Laser Guide Star Simulations
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-006, 10 pp.
  7. Progress Report on Curvature AO Simulations for SINFONI: Further Development of the Laser Guide Star Simulation
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-007, 11 pp.
  8. Statistical Properties of the SINFONI AO Simulation Tool Phase Screens
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, NOVA-SINFONI-AB-008, 10 pp.
  9. The SINFONI Adaptive Optics Module Simulation Tool
    A.G.A. Brown, 2003, VLT-TRE-ESO-xxxxx-yyyy, 68 pp.
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Conference proceedings

  1. On the Imaging Quality of some CCD Systems at ESO
    H. Hensberge, A.G.A. Brown, W. Verschueren, E.J. de Geus, 1993, in: Proceedings of the 5th ESO/ST-ECF Data Analysis Workshop, eds. P.J. Grosbøl & R.C.E. de Ruijsscher, p. 81–86
  2. Long Period Variables in a Field towards the Galactic Bulge
    J.A.D.L. Blommaert, A.G.A. Brown, W.E.C.J. van der Veen, H.J. Habing, Y.K. Ng, 1993, in: Galactic Bulges, IAU Symp. 153, eds. H. Dejonghe & H.J. Habing, p. 291–292
  3. The Stellar Content of the Orion OB1 Association
    A.G.A. Brown, 1994, in: Space Science Reviews 66/Evolution of Massive Stars: a Confrontation between Theory and Observation, eds. D. Vanbeveren, W. van Rensbergen & C. de Loore, Dordrecht, Kluwer, p. 81–84
  4. The Structure and Evolution of OB Associations
    A.G.A. Brown, 1994, in: Star Formation and Techniques in Infrared and Millimeter-wave Astronomy, eds. T.P. Ray & S.V.W. Beckwith, Springer-Verlag, p. 286–287
  5. Studies of nearby OB Associations
    P.T. de Zeeuw, A.G.A. Brown, W. Verschueren, 1994, in: Galactic and Solar System Optical Astrometry: Observation and Application, eds. L.V. Morrison & G.F. Gilmore, p. 215–222
  6. A Search for Early-Type Binaries in the Sco OB2 Association
    W. Verschueren, M. David, A.G.A. Brown, 1996, in The Origins, Evolution and Destinies of Binary Stars in Clusters, eds. E.F. Milone and J.C. Mermilliod, ASP Conference Series Vol. 90, p. 131–132
  7. Some Considerations in Making Full Use of the Hipparcos Catalogue
    A.G.A. Brown, F. Arenou, F. van Leeuwen, L. Lindegren, X. Luri, 1997, in Hipparcos Venice '97, ESA SP-402, p. 63–68
  8. The Hyades: Distance, Structure and Dynamics
    A.G.A. Brown, M.A.C. Perryman, J. Kovalevsky, N. Robichon, C. Turon, J.-C. Mermilliod, 1997, in Hipparcos Venice '97, ESA SP-402, p. 681–686
  9. Improved Methods for Identifying Moving Groups
    J.H.J. de Bruijne, R. Hoogerwerf, A.G.A. Brown, L.A. Aguilar, P.T. de Zeeuw, 1997 in Hipparcos Venice '97, ESA SP-402, p. 575–578
  10. New Results for Three nearby OB Associations
    R. Hoogerwerf, J.H.J. de Bruijne, A.G.A. Brown, J. Lub, A. Blaauw, P.T. de Zeeuw, 1997 in Hipparcos Venice '97, ESA SP-402, p. 571–574
  11. Structure and Evolution of nearby OB Associations
    P.T. de Zeeuw, A.G.A. Brown, J.H.J. de Bruijne, R. Hoogerwerf, J. Lub, R.S. Le Poole, A. Blaauw, 1997 in Hipparcos Venice '97, ESA SP-402, p. 495–500
  12. Some Considerations in Making Full Use of the Hipparcos Catalogue
    A.G.A. Brown, F. Arenou, F. van Leeuwen, L. Lindegren, X. Luri, 1998, in Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 11B, as presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, 1997, ed. J. Andersen, Kluwer Acad. Publ., p. 547
  13. The Hyades: Distance, Structure and Dynamics
    A.G.A. Brown, M.A.C. Perryman, 1998, in Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 11B, as presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU, 1997, ed. J. Andersen, Kluwer Acad. Publ., p. 578
  14. OB Associations, Open Clusters, and the Luminosity Calibration of the Nearer Stars
    A.G.A. Brown, 2000, in Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 12 as presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000, ASP Conference Series, in press
  15. ADONIS Observations of Hard X-ray Emitting Late B-Type Stars in Lindroos Systems
    N. Huélamo, W. Brandner, A.G.A. Brown, R. Neuhäuser, H. Zinnecker, 2001, in Magnetic Fields Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, ed. G. Mathys, S.K. Solanki, D.T. Wickramasinghe, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 248, p. 435
  16. ADONIS Observations of Hard X-ray Emitting Late B-Type Stars in Lindroos Systems
    N. Huélamo, W. Brandner, A.G.A. Brown, R. Neuhäuser, H. Zinnecker, 2001, in The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View, eds. J. Alves & M.J. McCaughrean, CDROM
  17. Preparing for the GAIA Mission: Astrophysical Parameter Determination
    A.G.A. Brown, 2002, in Gaia: a European Space Project, eds. O. Bienaymé & C. Turon, EAS Pub. Ser. Vol. 2, EDP Sciences, p. 277–284
  18. The Primordial Binary Population in OB Associations
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, A. Gualandris, L. Kaper, S.F. Portegies Zwart, H. Zinnecker, 2003, in Star Formation at High Angular Resolution, eds. M. Burton, R. Jayawardhana & T. Bourke, ASP IAU Symp. Ser., Vol. 221, p. 49
  19. The Primordial Binary Population in OB Associations
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, A. Gualandris, L. Kaper, S.F. Portegies Zwart, H. Zinnecker, 2004, in The environments and evolution of binary and multiple stars, eds. C. Scarfe, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias, 21, p. 139–140
  20. Recovering the Primordial Binary Population using Simulating Observations of Simulations
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, S.F. Portegies Zwart, A. Gualandris, A.G.A. Brown, L. Kaper, H. Zinnecker, 2004, Astronomische Nachtrichten, Vol. 325, Supplement 1, Short Contributions Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft and the Czech Astronomical Society in Prague, September 20-25, 2004., p. 101
  21. Simulations of Adaptive Optics with a Laser Guide Star for SINFONI
    A.G.A. Brown, E. Fedrigo, P. van der Werf, 2004, in Advancements in Adaptive Optics, eds. D. Bonaccini, B.L. Ellerbroek, R. Ragazonni, SPIE conference proceedings vol 5490, p. 683–694
  22. A Search for Close Companions in Sco OB2
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, H. Zinnecker, L. Kaper, S.F. Portegies Zwart, A. Gualandris, 2005, in Science with Adaptive Optics, eds. W. Brandner & M. Kasper, Springer-Verlag, p. 203–205
  23. Simulating a Laser Guide Star for SINFONI
    A.G.A. Brown, E. Fedrigo, P. van der Werf, 2005, in Science with Adaptive Optics, eds. W. Brandner & M. Kasper, Springer-Verlag, p. 94–96
  24. Gaia Photometric Data Analysis
    A.G.A. Brown, 2005, in Proceedings of the Symposium "The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia", Paris, France, 4–7 October 2004, (ESA SP-576, January 2005), p. 377–384
  25. From Detailed Galaxy Simulations to a Realistic End-of-Mission Gaia Catalogue
    A.G.A. Brown, H.M. Velázquez, L. Aguilar, 2005, in Proceedings of the Symposium "The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia", Paris, France, 4–7 October 2004, (ESA SP-576, January 2005), p. 151--154
  26. Searching for Ghosts in the Galactic Halo: what can we learn about the Formation of the Galaxy from the Stellar Halo?
    L.A. Aguilar, A.G.A. Brown, H.M. Velázquez, 2006, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias, Vol. 26, pp. 51–54
  27. The Gaia mission: Science, organization and present status
    L. Lindegren, C. Babusiaux, C. Bailer-Jones, U. Bastian, A.G.A. Brown, M. Cropper, E. Høg, C. Jordi, D. Katz, F. van Leeuwen, X. Luri, F. Mignard, J. de Bruijne, T. Prusti, 2008, in IAU Symp. 248: A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry, eds. S. Ye, W. Jin & M.A.C. Perryman, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (2007), 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 217–223
  28. ELSA — Training the Next Generation of Space Astrometrists
    L. Lindegren, A. Bijaoui, A.G.A. Brown, R. Drimmel, L. Eyer, S. Jordan, M. Kontizas, F. van Leeuwen, K. Muinonen, D. Pourbaix, J. Torra, C. Turon, J. de Vries, T. Zwitter, 2008, in IAU Symp. 248: A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry, eds. S. Ye, W. Jin & M.A.C. Perryman, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (2007), 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 529–530
  29. Pairing mechanisms for binary stars
    M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, A.G.A. Brown, S.P. Goodwin, S.F. Portegies Zwart, L. Kaper, in Galactic and stellar dynamics in the era of high-resolution surveys, eds. C. Boily, F. Combes, G. Hensler, Strasbourg March 2008, Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 329, Issue 9–10, p. 984–987
  30. Comparison of a fast analytical model of radiation damage effects in CCDs with experimental tests
    Th. Prod'homme, M. Weiler, S. Brown, A. Short, A. Brown, 2010, in High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV, eds. A.D. Holland & D.A. Dorn, SPIE conference proceedings, Vol. 7742, pp. 774213–774213-9
  31. A Fast Model of Radiation Induced Electron Trapping in CCDs for Implementation in the Gaia Data Processing
    A. Short, Th. Prod'homme, M. Weiler, S. Brown, A. Brown, 2010, in High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV, eds. A.D. Holland & D.A. Dorn, SPIE conference proceedings, Vol. 7742, pp. 774212–7742121-15
  32. Design drivers for a wide-field multi-object spectrograph for the William Herschel Telescope
    Marc Balcells, Chris R. Benn, David Carter, Gavin B. Dalton, Scott C. Trager, Sofia Feltzing, Marc A.W. Verheijen, Matt Jarvis, Will Percival, Don C. Abrams, Tibor Agocs, Anthony G.A. Brown, Diego Cano, Chris Evans, Amina Helmi, Ian J. Lewis, Ross McLure, Reynier F. Peletier, Ismael P'erez-Fournon, Ray M. Sharples, Ian A.J. Tosh, Ignacio Trujillo, Nic Walton, Kyle B. Westfall, 2010, in Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III, eds. I.S. McLean, S.K. Ramsay & H. Takami, SPIE conference proceedings, Vol. 7735, pp. 77357G–77357G-15
  33. An attitude model for the spacecraft of the ESA mission Gaia
    R. Keil, D. Risquez, F. van Leeuwen, A.G.A. Brown, 2010, in Proceedings of the 61st International Astronautical Congress
  34. Accurate Modelling the Attitude of the Gaia Satellite
    D. Risquez, R. Keil, F. van Leeuwen, A.G.A. Brown, 2010, in Gaia: at the frontiers of astrometry, eds. C. Turon, F. Meynadier & F. Arenou, EAS Publications Series Vol. 45, EDP Sciences (Les Ulis), ISBN 978-2-7598-0608-9, pp. 47–52
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Miscellaneous papers

  1. Profile of a Key Programme: Stellar Evolution in the Galactic Bulge
    J.A.D.L. Blommaert, A.G.A. Brown, H.J. Habing, J. Lub, Y.K. Ng, R.S. Lepoole, P.T. de Zeeuw, G. Bertelli, A. Bressan, C. Chiosi, W.E.C.J. van der Veen, H.E. Schwarz, M.W. Feast, 1990, The Messenger 62, p. 6–8
  2. Eerste NOVA-herfstschool groot succes
    P.T. de Zeeuw, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, A.G.A. Brown, 1994, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, jaargang 60, nummer 7, p. 115–116
  3. Dissertation Summary: Stellar Content and Evolution of OB Associations
    A.G.A. Brown, 1996, PASP, 108, p. 459
  4. Bellen blazen in de Melkweg
    A.G.A. Brown, 1996, Zenit, 23e jaargang, nr. 11, p. 461–465
  5. The Hyades: Distance, Structure and Dynamics
    A.G.A. Brown, M.A.C. Perryman, 1997, Bull. American Astronomical Soc., 191, #80.12
  6. The Hyades: So Close, and Now, So Familiar
    A.G.A. Brown, 1998, Mercury, Vol. 27 no. 3, p. 17–21
  7. The Gould Belt
    P.T. de Zeeuw, R. Hoogerwerf, J.H.J. de Bruijne, A.G.A. Brown, and A. Blaauw, 2001, main article in Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, P. Murdin, ed, IOP Publishing/Macmillan
  8. First Light of SINFONI at the VLT
    H. Bonnet, R. Abuter, A. Baker, W. Bornemann, A.G.A. Brown, et al., 2004, The Messenger 117, p. 17–24
  9. Report on the ELSA School on the Science of Gaia
    A.G.A. Brown, L. Lindegren, M. Kontizas, C. Turon, K. Muinonen, 2008, The Messenger 131, p. 50–51
  10. Answer to question for `Ask an astronomer'
    A.G.A. Brown, 2011, Astronomy Magazine, vol. XX, p. YY
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