Publication List

Refereed publications

• Bojan Nikolic, Rosie C. Bolton, Sarah F. Graves, Richard E. Hills and John S. Richer, Phase Correction for ALMA with 183 GHz Water Vapour Radiometers, Accepted by A&A, February 2013, PDF, ADS entry, ArXiv record, related software: ALMA WVR phase correction algorithms and software
• Bojan Nikolic & Rosie Bolton, 90 GHz Continuum Observations of Messier 66, MNRAS 425:1257, June 2012, arXiv record, ADS entry, PDF, supporting materials 90 GHz Continuum Observations of Messier 66
• Anna M. M. Scaife, Bojan Nikolic, Guy G. Pooley, David A. Green, Keith J. B. Grainge, Rainer Beck, Matthew L. Davies, Thomas M. O. Franzen, Michael P. Hobson, Natasha Hurley-Walker, Anthony N. Lasenby, Malak Olamaie, Carmen Rodriguez-Gonzalvez, Richard D. E. Saunders, Paul F. Scott, Timothy W. Shimwell, David J. Titterington, Elizabeth M. Waldram Jonathan T. L. Zwart, Anomalous dust emission in NGC 6946, MNRAS 406:45, PDF, arXiv record, ADS record, software: Analysis of (radio) spectra
• M. S. Clemens, A. Bressan, B. Nikolic and R. Rampazzo, The history of star formation and mass assembly in early-type galaxies, MNRAS 392:35, astro-ph abstract, ADS entry, catalogues, materials
• D. C. Ford, B. Nikolic and P. Alexander, A Semi-Empirical Model of the Infrared Emission from Galaxies, MNRAS 391:1176, astro-ph abstract, ADS entry, pdf preprint, software download
• B. Nikolic, R. M. Prestage, D. S. Balser, C. J. Chandler and R. E. Hills, Out-Of-Focus Holography at the Green Bank Telescope, Astronomy and Astrophysics 465:685, 2007, astro-ph abstract, ADS entry, pdf preprint, software download
• B. Nikolic, R. E. Hills and J. S. Richer, Measurement of Antenna Surfaces from In- and Out-Of-Focus Beam Maps using Astronomical Sources, Astronomy and Astrophysics 465:679, 2007. astro-ph abstract, ADS entry, pdf preprint, software download
• D. A. Green, M. S. Clemens, P. Alexander, H. Cullen and B. Nikolic Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope limits on cool HI in galaxy groups Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India 34:375, 2006. ADS entry
• M.S. Clemens, A. Bressan, B. Nikolic, P. Alexander, F. Annibali, R. Rampazzo, The star formation history of early-type galaxies as a function of mass and environment, MNRAS 370:702. ADS entry, astro-ph abstract, PDF
• B. Nikolic, H. Cullen and P. Alexander, Star formation in close pairs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey MNRAS 355:874. ADS entry, pdf preprint

Technical Memoranda

• B. Nikolic, S. F. Graves, R. C. Bolton and J. S. Richer, Design and Implementation of the wvrgcal Program, ALMA Memo 593, PDF, ADS record, ArXiv Record, ALMA Memo Series Entry, Source code for the software
• R. Bolton, B. Nikolic, J. Richer, The Power Spectrum of Atmospheric Path Fluctuations at the ALMA Site from Water Vapour Radiometer Observations, ALMA Memo 592, PDF, ALMA Memo series entry
• Emily I. Curtis, Bojan Nikolic, John S. Richer and Juan R. Pardo, Atmospheric dispersion and the implications for phase calibration, ALMA Memo 590. PDF, ADS page, supporting materials
• B. Nikolic, Inference of Coefficients for Use in Phase Correction II: Using the Observed Correlation Between Phase and Sky Brightness Fluctuations, ALMA Memo 588, 2009. PDF, ADS page, supporting materials
• B. Nikolic: Inference of Coefficients for Use in Phase Correction I, ALMA Memo 587, 2009. PDF, ADS page, ALMA Memo series entry, Supporting materials
• B. Nikolic, J. S. Richer and R. E. Hills, Simulating Atmospheric Phase Errors, Phase Correction and the Impact on ALMA Science, ALMA Memo 582, 2008. PDF, ALMA Memo series entry, Supporting materials
• B. Nikolic, R. E. Hills and J. S. Richer, Limits on Phase Correction Performance Due to Differences Between Astronomical and Water-Vapour Radiometer Beams, ALMA Memo 573, 2007. PDF, ALMA Memo series entry, Supporting materials
• B. Nikolic, D. S. Balser and R. M. Prestage, A Preliminary Analysis of the Correlation Scales of Wavefront Errors of the GBT Using the Moon NRAO GBT Precision Telescope System Note 51, 2006. PDF original link, PDF local copy
• B. Nikolic, D. S. Balser and R. M. Prestage, Astigmatism and Thermal effects at the GBT, NRAO GBT Precision Telescope System Note 50, 2006. PDF original link, PDF local link
• D. S. Balser, B. Nikolic and R. M. Prestage, GBT Pointing, Focus and Tracking Performance, NRAO GBT Precision Telescope System Note 49, 2006. PDF original link, PDF local link
• B. Nikolic, D. S. Balser and R. M. Prestage, Out-Of-Focus Holography at the Green Bank Telescope, The Gain-Elevation Curve and Absolute Efficiency NRAO GBT Precision Telescope System Note 47, 2006. PDF original link, PDF local link

Articles for newsletters

• Bojan Nikolic, John Richer, Rosie Bolton, Richard Hills, Tests of Radiometric Phase Correction with ALMA, ESO Messenger, Number 143, 2011. PDF, local PDF
• Bojan Nikolic, John Richer, Frederic Gueth and Robert Laing, Report on the ALMA Workshop Simulations for ALMA, ESO Messenger, Number 134, 2008. PDF, ADS Entry
• Bojan Nikolic, John Richer, Richard Hills, Alison Stirling, Phase Correction for ALMA: Adaptive Optics in the Submillimetre, ESO Messenger, Number 131, 2008. PDF, ADS Entry

arXiv publications/pre-prints

• Bojan Nikolic, Fitting and Comparison of Models of Radio Spectra, arXiv:0912.2317, PDF, ADS Entry, arXiv record, supporting materials Paper I: Method.

PhD Thesis

• Bojan Nikolic, Nuclear Starbursts, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, U.K. abstract, PDF

Conference Proceedings

• B. Nikolic, J. S. Richer, R. Bolton, R. E. Hills, Atmospheric Phase Correction for ALMA with 183 GHz Water Vapour Radiometers, Proceeding of the 2011 General Assembly of URSI, August 2011, Istanbul, Turkey PDF, DOI 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051258, IEEE Xplore
• T.R. Hunter, M. Mello, B. Nikolic, B. Mason, F. Schwab, F. Ghigo, and S. Dicker, Removal of daytime thermal deformations in the GBT active surface via out-of-focus holography, North American URSI meeting in Boulder, Colorado, January 2009. abstract
• Bojan Nikolic, Paul Alexander and Dominic Ford, A Simple Model For Mid-Infrared Emission from Normal Galaxies, To appear in the proceedings of “Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution (Spitzer Conference)”, Pasadena, 2005. PDF preprint, ADS entry,
• Bojan Nikolic, John Richer and Richard Hills, Phase Retrieval Measurements of Antenna Surfaces Using Astronomical Sources, Proceedings of the General Assembly of U.R.S.I., Maastricht, 2002. PDF preprint,
• B. Nikolic, H. Cullen and P. Alexander, Star formation in close pairs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky *Survey, Proceedings of The Dusty and Molecular Universe’, Paris, October 2004. `ADS entry
• P. Alexander, D.A. Green, B. Nikolic, S. Ash and D. Ford, Mid-infrared properties of young radio-selected active galactic nuclei, Proceedings of The Dusty and Molecular Universe’, Paris, October 2004. `ADS entry
• M. S. Clemens, B. Nikolic, P. Alexander, G. Cotter and M.S. Longair, PAH features in Infrared Luminous Galaxies: Results from Michelle, Proceedings of International Astronomical Union Symposium no. 217, July 2003, page 216, ADS entry

Conference Posters

• R. E. Hills, B. Nikolic, et al, Atmospheric Phase Correction for ALMA using 183,GHz Water Vapour Radiometers, URSI General Assembly, Chicago, August 2008. PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, Toward Quantitative Interpretation of Mid-IR Spectra of Galaxies Galaxy Evolution in the Infrared, Pasadena, November 2005. PDF,
• P. Alexander, D.A. Green, B. Nikolic, S. Ash and D. Ford, Mid-infrared properties of young radio-selected active galactic nuclei, The Dusty and Molecular Universe, Paris, October 2004. ADS entry, PDF,
• B. Nikolic, H. Cullen and P. Alexander, Star formation in close pairs selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey The Dusty and Molecular Universe’, Paris, October 2004 ADS entry, PDF
• B. Nikolic, M. Clemens, P. Alexander, M. Longair, and G. Cotter Sub-Arcsecond Resolution Mid-IR Imaging of the Starburst NGC 520, Astrophysics of Dust, Estes Park, Colorado, 2003. ADS entry, PDF

Presentations/Talks/Colloquia

• B. Nikolic, et. al., SKA Science Data Processor, Radio Astronomy in the LLST Era, NRAO/Charlottesville, May 2013, PDF
• B. Nikolic, J. S. Richer, R. Bolton and S. F. Graves, Summary of work done and achievements in WP5, European Union FP6 “ALMA Enhancement” Work Package 5 Close-Out Meeting, ESO, Garching, 29 May 2012. PDF
• B. Nikolic, The Square Kilometre Array and High Speed Data Recording, First Annual CRISP meeting, FORTH Heraklion, Crete, Greece, April 2012 PDF
• B. Nikolic & J. S. Richer, Atacama Large Millimetre Array Capabilities, Status & Future, The future of UK Submillimetre Astronomy Workshop, UKATC, Edinburgh December 2011 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Atmospheric Phase Correction for ALMA & The WVRGCAL program, ALMA Software Development Workshop, October 2011, NRAO Charlottesville, VA, USA PDF
• B. Nikolic, A Better Interface Between Scientists and Data Reduction Software, ALMA Software Development Workshop, October 2011, NRAO Charlottesville, VA, USA PDF
• B. Nikolic, J. S. Richer, R. Bolton, R. E. Hills, Atmospheric Phase Correction for ALMA with 183 GHz Water Vapour Radiometers, Presentations at URSI GASS August 2011, Istanbul, Turkey PDF
• B. Nikolic, J. S. Richer & R. Bolton, EU FP6 ALMA Enhancement: Work Package 5 – Highlights since last F2F & Plans, Presentations at FP6 Face-to-face meeting June 2011, Cambridge, UK PDF
• B. Nikolic, Fast numerical computation in C++: Expression Templates and Beyond to Lazy Code Generation (LzCG), Presentation at BoostCon 2011, Aspen, CO, May 2011 PDF
• B. Nikolic, R. Bolton, WVRGCAL and Radiometric Phase Correction at ALMA, Presentation at the Joint ALMA Observatory, Santiago, Chile, April 2011 PDF
• B. Nikolic, R. Bolton, J. S. Richer, Water Vapour Radiometry at ALMA: Properties of the Atmosphere and First Tests of Phase Correction, Presentation at the University of Cambridge, UK, March 2011, PDF
• B. Nikolic, Fitting and Comparison of Models of Radio Spectra, Presentation at the University of Cambridge, UK, November 2010, PDF
• B. Nikolic and J. S. Richer, EU FP6 ALMA Enhancement: Work Package 5\Prgress, First results at ALMA and Plans, Presentation at the EU FP6 ALMA Enhancement Annual Meeting at Rutherford-Appleton Labs, 14th October 2010, PDF
• B. Nikolic and J. S. Richer, EU FP6 ALMA Enhancement: Work Package 5 Highlights since last F2F & Plans PDF
• B. Nikolic, Fitting and Comparison of Models of Radio Spectra, Presentation at Cagliari Observatory, Italy, September 2010, PDF
• B. Nikolic, The OOF Holography Technique: Correcting the Effects of Gravity and Thermal Gradients on Large Filled-Aperture Telescopes, Presentation at Cagliari Observatory, Italy, September 2010, PDF
• B. Nikolic, OOF Software: Its Structure and How to Extend It, Presentation at Cagliari Observatory, Italy, September 2010, PDF
• B. Nikolic & E. Curtis, Oxygen sounding thermal profiler for ALMA, Presentation at the ALMA Operations Support Facility, August 2010, PDF
• B. Nikolic, CASA and ALMA and some perspectives in relation to the SKA, Presentation/Discussion at the Cavendish Lab, July 2010 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Fitting and Comparison of Models of Radio Spectra, Presentation given at JAO/Santiago/Chile, April 2010 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Introductory talk at Kavli Institute for Cosmology/Cambridge, Presentation given at KICC/Cambridge, February 2010 PDF
• B. Nikolic, First Tests of Atmospheric Phase Correction for ALMA with 183 GHz Water Vapour Radiometers, Presentation given at NRAO/Charlottesville, January 2010 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Fitting and Comparison of Models of Radio Spectra, Presentation given at NRAO/Green Bank, December 2009 PDF
• B. Nikolic and F. Gueth, Radio interferometry at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths, Lecture at the European Radio Interferometry School, Oxford, September 2009 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Atmospheric phase correction for ALMA with water-vapour radiometers, Presented at JAO/Santiago in August 2009, PDF
• B. Nikolic and J. S. Richer, FP6 Workpackage 5: Advanced Radiometric Phase Correction (ARPC), Presented at JAO/FP6 ALMA Enhancement Joint Meeting, ESO/Garching, July 2009, PDF
• J. S. Richer and B. Nikolic, Mid-Term Review: Workpackage 5, Presented at FP6 ALMA Enhancement Mid-Term Review, Gothenburg, May 2009, PDF
• B. Nikolic, The OOF Holography Technique: Correcting the Effects of Gravity and Thermal Gradients on Large Filled-Aperture Telescopes Presented at Cavendish Lab, University of Cambridge, April 2009, PDF
• B. Nikolic, Atmospheric phase correction for ALMA with water-vapour radiometers, Presented at NRAO/Charlottesville, January 2009, PDF,
• B. Nikolic, Atmospheric phase correction for ALMA with water-vapour radiometers, Presented at URSI/NA National Radio Science Meeting, January 2009, Boulder Colorado PDF
• B. Nikolic, ALMA Phase Calibration/Correction, Presented at Algorithms 2008 Workshop, Oxford, December 2008 PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, Simulating Atmospheric Phase Errors, Phase Correction and the Impact on ALMA Science, Presented at the Workshop on Simulations for ALMA, Grenoble, September 2008 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Calibration of Sub-Millimetre Interferometers, Presented at the MCCT SKADS workshop in Cambridge in August 2008 PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, Phase Correction for ALMA: Adaptive Optics in the Submillimetre, Presented at MRAO/Cambridge in May 2008 PDF,
• B. Nikolic et al, Advanced WVR Algorithms (AWA): Recent Progress, Presented at ESO/Garching in February 2008 PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, ALMA Phase Calibration, Phase Correction and the Water Vapour Radiometers, Presented in Oxford in December 2007 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Out-Of-Focus Holography: The Basics, Presentation at NRAO/Green Bank in September 2007 PDF
• B. Nikolic, Out-Of-Focus Holography: Application at the Green Bank Telescope, Presentation at NRAO/Green Bank in September 2007 PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, Out-Of-Focus Holography, Colloquium at MPIfR, Bonn on 14 September 2007; PDF
• B. Nikolic for the ALMA WVR collaboration, ALMA Water Vapour Radiometry: Tests at the SMA, presented at ALMA TELCAL meeting in Grenoble, June 2007; PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, Out-Of-Focus holography at the GBT, presented at NRAO/Green Bank on 28 Oct 2005; PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, Out-Of-Focus holography at the GBT, presented at NRAO/Socorro on 03 Nov 2005; PDF
• B. Nikolic et al, Toward a Quantitative Understanding of Mid-IR Emission from Galaxies, presented at NRAO/Socorro on 04 Nov 2005; Abstract, PDF

Telescope observing proposals

These are not normally published, but obviously circulated for review. They take a substantial amount of time to write and there is no sense in keeping them secret. Only a selection is published here, depending on authorship, etc.

• B. Nikolic, Snapshot CII line survey of a uniform sample of high-redshift quasars selected at optical wavelengths, ALMA Cycle 0 Observing Proposal, 2011, PDF

Informal notes and other materials not formally published

The documents listed below are generally only published only on my web-pages. Comments welcome as always.

• B. Nikolic, CASA – some opinions and suggestions on software engineering aspects, 2009, PDF
• B. Nikolic and R. E. Hills, Tests of WVRs at OSF/AOS July/August 2009, PDF
• B. Nikolic, Using Water Vapour Radiometers to Correct Total Power Observations, Note 2009/1, PDF