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  1. Article ; Online: A long-period radio transient active for three decades.

    Hurley-Walker, N / Rea, N / McSweeney, S J / Meyers, B W / Lenc, E / Heywood, I / Hyman, S D / Men, Y P / Clarke, T E / Coti Zelati, F / Price, D C / Horváth, C / Galvin, T J / Anderson, G E / Bahramian, A / Barr, E D / Bhat, N D R / Caleb, M / Dall'Ora, M /
    de Martino, D / Giacintucci, S / Morgan, J S / Rajwade, K M / Stappers, B / Williams, A

    Nature

    2023  Volume 619, Issue 7970, Page(s) 487–490

    Abstract: Several long-period radio transients have recently been discovered, with strongly polarized coherent radio pulses appearing on timescales between tens to thousands of ... ...

    Abstract Several long-period radio transients have recently been discovered, with strongly polarized coherent radio pulses appearing on timescales between tens to thousands of seconds
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/s41586-023-06202-5
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  2. Article ; Online: Super-Eddington mechanical power of an accreting black hole in M83.

    Soria, R / Long, K S / Blair, W P / Godfrey, L / Kuntz, K D / Lenc, E / Stockdale, C / Winkler, P F

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2014  Volume 343, Issue 6177, Page(s) 1330–1333

    Abstract: Mass accretion onto black holes releases energy in the form of radiation and outflows. Although the radiative flux cannot substantially exceed the Eddington limit, at which the outgoing radiation pressure impedes the inflow of matter, it remains unclear ... ...

    Abstract Mass accretion onto black holes releases energy in the form of radiation and outflows. Although the radiative flux cannot substantially exceed the Eddington limit, at which the outgoing radiation pressure impedes the inflow of matter, it remains unclear whether the kinetic energy flux is bounded by this same limit. Here, we present the detection of a radio-optical structure, powered by outflows from a non-nuclear black hole. Its accretion disk properties indicate that this black hole is less than 100 solar masses. The optical-infrared line emission implies an average kinetic power of 3 × 10(40) erg second(-1), higher than the Eddington luminosity of the black hole. These results demonstrate kinetic power exceeding the Eddington limit over a sustained period, which implies greater ability to influence the evolution of the black hole's environment.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-03-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.1248759
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  3. Article ; Online: A mildly relativistic wide-angle outflow in the neutron-star merger event GW170817.

    Mooley, K P / Nakar, E / Hotokezaka, K / Hallinan, G / Corsi, A / Frail, D A / Horesh, A / Murphy, T / Lenc, E / Kaplan, D L / De, K / Dobie, D / Chandra, P / Deller, A / Gottlieb, O / Kasliwal, M M / Kulkarni, S R / Myers, S T / Nissanke, S /
    Piran, T / Lynch, C / Bhalerao, V / Bourke, S / Bannister, K W / Singer, L P

    Nature

    2018  Volume 554, Issue 7691, Page(s) 207–210

    Abstract: GW170817 was the first gravitational-wave detection of a binary neutron-star merger. It was accompanied by radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum and localized to the galaxy NGC 4993 at a distance of 40 megaparsecs. It has been proposed that the ... ...

    Abstract GW170817 was the first gravitational-wave detection of a binary neutron-star merger. It was accompanied by radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum and localized to the galaxy NGC 4993 at a distance of 40 megaparsecs. It has been proposed that the observed γ-ray, X-ray and radio emission is due to an ultra-relativistic jet being launched during the merger (and successfully breaking out of the surrounding material), directed away from our line of sight (off-axis). The presence of such a jet is predicted from models that posit neutron-star mergers as the drivers of short hard-γ-ray bursts. Here we report that the radio light curve of GW170817 has no direct signature of the afterglow of an off-axis jet. Although we cannot completely rule out the existence of a jet directed away from the line of sight, the observed γ-ray emission could not have originated from such a jet. Instead, the radio data require the existence of a mildly relativistic wide-angle outflow moving towards us. This outflow could be the high-velocity tail of the neutron-rich material that was ejected dynamically during the merger, or a cocoon of material that breaks out when a jet launched during the merger transfers its energy to the dynamical ejecta. Because the cocoon model explains the radio light curve of GW170817, as well as the γ-ray and X-ray emission (and possibly also the ultraviolet and optical emission), it is the model that is most consistent with the observational data. Cocoons may be a ubiquitous phenomenon produced in neutron-star mergers, giving rise to a hitherto unidentified population of radio, ultraviolet, X-ray and γ-ray transients in the local Universe.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018--08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/nature25452
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  4. Article ; Online: A radio counterpart to a neutron star merger.

    Hallinan, G / Corsi, A / Mooley, K P / Hotokezaka, K / Nakar, E / Kasliwal, M M / Kaplan, D L / Frail, D A / Myers, S T / Murphy, T / De, K / Dobie, D / Allison, J R / Bannister, K W / Bhalerao, V / Chandra, P / Clarke, T E / Giacintucci, S / Ho, A Y Q /
    Horesh, A / Kassim, N E / Kulkarni, S R / Lenc, E / Lockman, F J / Lynch, C / Nichols, D / Nissanke, S / Palliyaguru, N / Peters, W M / Piran, T / Rana, J / Sadler, E M / Singer, L P

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2017  

    Abstract: Gravitational waves have been detected from a binary neutron star merger event, GW170817. The detection of electromagnetic radiation from the same source has shown that the merger occurred in the outskirts of the galaxy NGC 4993, at a distance of 40 ... ...

    Abstract Gravitational waves have been detected from a binary neutron star merger event, GW170817. The detection of electromagnetic radiation from the same source has shown that the merger occurred in the outskirts of the galaxy NGC 4993, at a distance of 40 megaparsecs from Earth. We report the detection of a counterpart radio source that appears 16 days after the event, allowing us to diagnose the energetics and environment of the merger. The observed radio emission can be explained by either a collimated ultra-relativistic jet viewed off-axis, or a cocoon of mildly relativistic ejecta. Within 100 days of the merger, the radio light curves will distinguish between these models and very long baseline interferometry will have the capability to directly measure the angular velocity and geometry of the debris.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-10-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.aap9855
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  5. Article ; Online: Radio detections during two state transitions of the intermediate-mass black hole HLX-1.

    Webb, Natalie / Cseh, David / Lenc, Emil / Godet, Olivier / Barret, Didier / Corbel, Stephane / Farrell, Sean / Fender, Robert / Gehrels, Neil / Heywood, Ian

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2012  Volume 337, Issue 6094, Page(s) 554–556

    Abstract: Relativistic jets are streams of plasma moving at appreciable fractions of the speed of light. They have been observed from stellar-mass black holes (~3 to 20 solar masses, M(⊙)) as well as supermassive black holes (~10(6) to 10(9) M(⊙)) found in the ... ...

    Abstract Relativistic jets are streams of plasma moving at appreciable fractions of the speed of light. They have been observed from stellar-mass black holes (~3 to 20 solar masses, M(⊙)) as well as supermassive black holes (~10(6) to 10(9) M(⊙)) found in the centers of most galaxies. Jets should also be produced by intermediate-mass black holes (~10(2) to 10(5) M(⊙)), although evidence for this third class of black hole has, until recently, been weak. We report the detection of transient radio emission at the location of the intermediate-mass black hole candidate ESO 243-49 HLX-1, which is consistent with a discrete jet ejection event. These observations also allow us to refine the mass estimate of the black hole to be between ~9 × 10(3) M(⊙) and ~9 × 10(4) M(⊙).
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-08-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.1222779
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  6. Book ; Online: Ionospheric Modelling using GPS to Calibrate the MWA. II

    Arora, B. S. / Morgan, J. / Ord, S. M. / Tingay, S. J. / Bell, M. / Callingham, J. R. / Dwarakanath, K. S. / For, B. -Q. / Hancock, P. / Hindson, L. / Hurley-Walker, N. / Johnston-Hollitt, M. / Kapinska, A. D. / Lenc, E. / McKinley, B. / Offringa, A. R. / Procopio, P. / Staveley-Smith, L. / Wayth, R. B. /
    Wu, C. / Zheng, Q.

    Regional ionospheric modelling using GPS and GLONASS to estimate ionospheric gradients

    2016  

    Abstract: We estimate spatial gradients in the ionosphere using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GLONASS (Russian global navigation system) observations, utilising data from multiple GPS stations in the vicinity of Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) ...

    Abstract We estimate spatial gradients in the ionosphere using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GLONASS (Russian global navigation system) observations, utilising data from multiple GPS stations in the vicinity of Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO). In previous work the ionosphere was characterised using a single-station to model the ionosphere as a single layer of fixed height and this was compared with ionospheric data derived from radio astronomy observations obtained from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). Having made improvements to our data quality (via cycle slip detection and repair) and incorporating data from the GLONASS system, we now present a multi-station approach. These two developments significantly improve our modelling of the ionosphere. We also explore the effects of a variable-height model. We conclude that modelling the small-scale features in the ionosphere that have been observed with the MWA will require a much denser network of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations than is currently available at the MRO.

    Comment: 15 pages, 12 Figures, paper accepted for publication in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)
    Keywords Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
    Subject code 551
    Publishing date 2016-05-08
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  7. Article ; Online: A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance.

    Bannister, K W / Deller, A T / Phillips, C / Macquart, J-P / Prochaska, J X / Tejos, N / Ryder, S D / Sadler, E M / Shannon, R M / Simha, S / Day, C K / McQuinn, M / North-Hickey, F O / Bhandari, S / Arcus, W R / Bennert, V N / Burchett, J / Bouwhuis, M / Dodson, R /
    Ekers, R D / Farah, W / Flynn, C / James, C W / Kerr, M / Lenc, E / Mahony, E K / O'Meara, J / Osłowski, S / Qiu, H / Treu, T / U, V / Bateman, T J / Bock, D C-J / Bolton, R J / Brown, A / Bunton, J D / Chippendale, A P / Cooray, F R / Cornwell, T / Gupta, N / Hayman, D B / Kesteven, M / Koribalski, B S / MacLeod, A / McClure-Griffiths, N M / Neuhold, S / Norris, R P / Pilawa, M A / Qiao, R-Y / Reynolds, J / Roxby, D N / Shimwell, T W / Voronkov, M A / Wilson, C D

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2019  Volume 365, Issue 6453, Page(s) 565–570

    Abstract: Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief radio emissions from distant astronomical sources. Some are known to repeat, but most are single bursts. Nonrepeating FRB observations have had insufficient positional accuracy to localize them to an individual host ... ...

    Abstract Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief radio emissions from distant astronomical sources. Some are known to repeat, but most are single bursts. Nonrepeating FRB observations have had insufficient positional accuracy to localize them to an individual host galaxy. We report the interferometric localization of the single-pulse FRB 180924 to a position 4 kiloparsecs from the center of a luminous galaxy at redshift 0.3214. The burst has not been observed to repeat. The properties of the burst and its host are markedly different from those of the only other accurately localized FRB source. The integrated electron column density along the line of sight closely matches models of the intergalactic medium, indicating that some FRBs are clean probes of the baryonic component of the cosmic web.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.aaw5903
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  8. Book ; Online: Ionospheric modelling using GPS to calibrate the MWA. 1

    Arora, B. S. / Morgan, J. / Ord, S. M. / Tingay, S. J. / Hurley-Walker, N. / Bell, M. / Bernardi, G. / Bhat, R. / Briggs, F. / Callingham, J. R. / Deshpande, A. A. / Dwarakanath, K. S. / Ewall-Wice, A. / Feng, L. / For, B. -Q. / Hancock, P. / Hazelton, B. J. / Hindson, L. / Jacobs, D. /
    Johnston-Hollitt, M. / Kapińska, A. D. / Kudryavtseva, N. / Lenc, E. / McKinley, B. / Mitchell, D. / Oberoi, D. / Offringa, A. R. / Pindor, B. / Procopio, P. / Riding, J. / Staveley-Smith, L. / Wayth, R. B. / Wu, C. / Zheng, Q. / Bowman, J. D. / Cappallo, R. J. / Corey, B. E. / Emrich, D. / Goeke, R. / Greenhill, L. J. / Kaplan, D. L. / Kasper, J. C. / Kratzenberg, E. / Lonsdale, C. J. / Lynch, M. J. / McWhirter, S. R. / Morales, M. F. / Morgan, E. / Prabu, T. / Rogers, A. E. E. / Roshi, A. / Shankar, N. Udaya / Srivani, K. S. / Subrahmanyan, R. / Waterson, M. / Webster, R. L. / Whitney, A. R. / Williams, A. / Williams, C. L.

    Comparison of first order ionospheric effects between GPS models and MWA observations

    2015  

    Abstract: We compare first order (refractive) ionospheric effects seen by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) with the ionosphere as inferred from Global Positioning System (GPS) data. The first order ionosphere manifests itself as a bulk position shift of the ... ...

    Abstract We compare first order (refractive) ionospheric effects seen by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) with the ionosphere as inferred from Global Positioning System (GPS) data. The first order ionosphere manifests itself as a bulk position shift of the observed sources across an MWA field of view. These effects can be computed from global ionosphere maps provided by GPS analysis centres, namely the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE), using data from globally distributed GPS receivers. However, for the more accurate local ionosphere estimates required for precision radio astronomy applications, data from local GPS networks needs to be incorporated into ionospheric modelling. For GPS observations, the ionospheric parameters are biased by GPS receiver instrument delays, among other effects, also known as receiver Differential Code Biases (DCBs). The receiver DCBs need to be estimated for any non-CODE GPS station used for ionosphere modelling, a requirement for establishing dense GPS networks in arbitrary locations in the vicinity of the MWA. In this work, single GPS station-based ionospheric modelling is performed at a time resolution of 10 minutes. Also the receiver DCBs are estimated for selected Geoscience Australia (GA) GPS receivers, located at Murchison Radio Observatory (MRO1), Yarragadee (YAR3), Mount Magnet (MTMA) and Wiluna (WILU). The ionospheric gradients estimated from GPS are compared with the ionospheric gradients inferred from radio source position shifts observed with the MWA. The ionospheric gradients at all the GPS stations show a correlation with the gradients observed with the MWA. The ionosphere estimates obtained using GPS measurements show promise in terms of providing calibration information for the MWA.

    Comment: 24 pages
    Keywords Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
    Subject code 551
    Publishing date 2015-07-05
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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