Finding Noise • Fixing Noise • Simulating Noise • PCA
Rauscher, B. J. (2024). NSClean: An Algorithm for Removing Correlated Noise from JWST NIRSpec Images. PASP, 136(1), 015001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ad1b36
Rauscher, B. J., Fixsen, D. J., & Mosby, G. (2022). Simple improved reference subtraction for H4RG, H2RG, and H1RG near-infrared array detectors. JATIS, 8, 028002. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.028002
Rauscher, B. J., Arendt, R. G., Fixsen et al. (2019). Principal component analysis of up-the-ramp sampled infrared array data. JATIS, 5, 028001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.028001
Rauscher, B. J., Arendt, R. G., Fixsen et al. (2017). Improved Reference Sampling and Subtraction: A Technique for Reducing the Read Noise of Near-infrared Detector Systems. PASP, 129(980), 105003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aa83fd
Rauscher, B. J. (2015). Teledyne H1RG, H2RG, and H4RG Noise Generator. PASP, 127(957), 1144. https://doi.org/10.1086/684082
Refereed articles (partial list; full list available here)
HgCdTe Near-infrared Detector Arrays for Flagship Missions • Single Photon Detectors for Flagship Missions
Mosby, G., … & Rauscher, B. J. et al. (2025). Summary of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope flight detector performance. JATIS, 11, 011210. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.11.1.011210
Mosby, G., Rauscher, B. J., Bennett, C. et al. (2020). Properties and characteristics of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope H4RG-10 detectors. JATIS, 6, 046001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.046001
Rauscher, B. J., Canavan, E. R., Moseley, S. H. et al. (2016). Detectors and cooling technology for direct spectroscopic biosignature characterization. JATIS, 2, 041212. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.2.4.041212
Rauscher, B. J., Boehm, N., Cagiano, S. et al. (2014). New and Better Detectors for the JWST Near-Infrared Spectrograph. PASP, 126(942), 739. https://doi.org/10.1086/677681
Rauscher, B. J., Antonille, S. R., Boehm, N. et al. (2013). Overlight testing for the James Webb Space Telescope. PASP, 125(934), 1465. https://doi.org/10.1086/674176
Rauscher, B. J., Lindler, D. J., Mott, D. B. et al. (2011). The Dark Current and Hot Pixel Percentage of James Webb Space Telescope 5 µm Cutoff HgCdTe Detector Arrays as Functions of Temperature. PASP, 123(906), 953. https://doi.org/10.1086/661663
Rauscher, B. J., Fox, O., Ferruit, P. et al. (2007). Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Spectrograph. I. Readout Mode, Noise Model, and Calibration Considerations. PASP, 119(857), 768–786. https://doi.org/10.1086/520887
Detector System Crisis Resolution
Rauscher, B. J., Stahle, C., Hill, R. J. et al. (2012). Commentary: JWST near-infrared detector degradation—Finding the problem, fixing the problem, and moving forward. AIP Advances, 2(2), 021901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4733534
Recent Astrophysics & Physics
Du, P., Essig, R., Rauscher, B. J., & Xu, H. (2025). Direct Constraints on Strongly Interacting Dark Matter from the James Webb Space Telescope. Phys. Rev. Lett., 135(5), 051002. https://doi.org/10.1103/s2q8-rzb3
Bunker, A. J., … & Rauscher, B.J. et al. (2024). JADES NIRSpec initial data release for the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Redshifts and line fluxes of distant galaxies from the deepest JWST Cycle 1 NIRSpec multi-object spectroscopy. A&A, 690, A288. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347094
Manjavacas, E., … & Rauscher, B.J. et al. (2024). Medium-resolution 0.97–5.3 µm Spectra of Very Young Benchmark Brown Dwarfs with NIRSpec on Board the James Webb Space Telescope. AJ, 167(4), 168. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad2938
Sing, D. K., … & Rauscher, B.J. et al. (2024). A warm Neptune’s methane reveals core mass and vigorous atmospheric mixing. Nature, 630(8018), 831–835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07395-z
Luhman, K. L., … & Rauscher, B.J. et al. (2023). JWST/NIRSpec Observations of the Planetary Mass Companion TWA 27B. ApJL, 949(2), L36. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acd635