Refereed Publications:

Rest, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2008, ApJ, accepted, Spectral Identification of an Ancient Supernova using Light Echoes in the LMC, astroph/0801.4762

Smith, R. C., Seaman, R., Warner, P. 2008, Astron. Nachr., 329, No. 3, 241, Integrating VOEvent into the ground-based O/IR system: A case study at NOAO, Wiley InterScience

Stubbs, C. W., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 2007, PASP, 119, 1163, Toward More Precise Survey Photometry for PanSTARRS and LSST: Measuring Directly the Optical Transmission Spectrum of the Atmosphere, astroph/0708.1364

Shaw, R. A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, ApJLet, 669, 25, The Unusual Variability of the Large Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebula RPJ 053059-683542, astro-ph/0709.2674

Massey, P., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, AJ, 134, 2474, A Survey of Local Group Galaxies Currently Forming Stars: III. A Search for Luminous Blue Variables and Other H-alpha Emission-Lined Stars, astro-ph/0709.1267

Kim, H.-S. ,..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, ApJ, 669, 1003, IRAC Observations of CO J = 4 --> 3 High-Velocity Cloud in the 30 Doradus Complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud , ADS

Stubbs, C. W., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, PASP, 119, 1163, Towards More Precise Survey Photometry for PanSTARRS and LSST: Measuring Directly the Optical Transmission Spectrum of the Atmosphere, astro-ph/0708.1364

Davis, T. M., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, ApJ, 666. 716Scrutinizing Exotic Cosmological Models Using ESSENCE Supernova Data Combined with Other Cosmological Probes, astro-ph/0701510

Miknaitis, G., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, ApJ, 666, 674, The ESSENCE Supernova Survey: Survey Optimization, Observations, and Supernova Photometry, astro-ph/0701043

Wood-Vasey, W. M., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, ApJ, 666, 694Observational Constraints on the Nature of the Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey, astro-ph/0701041

Oey, M. S., ..., Smith, R. C.,... 2007, ApJ, 661, 801, The Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies. III. Diffuse, Warm Ionized Medium and Escape of Ionizing Radiation, ADS

Garg, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, AJ, 133, 403, Lightcurves of Type Ia Supernovae from Near the Time of Explosion, astro-ph/0608639, ADS

Massey, P., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2007, AJ, 133, 2393, A Survey of Local Group Galaxies Currently Forming Stars: \\II. UBVRI Photometry of Stars in Seven Dwarfs, astro-ph/0702236

Williams, B. J., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ApJL, 652, L33, Dust Destruction in Fast Shocks of Core-Collapse Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud, astro-ph/0610166, ADS

Wong, O. I., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, MNRAS, 370, 1607, NGC922 - A new drop-through ring galaxy, astro-ph/0605613, ADS

Hanish, D. J., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ApJ, 649, 150, The Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies. II. The Star Formation Rate Density of the Local Universe, astro-ph/0604442, ADS

Meurer, G. R., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ApJS, 165, 307, The Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies. I. Description and Initial Results, astro-ph/0604444, ADS

Barkhouse, W. A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ApJ, 645, 955, ChaMP Serendipitous Galaxy Cluster Survey, ADS

Borkowski, K., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ApJL, 642, L141, Dust Destruction in Type Ia Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud, astro-ph/0602313, ADS

Clocchiatti, A., ..., Smith, R., ... 2006, ApJ, 642, 1, Hubble Space Telescope and Ground-based Observations of Type Ia Supernovae at Redshift 0.5: Cosmological Implications, astro-ph/0510155

Phillips, M. M., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, AJ, 131, 2615, Optical and Near-Infrared Observations of the Peculiar Type ia Supernova 1999ac, ADS

Massey, P., ... Smith, R. C., ... 2006, AJ, 131, 2478, A Survey of Local Group Galaxies Currently Forming Stars. I. UBVRI Photometry of Stars in M31 and M33, ADS

Seward, F., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ApJ, 640, 327, Chandra Observation of the Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnant 0454-672 in N9, astro-ph/0511619

Blondin, S., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, AJ, 131, 1648, Using Line Profiles to Test the Fraternity of Type Ia Supernovae at High and Low Redshifts, astro-ph/0510089, ADS

Soderberg, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ApJ, 636, 391, An HST Study of the Supernovae Accompanying GRB 040924 and GRB 041006, ADS

Chu, Y.-H., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2005, ApJL, 634, 189, Protostars, Dust Globules, and a Herbig-Haro Object in the LMC Superbubble N51D, astro-ph/0511505

Rest, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2005, Nature, 438, 1132, Echos from Ancient Supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud, astro-ph/0510738

Rest, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2005, ApJ, 634, 1103, Testing LMC Microlensing Scenarios: The Discrimination Power of the SuperMACHO Microlensing Survey, astro-ph/0509240

Sollerman, J., ..., Smith, C., ... 2005, EPS13, Supernova Cosmology and the ESSENCE project, astro-ph/0510026

Krisciunas, K., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2005, AJ, 130, 2453, Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Nine High-Redshift ESSENCE Supernovae, astro-ph/0508681

Matheson, T., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2005, AJ, 129, 2352, Spectroscopy of High-Redshift Supernovae from the ESSENCE Project: The First Two Years, astro-ph/0411357, ADS

Williams, R. D., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2004, ApJ, 613, 948, Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. IV. X-Ray Emission from the Largest Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud, astroph/0406295, ADS

Gorjian, V., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2004, ApJS, 154, 275, Infrared Imaging of the Large Magellanic Cloud Star-forming Region Henize 206, ADS

Ryan-Weber, E. V., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2004, AJ, 127, 1431, Intergalactic HII Regions Discovered in SINGG, ADS

Barris, B., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2004, ApJ, 602, 571, 23 High Redshift Supernovae from the IfA Deep Survey: Doubling the SN Sample at z>0.7, astro-ph/0310843, ADS

Williams, B. F., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2004, AJ, 126, 2608, Imaging and Demography of High-Redshift Supernovae Type Ia Host Galaxies, astro-ph/0310432, ADS

Green, P. J., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2004, ApJS, 150, 43, The Chandra Multiwavelength Project: Optical Followup of Serendipitous Chandra Sources, astro-ph/0308506 , ADS

Lowry, J. D., Chu, Y.-H., Guerrero, M. A., Gruendl, R. A., Snowden, S. L., \& Smith, R. C., 2004, AJ, 127, 125, An Intriguing X-ray Arc Surrounding the X-ray Source RXJ053335-6854.9 toward the Large Magellanic Cloud, astro-ph/0308327, ADS

Bergmann, T. S., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2003, ApJ, 598, 956, Evolution of the nuclear accretion disk emission in NGC 1097: getting closer to the black hole, astro-ph/0310313, ADS

Sollerman, J., Ghavamian, P., Lundqvist, P., & Smith, R. C. 2003, A&A, 407, 249, High Resolution Spectroscopy of Balmer-Dominated Shocks in the RCW 86, Kepler and SN 1006 Supernova Remnants, astro-ph/0306196, ADS

Tonry, J. T., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2003, ApJ, 594, 1, Cosmological Results from High-z Supernovae, astro-ph/0305008, ADS

Candia, P., Krisciunas, K., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 2003, PASP, 115, 277, Optical and Infrared Photometry of the Unusual Type Ia Supernova 2000cx, astro-ph/0212543, ADS

Nez, Y, Chu, Y.-H., Guerrero, M.A., Oey, S., Gruendl, R.A., and Smith, R.C., 2002, AJ, 124, 3325, Structure and Dynamics of Candidate O Star Bubbles in N44, astro-ph/0208430, AJ

Strolger, L.-G., Smith, R. C., ..., 2002, AJ, 124, 2905, The Type Ia Supernova 1999aw: a Probable 1999aa-like Event In a Low-Luminosity Host Galaxy, astro-ph/0207409

Stritzinger, M., Hamuy, M., Suntzeff, N.B, Smith, R.C., ..., 2002, AJ, 124, 2100, Optical Photometry of the Type Ia SN 1999ee and the Type Ib/c SN 1999ex in IC 5179, astro-ph/0206438

Green, P.J, Kochanek, C., ..., Smith, C. 2002, ApJ, 571, 721, Chandra Observations of the QSO Pair Q2345+007: Binary Quasar or Massive Dark Lens?, astroph/0202081, ADS,ApJ

Silverman,J.D., Green,P.J., ..., Smith, C., ... 2002, ApJL, 569, 1, Discovery of a z=4.93, X-ray selected quasar by the Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChamP), astro-ph/0201379, ADS, ApJL

Oey, M. S., Groves, B., Staveley-Smith, L., Smith, R. C. 2001, AJ, 123, 255, The HI Environment of Three Superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud, astro-ph/0112057, ADS

Hamuy, M., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 2001, ApJ, 558, 615, The Distance to 1999em from the Expanding Photosphere Method, astro-ph/0105006, ADS

Clocchiatti, A., ..., Smith, C., ..., 2001, ApJ, 553, 886, The Type Ic SN 1990B in NGC 4568, ADS

Points, S. D., Chu, Y. -H., Snowden, S. L., and Smith, R. C. 2001, ApJS, 136, 99, Large-Scale Diffuse X-ray Emission from the Large Magellanic Cloudastroph, ADS

Ghavamian, P, Raymond, J., Smith, R. C., Hartigan, P., 2001, ApJ, 547, 995, Balmer-Dominated Spectra of Nonradiative Shocks in the Cygnus Loop, RCW 86 and Tycho Supernova Remnants, ADS

Oey, M. S., Dopita, M. A., Shields, J. C., and Smith, R. C., 2000, ApJS, 128, 511, Calibration of Nebular Emission-Line Diagnostics. I. Stellar Effective Temperatures, ADS

Clocchiatti, A., ..., Smith, C., ..., 2000, ApJ, 529, 661, The Luminous Type IC Supernova 1992AR at z=0.145, ADS

Coil, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 2000, ApJL, 544, 111, Optical Spectra of Type Ia Supernovae at z=0.46 and z=1.2, ADS

Riess, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2000, ApJ, 536, 62, Tests of the Accelerating Universe with Near-Infrared Observations of a High-Redshift Type IA Supernova, ADS

Williams, R., Chu, Y-H., Petre, J., Dickel, J., Petre, R., Smith, R. C., Tavarez, M., 1999, ApJS, 123, 467, Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. III. an X-Ray Atlas of Large Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnants, ADS

Points, S., Chu, Y-H., Kim, S.; Smith, R. C.; Snowden, S. L.; Brandner, W.; Gruendl, R. A., 1999, ApJ, 518, 298, The Supergiant Shell LMC 2. I. The Kinematics and Physical Structure, ADS

Williams, R., Chu, Y-H., Petre, J., Dickel, J., Smith, R. C, Milne, D.K., Winkler, P.F. 1999, ApJ, 514, 798, Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. II. Supernova Remnant Breakouts from N11L and N86, ADS

Kim, S., Chu, Y.-H., Staveley-Smith, L., & Smith, R. C. 1998, ApJ, 503, 729, The Multi-Phase Medium of the Interstellar Complex N44, ADS

Mac Low, M., Chang, T. H., Chu, Y.-H., Points, S. D., Smith, R. C., & Wakker, B. P. 1998, ApJ, 493, 260, X-rays from Superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud. V. The HII Complex N11, ADS

Garnavich, P. M., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 1998, ApJ, 509, 74, Supernova Limits on the Cosmic Equation of State, ADS

Riess, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 1998, AJ, 116, 1009, Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant, ADS

Schmidt, B., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 1998, ApJ, 507, 46, The High-Z Supernova Search: Measuring Cosmic Deceleration and Global Curvature of the Universe Using Type Ia Supernovae, ADS

Garnavich, P. M., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 1998, ApJL, 493, 53, Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae, ADS

Lira, P., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 1998, AJ, 115, 234 Optical Light Curves of the Type Ia Supernovae 1990N and 1991T, ADS

Gordon, Shawn, Kirshner, Robert P., Long, Knox S., Duric, Neb, Blair, William P., & Smith, R. Chris, 1998, ApJS, 117, 89, A New Optical Sample of Supernova Remnants in M33, ADS

da Costa, ..., Smith, C., ..., 1998AJ, 116, 1, The Southern Sky Redshift Survey, ADS

Smith, R. Chris 1997, AJ, 114, 2664, The Discovery of Balmer-Filaments Encircling SNR RCW 86, ADS

Riess, A. G., ..., & Smith, R. C. 1997, 114, 722, Time Dilation from Spectral Feature Age Measurements of Type Ia Supernovae, ADS

Chu, Y.-H., Kennicutt, R. C., Snowden, S. L., Smith, R. C., Williams, R. M., & Bomans, D. J. 1997, PASP, 109, 554, Uncovering a Supernova Remnant Hidden Near LMC X-1, ADS

Williams, R., Chu, Y.-H., Dickel, J .R., Beyer, R., Petre, R., Smith, R. C., and Milne, D. K. 1997, ApJ, 480, 618, Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud I: The Colliding Remnants DEM L 316, ADS

Leibundgut, B., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 1996, ApJ, 466, L21, Time Dilation in the Light Curve of the Distant Type Ia Supernova SN 1995K, ADS

Magnier, E. A., Chu, Y.-H., Points, S. D., Hwang, U., & R. C. Smith 1996, ApJ, 464, 829, X-rays from superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud IV: The Blowout Structure of N44, ADS

Hamuy, Mario, ..., Smith, R. Chris, ..., 1996, AJ, 112, 2408, BVRI Light Curves for 29 Type Ia Supernovae, ADS

Hamuy, Mario, Phillips, M. M., Suntzeff, Nicholas B., Schommer, Robert A., Maza, José, Smith, R. Chris, & Lira, P. 1996, AJ, 112, 2438, The Morphology of Type Ia Supernovae Light Curves, ADS

Chu, You-Hua, Dickel, John R., Staveley-Smith, Lister, Osterberg, Juergen, & Smith, R. Chris 1994, AJ, 109, 1729, The Honeycomb Supernova Remnant, ADS

Smith, R. Chris, Chu, You-Hua, Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark, Oey, M. S., & Klein, Uli 1994, AJ, 108, 1266, Two New Supernova Remnants in OB Associations in the Large Magellanic Cloud, ADS

Hughes, J.P., & Smith, R.C. 1994, AJ, 107, 1363, Discovery of Be/X-ray Stars in Two Supernova Remnants in the Small Magellanic Cloud, ADS

Smith, R. Chris, Raymond, John C., & Laming, J. Martin 1994, ApJ, 420, 286, High-resolution Spectroscopy of Balmer-dominated Shocks in the Large Magellanic Cloud, ADS

Hamuy, M., Maza, J., Phillips, M. M., Suntzeff, N. B., Wischnjewsky, M., Smith, R. C., et al. 1993, AJ, 106, 2392, The Calán/CTIO Supernova Search in 1990, ADS

Kirshner, R. P., Jeffery, D. J., Leibundgut, B., Chalis, P. M., Sonneborn, G., Phillips, M. M., Suntzeff, N. B., Smith, R. C., et al. 1993, ApJ, 415, 589, SN~1992A: Ultraviolet and Optical Studies Based on HST, IUE, and CTIO Observations, ADS

Smith, R. Chris, Kirshner, Robert P., Blair, William P., Long, Knox S. & Winkler, P. Frank 1993, ApJ, 407, 564, Optical Emission-line Properties of M33 Supernova Remnants, ADS

Schmidt, B.P., Kirshner, R.P., ..., Smith, R.C., ... 1993, AJ, 105, 2236, Photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 1990E in NGC 1035 - Observational constraints for models of type II supernovae, ADS

Leibundgut, B., Kirshner, R.P., Pinto, P.A., Rupen, M.P., Smith, R.C., Gunn, J.E., & Schneider, D.P. 1991, ApJ, 372, 531, Spectra of Two Very Old Supernovae: SN 1986J and SN 1980K, ADS

Smith, R. Chris, Kirshner, Robert P., Winkler, P. Frank, & Blair, William P. 1991, ApJ, 375, 652, Six Balmer-Dominated Supernova Remnants, ADS

Rest, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 2007, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 324 ("The Nature of V838 Mon and its Light Echo"), p 146, Light Echoes of SNe in the LMC, ADS

Smith, R. C., Boroson, T., \& Seaman, R., 2007, ADASS XVI, vol 376, p 707, The NOAO Data Products Program: Developing an End-to-End Data Management System in Support of the Virtual Observatory, ADS

Smith, R. C., ..., 2007, ADASS XVI, vol 376, p 615, The NOAO End-to-End Data Management System: An Overview,

Rest, A., ..., Smith, R. C., ..., 2007, Highlights of Astronomy, Vol 14, Issue 14, p 313, Light echoes of SNe in the LMC, ADS

Stubbs, C. W., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2006, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 364 (The Future of Photometric, Spectrophotometric and Polarimetric Standardization), p 373, Preliminary Results from Detector-Based Throughput Calibration of the CTIO Mosaic Imager and Blanco Telescope Using a Tunable Laser, astro-ph/0609260

Becker, A. C., ..., Smith, R. C., ... 2004, The SuperMACHO Microlensing Survey, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 225: Impact of Gravitational Lensing on Cosmology, astroph/0409167

Hiriart, R., Smith, C., Becker, A., Stubbs, C., Rest, A., Miknaitis, G., Prochter, G. 2003, The SuperMacho+SuperNova Survey Database Design: Supporting Time Domain Analysis of GB to TB Astronomical Datasets , Software and Systems XII ASP Conference Series, Vol. 295, 2003 H. E. Payne, R. I. Jedrzejewski, and R. N. Hook, eds., p.299

Smith, C., Rest, A., Hiriart, R., Becker, A., Stubbs, C. W., Valdes, F. G., Suntzeff, N. 2002, Real-time Time-variability Analysis of GB to TB Datasets: Experience from SuperMacho and Supernova projects at NOAO/CTIO, Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries, J. A. Tyson and S. Wolff, eds., SPIE Vol. 4836, p. 395

Shaw, R. A., Boroson, T. A., Smith, R. C. 2002, NOAO Data Products Program , Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return III. Edited by Quinn, Peter J., Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4844, pp. 197-203

Saha, A., Smith, C., Boroson, T. A. 2002, Operation Planning for the Large-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope , Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return III. Edited by Quinn, Peter J. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4844, pp. 180-187

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