D. Palmer

Publication List Details

Period

1986 - 2009

Number

121

Co-Authors

To appear in the Astrophysical Journal, Letters Observations of DG Tauri with the Keck Interferometer (2009)

M. Colavita, R. Akeson, P. Wizinowich, M. Shao, S. Acton, J. Beletic, ...

We present the first science results from the Keck Interferometer, a direct-detection infrared interferometer utilizing the two 10-meter Keck telescopes. The instrument and system components are...

The JANUS X-Ray Flash Monitor (2009)

Falcone, A. D., Burrows, D. N., Barthelmy, S., Chang, W., Fredley, J., Kelly, M., ...

JANUS is a NASA small explorer class mission which just completed phase A and was intended for a 2013 launch date. The primary science goals of JANUS are to use high redshift (6

The 22-Month Swift-BAT All-Sky Hard X-ray Survey (2009)

Tueller, J., Baumgartner, W. H., Markwardt, C. B., Skinner, G. K., Mushotzky, R. F., Ajello, M., ...

We present the catalog of sources detected in the first 22 months of data from the hard X-ray survey (14--195 keV) conducted with the BAT coded mask imager on the \swift satellite. The catalog...

A randomized controlled trial of treatment options for troublesome uterine bleeding in Implanon users (2009)

Weisberg, E., Hickey, M., Palmer, D., O'Connor, V., Salamonsen, L.A., Findlay, J.K., ...

BACKGROUND Pilot data have indicated that both doxycycline alone and mifepristone combined with ethinyl estradiol (EE) are effective in stopping episodes of bleeding in Implanon users with...

Swift-UVOT captures the earliest ultraviolet spectrum of a Gamma Ray Burst (2008)

Kuin, N. P. M., Landsman, W. B., Page, M. J., Schady, P., Still, M., Breeveld, A. A., ...

We present the earliest ever ultraviolet spectrum of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) as observed with the Swift-UVOT. The GRB 081203A spectrum was observed for 50 seconds with the UV grism starting 251...

Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters (2008)

Collaboration, LIGO Scientific, Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., Hurley, K. C., Palmer, D.

We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with Soft Gamma Repeater (SGR) bursts. This is the first search sensitive to neutron star f-modes,...

An Experimental Study of Weighted k-Link Shortest Path Algorithms (2008)

Ovidiu Daescu, Joseph S. B, Mitchell Simeon, Ntafos James, D. Palmer, Chee K. Yap

plane is a decomposition of the plane into polygonal regions, with each region having an associated nonnegative weight. In a weighted subdivision the distance between two points a and b within the...

A Swift gaze into the 2006 March 29th burst forest of SGR 1900+14 (2008)

Israel, G. L., Romano, P., Mangano, V., Dall'Osso, S., Chincarini, G., Stella, L., ...

We report on the intense burst ``forest'' recorded on 2006 March 29 which lasted for ~30s. More than 40 bursts were detected both by BAT and by XRT, seven of which are rare intermediate flares (IFs):...

Milliarcsecond N-Band Observations of the Nova RS Ophiuchi: First Science with the Keck Interferometer Nuller (2008)

Barry, R. K., Danchi, W. C., Traub, W. A., Sokoloski, J. L., Wisniewski, J. P., Serabyn, E., ...

We report observations of the nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) using the Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN), approximately 3.8 days following the most recent outburst that occurred on 2006 February 12. These...

⋄ Recent Awards (2008)

Le Song, S. Kuan, J. Gatt, C. Dobson-stone, D. Palmer, R. Paul, ...

1. NIPS travel fellowship (2007). 2. ISMB travel fellowship (2007). 3. ICML travel fellowship (2007). 4. Scholarship of the National ICT Australia (March 2004 – present). 5. Scholarship of the...

The Spectral Lag of GRB060505: A Likely Member of the Long Duration Class (2008)

McBreen, S., Foley, S., Watson, D., Hanlon, L., Malesani, D., Fynbo, J. P. U., ...

Two long gamma-ray bursts, GRB 060505 and GRB 060614, occurred in nearby galaxies at redshifts of 0.089 and 0.125 respectively. Due to their proximity and durations, deep follow-up campaigns to...

A Mixed Initiative Human-Robots Team Performance Assessment System For Use in Operational and Training Environments ABSTRACT (2008)

A. Freedy, J. Mcdonough, R. Jacobs, E. Freedy, S. Thayer, G. Weltman, ...

Military forces of the future will use mixed manned and unmanned forces for a broad variety of functions. Measurement of overall effectiveness in these mixed initiative systems will be essential in...

Milliarcsecond N-Band Observations of the Nova RS Ophiuchi: First Science with the Keck Interferometer Nuller (2008)

Barry, R. K., Danchi, W. C., Traub, W. A., Sokoloski, J. L., Wisniewski, J. P., Serabyn, E., ...

We report observations of the nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) using the Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN), approximately 3.8 days following the most recent outburst that occurred on 2006 February 12. These...

Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters (2008)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, Allen, Gabrielle, ...

We present a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with soft gamma ray repeater (SGR) bursts. This is the first search sensitive to neutron star f modes, usually...

Swift detection of the second period derivative in the timing evolution of SGR0501+4516 (2008)

Israel, G.L., Woods, P., Dall'Osso, S., Esposito, P., Rea, N., Kouveliotou, C., ...

The Swift satellite has been monitoring SGR0501+4516 (ATel #1676, #1677, #1678, #1682, #1683, #1688, #1691, #1692 and #1824) since the first burst detected by the BAT on board Swift on 22nd August...

Installation And Commissioning Of The E+/e- Injector For (2007)

Dafne At Frascati, K. Whitham, H. Amankath, J. Edighoffer, K. Fleckner, E. Gower, ...

INTRODUCTION The electron-positron injector 1, 2 for the DA NE 3 project at INFN-LFN is being installed and will begin commissioning this summer at Frascati. This is a Sband rf linac system utilizing...

The Keck Interferometer Nuller: system architecture and laboratory performance (2007)

Serabyn, E., Booth, A., Colavita, M. M., Creech-Eakman, M., Crawford, S., Garcia, J., ...

The first high-dynamic-range interferometric mode planned to come on line at the Keck Observatory is mid-infrared nulling. This observational mode, which is based on the cancellation of the on-axis...

Long baseline nulling interferometry with the Keck Telescopes : a progress report (2007)

Mennesson, Bertrand, Akeson, R., Appleby, E., Bell, J., Booth, A., Colavita, M. M., ...

The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN) is one of the major scientific and technical precursors to the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer (TPF-I) mission. KIN's primary objective is to measure the...

Early afterglow detection in the Swift observations of GRB 050801 (2007)

De Pasquale, Massimiliano, Oates, S. R., Page, M. J., Burrows, D. N., Blustin, A. J., Zane, S., ...

We present results of Swift optical, UV and X-ray observations of the afterglow of GRB 050801. The source is visible over the full optical, UV and X-ray energy range of the Swift UVOT and XRT...

Periodicities in X-ray Binaries from Swift/BAT Observations (2007)

Corbet, R., Markwardt, C., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Gehrels, N., ...

The Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board Swift has accumulated extensive light curves for 265 sources (not including GRBs) in the energy range 14 to 200 keV. We present here a summary of searches for...

Are Short GRBs Really Hard? (2006)

Sakamoto, T., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Fenimore, E., Gehrels, N., ...

Thanks to the rapid position notice and response by HETE-2 and Swift, the X-ray afterglow emissions have been found for four recent short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs; GRB 050509b, GRB 050709, GRB 050724,...

The dusty AGB star RS CrB: first mid-infrared interferometric observations with the Keck telescopes (2006)

Mennesson, B., Koresko, C., Creech-Eakman, M. J., Serabyn, E., Colavita, M. M, Akeson, R., ...

We report interferometric observations of the semiregular variable star RS CrB, a red giant with strong silicate emission features. The data were among the first long-baseline mid-infrared stellar...

Enabling Integrated Emergency Management: Reaping the Akogrimo Benefits (2006)

Bertram, S., Boniface, M. J., Briscombe, N., Ntuba, M., Palmer, D.

Disasters require careful management and still have clear capability gaps. Mobile Grids and the Virtual Organisations they can support hold much promise for addressing the technological difficulties...

Enabling Integrated Emergency Management: Reaping the Akogrimo Benefits (2006)

Bertram, S., Boniface, M. J., Briscombe, N., Ntuba, M., Palmer, D.

Disasters require careful management and still have clear capability gaps. Mobile Grids and the Virtual Organisations they can support hold much promise for addressing the technological difficulties...

Enabling Integrated Emergency Management: Reaping the Akogrimo Benefits (2006)

Bertram, S., Boniface, M. J., Briscombe, N., Ntuba, M., Palmer, D.

Disasters require careful management and still have clear capability gaps. Mobile Grids and the Virtual Organisations they can support hold much promise for addressing the technological difficulties...

A pilot study to assess the effect of three short-term treatments on frequent and/or prolonged bleeding compared to placebo in women using Implanon (2006)

Weisberg, E., Hickey, M., Palmer, D., O’Connor, V., Salamonsen, L.A., Findlay, J.K., ...

BACKGROUND: The major side-effect of progestogen-only contraception is disruption of menstrual bleeding patterns, which can lead to a high incidence of early discontinuation. The aim of this study...

MyLibrary Outlook Add-in (2005)

Palmer, D

Hong Kong Innovative Users Group

The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN): configuration, measurement approach, and first results (2005)

Serabyn, E., Appleby, E., Bell, J., Booth, A., Chin, J., Colavita, M. M., ...

The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN) will be used to examine nearby stellar systems for the presence of circumstellar exozodiacal emission.

OBPC SYMPOSIUM: MAIZE 2004 & BEYOND –DEVELOPMENTAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS OF EMBRYOGENESIS IN PLANTS (2005)

S. P. VENGLAT, D. XIANG, K. KUSHALAPPA, W. KELLER, D. PALMER, G. SELVARA, ...

Embryo development is a very key phase in the life cycle of seed plants. At maturity, the embryo contains the complete machinery to elaborate the entire plant body. While the embryogenic process is...

A contemporaneous infrared flash from a long gamma-ray burst: an echo from the central engine (2005)

Blake, C. H., Bloom, J. S., Starr, D. L., Falco, E. E., Skrutskie, M., Fenimore, E. E., ...

The explosion that results in a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is thought to produce emission from two physical processes -- the activity of the central engine gives rise to the high-energy emission of...

A Link between Prompt Optical and Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission in Gamma-Ray Bursts (2005)

Vestrand, W. T., Wozniak, P. R., Wren, J. A., Fenimore, E. E., Sakamoto, T., White, R. R., ...

The prompt optical emission that arrives with gamma-rays from a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is a signature of the engine powering the burst, the properties of the ultra-relativistic ejecta of the...

A pilot study to assess the effect of three short-term treatments on frequent and/or prolonged bleeding compared to placebo in women using Implanon (2005)

Weisberg, E., Hickey, M., Palmer, D., O’Connor, V., Salamonsen, L.A., Findlay, J.K., ...

BACKGROUND: The major side-effect of progestogen-only contraception is disruption of menstrual bleeding patterns, which can lead to a high incidence of early discontinuation. The aim of this study...

RADII and Effective Temperatures for G,K and M Giants and Supergiants (2004)

Van Belle, G. T., Lane, B. F., Thompson, R. R., Boden, A. F., Colavita, M. M., Mobley, D. W., ...

Interferometrically determined angular diameters obtained at the Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) for 80 giant and supergiant stars are presented in this paper.

The Palomar Testbed Interferometer (2004)

Colavita, M., Wallace, J., Hines, B., Gursel, Y., Malbet, F., Palmer, D., ...

The Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) is a long-baseline infrared interferometer located at Palomar Observatory, California.

The Keck Interferometer: Instrument Overview and Proposed Science (2004)

Booth, A., Colavita, M., Shao, M., Swanson, P., Van Belle, G., Crawford, S., ...

The Keck Interferometer is being developed by JPL and CARA as one of the ground-based components of NASA's Origins Program.

Palomar Testbed Interferometer (2004)

Wallace, J. K., Boden, A. F., Colavita, M. M., Dumont, P., Gursel, Y., Hines, B., ...

The Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) is an infrared, phase-tracking interferometer in operation at Palomar Mountain since July 1995. It was funded by NASA for the purpose of developing techniques...

The Keck interferometer autoaligner (2004)

Belle, G. Van, Colavita, M., Ligon, R., Moore, J., Palmer, D., Reder, L., ...

A key thrust of NASA's Origins program is the development of astronomical interferometers. Pursuing this goal in a cost-effective and expedient manner from the ground has led NASA to develop the Keck...

Overview of the control for the Keck Interferometer (2004)

Booth, A. J., Eychaner, G., Hovland, E., Johnson, R., Lupton, W., Niessner, A., ...

This paper gives an overview of the control system that has been implemented for the single baseline operation of the Keck Interferometer and indicates how this will be extended to allow control of...

Setting the Triggering Threshold on Swift (2004)

McLean, K., Fenimore, E. E., Palmer, D., Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., Krimm, H., ...

Swift has two main types of ``rate'' triggers: short and long. Short trigger time scales range from 4ms to 64ms, while long triggers are 64ms to ~ 16 seconds. While both short and long trigger have...

Swift's Ability to Detect Gamma-Ray Bursts (2004)

Fenimore, E. E., McLean, K., Palmer, D., Barthelemy, S., Gehrels, N., Krimm, H., ...

The Swift satellite will be a self-contained observatory that will bring new capabilities to the observing of the early afterglow emission of Gamma-ray Bursts. Swift is completely autonomous and will...

Alkali ion migration in albite and K-feldspar (2004)

Jones, A., Palmer, D., Islam, M.S., Mortimer, M.

As part of a study of ion migration mechanisms in feldspars, the dynamical behaviour of the alkali metal cations ions in albite and K-feldspar has been investigated using a combination of dielectric...

Alkali ion migration in albite and K-feldspar (2004)

Jones, A., Islam, M. S., Mortimer, M., Palmer, D.

As part of a study of ion migration mechanisms in feldspars, the dynamical behaviour of the alkali metal cations ions in albite and K-feldspar has been investigated using a combination of dielectric...

Calibrating models for simulation use in design practice (2003)

Tamburrini, M., Palmer, D., Macdonald, I.*

When making design decisions, which can impact on building capital cost and performance, the design team has to be confident that the simulation tool is generating reliable output. Confidence can be...

Calibrating models for simulation use in design practice (2003)

Tamburrini, M., Palmer, D., Macdonald, I.

When making design decisions, which can impact on building capital cost and performance, the design team has to be confident that the simulation tool is generating reliable output. Confidence can be...

Calibrating models for simulation use in design practice (2003)

Tamburrini, M., Palmer, D., Macdonald, I.

When making design decisions, which can impact on building capital cost and performance, the design team has to be confident that the simulation tool is generating reliable output. Confidence can be...

A bicausal bond graph representation of operational amplifiers (2003)

Gawthrop, P.J., Palmer, D.

The virtual earth concept, well known to designers of active electronic circuits with operational amplifier components, is shown to have a novel bicausal bond graph interpretation. This leads to...

The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector (2002)

Willke, B., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Balasubramanian, R., Barr, B.W., ...

The GEO 600 laser interferometer with 600 m armlength is part of a worldwide network of gravitational wave detectors. Due to the use of advanced technologies like multiple pendulum suspensions with a...

Distributed Data Processing Technology. Volume V. Application of DDP Technology to BMD: DDP Subsystem Design Requirements. (2002)

Palmer,D., Balkovich,E., Wood,R.

The development and examination of requirements for a subsystem level 'baseline theory' for DDP design technology for BMD are the major topics of this report. The main purpose of the baseline theory...

Distributed Data Processing Technology Volume VI. Application of DDP Technology to BMD:. Impact on Current DP Subsystem Design and Development Technologies. (2002)

Benson,J., Palmer,D., Stone,R.

The report concentrates on one research task--assessment of the mutual impact of DDP design requirements on existing data processing design and development technologies. This research was directed...

Ion migration in nepheline: a dielectric spectroscopy and computer modelling study (2001)

Jones, A., Palmer, D., Islam, M.S., Mortimer, M.

Using a combination of dielectric spectroscopy and atomistic computer simulation techniques, the dynamical behaviour of the loosely bound (Na+ and K+) channel ions in nepheline has been investigated....

Ion migration in nepheline: a dielectric spectroscopy and computer modelling study (2001)

Jones, A., Palmer, D., Islam, M. S., Mortimer, M.

Using a combination of dielectric spectroscopy and atomistic computer simulation techniques, the dynamical behaviour of the loosely bound (Na+ and K+) channel ions in nepheline has been investigated....

Physics and technology of the Next Linear Collider (2000)

Kuhlman, S, Adolphsen, C E, Aiello, R, Akemoto, M, Alley, R, Assmann, R W, ...

We present the current expectations for the design and physics program of an e+e- linear collider of center of mass energy 500 GeV -- 1 TeV. We review the experiments that would be carried out at...

Suspension design for GEO 600-an update (2000)

Robertson, N.A., Cagnoli, G., Hough, J., Husman, M.E., McIntosh, S., Palmer, D., ...

The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector is currently under construction at Ruthe, near Hannover in Germany. The design of the suspension system for the main mirrors in the detector has been chosen...

A giant, periodic flare from the soft gamma repeater SGR1900+14 (1998)

Hurley, K., Cline, T., Mazets, E., Barthelmy, S., Butterworth, P., Marshall, F., ...

Soft gamma repeaters are high-energy transient sources associated with neutron stars in young supernova remnants. They emit sporadic, short (~ 0.1 s) bursts with soft energy spectra during periods of...

TGRS Observation of the Galactic Center Annihilation Line (1996)

Teegarden, B. J., Cline, T. L., Gehrels, N., Palmer, D., Ramaty, R., Seifert, H., ...

The TGRS (Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer) experiment is a high-resolution germanium detector launched on the WIND satellite on Nov. 1, 1994. Although primarily intended to study gamma-ray bursts...

Copper as a signal for alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. (1995)

Kidambi, S., Sundin, G., Palmer, D., Chakrabarty, A., Bender, C. L

Plant-associated pseudomonads are commonly exposed to copper bactericides, which are applied to reduce the disease incidence caused by these bacteria. Consequently, many of these bacteria have...

BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst Line Search: II. Bayesian Consistency Methodology (1994)

Band, D. L., Ford, L. A., Matteson, J. L., Briggs, M., Paciesas, W., Pendleton, G., ...

We describe a Bayesian methodology to evaluate the consistency between the reported Ginga and BATSE detections of absorption features in gamma ray burst spectra. Currently no features have been...

International catalogue off fishing fleet activity in the English Channel, in relation to technical interactions (1993)

TETARD, A, BOON, M, BENNETT, D, BERTHOU, Patrick, BOSSY, S, CASEY, J, ...

This work is the result of collaboration between the English, French, Channel Isles and Belgian laboratories which are involved in a study of the English Channel. Its subject is the activities of...

CHAOTIC RAY PATHS IN UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS (1990)

Palmer, D., Georges, T., Jones, R.

We simulate and explore the properties of chaotic ray paths in a weakly range-dependent, deterministic ocean. Chaos results from nonlinearity of the differential equations that determine the ray...

CHAOTIC RAY PATHS IN UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS (1990)

Palmer, D., Georges, T., Jones, R.

We simulate and explore the properties of chaotic ray paths in a weakly range-dependent, deterministic ocean. Chaos results from nonlinearity of the differential equations that determine the ray...

CHAOTIC RAY PATHS IN UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS (1990)

Palmer, D., Georges, T., Jones, R.

We simulate and explore the properties of chaotic ray paths in a weakly range-dependent, deterministic ocean. Chaos results from nonlinearity of the differential equations that determine the ray...

A bicausal bond graph representation of operational amplifiers

Gawthrop, P. J., Palmer, D.

The virtual earth concept, well known to designers of active electronic circuits with operational amplifier components, is shown to have a novel bicausal bond graph interpretation. This leads to...

Suspension design for GEO 600-an update

Robertson, N.A., Cagnoli, G., Hough, J., Husman, M.E., McIntosh, S., Palmer, D., ...

The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector is currently under construction at Ruthe, near Hannover in Germany. The design of the suspension system for the main mirrors in the detector has been chosen...

The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector

Willke, B., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Balasubramanian, R., Barr, B.W., ...

The GEO 600 laser interferometer with 600 m armlength is part of a worldwide network of gravitational wave detectors. Due to the use of advanced technologies like multiple pendulum suspensions with a...

Drosophila nucleosomes contain an unusual histone-like protein.

Palmer, D, Snyder, L A, Blumenfeld, M

Mononucleosomes prepared from Drosophila melanogaster nuclei contain the four core histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 plus an additional histone-like, acid-soluble, chromosomal protein. It is probably the...

Drosophila nucleosomes contain an unusual histone-like protein.

Palmer, D, Snyder, L A, Blumenfeld, M

Mononucleosomes prepared from Drosophila melanogaster nuclei contain the four core histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 plus an additional histone-like, acid-soluble, chromosomal protein. It is probably the...

A bicausal bond graph representation of operational amplifiers

Gawthrop, P. J., Palmer, D.

The virtual earth concept, well known to designers of active electronic circuits with operational amplifier components, is shown to have a novel bicausal bond graph interpretation. This leads to...

Suspension design for GEO 600-an update

Robertson, N.A., Cagnoli, G., Hough, J., Husman, M.E., McIntosh, S., Palmer, D., ...

The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector is currently under construction at Ruthe, near Hannover in Germany. The design of the suspension system for the main mirrors in the detector has been chosen...

The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector

Willke, B., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Balasubramanian, R., Barr, B.W., ...

The GEO 600 laser interferometer with 600 m armlength is part of a worldwide network of gravitational wave detectors. Due to the use of advanced technologies like multiple pendulum suspensions with a...

Cyclic AMP-mediated regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity

Rose, R J, Liu, H, Palmer, D, Maurice, D H

Rat cultured aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) express both cyclic GMP-inhibited cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase (PDE3) and Ro 20-1724-inhibited cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase (PDE4) activities....

A causal analysis of unemployment and vacancies in British regions 1969--1974

G. Hyman, D. Palmer

Hyman G. and Palmer D. (1980) A causal analysis of unemployment and vacancies in British regions, Reg. Studies 14, 353--365. This paper investigates the causal relationship between unemployment and...

Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase Sequence Fused to the lacZ Gene Increases Levels of β-Galactosidase Activity per Genome of High-Capacity but Not First-Generation Adenoviral Vectors In Vitro and In Vivo▿ †

Puntel, M., Barrett, R. J., Mondkar, S., Saxena, V., Kroeger, K. M., Muhammad, A. K. M., ...

Increased transgene expression per vector genome is an important goal in the optimization of viral vectors for gene therapy. Herein we demonstrate that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) thymidine...