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SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVA SN 2015bn IN THE NEBULAR PHASE: EVIDENCE FOR THE ENGINE-POWERED EXPLOSION OF A STRIPPED MASSIVE STAR

The Astrophysical Journal Letters American Astronomical Society 828:2 (2016) l18

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M Nicholl, E Berger, R Margutti, R Chornock, PK Blanchard, A Jerkstrand, SJ Smartt, I Arcavi, P Challis, KC Chambers, T-W Chen, PS Cowperthwaite, A Gal-Yam, G Hosseinzadeh, DA Howell, C Inserra, E Kankare, EA Magnier, K Maguire, PA Mazzali, C McCully, D Milisavljevic, KW Smith, S Taubenberger, S Valenti, RJ Wainscoat, O Yaron, DR Young
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The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: Performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA 33 (2016) ARTN e042

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D McConnell, Jr Allison, K Bannister, Me Bell, He Bignall, Ap Chippendale, Pg Edwards, L Harvey-Smith, S Hegarty, I Heywood, Aw Hotan, Bt Indermuehle, E Lenc, J Marvil, A Popping, W Raja, Je Reynolds, Rj Sault, P Serra, Ma Voronkov, M Whiting, Sw Amy, P Axtens, L Ball, Tj Bateman, Dc-J Bock, R Bolton, D Brodrick, M Brothers, Aj Brown, Jd Bunton, W Cheng, T Cornwell, D DeBoer, I Feain, R Gough, N Gupta, Jc Guzman, Ga Hampson, S Hay, Db Hayman, S Hoyle, B Humphreys, C Jacka, Ca Jackson, S Jackson, K Jeganathan, J Joseph, Bs Koribalski, M Leach

Abstract:

We describe the performance of the Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA), the prototype for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope ASKAP. BETA is the first aperture synthesis radio telescope to use phased array feed technology, giving it the ability to electronically form up to nine dual-polarization beams. We report the methods developed for forming and measuring the beams, and the adaptations that have been made to the traditional calibration and imaging procedures in order to allow BETA to function as a multi-beam aperture synthesis telescope. We describe the commissioning of the instrument and present details of BETA's performance: sensitivity, beam characteristics, polarimetric properties and image quality. We summarise the astronomical science that it has produced and draw lessons from operating BETA that will be relevant to the commissioning and operation of the final ASKAP telescope.
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The Superluminous Transient ASASSN-15lh as a Tidal Disruption Event from a Kerr Black Hole

(2016)

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G Leloudas, M Fraser, NC Stone, S van Velzen, PG Jonker, I Arcavi, C Fremling, JR Maund, SJ Smartt, T Kruhler, JCA Miller-Jones, PM Vreeswijk, A Gal-Yam, PA Mazzali, A De Cia, DA Howell, C Inserra, F Patat, A de Ugarte Postigo, O Yaron, C Ashall, I Bar, H Campbell, T-W Chen, M Childress, N Elias-Rosa, J Harmanen, G Hosseinzadeh, J Johansson, T Kangas, E Kankare, S Kim, H Kuncarayakti, J Lyman, MR Magee, K Maguire, D Malesani, S Mattila, CV McCully, M Nicholl, S Prentice, C Romero-Canizales, S Schulze, KW Smith, J Sollerman, M Sullivan, BE Tucker, S Valenti, JC Wheeler, DR Young
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Star Formation in Nearby Early-Type Galaxies: The Radio Continuum Perspective

(2016)

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Kristina Nyland, Lisa M Young, Joan M Wrobel, Timothy A Davis, Martin Bureau, Katherine Alatalo, Raffaella Morganti, Pierre-Alain Duc, PT de Zeeuw, Richard M McDermid, Alison F Crocker, Tom Oosterloo
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Molecular Gas Kinematics and Line Diagnostics in Early-type Galaxies: NGC4710 and NGC5866

(2016)

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Selcuk Topal, Martin Bureau, Timothy A Davis, Melanie Krips, Lisa M Young, Alison F Crocker
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