List of Publications

The impact of human expert visual inspection on the discovery of strong gravitational lenses

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 523, Issue 3, pp.4413-4430 Rojas, Karina search by orcid ; Collett, Thomas E. search by orcid ; Ballard, Daniel ; Magee, Mark R. et al. Link

Revealing the structure of the lensed quasar Q 0957+561 III. Constraints on the size of the broad-line region

2023 eprint arXiv:2307.02914, acepted Fian, C. ; Muñoz, J. A. ; Mediavilla, E. ; Jiménez-Vicente, J. ; Motta, V. ; Chelouche, D. ; Wurzer, A. ; Hanslmeier, A. ; Rojas, K. Link

Strong lensing in UNIONS: Toward a pipeline from discovery to modeling

2022 A&A, Volume 668, id.A73, 41 pp. Savary, E. ; Rojas, K. ; Maus, M. ; Clément, B. ; Courbin, F. ; Gavazzi, R. ; Chan, J. H. H. ; Lemon, C. ; Vernardos, G. ; Cañameras, R. ; Schuldt, S. ; Suyu, S. H. ; Cuillandre, J. -C. ; Fabbro, S. ; Gwyn, S. ; Hudson, M. J. ; Kilbinger, M. ; Scott, D. ; Stone, C. Link

Search of strong lens systems in the Dark Energy Survey using convolutional neural networks

2022, A&A, Volume 666, id.A1, 27 pp. Rojas, K. ; Savary, E. ; Clément, B. ; Maus, M. ; Courbin, F. ; Lemon, C. ; Chan, J. H. H. ; Vernardos, G. ; Joseph, R. ; Cañameras, R. ; Galan, A. Link

Discovery of strongly lensed quasars in the Ultraviolet Near Infrared Optical Northern Survey (UNIONS)

2022, A&A, Volume 659, id.A140, 14 pp. Chan, J. H. H. ; Lemon, C. ; Courbin, F. ; Gavazzi, R. ; Clément, B. ; Millon, M. ; Paic, E. ; Rojas, K. ; Savary, E. search by orcid ; Vernardos, G. ; Cuillandre, J. -C. ; Fabbro, S.; Gwyn, S. ; Hudson, M. J.; Kilbinger, M. ; McConnachie, A. Link

Revealing the Structure of the Lensed Quasar Q 0957+561, I. Accretion Disk Size

2021, A&A, Volume 654, id.A70, 9 pp. C. Fian, E. Mediavilla, J. Jiménez-Vicente, V. Motta, J. A. Muñoz, D. Chelouche, P. Goméz-Alvarez, K. Rojas, A. Hanslmeier Link

Measuring accretion disk sizes of lensed quasars with microlensing time delay in multi-band light curves

2021, A&A, Volume 647, id.A115, 10 pp. Chan, J. H. H.; Rojas, K.; Millon, M.; Courbin, F.; Bonvin, V.; Jauffret, G. Link

TDCOSMO II: Six new time delays in lensed quasars from high-cadence monitoring at the MPIA 2.2m telescope

2020, A&A, Volume 642, id.A193, 14 pp. Millon, M.; Courbin, F.; Bonvin, V.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Frieman, J.; Marshall, P. J.; Suyu, S. H.; Treu, T.; Anguita, T.; Motta, V.; Agnello, A.; Chan, J. H. H.; C. -Y Chao, D.; Chijani, M.; Gilman, D.; Gilmore, K.; Lemon, C.; Lucey, J. R.; Melo, A. Paic, E.; Rojas, K.; Sluse, D.; Williams, P. R.; Hempel, A.; Kim, S.; Lachaume, R.; Rabus, M. Link

HOLISMOKES – II. Identifying galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses in Pan-STARRS using convolutional neural networks

2020, A&A, Accepted. Canameras, R.; Schuldt, S.; Suyu, S. H.; Taubenberger, S.; Meinhardt, T.; Leal-Taixe, L.; Lemon, C.; Rojas, K.; Savary,E. Link

Microlensing Analysis for the gravitational lens systems SDSS0924+0219, Q1355-2257, and SDSS1029+2623

2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 890:3 (9pp) Rojas, K.; Motta, V.; Mediavilla, E.; Jim'enez-Vicente, J.; Falco, E.; Fian,C. Link

COSMOGRAIL. XVIII. time delays of the quadruply lensed quasar WFI2033-4723

2019, A&A, Volume 629, id.A97, 13 pp. Bonvin, V.; Millon, M.; Chan, J. H.-H.; Courbin, F.; Rusu, C. E.; Sluse, D.; Suyu, S. H.; Wong, K. C.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Marshall, P. J.; Treu, T.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Frieman, J.; Hempel, A.; Kim, S.; Lachaume, R.; Rabus, M.; Chao, D. C. -Y.; Chijani, M.; Gilman, D.; Gilmore, K.; Rojas, K.; Williams, P.; Anguita, T.; Kochanek, C. S.; Morgan, C.; Motta, V.; Tewes, M.; Meylan, G. Link

Quasar microlensing: Revolutionizing our understanding of quasar structure and dynamics

2019, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 487; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 487. Moustakas, Leonidas; Anguita, Timo; Chartas, George; Cornachione, Matthew; Dai, Xinyu; Fian, Carina; Jimenez-Vicente, Jorge; Labrie, Kathleen; Macleod, Chelsea; Mediavilla, Evencio; Morgan, Christopher W.; O’Dowd, Matthew; Lewis, Geraint; Motta, Veronica; Nierenberg, Anna; Pooley, David; Rojas, Karina; Sluse, Dominique; Vernardos, Georgios; Webster, Rachel; Yong, Suk Yee Link

Constraining the microlensing effect on time delays with a new time-delay prediction model in H0 measurements

2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 481, Issue 1, p.1115-1125. Chen, Geoff C. -F.; Chan, James H. H.; Bonvin, Vivien; Fassnacht, Christopher D.; Rojas, Karina; Millon, Martin; Courbin, Fred; Suyu, Sherry H.; Wong, Kenneth C.; Sluse, Dominique; Treu, Tommaso; Shajib, Anowar J.; Hsueh, Jen-Wei; Lagattuta, David J.; Koopmans, Leon V. E.; Vegetti, Simona; McKean, John P. Link

The STRong lensing Insights into the Dark Energy Survey (STRIDES) 2016 follow-up campaign - II. New quasar lenses from double component fitting

2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 480, Issue 4, p.5017-5028. Anguita, T.; Schechter, P. L.; Kuropatkin, N.; Morgan, N. D.; Ostrovski, F.; Abramson, L. E.; Agnello, A.; Apostolovski, Y.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Hsueh, J. W.; Motta, V.; Rojas, K.; Rusu, C. E.; Treu, T.; Williams, P.; Auger, M.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Lin, H.; McMahon, R.; Abbott, T. M. C.; Allam, S.; Annis, J.; Bernstein, R. A.; Bertin, E.; Brooks, D.; Burke, D. L.; Carnero Rosell, A.; Carrasco-Kind, M.; Carretero, J.; Cunha, C. E.; D’Andrea, C. B.; De Vicente, J.; DePoy, D. L.; Desai, S.; Diehl, H. T.; Doel, P.; Flaugher, B.; García-Bellido, J.; Gerdes, D. W.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gschwend, J.; Hartley, W. G.; Hollowood, D. L.; Honscheid, K.; James, D. J.; Kuehn, K.; Lima, M.; Maia, M. A. G.; Miquel, R.; Plazas, A. A.; Sanchez, E.; Scarpine, V.; Smith, M.; Soares-Santos, M.; Sobreira, F.; Suchyta, E.; Tarle, G.; Walker, A. R. Link

The STRong lensing Insights into the Dark Energy Survey (STRIDES) 2016 follow-up campaign - I. Overview and classification of candidates selected by two techniques

2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 481, Issue 1, p.1041-1054. Treu, T.; Agnello, A.; Baumer, M. A.; Birrer, S.; Buckley-Geer, E. J.; Courbin, F.; Kim, Y. J.; Lin, H.; Marshall, P. J.; Nord, B.; Schechter, P. L.; Sivakumar, P. R.; Abramson, L. E.; Anguita, T.; Apostolovski, Y.; Auger, M. W.; Chan, J. H. H.; Chen, G. C. F.; Collett, T. E.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Hsueh, J. -W.; Lemon, C.; McMahon, R. G.; Motta, V.; Ostrovski, F.;Rojas, K.; Rusu, C. E.; Williams, P.; Frieman, J.; Meylan, G.; Suyu, S. H.; Abbott, T. M. C.; Abdalla, F. B.; Allam, S.; Annis, J.; Avila, S.; Banerji, M.; Brooks, D.; Carnero Rosell, A.; Carrasco Kind, M.; Carretero, J.; Castander, F. J.; D’Andrea, C. B.; da Costa, L. N.; De Vicente, J.; Doel, P.; Eifler, T. F.; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; García-Bellido, J.; Goldstein, D. A.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gutierrez, G.; Hartley, W. G.; Hollowood, D.; Honscheid, K.; James, D. J.; Kuehn, K.; Kuropatkin, N.; Lima, M.; Maia, M. A. G.; Martini, P.; Menanteau, F.; Miquel, R.; Plazas, A. A.; Romer, A. K.; Sanchez, E.; Scarpine, V.; Schindler, R.; Schubnell, M.; Sevilla-Noarbe, I.; Smith, M.; Smith, R. C.; Soares-Santos, M.; Sobreira, F.; Suchyta, E.; Swanson, M. E. C.; Tarle, G.; Thomas, D.; Tucker, D. L.; Walker, A. R. Link

COSMOGRAIL. XVII. Time delays for the quadruply imaged quasar PG 1115+080

2018, Astronomy \& Astrophysics, Volume 616, id.A183, 15 pp. Bonvin, V.; Chan, J. H. H.; Millon, M.; Rojas, K.; Courbin, F.; Chen, G. C. -F.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Paic, E.; Tewes, M.; Chao, D. C. -Y.; Chijani, M.; Gilman, D.; Gilmore, K.; Williams, P.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Frieman, J.; Marshall, P. J.; Suyu, S. H.; Treu, T.; Hempel, A.; Kim, S.; Lachaume, R.; Rabus, M.; Anguita, T.; Meylan, G.; Motta, V.; Magain, P. Link

Discovery of three strongly lensed quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 477, Issue 1, p.L70-L74. Williams, P. R.; Agnello, A.; Treu, T.; Abramson, L. E.; Anguita, T.; Apostolovski, Y.; Chen, G. C. -F.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Hsueh, J. W.; Lemaux, B. C.; Motta, V.; Oldham, L.; Rojas, K.; Rusu, C. E.; Shajib, A. J.; Wang, X. Link

COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses. XVI. Time delays for the quadruply imaged quasar DES J0408-5354 with high-cadence photometric monitoring

2018, Astronomy \& Astrophysics, Volume 609, id.A71, 9 pp. Courbin, F.; Bonvin, V.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Frieman, J.; Lin, H.; Marshall, P. J.; Suyu, S. H.; Treu, T.; Anguita, T.; Motta, V.; Meylan, G.; Paic, E.; Tewes, M.; Agnello, A.; Chao, D. C. -Y.; Chijani, M.; Gilman, D.;Rojas, K.; Williams, P.; Hempel, A.; Kim, S.; Lachaume, R.; Rabus, M.; Abbott, T. M. C.; Allam, S.; Annis, J.; Banerji, M.; Bechtol, K.; Benoit-L'evy, A.; Brooks, D.; Burke, D. L.; Carnero Rosell, A.; Carrasco Kind, M.; Carretero, J.; D’Andrea, C. B.; da Costa, L. N.; Davis, C.; DePoy, D. L.; Desai, S.; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; García-Bellido, J.; Gaztanaga, E.; Goldstein, D. A.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gschwend, J.; Gutierrez, G.; Honscheid, K.; James, D. J.; Kuehn, K.; Kuhlmann, S.; Kuropatkin, N.; Lahav, O.; Lima, M.; Maia, M. A. G.; March, M.; Marshall, J. L.; McMahon, R. G.; Menanteau, F.; Miquel, R.; Nord, B.; Plazas, A. A.; Sanchez, E.; Scarpine, V.; Schindler, R.; Schubnell, M.; Sevilla-Noarbe, I.; Smith, M.; Soares-Santos, M.; Sobreira, F.; Suchyta, E.; Tarle, G.; Tucker, D. L.; Walker, A. R.; Wester, W. Link

Probing the Broad-Line Region and the Accretion Disk in the Lensed Quasars HE 0435-1223, WFI 2033-4723, and HE 2149-2745 Using Gravitational Microlensing

2017, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 835, Issue 2, article id. 132, 13 pp Motta, V.; Mediavilla, E.; Rojas, K.; Falco, E. E.; Jim'enez-Vicente, J.; Munoz, J. A. Link

Determination of Pulsation Periods and Other Parameters of 2875 Stars Classified as MIRA in the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS)

2016, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 227, Issue 1, article id. 6, 13 pp. Vogt, N.; Contreras-Quijada, A.; Fuentes-Morales, I.; Vogt-Geisse, S.; Arcos, C.; Abarca, C.; Agurto-Gangas, C.; Caviedes, M.; DaSilva, H.; Flores, J.; Gotta, V.; Penaloza, F.; Rojas, K.; Villasenor, J. I. Link

Combining strong lensing and dynamics in galaxy clusters: integrating MAMPOSSt within LENSTOOL. I. Application on SL2S J02140-0535

2016, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 595, id.A30, 17 pp. Verdugo, T.; Limousin, M.; Motta, V.; Mamon, G. A.; Foex, G.; Gastaldello, F.; Jullo, E.; Biviano, A.; Rojas, K.; Munoz, R. P.; Cabanac, R.; Magana, J.; Fern'andez-Trincado, J. G.; Adame, L.; De Leo, M. A. Link

VVV Survey Observations of a Microlensing Stellar Mass Black Hole Candidate in the Field of the Globular Cluster NGC 6553

2015, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 810, Issue 2, article id. L20, 5 pp. Minniti, D.; Contreras Ramos, R.; Alonso-García, J.; Anguita, T.; Catelan, M.; Gran, F.; Motta, V.; Muro, G.; Rojas, K.; Saito, R. K. Link

Strong Chromatic Microlensing in HE0047-1756 and SDSS1155+6346

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 797, Issue 1, article id. 61, 7 pp. Rojas, K.; Motta, V.; Mediavilla, E.; Falco, E.; Jim'enez-Vicente, J.; Munoz, J. A, 2014 Link

Microlensing of Quasar Ultraviolet Iron Emission

2013, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 778, Issue 2, article id. 123, 6 pp. Guerras, E.; Mediavilla, E.; Jimenez-Vicente, J.; Kochanek, C. S.; Munoz, J. A.; Falco, E.; Motta, V.; Rojas, K. Link

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