Publications (7)
A radio jet from the optical and x-ray bright stellar tidal disruption flare ASASSN-14li
Sjoert van Velzen, Gemma E. Anderson, Nicholas C. Stone +11
The tidal disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole leads to a short-lived thermal flare. Despite extensive searches, radio follow-up observations of known thermal stellar…
The Needle in the 100 deg2 Haystack: Uncovering Afterglows of Fermi GRBs with the Palomar Transient Factory
Leo P. Singer, Mansi M. Kasliwal, S. Bradley Cenko +32
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has greatly expanded the number and energy window of observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, the coarse localizations of tens to a hun…
High-Speed, Photon Counting CCD Cameras for Astronomy
Craig Mackay, Tim D. Staley, David King +2
The design of electron multiplying CCD cameras require a very different approach from that appropriate for slow scan CCD operation. This paper describes the main problems in using…
Chimenea and other tools: Automated imaging of multi-epoch radio-synthesis data with CASA
Tim D. Staley, Gemma E. Anderson
In preparing the way for the Square Kilometre Array and its pathfinders, there is a pressing need to begin probing the transient sky in a fully robotic fashion using the current ge…
The LOFAR Transients Pipeline
John D. Swinbank, Tim D. Staley, Gijs J. Molenaar +23
Current and future astronomical survey facilities provide a remarkably rich opportunity for transient astronomy, combining unprecedented fields of view with high sensitivity and th…
High-resolution imaging and spectroscopy in the visible from large ground-based telescopes with natural guide stars
Craig Mackay, Tim D. Staley, David King +2
Near-diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy in the visible on large (8-10 meter) class telescopes has proved to be beyond the capabilities of current adaptive optics technolo…