Refereed articles

  1. Extended X-ray Emission in Nearby Seyfert Galaxies ,
    Elvis, M., Fassnacht, C., Wilson, A.S., & Briel, U.
    1990, Astrophysical Journal 361, 459
    (Erratum)
  2. High Resolution Optical and UV Observations of the Centers of NGC 1316 and NGC 3998 with the Hubble Space Telescope ,
    Fabbiano, G., Fassnacht, C., & Trinchieri, G.,
    1994, Astrophysical Journal, 434, 67
  3. An Accurate Galactic NH Map of the North Ecliptic Pole ,
    Elvis, M., Lockman, F.J., & Fassnacht, C.,
    1994, Astrophysical Journal (Supplement), 95, 413
  4. 1608+656: A Quadruple Lens System Found in the CLASS Gravitational Lens Survey ,
    Myers, S.T., Fassnacht, C. D., Djorgovski, S.G., Blandford, R.D., Matthews, K., et al.
    1995, Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 447, L5
  5. 1608+656: A Gravitationally Lensed Poststarburst Radio Galaxy ,
    Fassnacht, C. D., Womble, D.S., Neugebauer, G., Browne, I.W.A, Readhead, A.C.S., Matthews, K., & Pearson, T.J.
    1996, Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 460, L103
  6. A candidate gravitational lens in the Hubble Deep Field ,
    Hogg D. W., Blandford R., Kundic T., Fassnacht C. D., & Malhotra S.,
    1996, Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 467, L73
  7. Keck Spectroscopy of Three Gravitational Lens Systems Discovered in the JVAS and CLASS Surveys ,
    Fassnacht, C.D. & Cohen, J.G.
    1998, Astronomical Journal, 115, 377
  8. A Complete Infrared Einstein Ring in the Gravitational Lens System B1938+666 ,
    King, L. J., Jackson, N., Blandford, R. D., Bremer, M. N., Browne, I. W. A., et al.
    1998, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 295, L41.
  9. B0712+472: a New Radio Four-image Gravitational Lens ,
    Jackson, N., Nair, S., Browne, I.W.A., Wilkinson, P.N., Muxlow, T.W.B., et al.
    1998, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 296, 483
  10. Lensing Galaxies: Light or Dark? ,
    Jackson, N., Helbig, P., Browne, I. W. A., Fassnacht, C. D., Koopmans, L., Marlow, D. R., Wilkinson, P. N.
    1998, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 34, L33
  11. The Complex Gravitational Lens System B1933+503 ,
    Sykes, C. M., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N. J., Marlow, D. R., Nair, S., et al.
    1998, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 301, 310
  12. B2045+265: A New Four-Image Gravitational Lens from CLASS ,
    Fassnacht, C. D., Blandford, R. D., Cohen, J. G., Matthews, K., Pearson, T. J., et al.
    1999, Astronomical Journal, 117, 658
  13. A New Radio Double Lens from CLASS: B1127+385 ,
    Koopmans, L. V. E., de Bruyn, A. G., Marlow, D. R., Jackson, N., Blandford, R. D., et al.
    1999, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 303, 727
  14. CLASS B1152+199 and B1359+154: Two New Gravitational Lens Systems Discovered in the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey ,
    Myers, S. T., Rusin, D., Fassnacht, C. D., Blandford, R. D., Pearson, T. J., et al.
    1999, Astronomical Journal, 117, 2565
  15. CLASS B1555+375: A New Four-Image Gravitational Lens System,
    Marlow, D. R., Myers, S. T., Rusin, D., Jackson, N., Browne, I. W. A., et al.
    1999, Astronomical Journal, 118, 654
  16. A Determination of H0 with the CLASS Gravitational Lens B1608+656: I. Time Delay Measurements with the VLA ,
    Fassnacht, C. D., Pearson, T. J., Readhead, A. C. S., Browne, I. W. A., Koopmans, L. V. E., Myers, S. T., & Wilkinson, P. N.
    1999, Astrophysical Journal, 527, 498
  17. A Determination of H0 with the CLASS Gravitational Lens B1608+656: II. Mass Models and the Hubble Constant from Lensing ,
    Koopmans, L. V. E. & Fassnacht, C. D.
    1999, Astrophysical Journal, 527, 513
  18. A Keck Survey of Gravitational Lens Systems: I. Spectroscopy of SBS 0909+532, HST 1411+5211, and CLASS B2319+051,
    Lubin, L. M., Fassnacht, C. D., Readhead, A. C. S., Blandford, R. D., & Kundi\'c, T.
    2000, Astronomical Journal, 119, 451
  19. A Time-delay Determination from VLA Light Curves of the CLASS Gravitational Lens B1600+434
    Koopmans, L. V. E., de Bruyn, A. G., Xanthopoulos, E., & Fassnacht, C. D.,
    2000, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 356, 391
  20. Redshifts and Neutral Hydrogen Observations of Compact Symmetric Objects in the COINS Sample,
    Peck, A. B., Taylor, G. B., Fassnacht, C. D., Readhead, A. C. S., & Vermeulen, R. C.,
    2000, Astrophysical Journal, 534, 104
  21. VLA 8.4-GHz Monitoring Observations of the CLASS Gravitational Lens B1933+503,
    Biggs, A. D., Xanthopoulos, E., Browne, I. W. A., Koopmans, L. V. E., & Fassnacht, C. D.
    2000, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 318, 73
  22. CLASS B0827+525: 'Dark Lens' or Binary Radio-loud Quasar?
    Koopmans, L. V. E., de Bruyn, A. G., Fassnacht, C. D., Marlow, D. R., Rusin, D., et al.
    2000, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 361, 815
  23. A New Quadruple Gravitational Lens System: CLASS B0128+437
    Phillips, P. M., Norbury, M. A., Koopmans, L. V. E., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N. J., et al.
    2000, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 319, 7L
  24. CLASS B0739+366: A New Two-image Gravitational Lens System
    Marlow, D. R., Rusin, D., Norbury, M., Jackson, N., Browne, I. W. A., et al.
    2001, Astronomical Journal, 121, 619
  25. The Inner Light Year of the Nearest Seyfert 1 Nucleus in NGC 4395
    Wrobel, J. M., Fassnacht, C. D., & Ho, L. C.,
    2001, Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 553, L23
  26. The New Two-image Gravitational Lens System CLASS B2319+051
    Rusin, D., Marlow, D. R., Norbury, M., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N., et al.
    2001, Astronomical Journal, 122, 591
  27. B2114+022: A Starburst Galaxy Gravitationally Lensing a Distant Radio Source?
    Augusto, P., Browne, I. W. A., Wilkinson, P. N., Jackson, N. J., Fassnacht, C. D., et al.
    2001, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 326, 1007
  28. Compact Symmetric Objects as Radio Flux Density Calibrators
    Fassnacht, C. D. & Taylor, G. B.
    2001, Astronomical Journal, 122, 1661
  29. The Gravitational Lens -- Galaxy Group Connection: I. Discovery of a Group Coincident with CLASS B0712+472
    Fassnacht, C. D. & Lubin, L. M.
    2002, Astronomical Journal, 123, 627
  30. Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from the Analysis of the Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey Radio-Selected Gravitational Lens Statistics,
    Chae, K., Biggs, A., Blandford, R., Browne, I., de Bruyn, A., et al.
    2002, Physical Review Letters, v89, 151301
  31. A Determination of H0 with the CLASS Gravitational Lens B1608+656: III. A Significant Improvement in the Precision of the Time Delay Measurements,
    Fassnacht, C. D., Xanthopoulos, E., Koopmans, L. V. E., & Rusin, D.
    2002, Astrophysical Journal, 581, 823
  32. CLASS B0445+123: A New Two-image Gravitational Lens System,
    Argo, M. K., Jackson, N. J., Browne, I. W., York, T., McKean, J., et al.
    2003, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 338, 957
  33. B0850+054: A New Gravitational Lens System from CLASS,
    Biggs, A. D., Rusin, D., Browne, I. W. A., de Bruyn, A. G., Jackson, N. J., et al.
    2003, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 338, 1084
  34. SN 2002cx: The Most Peculiar Known Type Ia Supernova,
    Li, W., Filippenko, A. V., Chornok, R., Berger, E., Berlind, P., et al.
    2003, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 115, 453
  35. The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey: I. Source Selection and Observations,
    Myers, S. T., Jackson, N. J., Browne, I. W. A., de Bruyn, A. G., Pearson, T. J., et al.
    2003, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 341, 1
  36. The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey: II. Gravitational Lens Candidate Selection and Follow-up,
    Browne, I. W. A., Wilkinson, P. N., Jackson, N. J. F., Myers, S. T., Fassnacht, C. D., et al.
    2003, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 341, 13
  37. The Hubble Constant from the Gravitational Lens B1608+656,
    Koopmans, L. V. E., Treu, T., Fassnacht, C. D., Blandford, R. D., & Surpi, G.
    2003, Astrophysical Journal, 599, 20
  38. The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial Results from Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging,
    Giavalisco, M., Ferguson, H. C., Koekemoer, A., Dickinson, M., Alexander, D. M. et al.,
    2004, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 600, 93
  39. Strong Gravitational Lens Candidates in the GOODS ACS Fields,
    Fassnacht, C. D., Moustakas, L. A., Casertano, S., Ferguson, H. C., Lucas, R., Park, Y.
    2004, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 600, 155
  40. Keck Spectroscopy of Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey Gravitational Lenses,
    McKean, J. P., Koopmans, L. V. E., Browne, I. W. A., Fassnacht, C. D., Blandford, R. D., et al.,
    2004, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 350, 167
  41. CLASS B2108+213: A New Wide-separation Gravitational Lens System,
    McKean, J. P., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N. J., Koopmans, L. V. E., Norbury, M. A., et al.,
    2005, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 356, 1009
  42. VLBA Imaging Polarimetry of Active Galactic Nuclei-- An Automated Approach
    Taylor, G. B., Fassnacht, C. D., Sjouwerman, L. O., Myers, S. T., Ulvestad, J. S., et al.
    2005, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 159, 27
  43. CLASS B0631+519: Last of the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey lenses
    York, T., Jackson, N., Browne, I. W. A., Koopmans, L. V. E., McKean, J. P., et al.
    2005, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 361, 259
  44. Faint Radio Sources in the NOAO Boötes Field. VLBA Imaging and Optical Identifications
    Wrobel, J. M., Taylor, G. B., Rector, T. A., Myers, S. T., & Fassnacht, C. D.
    2005, Astronomical Journal, 130, 923
  45. Mass Along the Line of Sight to the Gravitational Lens B1608+656: Galaxy Groups and Implications for H0
    Fassnacht, C. D., Gal, R. R., Lubin, L. M., McKean, J. P., Squires, G., & Readhead, A. C. S.
    2006, Astrophysical Journal, 642, 30
  46. X-ray Selected Intermediate-redshift Groups of Galaxies
    Mulchaey, J. S., Lubin, L. M., Fassnacht, C. D., Rosati, P., & Jeltema, T. E.
    2006, Astrophysical Journal, 646, 133
  47. Three Gravitational Lenses for the Price of One: Enhanced Strong Lensing through Galaxy Clustering
    Fassnacht, C. D., McKean, J. P., Koopmans, L. V. E., Treu, T., Blandford, R. D., et al.
    2006, Astrophysical Journal, 651, 667
  48. The VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey at 5 GHz
    Helmbolt, J. F., Taylor, G. B., Tremblay, S., Fassnacht, C. D., Walker, R. C., et al.
    2007, Astrophysical Journal, 658, 203
  49. The Evolution of Galaxies in X-ray Luminous Groups
    Jeltema, T. E., Mulchaey, J. S., Lubin, L. M., & Fassnacht, C. D.
    2007, Astrophysical Journal, 658, 865
  50. A Strong-Lens Survey in AEGIS: the influence of large scale structure
    Moustakas, L. A., Marshall, P. Newman, J. A., Coil, A. L., Cooper, M. C., et al.
    2007, Astrophysical Journall, 660, 31L
  51. The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey Parent Population -- I. Sample Selection and Number Counts
    McKean, J. P., Browne, I. W. A., Jackson, N. J., Fassnacht, C. D., & Helbig, P.
    2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 377, 430
  52. High Resolution Imaging of the Anomalous Flux-ratio Gravitational Lens System CLASS B2045+265: Dark or Luminous Satellites?
    McKean, J. P., Koopmans, L. V. E., Flack, C. E., Fassnacht, C. D., Thompson, D., Matthews, K., Blandford, R. D., Readhead, A. C. S., & Soifer, T.
    2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 378, 109
  53. The Gravitational Lens -- Galaxy Group Connection. II. Groups Associated with B2319+051 and B1600+434
    Auger, M. W., Fassnacht, C. D., Abrahamse, A. L., Lubin, L. M., & Squires, G. K.
    2007, Astronomical Journal, 134, 668

Unrefereed Publications

  1. Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing in the Hubble Deep Field,
    Hogg, D. W., Blandford, R., Fassnacht, C. D., Kundic, T., Brainerd, T. G., & Malhotra, S.,
    1996, in HST and the High Redshift Universe, eds. N. R. Tanvir, A. Aragón-Salamanca & J. V. Wall, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
  2. The JVAS/CLASS Gravitational Lens Surveys,
    Browne, I.W.A., Jackson, N.J., Augusto, P., Henstock, D.R., Marlow, D.R., Nair, S., Wilkinson, P.N., de Bruyn, A.G., Koopmans, L., Bremer, M.N., Myers, S.T., Fassnacht, C. D., Blandford, R.D., Pearson, T.J., Readhead, A.C.S., Womble, D., & Patnaik, A.R.
    in Observational Cosmology with the New Radio Surveys, 1997, eds., M. Bremer, N. Jackson & I. Perez-Fournon, (Dordrecht: Kluwer) 305
  3. The CLASS lens J1934+504
    Marlow, D. R., Sykes, C. M., Nair, S., Jackson, N. J., Browne, I. W. A., Wilkinson, P. N., de Bruyn, A. G., Myers, S., Fassnacht C.
    1997, in Proceedings of the Jodrell Bank Workshop `Golden Lenses', eds., P. Helbig & N. J. Jackson
  4. New VLA Observations of the CLASS Gravitational Lens 1608+656
    Xanthopoulos, E., Browne, I. W. A., & Fassnacht C.
    1997, in Proceedings of the Jodrell Bank Workshop `Golden Lenses', eds., P. Helbig & N. J. Jackson
  5. VLA Monitoring of 1608+656
    Myers, S. T. & Fassnacht C. D.,
    1997, in Proceedings of the Jodrell Bank Workshop `Golden Lenses', eds., P. Helbig & N. J. Jackson
  6. Measuring the Hubble Constant with the Gravitational Lens System CLASS1608+656
    Fassnacht, C. D., Pearson, T.J., Blandford, R.D. & Readhead, A.C.S.
    1998, in IAU Colloquium 164: Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources, eds. J. A. Zensus, G. B. Taylor & J. M. Wrobel (San Francisco: A. S. P. Conference Series, v. 144)
  7. Measuring Cosmological Parameters with the JVAS and CLASS Gravitational Lens Surveys
    Helbig, P., Blandford, R. D., Browne, I. W. A., de Bruyn, A. G., Fassnacht, C. D., Jackson, N., Koopmans, L. V. E., Marlow, D. R., Myers, S. T., Quast, R., Rusin, D., Wilkinson, P. N., & Xanthopoulos, E.
    1998, in Abstracts of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, eds. J. Paul, T. Montmerle, & E. Aubourg
  8. Measuring H0 with CLASS B1608+656: The Second Season of VLA Monitoring,
    Fassnacht, C. D., Xanthopoulos, E., Koopmans, L. V. E., Pearson, T. J., Readhead, A. C. S., & Myers, S. T.
    1999, in Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals, eds. T. G. Brainerd & C. S. Kochanek (San Francisco: A. S. P. Conference Series)
  9. Time Delays in the Gravitational Lens B1608+656: Results from Second and Third Seasons of VLA Monitoring,
    Fassnacht, C. D., Xanthopoulos, E., Rusin D., & Koopmans, L.
    2000, in New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters: IAU Symposium 201,
  10. Time Delay and H0 Results from JVAS/CLASS Gravitational Lens Systems,
    Biggs, A. D., Koopmans, L. V.E., & Fassnacht, C. D.
    2000, in New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters: IAU Symposium 201,

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