S. Foley

Publication List Details

Period

1997 - 2009

Number

87

Co-Authors

The INTEGRAL view of Gamma-Ray Bursts (2009)

Ubertini, P., Corsi, A., Foley, S., McGlynn, S., De Cesare, G., Bazzano, A.

After more than six and half years in orbit, the ESA space observatory INTEGRAL has provided new, exciting results in the soft gamma-ray energy range (from a few keV to a few MeV). With the discovery...

First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We report on a matched-filter search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic string cusps using LIGO data from the fourth science run (S4) which took place in February and March 2005. No...

Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data (2009)

Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...

We present a search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors. For this search ephemerides overlapping the run...

Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

According to general relativity a perturbed black hole will settle to a stationary configuration by the emission of gravitational radiation. Such a perturbation will occur, for example, in the...

Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1 (2009)

Collaboration, LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...

We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with 137 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments during the fifth LIGO science...

Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with the 2006 March 29 SGR 1900+14 storm. A new search method is used, "stacking" the GW data around...

Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith , P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries, of total mass between 2 and 35M_☉, using LIGO observations between November 14, 2006 and May 18, 2007. No...

Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

This paper reports on an all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves from sources such as deformed isolated rapidly spinning neutron stars. The analysis uses 840 hours of data from 66 days of the...

LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P, Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of GWs holds the promise of...

High energy emission and polarisation limits for the INTEGRAL burst GRB 061122 (2009)

McGlynn, S., Foley, S., McBreen, B., Hanlon, L., McBreen, S., Clark, D. J., ...

(Abridged) GRB 061122 is one of the brightest GRBs detected within INTEGRAL's field of view to date. The two gamma-ray detectors on INTEGRAL were used to investigate the spectral characteristics of...

All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50–1100 Hz and with the frequency’s time derivative in the range -5 x 10^(-9)–0...

Tracking of bone mass from childhood to adolescence and factors that predict deviation from tracking (2009)

Foley, S, Quinn, SJ, Jones, G

It has been hypothesized that bone density tracks but long term studies in children are lacking. As such, the aim of this study was to describe tracking of dual X-ray absorptiometry measures from age...

Sulfur isotope analysis of individual aerosol particles – a new tool for studying heterogeneous oxidation processes in the marine environment (2009)

B. W. Sinha, P. Hoppe, J. Huth, S. Foley, M. O. Andreae

Understanding the importance of the different oxidation pathways of sulfur dioxide (SO<sub>2</sub>) to sulfate is crucial for an interpretation of the climate effects of sulfate aerosols....

All-sky LIGO search for periodic gravitational waves in the early fifth-science-run data. (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50-1100 Hz and with the frequency's time derivative in the range -5 x 10{-9}-0 Hz s{-1}....

An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., ...

A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of astrophysical and cosmological origin. It should...

LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of GWs holds the promise of...

Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We have searched for gravitational waves from coalescing low mass compact binary systems with a total mass between 2M(circle dot) and 35M(circle dot) and a minimum component mass of 1M(circle dot)...

Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with the 2006 March 29 SGR 1900+14 storm. A new search method is used, "stacking" the GW data around...

Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO psila s S5 data (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We have searched for gravitational waves from coalescing low mass compact binary systems with a total mass between 2M/sub o/ and 35M/sub o/ and a minimum component mass of 1M/sub o/ using data from...

Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

We have searched for gravitational waves from coalescing low mass compact binary systems with a total mass between 2M_([sun]) and 35Mz-([sun]) and a minimum component mass of 1M_([sun]) using data...

In search of progenitors for supernova-less GRBs 060505 and 060614: re-examination of their afterglows (2008)

Xu, D., Starling, R. L. C., Fynbo, J. P. U., Sollerman, J., Yost, S., Watson, D., ...

GRB060505 and GRB060614 are nearby long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) without accompanying supernovae (SNe) down to very strict limits. They thereby challenge the conventional LGRB-SN connection...

Tracking of bone mass from childhood to adolescence and factors that predict deviation from tracking (2008)

Foley, S, Quinn, SJ, Jones, G

It has been hypothesized that bone density tracks but long term studies in children are lacking. As such, the aim of this study was to describe tracking of dual X-ray absorptiometry measures from age...

GRB 070707: the first short gamma-ray burst observed by INTEGRAL (2008)

McGlynn, S., Foley, S., McBreen, S., Hanlon, L., O'Connor, R., Carrillo, A. Martin, ...

INTEGRAL has observed 47 long-duration GRBs (T_90 > 2s) and 1 short-duration GRB (T_90 < 2s) in five years of observation since October 2002. This work presents the properties of the prompt emission...

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...

Global characteristics of GRBs observed with INTEGRAL and the inferred large population of low-luminosity GRBs (2008)

Foley, S., McGlynn, S., Hanlon, L., McBreen, S., McBreen, B.

INTEGRAL has two sensitive gamma-ray instruments that have detected 46 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) up to July 2007. We present the spectral, spatial, and temporal properties of the bursts in the INTEGRAL...

Sulfur isotope analyses of individual aerosol particles in the urban aerosol at a central European site (Mainz, Germany) (2008)

Winterholler, B., Hoppe, P., Huth, J., Foley, S., Andreae, M. O.

Sulfur isotope analysis of atmospheric aerosols is a well established tool for identifying sources of sulfur in the atmosphere, estimating emission factors, and tracing the spread of sulfur from...

Sulfur isotope analyses of individual aerosol particles in the urban aerosol at a central European site (Mainz, Germany) (2008)

Winterholler, B., Hoppe, P., Huth, J., Foley, S., Andreae, M. O.

Sulfur isotope analysis of atmospheric aerosols is a well established tool for identifying sources of sulfur in the atmosphere, estimating emission factors, and tracing the spread of sulfur from...

Measures of childhood fitness and body mass index are associated with bone mass in adulthood: A 20-year prospective study (2008)

Foley, S, Quinn , SJ, Dwyer, T, Venn, A, Jones, G

The long-term effects of childhood exercise and body mass index (BMI) on bone mass remain uncertain. We measured 1434 children, 7–15 yr of age, as part of the Australian Schools Health and Fitness...

Measures of childhood fitness and body mass index are associated with bone mass in adulthood: A 20-year prospective study (2008)

Foley, S, Quinn , SJ, Dwyer, T, Venn, A, Jones, G

The long-term effects of childhood exercise and body mass index (BMI) on bone mass remain uncertain. We measured 1434 children, 7–15 yr of age, as part of the Australian Schools Health and Fitness...

Tracking of bone mass from childhood to adolescence and factors that predict deviation from tracking (2008)

Foley, S, Quinn, SJ, Jones, G

It has been hypothesized that bone density tracks but long term studies in children are lacking. As such, the aim of this study was to describe tracking of dual X-ray absorptiometry measures from age...

Sulfur isotope analyses of individual aerosol particles in the urban aerosol at a central European site (Mainz, Germany) (2008)

B. W. Sinha, P. Hoppe, J. Huth, S. Foley, M. O. Andreae

Sulfur isotope analysis of atmospheric aerosols is a well established tool for identifying sources of sulfur in the atmosphere, estimating emission factors, and tracing the spread of sulfur from...

Sulfur isotope analyses of individual aerosol particles in the urban aerosol at a central European site (Mainz, Germany) (2008)

B. Winterholler, P. Hoppe, J. Huth, S. Foley, M. O. Andreae

Sulfur isotope analysis of atmospheric aerosols is a well established tool for identifying sources of sulfur in the atmosphere, estimating emission factors, and tracing the spread of sulfur from...

Measures of childhood fitness and body mass index are associated with bone mass in adulthood: A 20-year prospective study (2008)

Foley, S, Quinn , SJ, Dwyer, T, Venn, A, Jones, G

The long-term effects of childhood exercise and body mass index (BMI) on bone mass remain uncertain. We measured 1434 children, 7–15 yr of age, as part of the Australian Schools Health and Fitness...

Clinical review: gastrointestinal bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention: a deadly combination (2008)

Foley, P., Foley, S., Kinnaird, T., Anderson, R.A.

Background: Managing gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient who has undergone recent percutaneous coronary intervention requires balancing the risk of stent thrombosis against further catastrophic...

The weak INTEGRAL bursts GRB040223 and GRB040624: an emerging population of dark afterglows (2007)

Filliatre, P., Covino, S., D'Avanzo, P., De Luca, A., Gotz, D., McGlynn, S., ...

We report here gamma-ray, X-ray and near-infrared observations of GRB040223 along with gamma-ray and optical observations of GRB040624. GRB040223 was detected by INTEGRAL close to the Galactic plane...

Polarisation studies of the prompt gamma-ray emission from GRB 041219a using the spectrometer aboard INTEGRAL (2007)

McGlynn, S., Clark, D.J., Dean, A.J., Hanlon, L., McBreen, S., Willis, D.R., ...

The spectrometer aboard INTEGRAL, SPI, has the capability to detect the signature of polarised emission from a bright gamma-ray source. GRB 041219a is the most intense burst localised by INTEGRAL and...

The frontier of darkness: the cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624 (2007)

D'Avanzo, P., Filliatre, P., Goldoni, P., A. Antonelli, L., Campana, S., Chincarini, G., ...

Understanding the reasons for the faintness of the optical/near-infrared afterglows of the so-called dark bursts is essential to assess whether they form a subclass of GRBs, and hence for the use of...

Polarisation studies of the prompt gamma-ray emission from GRB 041219a using the Spectrometer aboard INTEGRAL (2007)

McGlynn, S., Clark, D. J., Dean, A. J., Hanlon, L., McBreen, S., Willis, D. R., ...

The spectrometer aboard INTEGRAL, SPI, has the capability to detect the signature of polarised emission from a bright gamma-ray source. GRB 041219a is the most intense burst localised by INTEGRAL and...

Very different X-ray to optical column density ratios in gamma-ray burst afterglows: ionisation in GRB environments (2007)

Watson, D., Hjorth, J., Fynbo, J. P. U., Jakobsson, P., Foley, S., Sollerman, J., ...

We compare the HI column densities from Ly-alpha absorption to the metal column densities from X-ray absorption in gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. Eight bursts of seventeen entering the sample,...

Physical activity and knee structural change: A longitudinal study using MRI (2007)

Foley, S, Ding, C, Cicuttini, F, Jones, G

Exercise therapy is effective in improving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, but its effect on structural change remains unclear. Purpose: To describe the associations between physical activity and...

Physical activity and knee structural change: A longitudinal study using MRI (2007)

Foley, S, Ding, C, Cicuttini, F, Jones, G

Exercise therapy is effective in improving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, but its effect on structural change remains unclear. Purpose: To describe the associations between physical activity and...

Very different X-ray to optical column density ratios in gamma-ray burst afterglows: ionisation in GRB environments. (2007)

Watson, D., Hjorth, J., Fynbo, J.P.U., Jakobsson, P., Foley, S., Sollerman, J., ...

Original article can be found at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/apjl Copyright American Astronomical Society DOI: 10.1086/518310 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]

Physical activity and knee structural change: A longitudinal study using MRI (2007)

Foley, S, Ding, C, Cicuttini, F, Jones, G

Exercise therapy is effective in improving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, but its effect on structural change remains unclear. Purpose: To describe the associations between physical activity and...

Observations of the intense and ultra-long burst GRB041219a with the Germanium Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (2006)

McBreen, S., Hanlon, L., McGlynn, S., McBreen, B., Foley, S., Preece, R., ...

GRB041219a is the brightest burst localised by INTEGRAL. The intense burst occurred about ~250s after the precursor and the long delay enabled optical and near infrared telescopes to observe the...

The frontier of darkness: the cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624 (2006)

D'Avanzo, P., Filliatre, P., Goldoni, P., Antonelli, L. A., Campana, S., Chincarini, G., ...

Understanding the reasons for the faintness of the optical/near-infrared afterglows of the so-called dark bursts is essential to assess whether they form a subclass of GRBs, and hence for the use of...

The frontier of darkness: the cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624 (2006)

D'Avanzo, P., Filliatre, P., Goldoni, P., A. Antonelli, L., Campana, S., Chincarini, G., ...

Understanding the reasons for the faintness of the optical/near-infrared afterglows of the so-called dark bursts is essential to assess whether they form a subclass of GRBs, and hence for the use of...

The frontier of darkness: the cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624 (2006)

D'Avanzo, P., Filliatre, P., Goldoni, P., A. Antonelli, L., Campana, S., Chincarini, G., ...

Understanding the reasons for the faintness of the optical/near-infrared afterglows of the so-called dark bursts is essential to assess whether they form a subclass of GRBs, and hence for the use of...

CT colonography interpretation times: effect of reader experience, fatigue, and scan findings in a multi-centre setting (2006)

Burling, D., Halligan, S., Altman, D.G., Atkin, W., Bartram, C., Fenlon, H., ...

Our purpose was to assess the effect of reader experience, fatigue, and scan findings on interpretation time for CT colonography. Nine radiologists (experienced in CT colonography); nine radiologists...

Reconfiguring Role Based Access Control Policies Using Risk Semantics (2006)

Aziz, B, Foley, S, Herbert, J, Swart, G

We present a refined model for Role Based Access Control policies and define a risk measure for the model, which expresses elements of the operational, combinatorial and conflict of interest risks...

The weak INTEGRAL bursts GRB040223 and GRB040624: an emerging population of dark afterglows (2005)

Filliatre, P., Covino, S., D'Avanzo, P., De Luca, A., Gotz, D., McGlynn, S., ...

We report here gamma-ray, X-ray and near-infrared observations of GRB040223 along with gamma-ray and optical observations of GRB040624. GRB040223 was detected by INTEGRAL close to the Galactic plane...

The galaxies in the field of the nearby GRB980425/SN1998bw (2005)

Foley, S., Watson, D., Gorosabel, J., Fynbo, J. P. U., Sollerman, J., McGlynn, S., ...

We present spectroscopic observations of ESO 184-G82, the host galaxy of GRB980425/SN1998bw, and six galaxies in its field. A host redshift of z=0.0087+/-0.0006 is derived, consistent with that...

Outshining the quasars at reionisation: The X-ray spectrum and lightcurve of the redshift 6.29 Gamma-Ray Burst GRB050904 (2005)

Watson, D., Reeves, J. N., Hjorth, J., Fynbo, J. P. U., Jakobsson, P., Pedersen, K., ...

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 050904 is the most distant X-ray source known, at z=6.295, comparable to the farthest AGN and galaxies. Its X-ray flux decays, but not as a power-law; it is dominated by large...

The soft X-ray blast in the apparently sub-luminous GRB 031203 (2005)

Watson, D., Vaughan, S. A., Willingale, R., Hjorth, J., Foley, S., Fynbo, J. P. U., ...

GRB031203 was a very low apparent luminosity gamma-ray burst (GRB). It was also the first GRB with a dust-scattered X-ray halo. The observation of the halo allowed us to infer the presence of a large...

INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton observations of the low-luminosity and X-ray rich burst GRB 040223 (2005)

McGlynn, S., McBreen, S., Hanlon, L., McBreen, B., Foley, S., Moran, L., ...

GRB 040223 was observed by INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton. GRB 040223 has a peak flux of (1.6+/-0.13) x10^-8 ergs cm^-2 s^-1, a fluence of (4.4+/-0.4)x10^-7 ergs cm^-2 and a steep photon power law index of...

Trading off security in a service oriented architecture (2005)

Swart, G, Aziz, B, Foley, S, Herbert, J

Service oriented architectures provide a simple yet flexible model of a computing system as a graph of services making requests and providing results to each other. In this paper we define a formal...

Cluster Constellation Change Manoeuvres - Management and Operations (2004)

Volpp, J., Escoubet, C.P., Foley, S., Godfrey, J., Hapgood, M.A., Pallaschke, S.

The Cluster mission is an ESA cornerstone science mission of the Horizon 2000 Programme to study the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth’s magnetic field. Cluster is comprised of a fleet of...

Automatic configuration of services for security, bandwidth, throughput, and availability (2004)

Swart, G, Aziz, B, Foley, S, Herbert, J

The process of efficiently deploying a complex system of services on a complex network of servers is tedious and error prone, with many properties to check and many possibilities to examine....

Configuring storage-area networks for mandatory security (2004)

Aziz, B, Foley, S, Herbert, J, Swart, G

Storage-area networks are a popular and efficient way of building large storage systems both in an enterprise environment and for multi-domain storage service providers. In both environments the...

Romulus, A Computer Security Properties Modeling Environment: Romulus Theories. Volume 2. (1998)

Brackin, S., Foley, S., Gong, L., Hartman, B., Heff, A.

The Romulus security properties modeling environment contains tools, theories, and models that support the high-level design and analysis of secure systems. The Romulus nondisclosure tool supports...

Romulus, A Computer Security Properties Modeling Environment: Romulus Library of Models. Volume 3. (1997)

Brackin, S., Foley, S., Gong, L., Hartman, B., Heff, A.

The Romulus security properties modeling environment contains tools, theories, and models that support the high- level design and analysis of secure systems. The Romulus nondisclosure tool supports...

Romulus, A Computer Security Properties Modeling Environment: Romulus Theories. Volume 1. (1997)

Brackin, S., Foley, S., Gong, L., Hartman, B., Heff, A.

The Romulus security properties modeling environment contains tools, theories, and models that support the high-level design and analysis of secure systems. The Romulus nondisclosure tool supports...

Romulus, A Computer Security Properties Modeling Environment: Romulus Theories. Volume 4. (1997)

Brackin, S., Foley, S., Gong, L., Hartman, B., Heff, A.

The Romulus security properties modeling environment contains tools, theories, and models that support the high-level design and analysis of secure systems. The Romulus nondisclosure tool supports...