Publications on International Journals

1. F. Reale, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, "Fast Parallel Implementation of Multidimensional Data-Domain FORTRAN Codes on Distributed-Memory Processor Array", 1992, Computer Phys. Comm., 72, 129.

2. M. Barbera, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F. R. Harnden, Jr., R. Rosner, "X-ray Emission at Low-Mass End: Results from an Extensive Einstein Observatory Survey", 1993, ApJ, 414, 846-866.

3. F. Favata, M. Barbera, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, "A Search for Yellow Young Disk Population Stars among EMSS X-ray Sources by means of Lithium Abundance Determination", 1993, A&A, 277, 428.

4. J. F. Schachter, R. Remillard, S. Saar, F. Favata, S. Sciortino, M. Barbera, "Optical and X-ray Characteristics of Stars Detected in the Einstein Slew Survey", 1996, ApJ, 463, 747-765.

5. F. Favata, M. Barbera, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, "Lithium, X-ray Activity and Rotation in an X-ray Selected Sample of Solar-Type Stars", 1995, A&A, 295, 147.

6. M. Barbera, G. Austin, A. Collura, K. Flanagan, S. Jelinsky, S. Murray, S. Serio, M. Zombeck, "Development of the UV/Ion shields for the AXAF HRC", 1994, Proc. SPIE, 2280, 214,

7. M. Barbera, A. Collura, F. Favata, G. Inzerillo, F. Mirabello, "Simple Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter soft X-ray detector for laboratory usage", 1994, Proc. SPIE, 2280, 154,

8. A. Collura, M. Barbera, G. Inzerillo, F. Mirabello, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, "X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing (XACT) Facility at the G.S. Vaiana Observatory in Palermo", 1994, Proc. SPIE, 2280, 206.

9. M. Barbera, D. Breslau, K. Flanagan, D. Graessle, M. Zombeck, "Synchrotron X-ray Transmission Measurements in the Calibration Program for the UV/Ion Shields of the AXAF HRC", 1994, Proc. SPIE, 2280, 229.

10. K. Flanagan, M. Barbera, S. Murray, M. Zombeck, "Calibration Program for the AXAF High Resolution Camera", 1994, Proc. SPIE, 2280, 243.

11. R.J. Aucoin, T.H. Markert, S.A. Nenonen, M. Barbera, K.A. Flanagan, "Thin Polyimide and Silicon Nitrade Windows for Gas Proportional Counters", 1994, Proc. SPIE, 2280, 134.

12. S.E. Pearce, J.E. Lees, J.F. Pearson, G.W. Fraser , A.N. Brunton, K.A. Flanagan, A. Kenter, M. Barbera, V. Dhanak, A. Robinson, D. Teehan, "Synchrotron calibration of alkali halide coated microchannel plate detectors in the 50-350 and 2000-6000 eV bands", 1995, Proc. SPIE, 2518, 322.

13. N. La Palombara, C. Musso, M. Conte, M. Barbera, "The filters for EPIC: optimized design", 1996, Astrophysics and Space Science, 239, 281-296.

14. A. Collura, M. Barbera, A. Dara, G. Inzerillo, F. Mirabello, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, "Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/Ion shields at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana: I - Instrumental set-up", 1996, Proc. SPIE, 2808, 144.

15. A. Collura, M. Barbera, A. Dara, M.V. Zombeck, "Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/Ion shields at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana: II - X-ray transmission measurements", 1996, Proc. SPIE, 2808, 134.

16. M. Barbera, A. Collura, A. Dara, "Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/Ion shields at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana: III - Synchrotron measurements of XANES in aluminum coated Lexan film samples", 1996, Proc. SPIE, 2808, 120.

17. M. Barbera, A. Collura, A. Dara, M.V. Zombeck, "Calibration of the AXAF-HRC UV/Ion shields at Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S.Vaiana: IV - UV rejection measurements", 1996, Proc. SPIE, 2808, 108.

18. G.R. Meehan, A.T. Kenter, R.P. Kraft, S.S. Murray, M.V. Zombeck, K. Kobayashi, J. Chappell, M. Barbera, A. Collura, "Measurement of the transmission of the UV/ion shields for the AXAF high-resolution camera", 1996, Proc. SPIE, 2808, 210.

19. M. Barbera, A. Collura, A. Dara, M. Leone, F.R. Powell, S. Serio, S. Varisco, M.V. Zombeck, "Effects of interference and oxidation on the UV/visible rejection properties of filters for soft X-ray detectors", 1997, Experimental Astronomy, 7, 51-63.

20. M.V. Zombeck, M. Barbera, A. Collura, S.S. Murray, "An explanation of the ROSAT HRI UV sensitivity", 1997, ApJL, 487, 69.

21. S.S. Murray, J.H. Chappell, A.T. Kenter, K. Kobayashi, R.P. Kraft, G.R. Meehan, M.V. Zombeck, G.W. Fraser, J.F. Pearson, J.E. Lees, A.N. Brunton, S.E. Pearce, M. Barbera, A. Collura, S. Serio, "AXAF high resolution camera (HRC)", 1997, Proc. SPIE, 3114, 11.

22. A.T. Kenter, J.H. Chappell, K. Kobayashi, R.P. Kraft, G.R. Meehan, S.S. Murray, M.V. Zombeck, G.W. Fraser, J.F. Pearson, J.E. Lees, A.N. Brunton, S.E. Pearce, M. Barbera, A. Collura, S. Serio, "Performance and calibration of the AXAF high resolution camera I: imaging readout", 1997, Proc. SPIE, 3114, 26.

23. R.P. Kraft, J.H. Chappell, A.T. Kenter, K. Kobayashi, G.R. Meehan, S.S. Murray, M.V. Zombeck, G.W. Fraser, J.F. Pearson, J.E. Lees, A.N. Brunton, S.E. Pearce, M. Barbera, A. Collura, S. Serio, "Performance and calibration of the AXAF high resolution camera II: spectroscopic detector", 1997, Proc. SPIE, 3114, 53.

24. G.R. Meehan, S.S. Murray, M.V. Zombeck, R.P. Kraft, K. Kobayashi, J.H. Chappell, A.T. Kenter, M. Barbera, A. Collura, S. Serio, "Calibration of the UV/Ion shields for the AXAF high resolution camera", 1997, Proc. SPIE, 3114, 74.

25. C.M. Castelli, A.A. Wells, M. Barbera, A. Collura, A. Owens, "X-ray and optical performance of the JET-X telescope flight filters", 1997, Proc. SPIE, 3114, 384.

26. F. Bocchino, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino, "An optimized time screening algorithm for ROSAT PSPC and HRI observations", 1998, A&AS, 129, 1.

27. G.E. Villa, M. Barbera, A. Collura, N. La Palombara, C. Musso, S. Serio, R. Stillwell, P. Tognon, D.C. Turner, "The optical/UV filters for the EPIC experiment", 1998, IEEE Transactions in Nuclear Science, 45, 921.

28. M. Cannas, M. Barbera, R. Boscaino, A. Collura, F.M. Gelardi, S. Varisco, "Photoluminescence activity in natural silica excited in the vacuum UV range", 1999, Journal of non cristalline solids, 245, 190.

29. A. Cavadi, M. Artale, M. Barbera, A. Collura, F.R. Powell, S. Varisco, "Measurement of optical constants n and k of lexan and polyimide", 1999, Proc. SPIE, 3765, 805.

30. H.W. Schnopper, E.H. Silver, R.H. Ingram, F.E. Christensen, A.M. Hussain, M. Barbera, S.E. Romaine, A. Collura, A.T. Kenter, S. Bandler, S.S. Murray, "X-ray optics made from thin plastic foils", 1999, Proc. SPIE, 3766, 350.

31. E. Silver, S. Bandler, S. Murray, H. Schnopper, N. Madden, J. Beeman, E. Haller, M. Barbera, P. Beirsdorfer, S. Kahn, G. Tucker, "Laboratory Astrophysics and Microanalysis with NTD-Based Microcalorimeters", 1999, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research (Section A), 444/1-2, 156.

32. S. Bandler, E. Silver, H. Schnopper, S. Murray, M. Barbera, N. Madden, D. Landis, J. Beeman, E. Haller, G. Tucker, "NTD-GE-Based Microcalorimeter Performance", 1999, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research (Section A), 444/1-2, 273.

33. H.W. Schnopper, E. Silver, S. Murray, S. Romaine, S. Bandler, C. Jones, B. Forman, N. Madden, J. Beeman, E. Haller, F. Christensen, N. Westergaard, J. Fabregat, V. Reglero, A. Gimenez, N. Brosch, E. Liebowitz, H. Netzer, M. Barbera, A. Collura, S. Sciortino, "XRASE, The X-ray Spectrometer Explorer", 2001, Astrophysics and Space Science, 276/1, 49.

34. A. Kenter, R. Kraft, G. Meehan, S.S. Murray, M. Zombeck, R. Hank Donnelly, M. Juda, D. Patnaude, D. Pease, G. Fraser, J. Pearson, J. Lees, A. Brunton, M. Barbera, A. Collura, "In fligth Calibration of the Chandra High Resolution Camera Imager (HRC-I)", 2000, Proc. SPIE, 4012, 467.

35. R. Kraft, A. Kenter, G. Meehan, S.S. Murray, M. Zombeck, R. Hank Donnelly, Michael Juda, Daniel Patnaude, Deron Pease, G. Fraser, J. Pearson, J. Lees, A. Brunton, M. Barbera, A. Collura, "In fligth Calibration of the Chandra High Resolution Camera Spectroscopic Readout (HRC-S)", 2000, Proc. SPIE, 4012, 493.

36. E. Silver, H. Schnopper, S. Bandler, N. Brinckhouse, S. Murray, M. Barbera, E. Takacs, J. Gillaspy, J. Porto, I. Kink, M. Laming, N. Madden, D. Landis, J. Beeman, E. Haller, "Laboratory Astrophysics Survey of Key X-Ray Diagnostic Lines Using a Microcalorimeter on an Electron Beam Ion Trap", 2000, ApJ, 541, 495.

37. M. Laming, I. Kink, E. Takacs, J. Porto, J. Gillaspy, E. Silver, H. Schnopper, S. Bandler, N. Brinckhouse, S. Murray, M. Barbera, A. Bhatia, G. Doschek, N. Madden, D. Landis, J. Beeman, E. Haller, "Emission Line Intensity Ratios in Fe XVII Observed with a MicroCalorimeter on the Electron Beam Ion Trap", 2000, ApJL, 545, 161.

38. M. Barbera, A. Collura, G. Micela, S.S. Murray, M.V. Zombeck, "In-Flight Calibration of the ROSAT HRI Ultraviolet Sensitivity", 2000, ApJ, 545, 449.

39. M.J.L. Turner, A. Abbey, M. Arnaud, M. Balasini, M. Barbera, E. Belsole, P.J. Bennie, J.P. Bernard, G.F. Bignami, M. Boer, U. Briel, I. Butler, C. Cara, C. Chabaud, R. Cole, A. Collura, M. Conte, A. Cros, M. Denby, P. Dhez, G. Di Coco, J. Dowson, P. Ferrando, S. Ghizzardi, F. Gianotti, C.V. Goodall, L. Gretton, R.G. Griffiths, O. Hainaut, J.F. Hochedez, A.D. Holland, E. Jourdain, E. Kendziorra, A. Lagostina, R. Laine, N. La Palombara, M. Lortholary, D. Lumb, P. Marty, S. Molendi, C. Pigot, E. Poindron, K.A. Pounds, J.N. Reeves, C. Reppin, R. Rothenflug, P. Salvetat, J.L. Sauvageot, D. Schmitt, S. Sembay, A.D.T. Short, J. Spragg, J. Stephen, L. Strueder, A. Tiengo, M. Trifoglio, J. Truemper, S. Vercellone, L. Vigroux, G. Villa, M.J. Ward , S. Whitehead , E. Zonca , "The European Photon Imaging Camera on XMM-Newton: The MOS cameras", 2001, A&A, 365, L27.

40. M.Cannas, F.M. Gelardi, F. Pullara, M. Barbera, A. Collura, S.Varisco, "Absorption band at 7.6 eV induced by Gamma-irradiation in silica glasses", 2001, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 280, 180.

41. E. Silver, S. Bandler, H. Schnopper, S. Murray, M. Barbera, N. Madden, D. Landis, J. Beeman, E. Haller, "NTD germanium-based microcalorimeters for hard x-ray spectroscopy", 2000, Proc. SPIE, 4140, 397.

42. H. Schnopper, E. Silver, R. Ingram, F. Christensen, A. Hussain, M. Barbera, S. Romaine, A. Collura, A. Kenter, S. Bandler, S. Murray, "X-ray telescopes made from thin plastic foils: recent results", 2001, Proc. SPIE, 4496, in press.

43. M.J.L. Turner, J.N. Reeves, T.J. Ponman, M. Arnaud, M. Barbera, P.J. Bennie, M. Boer, U. Briel, I. Butler, J. Clavel, P. Dhez, F. Cordova, S. Dos Santos, P. Ferrando, S. Ghizzardi, C.V. Goodall, R.G. Griffiths, J.F. Hochedez, A.D. Holland, F. Jansen, E. Kendziorra, A. Lagostina, R. Laine, N. La Palombara, M. Lortholary, K.O. Mason, S. Molendi, C. Pigot , W. Priedhorsky, C. Reppin, R. Rothenflug, P. Salvetat, J. Sauvageot, D. Schmitt, S. Sembay, A. Short, L. Strueder, M. Trifoglio, J. Truemper, S. Vercellone, L. Vigroux, G. Villa, M. Ward, "XMM-Newton first-light observations of the Hickson galaxy group 16", 2001, A&A, 365, L110-L115.