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High-Speed Observations of Lunar Impact Flashes
Dale P. Giancono, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Robert M. Howie +7
Lunar impact flashes provide a direct means of estimating the flux of centimetre-sized meteoroids impacting the lunar surface. However, 25-60 frames per second imaging typical of m…
The impact of the site quality of the Zadko Observatory on its scientific results
Bruce Gendre, Richard Tonello, Mitchell Studdert +5
We present the site quality of the Zadko Observatory, focusing on the brightness of the sky and the effects of the weather on the efficiency of the Observatory. We discuss these ef…
Management of a Multi-User Robotic Observatory
John Moore, Bruce Gendre, David Coward +2
The Zadko Observatory located approximately 70 kilometres north of Perth in the Yeal nature reserve within the Shire of Gingin, Western Australia, initially housed the 1.0 metre f/…
The Zadko Observatory
J. A. Moore, B. Gendre, D. M. Coward +2
The 1.0 metre f/4 fast-slew Zadko Telescope was installed in June 2008 approximately seventy kilometres north of Perth at Yeal, in the Shire of Gingin, Western Australia. Since the…
Grandma: a network to coordinate them all
S. Agayeva, S. Alishov, S. Antier +75
GRANDMA is an international project that coordinates telescope observations of transient sources with large localization uncertainties. Such sources include gravitational wave even…
The Zadko telescope results: ten years of science
B. Gendre, D. Coward, J. Moore +5
The 1.0 meter f/4 fast-slew Zadko telescope is located in Western Australia, approximately seventy kilometers north of Perth at Yeal in the Shire of Gingin in a dedicated "low-lumi…
The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts II: New FRB discoveries and their follow-up
S. Bhandari, E. F. Keane, E. D. Barr +47
We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts (SUPERB) at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 15120…
Follow up of GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterpart by Australian-led observing programs
I. Andreoni, K. Ackley, J. Cooke +122
The discovery of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave signal has generated follow-up observations by over 50 facilities world-wide, ushering in the new era…
The Zadko Telescope: Exploring the transient Universe
D. M. Coward, B. Gendre, P. Tanga +11
The Zadko Telescope is a 1 m f/4 Cassegrain telescope, situated in the state of Western Australia about 80 km north of Perth. The facility plays a niche role in Australian astronom…
Hunting Gravitational Waves with Multi-Messenger Counterparts: Australia's Role
E. J. Howell, A. Rowlinson, D. M. Coward +12
The first observations by a worldwide network of advanced interferometric gravitational wave detectors offer a unique opportunity for the astronomical community. At design sensitiv…
Optical and X-ray early follow-up of ANTARES neutrino alerts
S. Adrian-Martinez, M. Ageron, A. Albert +137
High-energy neutrinos could be produced in the interaction of charged cosmic rays with matter or radiation surrounding astrophysical sources. Even with the recent detection of extr…
HEIDI: An Automated Process for the Identification and Extraction of Photometric Light Curves from Astronomical Images
M. Todd, H. U. Wallon Pizarro, P. Tanga +2
The production of photometric light curves from astronomical images is a very time-consuming task. Larger data sets improve the resolution of the light curve, however, the time req…
Fall back accretion and energy injections in gamma-ray bursts
Y. B. Yu, X. F. Wu, Y. F. Huang +4
Intense flares that occur at late times relative to the prompt phase have been observed by the satellite in the X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Here, we presen…
Predictions for the Detection of Earth and Mars Trojan Asteroids by the Gaia satellite
M. Todd, P. Tanga, D. M. Coward +1
The European Space Agency Gaia satellite, planned for launch in late 2013, will perform systematic astrometric observations of the whole sky over a five year period. During this mi…
The Potential for Detecting Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows from Population III Stars with the Next Generation of Infrared Telescopes
Damien Macpherson, D. M. Coward, M. G. Zadnik
We investigate the detectability of a proposed population of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) from the collapse of Population III (Pop III) stars. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and…
Search for long-lived gravitational-wave transients coincident with long gamma-ray bursts
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, J. Aasi +875
Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been linked to extreme core-collapse supernovae from massive stars. Gravitational waves (GW) offer a probe of the physics behind long GRBs. We inv…
The diversity of progenitors and emission mechanisms for ultra-long bursts
B. Gendre, G. Stratta, J. L. Atteia +10
GRB 111209A is the longest ever recorded burst. This burst was detected by Swift and Konus-Wind, and we obtained TOO time from XMM-Newton as well as prompt data from TAROT. We made…
The ultra-long GRB 111209A - II. Prompt to afterglow and afterglow properties
G. Stratta, B. Gendre, J. L. Atteia +7
The "ultra-long" Gamma Ray Burst GRB 111209A at redshift z=0.677, is so far the longest GRB ever observed, with rest frame prompt emission duration of ~4 hours. In order to explain…
Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network
the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, J. Aasi +801
Compact binary systems with neutron stars or black holes are one of the most promising sources for ground-based gravitational wave detectors. Gravitational radiation encodes rich i…
Australian participation in the Gaia Follow-Up Network for Solar System Objects
M. Todd, D. M. Coward, P. Tanga +1
The Gaia satellite, planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2013, is the next generation astrometry mission following Hipparcos. Gaia's primary science goal is to…
An optimal Mars Trojan asteroid search strategy
M. Todd, P. Tanga, D. M. Coward +1
Trojan asteroids are minor planets that share the orbit of a planet about the Sun and librate around the L4 or L5 Lagrangian points of stability. Although only three Mars Trojans h…
An optimal Earth Trojan asteroid search strategy
M. Todd, P. Tanga, D. M. Coward +1
Trojan asteroids are minor planets that share the orbit of a planet about the Sun and librate around the L4 or L5 Lagrangian points of stability. They are important solar-system fo…
Using temporal distributions of transient events to characterize cosmological source populations
E. Howell, D. Coward, R. Burman +1
The brightest events in a time series of cosmological transients obey an observation time dependence which is often overlooked. This dependence can be exploited to probe the global…
The Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education
D. M. Coward, M. Todd, T. P. Vaalsta +17
The new 1-m f/4 fast-slew Zadko Telescope was installed in June 2008 about 70 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It is the only metre-class optical facility at this southern lat…