Papers

    1. The ugrizYJHK luminosity distributions and densities from the combined MGC, SDSS and UKIDSS LAS datasets,
      D. Hill, S.P. Driver, E. Cameron, N.J.G. Cross, J. Liske and A. Robotham, 2009, MNRAS, submitted.

    1. The Millenium Galaxy Catalogue: the M_bh–L_spheroid derived supermassive black hole mass function,
      M. Vika, S.P. Driver, A.W. Graham, J. Liske, 2009, MNRAS, in press.

    1. The Millenium Galaxy Catalogue: Exploring the Color-Concentration Bimodality via Bulge-Disc Decomposition,
      E. Cameron, S.P. Driver, A.W. Graham, J. Liske, 2009, ApJ, 699, 105.

    1. Galaxy evolution by color-log(n) type since redshift unity in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field,
      E. Cameron, S.P. Driver, 2009, A&A, 493, 489.

    1. The Energy Output of the Universe from 0.1 μm to 1000 μm,
      S.P. Driver, C.C. Popescu, R.J. Tuffs, A.W. Graham, J. Liske, I.K. Baldry, 2008, ApJL, 678, L101.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: The Connection between Close Pairs and Asymmetry; Implications for the Galaxy Merger Rate,
      R. De Propris, C.J. Conselice, J. Liske, S.P. Driver, D.R. Patton, A.W. Graham and P.D. Allen, 2007, ApJ, 666, 212.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the B-band attenuation of bulge and disc light and the implied cosmic dust and stellar mass densities,
      S.P. Driver, C.C. Popescu, R.J. Tuffs, J. Liske, A.W. Graham, P.D. Allen and R. De Propris, 2007, MNRAS, 379, 1022.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the local supermassive black hole mass function in early and late-type galaxies,
      A.W. Graham, S.P. Driver, P.D. Allen and J. Liske, 2007, MNRAS, 378, 198.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: The Luminosity Functions of Bulges and Disks and Their Implied Stellar Mass Densities,
      S.P. Driver, P.D. Allen, J. Liske and A.W. Graham, 2007, ApJL, 657, L85.

    1. The galaxy luminosity - size relation and selection biases in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field,
      E. Cameron and S.P. Driver, 2007, MNRAS, 377, 523.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: bulge-disc decomposition of 10 095 nearby galaxies,
      P.D. Allen, S.P. Driver, A.W. Graham, E. Cameron, J. Liske and R. De Propris, 2006, MNRAS, 371, 2.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: a census of local compact galaxies,
      J. Liske, S.P. Driver, P.D. Allen, N.J.G. Cross and R. De Propris, 2006, MNRAS, 369, 1547.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: morphological classification and bimodality in the colour-concentration plane,
      S.P. Driver, P.D. Allen, A.W. Graham, E. Cameron, J. Liske, S.C. Ellis, N.J.G. Cross, R. De Propris, S. Phillipps and W.J. Couch, 2006, MNRAS, 368, 414.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: on the natural subdivision of galaxies,
      S.C. Ellis, S.P. Driver, P.D. Allen, J. Liske, J. Bland-Hawthorn and R. De Propris, 2005, MNRAS, 363, 1257.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: Dynamically Close Pairs of Galaxies and the Global Merger Rate,
      R. De Propris, J. Liske, S.P. Driver, P.D. Allen and N.J.G. Cross, 2005, AJ, 130, 1516.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the space density and surface-brightness distribution(s) of galaxies,
      S.P. Driver, J. Liske, N.J.G. Cross, R. De Propris and P.D. Allen, 2005, MNRAS, 360, 81.
      Contains a description of the spectroscopic data.

    1. Beyond the Galaxy Luminosity Function,
      S.P. Driver, 2004, PASA, 21, 344.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the photometric accuracy, completeness and contamination of the 2dFGRS and SDSS-EDR/DR1 data sets,
      N.J.G. Cross, S.P. Driver, J. Liske, D.J. Lemon, J.A. Peacock, S. Cole, P. Norberg and W.J. Sutherland, 2004, MNRAS, 349, 576.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: star counts and the structure of the Galactic stellar halo,
      D.J. Lemon, R.F.G. Wyse, J. Liske, S.P. Driver and K. Horne, 2004, MNRAS, 347, 1043.

    1. The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: 16 < B_MGC < 24 galaxy number counts and the calibration of the local galaxy luminosity function,
      J. Liske, D.J. Lemon, S.P. Driver, N.J.G. Cross and W.J. Couch, 2003, MNRAS, 344, 307.
      Contains a detailed description of the imaging data and catalogues.

     

    Conference proceedings and talks

    • The MGC and GAMA: structural surveys,
      S.P. Driver, 2008, in "The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context", Proceedings of IAU Symposium 254 (Copenhagen, 09-13 June 2008), ?, J. Andersen, J. Bland-Hawthorn, B. Nordtström, eds.
      SPD's talk.

    • Why we need survey-style disk-bulge decomposition,
      J. Liske and S.P. Driver, 2007, at the 1st Subaru Internal "Panoramic Views of Galaxy Formation and Evolution" (Hayama, 11-16 December 2007).

    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the severe attenuation of bulge flux by dusty spiral discs,
      S.P. Driver and the MGC Team, 2008, in "Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges", Proceedings of IAU Symposium 245 (Oxford, 16-20 July 2007), 403, M. Bureau, E. Athanassoula, B. Barbuy, eds.
      SPD's talk.

    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: Bimodality, Dust and Stellar Mass Functions,
      S.P. Driver, 2007, at "A New Zeal for Old Galaxies" (Rotorua, 25-30 March 2007).

    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: Science highlights,
      S.P. Driver, J. Liske and A.W. Graham, 2007, in "From Stars to Galaxies: Building up the Pieces to Build up the Universe" (Venice, 16-20 October 2006), ASP Conference Proceedings, 374, 481, A. Vallenari, R. Tantalo, L. Portinari, A. Moretti, eds.
      SPD's talk.

    • The luminosity-size relation of galaxies to z = 1?,
      E. Cameron and S.P. Driver, 2007, in "At the Edge of the Universe: Latest Results from the Deepest Astronomical Surveys" (Sintra, 9-13 October 2006), ASP Conference Proceedings, 380, 483, J. Afonso, H.C. Ferguson, B. Mobasher, R. Norris, eds.
      SPD's talk.

    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: Galaxy Bimodality,
      S.P. Driver, J. Liske and A.W. Graham, 2007, in "Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time", Proceedings of IAU Symposium 235 (Prague, 14-17 August 2006), 17, F. Combes, J. Palous, eds.
      SPD's talk.

    • The Local Supermassive Black Hole Mass Function from 10,000 Galaxies and the Mbh-concentration Relation,
      A.W. Graham, S.P. Driver, P.D. Allen and J. Liske, 2006, at the 208th AAS Meeting (Calgary, 4-8 June 2006), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, 95.

    • Did bulges form first and discs later?,
      S.P. Driver, 2006, at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting (Leicester, 3-7 April 2006).

    • Measuring Structural Properties of Galaxies in the Local Universe,
      P.D. Allen, S.P. Driver, J. Liske and A.W. Graham, 2007, in "Island Universes - Structure and Evolution of Disk Galaxies" (Terschelling, 3-8 July 2005), Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 23, R.S. de Jong, ed.
      PDA's talk.

    • The Bivariate Brightness Distribution of Galaxy Disks,
      J. Liske, S.P. Driver and P.D. Allen, 2007, in "Island Universes - Structure and Evolution of Disk Galaxies" (Terschelling, 3-8 July 2005), Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 531, R.S. de Jong, ed.
      JL's poster.

    • Structural Properties of the Local Galaxy Population,
      P.D. Allen, 2005, at "The Formation of Disk Galaxies" (Ascona, 27 June - 1 July 2005).

    • Structural Properties of the Local Galaxy Population,
      P.D. Allen, 2006, in "The Fabulous Destiny of Galaxies: Bridging Past and Present", Proceedings of the Vth Marseille International Cosmology Conference (Marseille, 20-24 June 2005), 59, V. Le Brun, A. Mazure, S. Arnouts, D. Burgarella, eds.
      PDA's talk.

    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the nearby supermassive black hole mass function,
      S.P. Driver, A.W. Graham, P.D. Allen and J. Liske, 2006, in "The Fabulous Destiny of Galaxies: Bridging Past and Present", Proceedings of the Vth Marseille International Cosmology Conference (Marseille, 20-24 June 2005), 409, V. Le Brun, A. Mazure, S. Arnouts, D. Burgarella, eds.
      SPD's talk (delivered by JL).

    • The Bivariate Brightness Distributions of Bulges and Disks,
      J. Liske, S.P. Driver and P.D. Allen, 2006, in "The Fabulous Destiny of Galaxies: Bridging Past and Present", Proceedings of the Vth Marseille International Cosmology Conference (Marseille, 20-24 June 2005), 81, V. Le Brun, A. Mazure, S. Arnouts, D. Burgarella, eds.
      JL's talk.

    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: The Space Density and Surface Brightness Distribution of Galaxies by Type and Component,
      S.P. Driver, 2004, at the 204th AAS Meeting (Denver, 30 May - 3 June 2004), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 36, 781.
      SPD's talk.

    • The Millenium Galaxy Catalogue,
      J. Liske, 2002, at the Robert Cormack Bequest Meeting (Edinburgh, 29 April 2002).

    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue,
      D.J. Lemon, J. Liske, S.P. Driver and N.J.G. Cross, 2002, in "New Era in Cosmology" (Durham, 11-15 September 2001), ASP Conference Proceedings, 283, 117, N. Metcalfe, T. Shanks, eds.

     

    Other talks

    • JL's talk at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (May 2008)
    • SPD's talk at the Universities of Sydney and Swinburne (March 2008)
    • SPD's talk at ROE/LJMU/Nottingham (December 2006 - January 2007)
    • SPD's talk at RSAA (November 2005)
    • SPD's talk at the AAO (September 2004)
    • SPD's talk at RSAA (June 2002)

     

    Other publications

    • A new understanding of the visible Universe,
      S.P. Driver and J. Liske, 2007, PPARC Frontiers, 26, ?.
    • The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue,
      S.P. Driver, J. Liske and A.W. Graham, 2007, AAO Newsletter, 111, 5.

     

    Media

    • Astronomers find that Universe shines twice as bright
      • Australian version: Astronomers discover full glory of the Universe
      • German version: Entstaubte Galaxien
      • Another UK version: Universe shines twice as bright
    • Universe 20% of the way through its fuel reserves
      • UK version: A matter of darkness
      • Australian version: Cosmic stocktake reveals what's left of big bang
      • Spanish version
    • Star count: ANU astronomer makes best bet yet

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