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APA Citation
Bailes, Matthew, & Bhathal, R. S. 2006 Matthew Bailes interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal in the Australian astronomers oral history project [sound recording] http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn3807244
MLA Citation
Bailes, Matthew, and Bhathal, R. S. Matthew Bailes interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal in the Australian astronomers oral history project [sound recording] 2006 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn3807244>
Australian Citation
Bailes, Matthew, & Bhathal, R. S. 2006, Matthew Bailes interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal in the Australian astronomers oral history project [sound recording] <http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn3807244>
Matthew Bailes interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal in the Australian astronomers oral history project [sound recording]
| Bib ID | 3807244 |
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| Format |
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| Author |
Bailes, Matthew, 1963-
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| Online Versions | http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn3807244 |
| Access Conditions | Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2006.
3 digital audio tapes (195 min.) |
| Series |
Australian astronomers oral history project
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| Summary |
Matthew Bailes, born 1963 in Alice Springs, N.T. speaks about his parents and family; his childhood; views on religion; schooling; scientific heroes and interests in reading; undergraduate years at University of Adelaide; his interest in university student politics; why he majored in physics; the lecturers in physics at University of Adelaide; Don McCoy; going to Mount Stromlo for PhD thesis; meeting Dick Manchester from Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF); the first measurement of proper motion of pulsar; first pulsar parallax measurement; work on origin of pulsar velocity; highly cited papers; Dick Manchester; Ken Freeman, astronomer at Mount Stromlo; NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre; Jodrell Bank Observatory at Manchester University; Andrew Lyne; the discovery of a planet and the retraction of this discovery; writing software for large ATNF pulsar survey; Sir Graham Smith (Astronomer Royal); Bernard Lovell; Dennis Walsh (gravitational lens); motivations for moving to ATNF and then Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing; Rachel Webster. Bailes discusses the Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing Centre; Margaret Mazzolini; On-line astronomy course; Chris Fluke; educational movies and additional source of funds; Virtual Room; using supercomputer for correlation work; papers written in collaboration with a large number of astronomers; the discovery of pulsars; Jocelyn Bell; the discovery of millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae and significance of the discovery; binary radio pulsar PSR 1259-63; eccentric orbit around Be star; pulsar statistics; birth rate and spin periods of radio pulsars; discovery of nearby binary millisecond pulsar, PSRJ0437-4715 and significance of discovery; very bright pulsar; test of General Theory of Relativity; model on pulsar velocities; experimental confirmation; survey frequency: 20cm and 70cm; Parkes Southern Pulsar Survey, low luminosity pulsars; binary pulsar distances; comments on differences between Labor and Liberal policies for science; strengths of Australian astronomy; on changes taking place in universities; establishment of new research centre in astronomy at Swinburne; role of Swinburne in public education and outreach; his family; major achievements in life to date. |
| Notes |
Recorded on November 23, 2006 at Swinburne University, Vic. Also available online via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn3807244 |
| Subjects |
Bailes, Matthew, - 1963- - Interviews.
| Swinburne University of Technology. - Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing.
| Australia Telescope National Facility.
| Astronomers - Australia - Interviews.
| Radiation sources.
| Pulsars - Detection.
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| Occupation | Astronomers. |
| Other Authors |
Bhathal, R. S
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| Details | Collect From | |
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| ORAL TRC 5730 Copy: Recording |
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History) |
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| ORAL TRC 5730 (summary) Copy: Summary. |
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History) |
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