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Papers are listed here in reverse chronological order. PDF files are provided for each paper, except for those restricted due to copyrights.
  • ``Behavior of Remnant Speckles in an Adaptively Corrected Imaging System'' by E. E. Bloemhof, R. G. Dekany, M. Troy and B. R. Oppenheimer, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 558, p. L71 (2001 September 1).
  • ``White Dwarfs and Dark Matter - Response to Technical Comments'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, N. C. Hambly, A. P. Digby, S. T. Hodgkin, D. Saumon, Science, Vol. 292, pg. U3 (2001 June 22).
  • ``Direct Detection of Galactic Halo Dark Matter'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, N. C. Hambly, A. P. Digby, S. T. Hodgkin, and D. Saumon, Science, Published online 22 March 2001; 10.1126/science.1059954, in print 27 April 2001, Vol 292, pg. 698-702. An alternate link.
  • ``Coronagraphic Survey for Companions of Stars within 8pc'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, D. A. Golimowski, S. R. Kulkarni, K. Matthews, T. Nakajima, M. Creech-Eakman, and S. T. Durrance, The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 121, pg. 2189 (2001 April).
  • ``Observations of Ultracool White Dwarfs'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, D. Saumon, S. T. Hodgkin, R. F. Jameson, N. C. Hambly, G. Chabrier, A. V. Filippenko, A. L. Coil and M. E. Brown, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 550, pg. 448 (2001 March 20).
  • ``Tests of the Accelerating Universe with Near-Infrared Observations of a High-Redshift Type IA Supernova'' by A. G. Riess et al. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 536, pg. 62 (2000 June 10).
  • ``Infrared spectrum of an extremely cool white-dwarf star'' by S. T. Hodgkin, B. R. Oppenheimer, N. C. Hambly, R. F. Jameson, S. J. Smartt, I. A. Steele, Nature, Vol. 403, pg. 57 (2000 January 25).
  • ``The Visual Orbit of 64 Piscum'' by A. Boden et al., The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 527, pg. 360 (1999 December 10).
  • ``Brown Dwarfs'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, S. R. Kulkarni and J. R. Stauffer, in Protostars and Planets IV, V. Mannings, A. Boss and S. Russell, eds. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press) 1999.
  • ``The Spectrum of the Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, S. R. Kulkarni, K. Matthews and M. H. van Kerkwijk, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 502, p. 932, (1998 August 1).
  • ``Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Observations of Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B: Optical Colors and Orbital Motion'' by D. A. Golimowski, C. J. Burrows, S. R. Kulkarni, B. R. Oppenheimer, and R. A. Brukardt, Astronomical Journal, Vol. 115, p. 2579, (1998 June).
  • ``A Survey of the Einstein IPC Database for Extended X-Ray Sources'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, D. J. Helfand, E. J. Gaidos Astronomical Journal, 113, 2134 (1997 June). Explanatory Website with data files.
  • ``Lithium in Very Low-Mass Stars in the Pleiades'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, G. Basri, T. Nakajima & S. R. Kulkarni, Astronomical Journal, Vol. 113, 296 (1997 January).
  • ``Spectral Energy Distribution and Bolometric Luminosity of the Cool Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B'' by K. Matthews, T. Nakajima, S. R. Kulkarni & B. R. Oppenheimer, Astronomical Journal, Vol. 112, 1678 (1996 October).
  • ``Near IR spectrum of the cool brown dwarf GL 229B'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, S. R. Kulkarni, K. Matthews, T. Nakajima, Science, Vol. 270, 1478 (1995).
  • ``Discovery of a cool brown dwarf'' by T. Nakajima, B. R. Oppenheimer, S. R. Kulkarni, D. A. Golimowski, S. T. Durrance, K. Matthews, Nature, Vol. 378, pg. 463 (1995).
  • ``Detection of a very low mass companion to the astrometric binary Gliese 105A'' by D. A. Golimowski, T. Nakajima, S. R. Kulkarni, B. R. Oppenheimer, Astrophysical Journal, Letters, Vol. 444, pg. L101 (1995).
  • ``One to Watch,'' Sassy (1994 August).
  • ``Test of Unified Schemes Using Jet Opening Angles'' by B. R. Oppenheimer & J. A. Biretta, Astronomical Journal, Vol. 107, pg. 892 (1994).
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  • ``Companion detection limits with adaptive optics coronagraphy'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, R. G. Dekany, T. L. Hayward, B. Brandl, M. Troy, E. E. Bloemhof. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4007, pg. 899 (2000 July).
  • ``Stability of the adaptive-optic point spread function: metrics, deconvolution, and initial Palomar results'' by E. E. Bloemhof, K. A. Marsh, R. G. Dekany, M. Troy, J. Marshall, B. R. Oppenheimer, T. L. Hayward, B. Brandl, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4007, pg. 889 (2000 July).
  • ``Studies of Herbig-Haro objects with the Palomar adaptive optics system'' by E. E. Bloemhof, B. R. Oppenheimer, R. G. Dekany, M. Troy, T. L. Hayward, B. Brandl, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4007, pg. 839 (2000 July).
  • ``Solar system science with subarcsecond slit spectroscopy'' by R. G. Dekany, D. J. Banfield, B. R. Oppenheimer, A. Bouchez, M. E. Brown, T. L. Hayward, B. Brandl, M. Troy, G. Brack, T. Thang, S. Fang, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4007, pg. 811 (2000 July).
  • ``Palomar adaptive optics project: status and performance'' by M. Troy, R. G. Dekany, G. Brack, B. R. Oppenheimer, E. E. Bloemhof, T. Thang, F. G. Dekens, S. Fang, T. L. Hayward, B. Brandl, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4007, pg. 31 (2000 July).
  • ``Companion Detection Limits with Adaptive Optics Coronagraphy'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, R. G. Dekany, T. Hayward, B. Brandl, M. Troy, in Planetary Systems in the Universe, International Astronomical Union. Symposium no. 202. Manchester, England, A. Penny, ed. (2000 August).
  • ``Deformable Mirror Calibration for Adaptive Optics Systems'' by A. Sivaramakrishnan and B. R. Oppenheimer, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3353, pg. 910 (1998 September).
  • ``Adaptive Optics Reconstruction Utilizing Super-Sampled Deformable Mirror Influence Functions'' by D. C. Redding, S. A. Basinger, G. Brack, R. G. Dekany and B. R. Oppenheimer, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3353, pg. 543 (1998 September).
  • ``First Tip/Tilt Correction with the Palomar 200-inch Adaptive Optics System'' by R. Dekany, G. Brack, D. Palmar, B. R. Oppenheimer, T. L. Haywayrd and B. Brandl, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3353, pg. 56 (1998 September).
  • ``Lithium Abundances in the Young PMS Stars FN Tau and V927 Tau: an Interplay of Observations and Theory'' by Ya. V. Pavlenko, B. R. Oppenheimer in The Tenth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, R. A. Donahue and J. A. Bookbinder, eds. (San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific), ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 154, pg. 1764 (1998 August).
  • ``Investigating a Xinetics Deformable Mirror'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3126, pg. 569 (1997 September).
  • ``Initial Test Results from the Palomar 200" Adaptive Optics System'' by R. Dekany, K. Wallace, G. Brack, B. R. Oppenheimer, D. Palmer, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3126, pg. 269 (1997 September).
  • ``Gliese 229B and the Palomar Search for Brown Dwarf Companions of Nearby Stars'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, in Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets, R. Rebolo, E. L. Martin and M. R. Zapatero-Osorio, eds. (San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific), ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 134, p. 196 (1998 February).
  • ``Rotation and activity in the coolest stars'' by G. Basri, G. Marcy, B. R. Oppenheimer, S. R. Kulkarni, T. Nakajima, in Cool stars; stellar systems; and the sun: 9, R. Pallavicini and A. K. Dupree, eds. (San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific), ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 109, pg. 587 (1996 August).
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  • ``White Dwarfs by the Billions'' by Ben R. Oppenheimer, Mercury, Vol. 30, pg. 16 (2001 May and June).
  • Contributing author for Cosmic Frontiers: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge, S. Soter and N. deG. Tyson, eds. (New York: New Press and the National Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology, American Museum of Natural History; 2001 April). Contributions include essays, written in collaboration with S. Soter, on the historical development of ideas concerning the following:

    ``Freidrich Bessel and the Companion of Sirius''

    ``Ernst Chladni and Rocks from the Sky''

    ``The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation''

    ``Gerard Kuiper and the Trans-Neptunian Comet Belt''

    ``Georges Lemaitre, Father of the Big Bang''

    ``John Michell and Black Holes''

    ``Ole Roemer and the Speed of Light''

    ``Vera Rubin and Dark Matter''

    ``Neutrino Observatories''

    ``Lyman Spitzer and the Space Telescope''

    ``Fritz Zwicky's Extraordinary Vision''

    ``Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Stuff of Stars''
  • ``Reasons behind 1950s Oppenheimer security decision are debated'' by B. R. Oppenheimer, Physics Today, Vol. 52, pg. 13 (1999 June).
  • ``Brown Dwarf'' by B. R. Oppenheimer and S. R. Kulkarni, in The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (New York: McGraw-Hill; 1999).
  • ``Brown Dwarf Science Matures'' by B. R. Oppenheimer. News Note in the March 1999 issue of Sky and Telescope, p. 20.
  • ``A Measured Step into the Universe's Farthest Reaches'' by B. R. Oppenheimer. News Note in the December 1998 issue of Sky and Telescope, p. 18.
  • ``Where Have All the Baryons Gone?'' by B. R. Oppenheimer. News Note in the October 1998 issue of Sky and Telescope, p. 26.
  • ``The Milky Way's Deadly Spiral Arms'' by B. R. Oppenheimer. News Note in the July 1998 issue of Sky and Telescope, p. 20.
  • ``Brown Dwarf'' by S. R. Kulkarni and B. R. Oppenheimer, in The McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 1998 (New York: McGraw-Hill; 1998), p. 40.