Publications in various Journals by Stefan Hippler

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Dimensioning the Gravity adaptive optics wavefront sensor.
Clénet, Y.; Gendron, E.,; Rousset, G.; Hippler, S.,; Eisenhauer, F.; Gillessen, S.; Perrin, G.; Amorim, A.; Brandner, W.; Perraut, K.; Straubmeier, C.; SPIE 7736, pp. 77364A-77364A-17 (2010).

The METIS AO system: bringing extreme adaptive optics to the mid-IR.
Stuik, R.; Jolissaint, L.; Kendrew, S.; Hippler, S.; Brandl, B.; Venema, L.; Lenzen, R.; Pantin, E.; Blommaert, J.; Glasse, A.; SPIE 7736, pp. 77363G-77363G-10 (2010).

METIS: system engineering and optical design of the mid-infrared E-ELT instrument.
Lenzen, Rainer; Brandl, Bernhard R.; Pantin, Eric; Glasse, Alistair; Blommaert, Joris; Venema, Lars; Ter Horst, Rik; Oudenhuysen, Ad; Molster, Frank; Siebenmorgen, Ralf; Böhnhardt, Hermann; van Dishoeck, Ewine; van der Werf, Paul; Brandner, Wolfgang; Henning, Thomas; Hippler, Stefan; Lagage, Pierre-Olivier; Moore, Toby J. T.; Baes, Maarten; Waelkens, Christoffel; Wright, Chris; Käufl, Hans Ulrich; Kendrew, Sarah; Stuik, Remko; Jolissaint, Laurent; SPIE 7735, pp. 77357O-77357O-12 (2010).

GRAVITY: a four-telescope beam combiner instrument for the VLTI.
Gillessen, S.; Eisenhauer, F.; Perrin, G.; Brandner, W.; Straubmeier, C.; Perraut, K.; Amorim, A.; Schöller, M.; Araujo-Hauck, C.; Bartko, H.; Baumeister, H.; Berger, J.-P.; Carvas, P.; Cassaing, F.; Chapron, F.; Choquet, E.; Clenet, Y.; Collin, C.; Eckart, A.; Fedou, P.; Fischer, S.; Gendron, E.; Genzel, R.; Gitton, P.; Gonte, F.; Gräter, A.; Haguenauer, P.; Haug, M.; Haubois, X.; Henning, T.; Hippler, S.; Hofmann, R.; Jocou, L.; Kellner, S.; Kervella, P.; Klein, R.; Kudryavtseva, N.; Lacour, S.; Lapeyrere, V.; Laun, W.; Lena, P.; Lenzen, R.; Lima, J.; Moratschke, D.; Moch, D.; Moulin, T.; Naranjo, V.; Neumann, U.; Nolot, A.; Paumard, T.; Pfuhl, O.; Rabien, S.; Ramos, J.; Rees, J. M.; Rohloff, R.-R.; Rouan, D.; Rousset, G.; Sevin, A.; Thiel, M.; Wagner, K.; Wiest, M.; Yazici, S.; Ziegler, D.; SPIE 7734, pp. 77340Y-77350Y-20 (2010).

2MASS J03105986 +1648155 AB - a new binary at the L/T transition. Stumpf, M. B.; Brandner, W.; Bouy, H.; Henning, Th.; Hippler, S.; A&A 516, id.A37 (2010).

Discovery of a stellar companion to the nearby solar-analogue HD 104304.
Schnupp, C.; Bergfors, C.; Brandner, W.; Daemgen, S.; Fischer, D.; Marcy, G.; Henning, Th.; Hippler, S.; Janson, M.; A&A 516, id.A21 (2010).

PYRAMIR: Exploring the On-Sky Performance of the World's First Near-Infrared Pyramid Wavefront Sensor.
Peter, D.; Feldt, M.; Henning, T.; Hippler, S.; Aceituno, J.; Montoya, L.; Costa, J.; Dorner, B.; PASP 122, pp.63-70 (2010).

Extreme Adaptive Optics in the mid-IR: The METIS AO system.
Stuik, R.; Jolissaint, L.; Kendrew, S.; Hippler, S.; Brandl, B.; Venema, L.; 1st AO4ELT conference - Adaptative Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, held 22-26 June, 2009 in Paris, France. Edited by Y. Clénet, J.-M. Conan, Th. Fusco, and G. Rousset. EDP Sciences, 2010, id.02006 (2010).

GRAVITY: Astrometry on the galactic center and beyond.
Bartko, H.; Perrin, G.; Brandner, W.; Straubmeier, C.; Richichi, A.; Gillessen, S.; Paumard, T.; Hippler, S.; Eckart, A.; Schöller, M.; Eisenhauer, F.; Haubois, X.; Lenzen, R.; Rabien, S.; Clénet, Y.; Ramos, J. R.; Thiel, M.; Berger, J. P.; Baumeister, H.; Kellner, S.; Cassaing, F.; Böhm, A.; Hofmann, R.; Gendron, E.; Klein, R.; Dodds-Eden, K.; Houairi, K.; Hormuth, F.; Gräter, A.; Kervella, P.; Naranjo, V.; Genzel, R.; Fédou, P.; Henning, T.; Hamaus, N.; Jocou, L.; Neumann, U.; Haug, M.; Lacour, S.; Laun, W.; Kolmeder, J.; Malbet, F.; Rohloff, R.-R.; Pfuhl, O.; Perraut, K.; Ziegleder, J.; Rouan, D.; Rousset, G.; Amorim, A.; Lima, J.; New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 53, Issue 11-12, p. 301-306 (2009).

Imaging search for the unseen companion to ɛ Ind A - improving the detection limits with 4 μm observations.
Janson, M.; Apai, D.; Zechmeister, M.; Brandner, W.; Kürster, M.; Kasper, M.; Reffert, S.; Endl, M.; Lafrenière, D.; Geißler, K.; Hippler, S.; Henning, Th.; MNRAS 399, pp. 377-384 (2009).

The AstraLux Sur Lucky Imaging Instrument at the NTT.
Hippler, Stefan; Bergfors, Carolina; Brandner Wolfgang; Daemgen, Sebastian; Henning, Thomas; Hormuth, Felix; Huber, Armin; Janson, Markus; Rochau, Boyke; Rohloff, Ralf-Rainer; Wagner, Karl; The Messenger, vol. 137, p. 14-17 (2009).

Characterization of Exoplanets and Protoplanetary Disks with the proposed E-ELT Instrument METIS.
Hippler, Stefan; Brandner, Wolfgang; Henning, Thomas; Brandl, Bernhard R.; Blommaert, Joris; Glasse, Alistair; Jolissaint, Laurent; Käufl, Hans Ulrich; Kendrew, Sarah; Lenzen, Rainer; Molster, Frank; Pantin, Eric; Siebenmorgen, Ralf; Stuick, Remko; Venema, Lars; EXOPLANETS AND DISKS: THEIR FORMATION AND DIVERSITY: Proceedings of the International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1158, pp. 333-336 (2009).

Binarity of transit host stars. Implications for planetary parameters. Daemgen, S.; Hormuth, F.; Brandner, W.; Bergfors, C.; Janson, M.; Hippler, S.; Henning, T.; A&A 498, pp. 567-574 (2009).

The AstraLux large M dwarf survey.
Hormuth, Felix; Brandner, Wolfgang; Janson, Markus; Hippler, Stefan; Henning, Thomas, AIP Conference Proceedings 1094, pp. 935 (2009).

High-Resolution Imaging of Transiting Exoplanet Host Stars with AstraLux.
Daemgen, Sebastian; Hormuth, Felix; Janson, Markus; Brandner, Wolfgang; Meyer, Eva; Hippler, Stefan; Henning, Thomas, AIP Conference Proceedings 1094, pp. 935 (2009).

Shack-Hartmann wave front measurements in cortical tissue for deconvolution of large three-dimensional mosaic transmitted light brightfield micrographs.
M. Oberlaender, P.J. Broser, B. Sakmann, and S. Hippler, Journal of Microscopy 233, pp. 275 (2009).

GRAVITY: Microarcsecond Astrometry and Deep Interferometric Imaging with the VLT.
Eisenhauer, F.; Perrin, G.; Brandner, W.; Straubmeier, C.; Böhm, A.; Baumeister, H.; Cassaing, F.; Clénet, Y.; Dodds-Eden, K.; Eckart, A.; Gendron, E.; Genzel, R.; Gillessen, S.; Gräter, A.; Gueriau, C.; Hamaus, N.; Haubois, X.; Haug, M.; Henning, T.; Hippler, S.; Hofmann, R.; Hormuth, F.; Houairi, K.; Kellner, S.; Kervella, P.; Klein, R.; Kolmeder, J.; Laun, W.; Léna, P.; Lenzen, R.; Marteaud, M.; Naranjo, V.; Neumann, U.; Paumard, T.; Rabien, S.; Ramos, J. R.; Reess, J. M.; Rohloff, R.-R.; Rouan, D.; Rousset, G.; Ruyet, B.; Sevin, A.; Thiel, M.; Ziegleder, J.; Ziegler, D., Science with the VLT in the ELT Era, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume . ISBN 978-1-4020-9189-6. Springer Netherlands, pp. 361 (2009).

Near-infrared wavefront sensing for the VLT interferometer.
Hippler, Stefan; Brandner, Wolfgang; Clénet, Yann; Hormuth, Felix; Gendron, Eric; Henning, Thomas; Klein, Ralf; Lenzen, Rainer; Meschke, Daniel; Naranjo, Vianak; Neumann, Udo; Ramos, José Ricardo; Rohloff, Ralf-Rainer; Eisenhauer, Frank, SPIE 7015, pp. 701555 (2008).

PYRAMIR: Calibration and operation of a pyramid near-infrared wavefront sensor.
Peter, D.; Feldt, M.; Dorner, B.; Henning, T.; Hippler, S.; Aceituno, J., PASP 120, pp. 872 (2008).

GRAVITY: getting to the event horizon of Sgr A*.
F. Eisenhauer, G. Perrin, W. Brandner, C. Straubmeier, A. Richichi, S. Gillessen, J.P. Berger, S. Hippler, A. Eckart, M. Schoeller, S. Rabien, F. Cassaing, R. Lenzen, M. Thiel, Y. Clenet, J.R. Ramos, S. Kellner, P. Fedou, H. Baumeister, R. Hofmann, E. Gendron, A. Boehm, H. Bartko, X. Haubois, R. Klein, K. Dodds-Eden, K. Houairi, F. Hormuth, A. Graeter, L. Jocou, V. Naranjo, R. Genzel, P. Kervella, T. Henning, N. Hamaus, S. Lacour, U. Neumann, M. Haug, F. Malbet, W. Laun, J. Kolmeder, T. Paumard, R.-R. Rohloff, O. Pfuhl, K. Perraut, J. Ziegleder, D. Rouan, G. Rousset, SPIE 7013, pp. 70132A (2008).

Atmospheric refractivity effects on mid-infrared ELT adaptive optics.
S. Kendrew, L. Jolissaint, R.J. Mathar, R. Stuik, S. Hippler, B. Brandl, SPIE 7015, pp 70155T-11 (2008).

AstraLux - the Calar Alto 2.2-m telescope Lucky Imaging camera.
Felix Hormuth, Wolfgang Brandner, Stefan Hippler, Thomas Henning, Journal of Physics 131, pp. 012051 (2008).

AstraLux: the Calar Alto Lucky Imaging Camera.
Felix Hormuth, Stefan Hippler, Wolfgang Brandner, Karl Wagner, Thomas Henning, SPIE 7014, pp. 701448 (2008).

A comprehensive examination of the Eps Eri system -- Verification of a 4 micron narrow-band high-contrast imaging approach for planet searches.
Stefan Hippler, A&A 488, pp. 771 (2008).

GRAVITY: microarcsecond astrometry and deep interferometric imaging with the VLTI.
Eisenhauer, F.; Perrin, G.; Straubmeier, C.; Brandner, W.; Boehm, A.; Cassaing, F.; Clenet, Y.; Dodds-Eden, K.; Eckart, A.; Fedou, P.; Gendron, E.; Genzel, R.; Gillessen, S.; Graeter, A.; Gueriau, C.; Hamaus, N.; Haubois, X.; Haug, M.; Henning, T.; Hippler, S.; Hofmann, R.; Hormuth, F.; Houairi, K.; Kellner, S.; Kervella, P.; Klein, R.; Kolmeder, J.; Laun, W.; Lena, P.; Lenzen, R.; Marteaud, M.; Meschke, D.; Naranjo, V.; Neumann, U.; Paumard, T.; Perger, M.; Perret, D.; Rabien, S.; Ramos, J. R.; Reess, J. M.; Rohloff, R. R.; Rouan, D.; Rousset, G.; Ruyet, B.; Schropp, M.; Talureau, B.; Thiel, M.; Ziegleder, J.; Ziegler, D., A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 248, p. 100-101 (2008).

Direct imaging of the young spectroscopic binary HD 160934.
Hormuth, Felix; Brandner, Wolfgang; Hippler, Stefan; Janson, Markus; Henning, Thomas, A&A 463, pp.707-711 (2007).

Atmosphere-like turbulence generation with surface-etched phase-screens.
Hippler, Stefan; Hormuth, Felix; Brandner, Wolfgang; Butler, David J.; Henning, Thomas; Optics Express 14, pp. 10132-10138 (2006).

The MPIA multipurpose laboratory atmospheric turbulence simulator MAPS.
Hippler, Stefan; Hormuth, Felix; Brandner, Wolfgang; Butler, David J.; Henning, Thomas; Egner, Sebastian, SPIE 6272, pp. 627255 (2006).

PYRAMIR: first on-sky results from an infrared pyramid wavefront sensor.
Feldt, M.; Peter, D.; Hippler, S.; Henning, Th.; Aceituno, J.; Goto, M., SPIE 6272, pp. 627255 (2006).

GRAVITY: the adaptive-optics-assisted two-object beam combiner instrument for the VLTI.
Gillessen, S.; Perrin, G.; Brandner, W.; Straubmeier, C.; Eisenhauer, F.; Rabien, S.; Eckart, A.; Lena, P.; Genzel, R.; Paumard, T.; Hippler, S., SPIE 6268, pp. 626811 (2006).

First light of the ESO Laser Guide Star Facility.
Bonaccini Calia, D.; Allaert, E.; Alvarez, J. L.; Araujo Hauck, C.; Avila, G.; Bendek, E.; Buzzoni, B.; Comin, M.; Cullum, M.; Davies, R.; Dimmler, M.; Guidolin, I.; Hackenberg, W.; Hippler, S.; Kellner, S.; van Kesteren, A.; Koch, F.; Neumann, U.; Ott, T.; Popovic, D.; Pedichini, F.; Quattri, M.; Quentin, J.; Rabien, S.; Silber, A.; Tapia, M., SPIE 6272, pp. 627207 (2006).

PYRAMIR: construction and implementation of the world's first infrared pyramid sensor.
Peter, D.; Baumeister, H.; Bizenberger, P.; Feldt, M.; Henning, Th.; Hippler, S.; Ligori, S.; Mall, U.; Neumann, U.; Salm, N.; Storz, C.; Wagner, K., SPIE 6272, pp. 627218 (2006).

The search for extrasolar giant planets using integral field spectroscopy: Simulations.
Alessandro Berton, Markus Feldt, Raffaele Gratton, Stefan Hippler, Thomas Henning,

New Astronomy Reviews, 49, Issue 10-12, pp. 661-669 (2006).

A simulation code for AO assisted 3D spectroscopic imaging of extrasolar planets.
Alessandro Berton, Markus Feldt, Raffaele G. Gratton, Thomas Henning, Silvano Desidera, Stefan Hippler, Massimo Turatto. In: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques. Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium #200, Edited by C. Aime and F. Vakili. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp.75-78 (2006).

Surface Brightness Fluctuations: A Case for Extremely Large Telescopes.
Dimitrios Gouliermis, Wolfgang Brandner, David Butler, Stefan Hippler. In: Science with Adaptive Optics, Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 16-19 September 2003. Edited by W. Brandner and M. E. Kasper. 387 p. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 200592215. ISBN: 3-540-25034-4. Published by Springer, Berlin 2005, p.334.

Künstliche Sterne und große Gesichtsfelder (together with the two publications below in one pdf file).
Richard Davies, Stefan Hippler und Roberto Ragazzoni, Sterne und Weltraum Jahrgang 44, Nr. 4, pp 34-45 (2005).

Der scharfe Blick ins All und ins Auge: Adaptive Optik.
Stefan Hippler, Physik in unserer Zeit 1/2005, pp. 24-21 (2005).

Dem Seeing ein Schnippchen schlagen. Adaptive Optik in der Astronomie Teil I.
Stefan Hippler und Markus Kasper, Sterne und Weltraum Jahrgang 43, Nr. 10, pp 32-42 (2004).

Modal selection using genetic optimization.
Looze, Douglas P.; Hippler, Stefan; Feldt, Markus, SPIE 5490, pp. 1450-1459 (2004).

Off-the-shelf real-time computers for next-generation adaptive optics.
Hippler, Stefan; Looze, Douglas P.; Gaessler, Wolfgang, SPIE 5490, pp. 1402-1413 (2004).

Performance of PYRAMIR detector system.
Ligori, Sebastiano; Grimm, Bernhard; Hippler, Stefan, SPIE 5490, pp. 1278-1285 (2004).

Status report of PYRAMIR: a near-infrared pyramid wavefront sensor for ALFA.
Costa, Joana B.; Feldt, Markus; Wagner, Karl; Bizenberger, Peter; Hippler, Stefan; Baumeister, Harald; Stumpf, Micaela; Ragazzoni, Roberto; Esposito, Simone; Henning, Thomas, SPIE 5490, pp. 1189-1199 (2004).

Wavefront sensing through spatial filters: the case for coronographic, high-contrast AO systems.
Feldt, Markus; Costa, Joana B.; Stumpf, Micaela; Schmid, Hans-Martin; Berton, Alessandro; Hippler, Stefan; Stuik, Remko; Lima, Jorge, SPIE 5490, pp. 1146-1154 (2004).

Optimizing wavefront sensing for extreme AO
Koehler, Rainer; Hippler, Stefan; Feldt, Markus; Gratton, Raffaele; Gisler, Daniel; Stuik, Remko; Lima, Jorge, SPIE 5490, pp. 586-592 (2004).

Scintillation effects on a high-contrast imaging instrument for direct detection of exoplanets.
Masciadri, Elena; Feldt, Markus; Hippler, Stefan, SPIE 5490, pp. 483-494 (2004).

The science case of the CHEOPS planet finder for VLT.
Gratton, Raffaele; Feldt, Markus; Schmid, Hans Martin; Brandner, Wolfgang; Hippler, Stefan; Neuhauser, R.; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Desidera, Silvano; Turatto, Massimo; Stam, Daphne M., SPIE 5492, pp. 1010-1021 (2004).

CHEOPS/ZIMPOL: a VLT instrument study for the polarimetric search of scattered light from extrasolar planets.
Gisler, Daniel; Schmid, Hans Martin; Thalmann, Christian; Povel, Hans Peter; Stenflo, Jan O.; Joos, Franco; Feldt, Markus; Lenzen, Rainer; Tinbergen, Jaap; Gratton, Raffaele; Stuik, Remko; Stam, Daphne M.; Brandner, Wolfgang; Hippler, Stefan; Turatto, Massimo; Neuhauser, R.; Dominik, Carsten; Hatzes, Artie; Henning, Thomas; Lima, Jorge; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Waters, L. B. F. M.; Wuchterl, Gunther; Zinnecker, Hans, SPIE 5492, pp. 463-474 (2004).

Characterization of deformable mirrors for high-order adaptive optics systems.
Stuik, Remko; Hippler, Stefan; Feldt, Markus; Aceituno, Jesus; Egner, Sebastian E., SPIE 5490, pp. 1572-1578 (2004).

Scintillation Effects on a High-Contrast Imaging Instrument for Direct Extrasolar Planets' Detection.
Masciadri, E., Feldt, M., Hippler, S. ApJ 613, pp. 572-579 (2004).

Broadband, Static Wave-Front Generation: Na-Ag Ion-Exchange Phase Screens and Telescope Emulation.
Butler, David J.; Hippler, Stefan; Egner, Sebastian; Xu, Wenli; Bähr, Jochen, Applied Optics 43, pp. 2813-2823 (2004).

CHEOPS: a second generation VLT instrument for the direct detection of exo-planets.
Claudi, R. U.; Costa, J.; Feldt, M.; Gratton, R.; Amorim, A.; Henning, Th.; Hippler, S.; Neuhäuser, R.; Pernechele, C.; Turatto, M.; Schmid, H. M.; Walters, R.; Zinnecker, H., In: Second Eddington Workshop: Stellar structure and habitable planet finding, 9 - 11 April 2003, Palermo, Italy. Edited by F. Favata, S. Aigrain and A. Wilson. ESA SP-538, Noordwijk: ESA Publications Division, ISBN 92-9092-848-4, pp. 301 - 304 (2004).

Optimal Compensation and Implementation for Adaptive Optics Systems.
Looze, Douglas P.; Kasper, Markus; Hippler, Stefan; Beker, Orhan; Weiss, Robert, Exp. Astronomy 15, pp. 67-88 (2003).

Performance Improvements of Shack-Hartmann Sensors with Keystone Design Lenslet Arrays.
M. E. Kasper and S. Hippler, SPIE 4839, p.266 (2003).

Design of the Atmospheric Sodium Profiler for the VLT Laser Guide Star.
Butler, David J.; Hippler, Stefan; Neumann, Udo; Rohloff, Ralf-Rainer; Grimm, Bernard; Davies, Richard I., SPIE 4830, p. 456 (2003).

AO-Assisted Polarization Maps: Hints Toward Hidden Sources.
Puga, E.; Feldt, M.; Hippler, S.; Costa, J., In Galactic Star Formation Across the Stellar Mass Spectrum, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 287, proceedings of the 2002 International Astronomical Observatories in Chile workshop, held 11-15 March 2002 at La Serena, Chile. Edited by James M. De Buizer and Nicole S. van der Bliek. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, ISBN: 1-58381-130-3, pp. 247-251 (2003).

PYRAMIR: a near-infrared pyramid wavefront sensor for the Calar Alto adaptive optics system.
Costa, Joana B.; Hippler, Stefan; Feldt, Markus; Esposito, Simone; Ragazzoni, Roberto; Bizenberger, Peter; Puga, Elena; Henning, Thomas F. E., SPIE 4839, p. 280, (2003).

The Planet Finder: Proposal for a 2nd Generation VLT Instrument.

Hippler, S.; Henning, Th.; Gratton, R.; Turatto, M.; Waters, R.; Quirrenbach, A., In: Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets, ASP Conference Series, Vol 294, Edited by Drake Deming and Sara Seager. (San Francisco: ASP) ISBN: 1-58381-141-9, pp. 569-572 (2003).

Can we really go for direct exo-planet detection from the ground?

Feldt, Markus; Henning, Thomas F. E.; Hippler, Stefan; Weiß, Robert; Turatto, M.; Neuhäuser, Ralph; Hatzes, Artie P.; Schmid, Hans M.; Waters, Rens; Puga, Elena; Costa, Joana, SPIE 4860, p. 149 (2003).

Phase screens for astronomical multi-conjugate adaptive optics: application to MAPS.

Butler, David J.; Marchetti, Enrico; Bähr, Jochen; Xu, Wenli; Hippler, Stefan; Kasper, Markus E.; Conan, Rodolphe, SPIE 4830, p. 623 (2003).

Design of PARSEC the VLT laser.
Rabien, Sebastian; Davies, Richard I.; Ott, Thomas; Li, J.; Hippler, Stefan; Neumann, Udo, SPIE 4839, p. 393 (2003).

Operational Issues for PARSEC, the VLT Laser.
Davies, Richard I.; Ott, Thomas; Li, Jianlang; Rabien, Sebastian; Neumann, Udo; Hippler, Stefan; Bonaccini, Domenico; Hackenberg, Wolfgang K. P., SPIE 4839, p. 402 (2003).

Numerical versus optical layer oriented: a comparison in terms of SNR.
Bello, Dolores; Conan, Jean-Marc; Rousset, Gerard; Tordi, Massimiliano; Ragazzoni, Roberto; Vernet-Viard, Elise; Kasper, Markus E.; Hippler, Stefan, SPIE 4839, p. 612 (2003).

LBT facility SCIDAR: recent results.
McKenna, Daniel L.; Avila, Remy; Hill, John M.; Hippler, Stefan; Salinari, Piero; Stanton, Paul C.; Weiss, Robert, SPIE 4839, p. 825 (2003).

Scharfe Bilder für das Large Binocular Telescope.
Stefan Hippler, Sterne und Weltraum 3/2002, Seite 12-13, (2002).

The ESO MCAO demonstrator MAD: a European collaboration.
N. Hubin, E. Marchetti, E. Fedrigo, R. Conan, R. Ragazzoni, E. Diolaiti, M. Tordi, G. Rousset, T. Fusco, P.-Y. Madec, D. Butler, S. Hippler, S. Esposito, "Beyond Conventional Adaptive Optics", proceeding of the conference held in Venice, on May 7-10, 2001, Eds. E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, Simone Esposito, Norbert Hubin, ESO proceedings no. 58, p. 27 (2002).

The Importance of Sodium Laser Guide Star LIDAR during Open Loop Operation at Large Telescopes.

D. J. Butler, S. Hippler, R. I. Davies, "Beyond Conventional Adaptive Optics", proceeding of the conference held in Venice, on May 7-10, 2001, Eds. E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, Simone Esposito, Norbert Hubin, ESO proceedings no. 58, p. 349 (2002) [pdf file].

Simultaneous measurements of the Fried parameter r_0 and the isoplanatic angle theta_0 using SCIDAR and adaptive optics - First results.
Weiß, A.; Hippler, S.; Kasper, M.; Wooder, N.; Quartel, J., Astronomical Site Evaluation in the Visible and Radio Range. ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 266. Edited by J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun, and C. Muñoz-Tuñón. ISBN: 1-58381-106-0. San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p.86, (2002) [pdf file].

PARSEC: the laser for the VLT.
Rabien, Sebastian; Davies, Richard I.; Ott, Thomas; Hippler, Stefan; Neumann, Ulrich, SPIE 4494, p. 325-335 (2002).

Simultaneous SCIDAR and adaptive optics measurements: results and applications.
Weiss, Robert; Hippler, Stefan; Kasper, Markus E.; Feldt, Markus, SPIE Vol. 4538, p. 135-143 (2002).

The Massive Star Forming Region S106.
Feldt, M.; Puga, E.; Weiß, A. R.; Hippler, S., ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 267, p. 367 (2002).

Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics with Laser Guide Stars.
R.I. Davies, D. Bonaccini, S. Rabien, W. Hackenberg, T.Ott, S. Hippler, U. Neumann, M. Barden, M. Lehnert, F. Eisenhauer, and R. Genzel, in: "Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, 11-15 June, 2001", p. 158 (2002).

Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics with two Deformable Mirrors - Requirements and Performance.
T. Berkefeld, A. Glindemann, S. Hippler, Experimental Astronomy 11, No. 1, pp. 1-21 (2001).

Spatially resolved imaging spectroscopy of T Tauri.
M. E. Kasper, M. Feldt, T. M. Herbst, S. Hippler, T. Ott, L. E. Tacconi-Garman,

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 568, Issue 1, pp. 267-272 (2002).

Adaptive Optics Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Young Stellar Objects in LK Halpha 225.
R.I. Davies, M. Tecza, L.W. Looney, F. Eisenhauer, L.E. Tacconi-Garmann, N.Thatte, T. Ott, S. Rabien, S. Hippler, M. Kasper, ApJ 552, 2, pp. 692-698 (2001).

ESO VLT Laser Guide Star Facility.
Bonaccini, D.; Hackenberg, W.; Cullum, M.; Brunetto, E.; Quattri, M.; Allaert, E.; Dimmler, M.; Tarenghi, M.; van Kersteren, A.; di Chirico, C.; Sarazin, M.; Buzzoni, B.; Gray, P.; Tamai, R.; Tapia, M.; Davies, R.; Rabien, S.; Ott, T.; Hippler, S., ESO: The Messenger, No. 105, p. 9 - 18 (September 2001).

ALFA: Three Years of Experience in Adaptive Optics with a Laser Guide Star.
Stefan Hippler, Markus Kasper, Markus Feldt, Robert Weiß, Douglas P. Looze, Luzma Montoya, Jesús Aceituno, Thomas Ott, and Ric Davies, SPIE 4007, 41 (2000).

The Impact of Adaptive Optics on Star Formation Research.
M. Feldt, M. Kasper, F. Eisenhauer, and S. Hippler, SPIE 4007, 847 (2000).

A practical approach to modal basis selection and wavefront estimation.
M.E. Kasper, D.P. Looze, S. Hippler, M. Feldt , A.R. Weiß, A. Glindemann, and R. Davies, SPIE 4007, 592 (2000).

Sodium Layer Monitoring at Calar Alto by LIDAR.
David J. Butler, Richard Davies, Hayden Fews, Michael Redfern, Nancy Ageorges, Wolfgang Hackenberg, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Sebastian Rabien, Thomas Ott, and Stefan Hippler, SPIE 4007, 358 (2000).

Adaptive Optics on large Telescopes.
Glindemann A., Hippler S., Berkefeld T., Hackenberg W., Experimental Astronomy Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 5-48 (2000).

ALFA: Adaptive Optics for the Calar Alto Observatory.
Kasper M., Looze D., Hippler S., Herbst T., Glindemann A., Ott T., Wirth A., Experimental Astronomy Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 49-74 (2000).

The ALFA laser: beam relay and control system.
T. Ott, W. Hackenberg, S. Rabien, A. Eckart, S. Hippler, Experimental Astronomy Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 89-101 (2000).

ALFA: The MPIA/MPE Laser Guide Star AO System.
Eckart A., Hippler S., Glindemann A., Hackenberg W., Quirrenbach A., Kalas P., Kasper M., Davies R., Ott T., Rabien S., Butler D., Holstenberg H.-C., Looze D., Rohloff R.-R., Wagner K., Wilnhammer N., Hamilton D., Beckwith S., Appenzeller I., Genzel R.,

in: Experimental Astronomy Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-3 (2000).

MIDI: Controlling a Two 8m Telescopes Michelson Interferometer for the Thermal Infrared.
Stefan Hippler, Walter Jaffe, Richard Mathar, Clemens Storz, Karl Wagner, Bill Cotton, Guy Perrin, and M. Feldt, SPIE 4006 (2000).

Near-Infrared Adaptive Optics Observations of Galaxies in the Abell 262 Cluster.
W. Hackenberg, A. Eckart, R.I. Davies, S. Rabien, T. Ott, M.E. Kasper, S. Hippler, A. Quirrenbach, A&A 363, pp. 41-61 (2000).

The Very Red Afterglow of GRB 000418: Further Evidence for Dust Extinction in a Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxy.
Klose, S.; Stecklum, B.; Masetti, N.; Pian, E.; Palazzi, E.; Henden, A. A.; Hartmann, D. H.; Fischer, O.; Gorosabel, J.; Sánchez-Fernández, C.; Butler, D.; Ott, Th.; Hippler, S.; Kasper, M.; Weiss, R.; Castro-Tirado, A.; Greiner, J.; Bartolini, C.; Guarnieri, A.; Piccioni, A.; Benetti, S.; Ghinassi, F.; Magazzú, A.; Hurley, K.; Cline, T.; Trombka, J.; McClanahan, T.; Starr, R.; Goldsten, J.; Gold, R.; Mazets, E.; Golenetskii, S.; Noeske, K.; Papaderos, P.; Vreeswijk, P. M.; Tanvir, N.; Oscoz, A.; Muñoz, J. A.; Castro Ceron, J. M., ApJ 545, pp 271-276 (2000).

Increasing the sensitivity of a Shack-Hartmann sensor.
Hippler, S., Davies, R., Glindemann, A., in Proceedings of the Canterbury Conference on Wavefront sensing and its applications, Canterbury [pdf file] (1999).

ALFA: Wavefront Sensing with Natural and Laser Guide Stars.

Hippler, S., Feldt, M., Kasper, M., Davies, R., Glindemann, A., in Proceedings of the Canterbury Conference on Wavefront sensing and its applications, Canterbury [pdf file] (1999).

The science potential of ALFA: adaptive optics with natural and laser guide stars.

Davies, R., Hackenberg W., Ott A., Eckart A., Rabien S., Anders S., Hippler S., Kasper M., Kalas P., Quirrenbach A., Glindemann A., A&A sup. 138,  345 (1999).

FITS data formats for interferometric data.

Jaffe, W., Hippler, S., Perrin, G., ASP Conference Series 194, pp. 101-104, Working on the Fringe: Optical and IR interferometry from ground and space, Dana Point, California 24-27 May (1999).

Adaptive Optics with Laser Guide Stars - The ALFA system .

Ott, T., Eckart, A., Hackenberg, W., Rabien, S., Davies, R., Anders, S., Hippler, S., Kasper, M.,  ASP Conference Series 194, pp. 331-336, Working on the Fringe: Optical and IR interferometry from ground and space, Dana Point, California 24-27 May (1999).

Adaptive Optik liefert erste Ergebnisse mit Laserleitstern.

Stefan Hippler, Thomas Ott, Markus Feldt, Sebastian Rabien, Markus Kasper, Sterne und Weltraum 8/99, Seite 632-634, (1999).

Real-time modal control implementation for adaptive optics.

Allan Wirth, Joseph Navetta, Douglas Looze, Stefan Hippler, Andreas Glindemann, and Donald Hamilton, Applied Optics 37, No. 21, 4586 (1998).

ALFA: The MPIA Adaptive Optics with a Laser for Astronomy Project.

Stefan Hippler, Andreas Glindemann, Markus Kasper, Paul Kalas, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Karl Wagner, Douglas P. Looze, and Wolfgang Hackenberg, in: Adaptive Optical System Technologies, SPIE 3353, 44 (1998).

ALFA - The Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System for the Calar Alto 3.5m Telescope.

Andreas Glindemann, Donald Hamilton, Stefan Hippler, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, and Karl Wagner, in: Laser Technology for Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Astronomy, Ed. N. Hubin, ESO Proceedings 55, 120 (1997).

Progress on the UKIRT upgrades program.

Nicholas P. Rees and Stefan Hippler, SPIE  3112,  2 (1997).

Progress of the UKIRT Upgrades Program.

Hawarden, Timothy G., Cavedoni Charles P., Chuter, Timothy C., Look I. A., Rees, NicholasP., Pettie, DonaldG., Bennett, RichardJ., Atad, E.; Harris, John W., Humphries, Colin M., Mack,  Brian, Pitz, Eckart, Glindemann, Andreas, Hippler, Stefan, Rohloff, Ralf-Rainer, Wagner, Karl, SPIE  2871  256 (1997).

CHARM: A Tip-Tilt Tertiary System for the Calar Alto 3.5m Telescope.

Stefan Hippler, Christoph Birk, Karl Wagner, and Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 109, 688 (1997).

Progress of the UKIRT Upgrades Programme.

B. Mack, E. Pitz, A. Glindemann, S. Hippler, R-R. Rohloff, and K. Wagner, SPIE 2871, 256 (1997).

CHARM - a tip-tilt tertiary system for the Calar Alto 3.5m telescope.

Stefan Hippler, Karl Wagner and Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Adaptive Optics, Vol. 13, 275, OSA (Optical Society of America, Washington DC) Technical Digest Series (1996).

Controlling the UKIRT Upgrades programme.

Nicholas P. Rees and Stefan Hippler,  SPIE  2479, 2 (1995).

Five-axis secondary system for UKIRT.

Eckhart Pitz, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Stefan Hippler, Karl Wagner, and Harry Marth, SPIE  2199, 516 (1994).

MAGIC: A New Near Infrared Camera for Calar Alto.

T.M. Herbst, S.V.W. Beckwith, Ch. Birk, S. Hippler, M.J. McCaughrean, F. Mannucci, and J. Wolf, SPIE  1946, 605 (1993).

Publications related to my Diploma and PhD thesis (1982-1988, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, I. Physikalisches Institut, Prof. Dr. Dietmar Hasselkamp, Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. mult. Arthur Scharmann

Electron Emission from Clean Solid Surfaces by Fast Ions.

D. Hasselkamp, S. Hippler, A. Scharmann and T. Schmehl, Annalen der Physik. 7. Folge, Band 47, Heft 7, 555 (1990).

Spezielle Aspekte der ioneninduzierten Elektronenemission aus Festkörperoberflächen: Eine Untersuchung von Strukturen im niederenergetischen Emissionsspektrum und zur Z2-Abhängigkeit des Sekundärelektronenemissionskoeffizienten.

Stefan Hippler, Thesis, Giessen (1988).

The ion-induced electron yield as a function of the target material.

S. Hippler, D. Hasselkamp and A. Scharmann, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B34, 518 (1988).

Ion-induced secondary electron spectra from clean metal surfaces.

D. Hasselkamp, S. Hippler and A. Scharmann, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B18, 561 (1987).

Electronic processes induced by high energy H+-, H2+- and H3+-ions: a scaling relation.
D. Hasselkamp, S. Hippler, A. Scharmann and K.-H. Schartner, Z. Phys. D 6, 269
(1987).

Molecular effects in the energy spectra of ion-induced secondary electrons from gold.
D. Hasselkamp, S. Hippler and A. Scharmann, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B2, 475 (1984).

Ionenstoßinduzierte kinetische Elektronenemission von Gold.
Stefan Hippler, Diplomarbeit, Giessen (1984).

Excitation and ionization of atoms by H+-, H2+- and H3+-ions: A scaling law for cross sections. Zur Anregung und Ionisation durch H+-, H2+- and H3+-Ionen: Eine Skalierungsrelation.
D. Hasselkamp, S. Hippler und A. Scharmann, 5. Arbeitsbericht Energiereiche Atomare Stöße (EAS-5), Oberstdorf, S. 13, Hrsg.: B. Fricke et. al., ISSN 0724-4975 (1984).