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A quasi-periodic modulation of the iron line centroid energy in the black hole binary H1743−322

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 461:2 (2016) 1967-1980

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Adam Ingram, Michiel van der Klis, Matthew Middleton, Chris Done, Diego Altamirano, Lucy Heil, Phil Uttley, Magnus Axelsson
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CHANDRA OBSERVATIONS OF OUTFLOWS FROM PSR J1509–5850

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 828:2 (2016) 70

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Noel Klingler, Oleg Kargaltsev, Blagoy Rangelov, George G Pavlov, Bettina Posselt, C-Y Ng
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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

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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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