An additional soft X-ray component in the dim low/hard state of black hole binaries (2009)
Chiang, C. Y., Done, Chris, Still, M., Godet, O.
We test the truncated disc models using multiwavelength (optical/UV/X-ray) data from the 2005 hard state outburst of the black hole SWIFT J1753.5-0127. This system is both fairly bright and has...
Suzaku Observations of the Dwarf Nova V893 Scorpii: the Discovery of a Partial X-ray Eclipse (2009)
Mukai, K., Zietsman, E., Still, M.
V893 Sco is an eclipsing dwarf nova that had attracted little attention from X-ray astronomers until it was proposed as the identification of an RXTE all-sky slew survey (XSS) source. Here we report...
Dust and Metal Column Densities in Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies (2009)
Schady, P., Page, M. J., Oates, S. R., Still, M., De Pasquale, M., Dwelly, T., ...
In this paper we present the results from the analysis of a sample of 28 gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow spectral energy distributions, spanning the X-ray through to near-infrared wavelengths. This...
Hoversten, E. A., Gronwall, C., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Koch, T. S., Breeveld, A. A., Curran, P. A., ...
Deep Swift UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) imaging of the Chandra Deep Field South is used to measure galaxy number counts in three near ultraviolet (NUV) filters (uvw2: 1928 A, uvm2: 2246 A, uvw1: 2600...
Woudt, P. A., Warner, B., O'Donoghue, D., Buckley, D. A. H., Still, M., Romero-Colmenero, E., ...
We analyse four light curves obtained at high time resolution (~ 0.1 s) with the 11-m Southern African Large Telescope, at the ends of two normal outbursts and one superoutburst of the dwarf nova VW...
Oates, S. R., Page, M. J., Schady, P., De Pasquale, M., Koch, T. S., Breeveld, A. A., ...
We present the first statistical analysis of 27 UVOT optical/ultra-violet lightcurves of GRB afterglows. We have found, through analysis of the lightcurves in the observer's frame, that a significant...
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...
Jet breaks at the end of the slow decline phase of Swift GRB lightcurves (2008)
De Pasquale, M., Evans, P., Oates, S., Page, M., Zane, S., Schady, P., ...
The Swift mission has discovered an intriguing feature of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRBs) afterglows, a phase of shallow decline of the flux in the X-ray and optical lightcurves. This behaviour is typically...
The First Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope GRB Afterglow Catalog (2008)
Roming, P. W. A., Koch, T. S., Oates, S. R., Porterfield, B. L., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Boyd, P. T., ...
We present the first Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow catalog. The catalog contains data from over 64,000 independent UVOT image observations of 229 GRBs...
Optimal Coaddition of Imaging Data for Rapidly Fading Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows (2008)
Morgan, A. N., Berk, D. E. Vanden, Roming, P. W. A., Nousek, J. A., Koch, T. S., Breeveld, A. A., ...
We present a technique for optimal coaddition of image data for rapidly varying sources, with specific application to gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. Unweighted coaddition of rapidly fading...
The EUV transient RE J1255+266 (2007)
Watson Marsh Fender, M G Watson, T R Marsh, R P Fender, M A Barstow, M Still, ...
We have identified the optical counterpart of the EUV transient source RE J1255+266 with a 18 magnitude blue star which has an unusual optical spectrum showing a blue continuum and broad Balmer...
Bowen blend echo-tomography of low mass X-ray binaries (2007)
Muñoz-Darias, T., Martinez-Pais, I. G., Casares, J., Cornelisse, R., Dhillon, V. S., Marsh, T. R., ...
We present simultaneous high time resolution (1-10 Hz) X-ray and optical observations of the persistent LMXBs Sco X-1 and V801 Ara(=4U 1636-536). In the case of Sco X-1 we find that the Bowen/HeII...
Vaisanen, P., Mattila, S., Kniazev, A., Adamo, A., Efstathiou, A., Farrah, D., ...
(abridged) We present near-infrared (NIR) adaptive optics imaging obtained with VLT/NACO and optical spectroscopy from the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) of a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG)...
Photometric Calibration of the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (2007)
Poole, T. S., Breeveld, A. A., Page, M. J., Landsman, W., Holland, S. T., Roming, P., ...
We present the photometric calibration of the Swift UltraViolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) which includes: optimum photometric and background apertures, effective area curves, colour transformations,...
The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectroscopy of PNe (2007)
Kniazev, A., Zijlstra, A., Grebel, E., Pilyugin, L., Pustilnik, S., Vaisanen, P., ...
In this work we present the first spectroscopic results obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) telescope during its perfomance-verification phase. We find that the Sagittarius...
The polar ring galaxy AM1934-563 revisited (2007)
Brosch, N., Kniazev, A., Buckley, D., O'Donoghue, D., Hashimoto, Y., Loaring, N., ...
We report long-slit spectroscopic observations of the dust-lane polar-ring galaxy AM1934-563 obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) during its performance-verification phase. The...
SDSS J160043.6+074802.9: a very rapid sdO pulsator (2006)
Woudt, P. A., Kilkenny, D., Zietsman, E., Warner, B., Loaring, N. S., Copley, C., ...
We report the serendipitous discovery of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey star, SDSS J160043.6+074802.9 to be a very rapid pulsator. The variation is dominated by a frequency near 8380 microHz (period =...
Optical, Infrared, and Ultraviolet Observations of the X-Ray Flash GRB 050416A (2006)
Holland, S. T., Boyd, P. T., Gorosabel, J., Hjorth, J., Schady, P., Thomsen, B., ...
We present ultraviolet, optical, and infrared photometry of the afterglow of the X-ray flash XRF 050416A taken between approximately 100 seconds and 36 days after the burst. We find an intrinsic...
Prompt optical observations of GRB 050319 with the Swift UVOT (2006)
Mason, K.O., Blustin, A.J., Boyd, P., Holland, S.T., Page, M.J., Roming, P., ...
The UVOT telescope on the Swift observatory has detected optical afterglow emission from GRB 050319. The flux declines with a power law slope of alpha = -0.57 between the start of observations some...
Swift panchromatic observations of the bright gamma‐ray burst GRB 050525a (2006)
Blustin, A.J., Band, D., Barthelmy, S., Boyd, P., Capalbi, M., Holland, S.T., ...
The bright gamma-ray burst GRB 050525a has been detected with the Swift observatory, providing unique multiwavelength coverage from the very earliest phases of the burst. The X-ray and optical/UV...
Swift-UVOT Observations of the X-Ray Flash 050406 (2006)
Schady, P., Mason, K. O., Osborne, J. P., Page, M. J., Roming, P. W. A., Still, M., ...
We present Swift-UVOT data on the optical afterglow of the X-ray flash of 2005 April 6 (XRF 050406) from 88s to \sim 10^5s after the initial prompt gamma-ray emission. Our observations in the V, B...
Prompt optical observations of GRB050319 with the Swift UVOT (2005)
Mason, K. O., Blustin, A. J., Boyd, P., Holland, S. T., Page, M. J., Roming, P., ...
The UVOT telescope on the Swift observatory has detected optical afterglow emission from GRB 050319. The flux declines with a power law slope of alpha = -0.57 between the start of observations some...
The 2005 outburst of GRO J1655-40: spectral evolution of the rise, as observed by Swift (2005)
Brocksopp, C., McGowan, K. E., Krimm, H., Godet, O., Roming, P., Mason, K. O., ...
We present Swift observations of the black hole X-ray transient, GRO J1655-40, during the recent outburst. With its multiwavelength capabilities and flexible scheduling, Swift is extremely...
High spatial resolution mapping of extinction in the SMC with the Swift-UVOT (2005)
Blustin, A. J., Landsman, W. B., Still, M., Rosen, S. R., Page, M. J., Roming, P. W. A.
The wide range of UV extinction properties in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) probably traces the effects of star formation on interstellar dust. The Swift UVOT, with its three UV filters (centred...
A short gamma-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225 (2005)
Sarazin, C L, O'Brien, P T, Zhang, B, Barthelmy, S D, ...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come in two classes: long (> 2 s), soft-spectrum bursts and short, hard events. Most progress has been made on understanding the long GRBs, which are typically observed at...
Swift XRT Observations of the Breaking X-ray Afterglow of GRB 050318 (2005)
Perri, M., Giommi, P., Capalbi, M., Amati, L., Frontera, F., Chincarini, G., ...
We report the results of Swift X-Ray Telescope (XRT) observations of GRB 050318. This event triggered the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) aboard Swift and was followed-up with XRT and UVOT for 11...
Swift-UVOT detection of GRB 050318 (2005)
Still, M., Roming, P. W. A., Mason, K. O., Blustin, A., Boyd, P., Breeveld, A., ...
We present observations of GRB 050318 by the Ultra-Violet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) on-board the Swift observatory. The data are the first detections of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) afterglow decay by...
The X-ray Properties of M101 ULX-1 = CXOKM101 J140332.74+542102 (2005)
Mukai, K., Still, M., Corbet, R. H. D., Kuntz, K. D., Barnard, R.
We report our analysis of X-ray data on M101 ULX-1, concentrating on high state Chandra and XMM-Newton observations. We find that the high state of M101 ULX-1 may have a preferred recurrence...
Swift panchromatic observations of the bright gamma-ray burst GRB050525a (2005)
Blustin, A. J., Band, D., Barthelmy, S., Boyd, P., Capalbi, M., Holland, S. T., ...
The bright gamma-ray burst GRB050525a has been detected with the Swift observatory, providing unique multiwavelength coverage from the very earliest phases of the burst. The X-ray and optical/UV...
Chincarini, G., Moretti, A., Romano, P., Covino, S., Tagliaferri, G., Campana, S., ...
We analyze the Swift XRT light curves and spectra of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) for which the redshift has been measured. The sample consists of seven GRBs. The soft X-ray light curves of all these...
Ultraviolet, Optical, and X-Ray Observations of the Type Ia Supernova 2005am with Swift (2005)
Brown, P. J., Holland, S. T., James, C., Milne, P., Roming, P. W. A., Mason, K. O., ...
We present ultraviolet and optical light curves in six broadband filters and grism spectra obtained by Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope for the Type Ia supernova SN2005am. The data were...
Zane, S., Ramsay, G., Jimenez-Garate, M. A., Herder, J. W. Den, Still, M., Boyd, P. T., ...
We present the results of a series of XMM-Newton EPIC and OM observations of Her X-1, spread over a wide range of the 35 d precession period. We confirm that the spin modulation of the neutron star...
Swift XRT observations of the breaking X-ray afterglow of GRB 050318 (2005)
Perri, M., Giommi, Paolo, Capalbi, M., Amati, L., Frontera, F., Chincarini, Guido, ...
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Swift detection of GRB 050319 (2005)
Krimm, H., Still, M., Barthelmy, S., Barbier, L., Campana, S., Capalbi, M., ...
GRB050318: Swift XRT position (2005)
Nousek, J. A., Morris, D. C., Burrows, D. N., Grupe, D., Chester, M., Meszaros, P., ...
A short gamma-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift 0.225 (2005)
Gehrels, Neil, Sarazin, C.L., O'Brien, Paul T., Zhang, B., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, Scott D., ...
A short gamma-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225 (2005)
Gehrels, N., Sarazin, C.L., O'Brien, P.T., Zhang, B., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S.D., ...
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come in two classes: long (> 2s), soft-spectrum bursts and short, hard events. Most progress has been made on understanding the long GRBs, which are typically observed at high...
The component masses of the cataclysmic variable V347 Puppis (2004)
Thoroughgood, T. D., Dhillon, V. S., Steeghs, D., Watson, C. A., Buckley, D. A. H., Littlefair, S. P., ...
We present time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of the double-lined eclipsing cataclysmic variable V347 Pup (= LB 1800). There is evidence of irradiation on the inner hemisphere of the secondary...
Fine-tuning the accretion disk clock in Hercules X-1 (2004)
RXTE ASM count rates from the X-ray pulsar Her X-1 began falling consistently during the late months of 2003. The source is undergoing another state transition similar to the anomalous low state of...
Specialised supported education for Australians with psychotic disorders (2004)
Waghorn, G, Still, M, Chant, D, Whiteford, H.
Australia has a network of Federally funded disability employment and vocational rehabilitation services, including a proportion of outlets that specialise in providing services for persons with...
Specialised supported education for Australians with psychotic disorders (2004)
Waghorn, G, Still, M, Chant, D, Whiteford, H.
Australia has a network of Federally funded disability employment and vocational rehabilitation services, including a proportion of outlets that specialise in providing services for persons with...
Coronal element abundances of the post-common envelope binary V471 Tauri with ASCA (2003)
We report on ASCA observations of the coronally active companion star in the post-common envelope binary V471 Tauri. Evolutionary calculations indicate that there should be no peculiar abundances on...
The Origin of Soft X-rays in DQ Herculis (2003)
Mukai, K., Still, M., Ringwald, F. A.
DQ Herculis (Nova Herculis 1934) is a deeply eclipsing cataclysmic variable containing a magnetic white dwarf primary. The accretion disk is thought to block our line of sight to the white dwarf at...
XMM-Newton detection of Nova Muscae 1991 in quiescence (2002)
Sutaria, F.K., Kolb, U., Charles, P., Osborne, J.P., Kuulkers, E., Casares, J., ...
The soft X-ray transient GU Mus has been detected by XMM-Newton in the quiescent state. The source is very faint, with a 0.5-10.0 keV unabsorbed flux of =~ 1.1 x 10-14 ergs cm-2 s-1. The spectra is...
Echoes in X-ray Binaries (2002)
O'Brien, K., Horne, K., Hynes, R., Chen, W., Haswell, C., Still, M.
We present a method of analysing the correlated X-ray and optical/UV variability in X-ray binaries, using the observed time delays between the X-ray driving lightcurves and their reprocessed optical...
Keck II spectroscopy of mHz quasi-periodic oscillations in Hercules X-1 (2001)
O'Brien, K, Horne, Keith, Boroson, B, Still, M, Gomer, R, Oke, JB, ...
We present Keck II spectroscopy of an optical mHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the lightcurve of the X-ray pulsar binary Her X-1. In the power spectrum it appears as `peaked noise', with a...
Vrtilek, S.D, Quaintrell, H., Boroson, B., Still, M., Fiedler, H., O'Brien, K., ...
We present results from multiwavelength observations of the Hercules X-1 system during a short high state (SHS) and during an anomalous low state (ALS). The magnitude of deviation from spin-up...
Observations of Hercules X-1 during the 1998 July Short High State (2001)
Still, M., Brien, K. O', Horne, K., Hudson, D., Boroson, B., Vrtilek, S.D., ...
Atmospheric Reflection during an Anomalous Low State of Hercules X-1 (2001)
Still, M., Brien, K. O', Horne, K., Boroson, B., Titarchuk, L.G., Engle, K., ...
Discovery of mHz UV Quasiperiodic Oscillations in Hercules X-1 (2000)
Boroson, B., O'Brien, K., Horne, K., Kallman, T., Still, M., Boyd, P. T., ...
Observations of the ultraviolet continuum of the X-ray binary system Her X-1/HZ Herculis with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope show quasiperiodic oscillations...
Hercules X-1: Empirical Models of UV Emission Lines (1999)
Boroson, B., Kallman, T., Vrtilek, S., Raymond, J., Still, M., Bautista, M., ...
The UV emission lines of Hercules X-1, resolved with the HST GHRS and STIS, can be divided into broad (FWHM 750 km/s) and narrow (FWHM 150 km/s) components. The broad lines can be unambiguously...
Polars -- multisite emission -- multiwavelength observation (1997)
Schwope, Axel D., Beuermann, K., Buckley, D. A. H., Ciardi, D., Cropper, M., Horne, K., ...
We review the main observational characteristics of AM Herculis stars (polars) at X-ray, EUV, UV, IR and optical wavelengths. Particular emphasis is given to multi-epoch, multi-wavelength...
Specialised supported education for Australians with psychotic disorders
Waghorn, G, Still, M, Chant, D, Whiteford, H
Australia has a network of Federally funded disability employment and vocational rehabilitation services, including a proportion of outlets that specialise in providing services for persons with...