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D. McKenna

California Institute of Technology

36

Works

733

Citations

9

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8

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Research Topics

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Affiliations

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa1990–1992

California Institute of Technology2008–2022

University of Arizona2003–2003

Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope1995–1995

Optica2010–2010

Top Works

Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions

R. Quimby,S. R. Kulkarni,et al.

2011524 citations

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

A Population of Heavily Reddened, Optically Missed Novae from Palomar Gattini-IR: Constraints on the Galactic Nova Rate

Kishalay De,M. M. Kasliwal,et al.

202149 citations

The Palomar Transient Factory Survey Camera: first year performance and results

Nicholas M. Law,Richard Dekany,et al.

201028 citations

<title>Seeing at Mauna Kea: a joint UH-UN-NOAO-CFHT study</title>

F. Roddier,L. L. Cowie,et al.

199026 citations

LBT facility SCIDAR: recent results

D. McKenna,R. Ávila,et al.

200325 citations

<title>First tests of the Cassegrain adaptive optics system of the Mount Wilson 100-in telescope</title>

J. C. Shelton,Thomas G. Schneider,et al.

199522 citations

The PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system for Palomar Observatory

Antonin Bouchez,Richard G. Dekany,et al.

200818 citations

Facilitizing the Palomar AO laser guide star system

Jennifer E. Roberts,Antonin Bouchez,et al.

200812 citations

<title>University of Hawaii adaptive optics system: I. General approach</title>

F. Roddier,J. E. Graves,et al.

19919 citations