R. A. Street
Papers
14
Total Citations
354
H-Index
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About
R. A. Street is a prominent astronomer whose research sits at the intersection of gravitational microlensing, exoplanet detection, and robotic telescope networks. Best known for pioneering automated systems to detect and characterize planets beyond our solar system, Street has made foundational contributions to the development of large-scale, coordinated observational infrastructure. Their work on RoboNet-II (100 citations) established a globally distributed network of robotic 2-meter telescopes capable of performing real-time follow-up of microlensing events in the Galactic Bulge, while the ARTEMiS expert system (39 citations) demonstrated how artificial intelligence could be harnessed to autonomously identify low-mass, potentially Earth-like planets. Street's deterministic observing strategy framework (88 citations) further advanced the statistical inference of planet population distributions from microlensing surveys. Their contributions extend to time-domain astronomy more broadly, including roles in the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network and software tools designed to manage observing programs at LSST-era scales (35 citations). Through these efforts, Street has helped transform exoplanet microlensing from a painstaking manual process into a scalable, automated discipline, laying critical groundwork for the next generation of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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- 6SuperWASP: Wide Angle Search for Planets14 citations · 2002
- 7Science operations for LCOGT - a global telescope network13 citations · 2014
- 8RoboTAP: Target priorities for robotic microlensing observations10 citations · 2018
- 9The LCOGT Network8 citations · 2010
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