 Prof Rachel Webster Rachel Webster has a PhD from Cambridge University. She subsequently held research positions at Toronto in the Astronomy Department and at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. She has active research interests in gravitational lensing, quasars, clusters of galaxies and large-scale structure. Professor Webster is very much involved in the development of two 21st century radio telescopes, the Wide Field Array and the Australian Square Kllometre Array Pathfinder. |
USEFUL LINKS
Publications
Journals
- T Anguita, R.W. Schmidt, E.L. Turner, J Wambsganss, R Webster, K.A. Loomis, D Long, R McMillan., The multiple quasar Q2237+0305 under a microlensing caustic., Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol 480, pp 327 - 334, 2008.
- N.D.R Bhat, R Wayth, H.S. Knight, J.D. Bowman, D Oberoi, D Barnes, F.H. Briggs, R. J. Cappallo, D Herne, J Kocz, C.J. Lonsdale, M.J. Lynch, B Stansby, J Stevens, G Torr, R Webster, J Wyithe., Detection of crab giant pulses using the mileura widefield array low frequency demonstrator field prototype system., Astrophysical Journal, Vol 665, pp 618 - 627, 2007.
- J.D. Bowman, D Barnes, F.H. Briggs, B.E. Corey, M.J. Lynch, N.D. Ramesh Bhat, R.J. Cappallo, S.S. Doeleman, B.J. Favous, D Herne, J.N. Hewitt, C W JOHNSTON, J.C. Kasper, J Kocz, E Kratzenberg, C.J. Lonsdale, M.F. Morales, D Oberoi, J.E. Salah, J Wyithe, R Webster, R Wayth, G Torr, J Stevens, B Stanby., Field deployment of prototype antenna tiles for the mileura widefield array low frequency demonstrator., Astrophysical Journal., Vol 133, pp 1505-1518, 2007.
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"Array for Australia?" in Cosmos Online 2006
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