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Dr Chris Benson
(he/him)
Teams and roles for Chris Benson
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Astronomy Instrumentation Group
Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology
Publication
2025
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2025. Characterization of a proportional-integral-derivative feedback-controlled array of transition-edge sensor-bolometers in a far-infrared double-Fourier interferometry testbed. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 11 (1) 016002. (10.1117/1.jatis.11.1.016002)
2024
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2024. Characterisation of a PID feedback-controlled array of TES-bolometers in a far-infrared double-Fourier interferometry testbed.. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024 Yokohama, Japan 16-21 June 2024. Published in: Zmuidzinas, J. and Gao, J. eds. Proc. SPIE Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII. Vol. 13102.Washington, USA: SPIE. (10.1117/12.3019289)
2023
- Scott, J. , Benson, C. and Spencer, L. 2023. Design, operation, and characterization of a laboratory spatial-spectral Fourier transform Interferometer. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science & Technology 13 (6), pp.636-644. (10.1109/TTHZ.2023.3318791)
2020
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature finder I-II. Line identification and off-axis spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 496 (4), pp.4906-4922. (10.1093/mnras/staa1613)
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature Finder ? V. rotational measurements of NGC 891. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 500 (3), pp.3711-3718. (10.1093/mnras/staa3448)
- Hopwood, R. et al., 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature finder I. The spectral feature finder and catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 496 (4), pp.4874-4893. (10.1093/mnras/staa1612)
- Scott, J. P. et al., 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature finder ? II. Estimating radial velocity of SPIRE spectral observation sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 496 (4), pp.4894-4905. (10.1093/mnras/staa1614)
Articles
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature finder I-II. Line identification and off-axis spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 496 (4), pp.4906-4922. (10.1093/mnras/staa1613)
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2025. Characterization of a proportional-integral-derivative feedback-controlled array of transition-edge sensor-bolometers in a far-infrared double-Fourier interferometry testbed. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 11 (1) 016002. (10.1117/1.jatis.11.1.016002)
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature Finder ? V. rotational measurements of NGC 891. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 500 (3), pp.3711-3718. (10.1093/mnras/staa3448)
- Hopwood, R. et al., 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature finder I. The spectral feature finder and catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 496 (4), pp.4874-4893. (10.1093/mnras/staa1612)
- Scott, J. , Benson, C. and Spencer, L. 2023. Design, operation, and characterization of a laboratory spatial-spectral Fourier transform Interferometer. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science & Technology 13 (6), pp.636-644. (10.1109/TTHZ.2023.3318791)
- Scott, J. P. et al., 2020. The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer spectral feature finder ? II. Estimating radial velocity of SPIRE spectral observation sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 496 (4), pp.4894-4905. (10.1093/mnras/staa1614)
Conferences
- Benson, C. S. et al. 2024. Characterisation of a PID feedback-controlled array of TES-bolometers in a far-infrared double-Fourier interferometry testbed.. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024 Yokohama, Japan 16-21 June 2024. Published in: Zmuidzinas, J. and Gao, J. eds. Proc. SPIE Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII. Vol. 13102.Washington, USA: SPIE. (10.1117/12.3019289)