Publications:

Vicuna, M.L., Silva, J.F., Mendez, R.A., Orchard, M.E., Espinosa, S.,
Tregloan-Reed, J., "Optimal Photometry of Point Sources: Joint Source Flux 
and Background Determination on Array Detectors-from Theory to Practical 
Implementation", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
vol 136, 2024. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ad0ca3.

Espinosa, S., Silva, J. F., Mendez, R. A., Lobos, R., and Orchard, M.,
"Optimality of the maximum likelihood estimator in astrometry", Astronomy
and Astrophysics, vol. 616, 2018. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732537.

Espinosa, S., Silva, J. F., Mendez, R., and Orchard, M., "The Bayesian
Cramer-rao Lower Bound in Photometry", in Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y
Astrofisica Conference Series, 2018, vol. 50, pp. 50-51.

Mendez, R. A., Echeverria, A., Silva, J., and Orchard, M., "The Bayesian
Cramer-Rao lower bound in Astrometry", in Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y
Astrofisica Conference Series, 2018, vol. 50, pp. 23-24.

Bouquillon, S., Mendez, R. A., and Altmann, M., "The Gaia-GBOT experiment", in
Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, 2018, vol. 50,
pp. 29-30.

Bouquillon, S., "Characterizing the astrometric precision limit for moving
targets observed with digital-array detectors", Astronomy and Astrophysics,
vol. 606, 2017. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628167.

Bouquillon, S., Mendez, R. A., and Altmann, M., "The astrometric lessons of
Gaia-GBOT experiment", in Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica
Conference Series, 2017, vol. 49, pp. 51-51.

Mendez, R. A., Echeverria, A., Silva, J., and Orchard, M., "The Bayesian
Cramer-Rao lower bound in Astrometry", in Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y
Astrofisica Conference Series, 2017, vol. 49, pp. 52-52.

Echeverria, A., Silva, J. F., Mendez, R. A., and Orchard, M., "Analysis of the
Bayesian Cramer-Rao lower bound in astrometry. Studying the impact of prior
information in the location of an object", Astronomy and Astrophysics,
vol. 594, 2016. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628220.

Lobos, R. A., Silva, J. F., Mendez, R. A., and Orchard, M., "Performance
Analysis of the Least-Squares Estimator in Astrometry", Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 127, no. 957, p. 1166,
2015. doi:10.1086/683841.

Mendez, R. A. and Silva, J. F., "Information and Decision Theory as applied to
astronomy: The case of astrometry and photometry", in Revista Mexicana de
Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, 2015, vol. 46, p. 77.

Mendez, R. A., Silva, J. F., Orostica, R., and Lobos, R., "Analysis of the
Cramer-Rao Bound in the Joint Estimation of Astrometry and Photometry",
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 126, no. 942,
p. 798, 2014. doi:10.1086/678041.

Mendez, R. A., Silva, J. F., and Lobos, R., "Analysis and Interpretation of
the Cramer-Rao Lower-Bound in Astrometry: One-Dimensional Case", Publications
of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 125, no. 927, p. 580,
2013. doi:10.1086/671126.