Postdoctoral researcher
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ResearchMy research interests are pulsar searching and timing. In particular I am working on searches for relativistic binary pulsars such as compact double neutron star systems or even pulsar black-hole binaries. I have also been searching for pulsars around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole candidate at the centre of the Milky Way. All of these systems can be used for precision tests of theories of gravtitation. I'm also a member of the BlackHoleCam project team. |
Selected publications2018 -- "Large Magneto-ionic Variations toward the Galactic Center Magnetar, PSR J1745-2900" NASA ADS link here. 2017 -- "Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger" NASA ADS link here. 2017 -- "Detection of the magnetar SGR J1745-2900 up to 291 GHz with evidence of polarized millimetre emission" NASA ADS link here. 2017 -- "BlackHoleCam: Fundamental physics of the galactic center" NASA ADS link here. 2016 -- "Radio polarimetry of Galactic Centre pulsars" NASA ADS link here. 2016 -- "The host galaxy of a fast radio burst" NASA ADS link here. 2015 -- "Simultaneous multifrequency radio observations of the Galactic Centre magnetar SGR J1745-2900" NASA ADS link here. 2015 -- "Observing Radio Pulsars in the Galactic Centre with the Square Kilometre Array" NASA ADS link here. 2015 -- "The High Time Resolution Universe Pulsar Survey - XII. Galactic plane acceleration search and the discovery of 60 pulsars" NASA ADS link here. 2014 -- "Pulsar-black hole binaries: prospects for new gravity tests with future radio telescopes" NASA ADS link here. 2013 -- "A strong magnetic field around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy" NASA ADS link here. 2013 -- "Can we see pulsars around Sgr A★? The latest searches with the Effelsberg telescope" NASA ADS link here. 2013 -- "Einstein@Home Discovery of 24 Pulsars in the Parkes Multi-beam Pulsar Survey" NASA ADS link here. 2013 -- "A coherent acceleration search of the Parkes multibeam pulsar survey - techniques and the discovery and timing of 16 pulsars" NASA ADS link here. 2013 -- "The Northern High Time Resolution Universe Pulsar Survey I: Setup and initial discoveries" NASA ADS link here. 2013 -- "Pulsar searches of Fermi unassociated sources with the Effelsberg telescope" NASA ADS link here. 2010 -- "Selection of radio pulsar candidates using artificial neural networks" NASA ADS link here. 2009 -- "An interference removal technique for radio pulsar searches" NASA ADS link here. PhD thesis:"A search for relativistic binary pulsars in the Galactic plane" - Jodrell Bank Observatory (2005-2009). Get a gzipped postscript here or a pdf here. |
TalksThis list is slowly being updated, but for now here is my latest talk (2017) and one of my first talks (2007). 20170907: IAUS 337: Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years, Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom, "A magnetar at the heart of the Milky Way" 20070207: Jodrell Bank Journal Club, Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom, "Looking for Evidence of Light Pseudoscalar Bosons (Axions) in Double Neutron Star Systems" |
MediaHere are some media articles that I have either written or appeared in ... "Few and Far Between" Nature Astronomy comment piece on Galactic Centre pulsars, 2017. "Einstein@Home Project Discovers 24 New Pulsars in Old Data" MIT Technology Reveiw article about our pulsar dicoveries with Einstein@Home, 2013. "Weekly Space Hangout, August 16th, 2013" Weekly news round-up Universe Today, 2013. "New Pulsar Explores Heart of Milky Way" Sky and Telescope, 2013. |
Test dataNote: Some test data currently not available. AEI test data 1: PM0059_01871_21_8bit.fil.gz AEI test data 2: PM0059_01871_22_8bit.fil.gz AEI test data 3: PM0055_01341_21_8bit.fil.gz AEI test data 4: PM0055_01341_22_8bit.fil.gz AEI test data 5: PA0054_00181_21_8bit.fil.gz AEI test data 6: PA0054_00181_22_8bit.fil.gz Oxford FFA test data: PM0056_001.tar.gz Oxford FFA test data, PSR J1910+0358: PM0159_010C1.tim.gz Oxford FFA test data, PSR J1237-6725: PM0159_024B1.tim.gz Oxford FFA test data, PSR J1840-0815: PM0160_00131.tim.gz Training DATA, PSR 1: pulsar1 Training DATA, PSR 1 ASCII TIM: pulsar 1 ascii Training data, BPSR 1 : binary_pulsar1 Double pulsar test data: here. Selection of binary pulsar test data: here. More pulsar data: here. More pulsar data: here. More pulsar data: here. |