Rykoff, E. S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Ashley, M. C. B., Barthelmy, S. D., Flewelling, H. A., ...
We report on a complete set of early optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) obtained with the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE-III) telescope network from 2005 March through...
Overcoming the boundary layer turbulence at Dome C: ground-layer adaptive optics versus tower (2009)
Travouillon, T., Jolissaint, L., Ashley, M. C. B., Lawrence, J. S., Storey, J. W. V.
The unique atmospheric conditions present at sites such as Dome C on the Antarctic plateau are very favorable for high spatial resolution astronomy. At Dome C, the majority of the optical turbulence...
The Science Case for PILOT II: the Distant Universe (2009)
Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bunker, A., Bouwens, R., Burgarella, D., Burton, M. G., ...
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome...
The Science Case for PILOT III: the Nearby Universe (2009)
Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D. Barrado Y, Bedding, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ...
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at DomeC on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome C...
The Science Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview (2009)
Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D. Barrado Y, Bedding, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ...
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5 m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to...
Looking Into the Fireball: ROTSE-III and Swift Observations of Early GRB Afterglows (2009)
Rykoff, E. S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Ashley, M. C. B., Barthelmy, S. D., Flewelling, H. A., ...
We report on a complete set of early optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) obtained with the ROTSE-III telescope network from March 2005 through June 2007. This set is comprised of 12...
The PLATO Dome A Site-Testing Observatory : instrumentation and first results (2009)
Yang, H., Allen, G., Ashley, M. C. B., Bonner, C. S., Bradley, S., Cui, X., ...
The PLATeau Observatory (PLATO) is an automated self-powered astrophysical observatory that was deployed to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, in 2008 January. PLATO consists of a...
The Science Case for PILOT I: Summary and Overview. (2009)
Lawrence, J.S., Ashley, M.C.B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D.B.Y., Bedding, T.R., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ...
Original article can be found at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/?nid=139&aid=108 DOI: 10.1071/AS08048 [Open access article]
The Science Case for PILOT III: the Nearby Universe. (2009)
Lawrence, J.S., Ashley, M.C.B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D.B.Y., Bedding, T.R., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ...
Original article can be found at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/138/paper/AS08051.htm Copyright CSIRO. DOI: 10.1071/AS08051
The science case for PILOT I: summary and overview (2009)
Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J., Navascues, D., Barrado. Y., Bedding, T. R., ...
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. Conditions at Dome C are known to...
The science case for PILOT II: the distant universe (2009)
Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bunker, A., Bouwens, R., Burgarella, D., Burton, M. G., ...
PILOT (the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope) is a proposed 2.5-m optical/infrared telescope to be located at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. The atmospheric conditions at Dome...
Binarity and multiperiodicity in high-amplitude delta Scuti stars (2008)
Derekas, A., Kiss, L. L., Bedding, T. R., Ashley, M. C. B., Csak, B., Danos, A., ...
We have carried out a photometric and spectroscopic survey of bright high-amplitude delta Scuti (HADS) stars. The aim was to detect binarity and multiperiodicity (or both) in order to explore the...
Prompt optical observations of GRB 080330 and GRB 080413A (2008)
Yuan, F., Rykoff, E. S., Schaefer, B. E., Rujopakarn, W., Güver, T., Aharonian, F., ...
We report on the results of rapid responses to GRB 080330 and GRB 080413A by the ROTSE-IIIb and ROTSE-IIIc telecopes. In both cases, optical follow-up started during the prompt emission phase and...
Adaptive optics sky coverage for dome C telescopes (2008)
Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Storey, J. W. V., Jolissaint, L., Travouillon, T.
The unique atmospheric characteristics found at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau offer significant advantages for the operation of adaptive optics systems. An analysis is presented here comparing the...
Exploring broadband GRB behavior during gamma-ray emission (2007)
Yost, S. A., Swan, H. F., Rykoff, E. S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alday, A., ...
The dark side of ROTSE-III prompt GRB observations (2007)
Yost, S. A., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Ashley, M. C. B., Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., ...
Ruiz-Velasco, A.E., Swan, H., Troja, E., Malesani, D., Fynbo, J.P.U., Starling, R.L.C., ...
We report on follow-up observations of the gamma-ray burst GRB 060927 using the robotic ROTSE-IIIa telescope and a suite of larger aperture ground-based telescopes. An optical afterglow was detected...
On the search for transits of the planets orbiting Gliese 876 (2006)
Shankland, P. D., Rivera, E. J., Laughlin, Gregory, Blank, D. L., Price, A., Gary, B., ...
[Abstract]: We report the results of a globally coordinated photometric campaign to search for transits by the P 30 d and P 60 d outer planets of the 3-planet system orbiting the nearbyM-dwarf Gl...
Exploring Broadband GRB Behavior During gamma-ray Emission (2006)
Yost, S. A., Swan, H. F., Rykoff, E. S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alday, A., ...
The robotic ROTSE-III telescope network detected prompt optical emission contemporaneous with the gamma-ray emission of Swift events GRB051109A and GRB051111. Both datasets have continuous coverage...
On the Search For Transits of the Planets Orbiting Gl 876 (2006)
Shankland, P. D., Rivera, E. J., Laughlin, G., Blank, D. L., Price, A., Gary, B., ...
We report the results of a globally coordinated photometric campaign to search for transits by the P ~ 30 d and P ~ 60 d outer planets of the 3-planet system orbiting the nearby M-dwarf Gl 876. These...
The Anomalous Early Afterglow of GRB 050801 (2006)
Rykoff, E.S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Mangano, V., Ashley, M. C. B., Güver, T., ...
The ROTSE-IIIc telescope at the HESS site, Namibia, obtained the earliest detection of optical emission from a gamma-ray burst (GRB), beginning only 21.8 s from the onset of Swift GRB 050801. The...
Early-Time Observations of the GRB 050319 Optical Transient (2006)
Rykoff, E.S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alatalo, K., Ashley, M. C. B., Güver, T., ...
We present the unfiltered ROTSE-III light curve of the optical transient associated with GRB 050319 beginning 4 s after the cessation of gamma-ray activity. We fit a power-law function to the data...
On the search for transits of the planets orbiting Gliese 876 (2006)
Shankland, P. D., Rivera, E. J., Laughlin, Gregory, Blank, D. L., Price, A., Gary, B., ...
[Abstract]: We report the results of a globally coordinated photometric campaign to search for transits by the P 30 d and P 60 d outer planets of the 3-planet system orbiting the nearbyM-dwarf Gl...
On the search for transits of the planets orbiting Gliese 876 (2006)
Shankland, P.D., Rivera, E.J., Laughlin, G., Blank, D.L., Price, A., Gary, B., ...
We report the results of a globally coordinated photometric campaign to search for transits by the P ~ 30 day and P ~ 60 day outer planets of the three-planet system orbiting the nearby M dwarf Gl...
On the search for transits of the planets orbiting Gliese 876 (2006)
Shankland, P. D., Rivera, E. J., Laughlin, Gregory, Blank, D. L., Price, A., Gary, B., ...
[Abstract]: We report the results of a globally coordinated photometric campaign to search for transits by the P 30 d and P 60 d outer planets of the 3-planet system orbiting the nearbyM-dwarf Gl...
A Search for Untriggered GRB Afterglows with ROTSE-III (2005)
Rykoff, E.S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alatalo, K., Ashley, M. C. B., Güver, T., ...
We present the results of a search for untriggered gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows with the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment-III (ROTSE-III) telescope array. This search covers...
Prompt Optical Detection of GRB 050401 with ROTSE-IIIa (2005)
Rykoff, E.S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alatalo, K., Ashley, M. C. B., Güver, T., ...
The ROTSE-IIIa telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, detected prompt optical emission from Swift GRB 050401. We present observations of the early optical afterglow, first detected by the...
Optical Light Curve and Cooling Break of GRB 050502A (2005)
Rykoff, E.S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alatalo, K., Ashley, M. C. B., Güver, T., ...
We present light curves of the afterglow of GRB 050502A, including very early data at t - tGRB < 60 s. The light curve is composed of unfiltered ROTSE-IIIb optical observations from 44 s to 6 hr...
Burton, Michael G., Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J. A., Blake, Chris, Bedding, T. R., ...
The cold, dry, and stable air above the summits of the Antarctic plateau provides the best ground-based observing conditions from optical to sub-millimetre wavelengths to be found on the Earth....
Burton, Michael G., Lawrence, J. S., Ashley, M. C. B., Bailey, J. A., Blake, Chris, Bedding, T. R., ...
The cold, dry, and stable air above the summits of the Antarctic plateau provides the best ground-based observing conditions from optical to sub-millimetre wavelengths to be found on the Earth....
Shocked molecular gas towards the supernova remnant G359.1-0.5 and the Snake (2002)
Lazendic, J, Wardle, M, Yusef-Zadeh, F, Whiteoak, J, Green, A, ...
We have found a bar of shocked molecular hydrogen (H2) towards the OH(1720 MHz) maser located at the projected intersection of supernova remnant (SNR) G359.1-0.5 and the non-thermal radio filament...