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Richard Dodson

Researcher at University of Western Australia

Publications -  200
Citations -  5990

Richard Dodson is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Very-long-baseline interferometry & Pulsar. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 199 publications receiving 5320 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard Dodson include University of Tasmania & Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.

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Magnetic Field Studies in BL Lacertae through Faraday Rotation and a Novel Astrometric Technique

Abstract: It is thought that dynamically important helical magnetic fields twisted by the differential rotation of the black hole’s accretion disk or ergosphere play an important role in the launching, acceleration, and collimation of active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets. We present multi-frequency astrometric and polarimetric Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) images at 15, 22, and 43 GHz, as well as Faraday rotation analyses of the jet in BL Lacertae as part of a sample of AGN jets aimed to probe the magnetic field structure at the innermost scales to test jet formation models. The novel astrometric technique applied allows us to obtain the absolute position at mm wavelengths without any external calibrator.
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The Vela Pulsar, the Key?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the latest results derived from Australian telescopes, including a more accurate pulsar distance, a more precise pulsar local space velocity, a new model of spin-up at a glitch, and the association of a radio nebula with the X-ray pulsar wind nebula.
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Observed X-Ray/Radio Correlation in the Vela Pulsar

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of simultaneous observations of the Vela pulsar in X-rays and radio from the RXTE satellite and the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory in Tasmania.
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MultiView phase corrections at low frequencies for precise astrometry

TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-calibrator solution is proposed to achieve accurate astrometry on the level of the thermal noise at low VLBI frequencies dominated by ionospheric residuals.
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VLBI astrometry up to 130 GHz using multi frequency calibration

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors carried out simultaneous observations at 22, 43, 87 and 130 GHz of a group of five AGNs, the weakest of which is ca. 200 mJy at 130 GHz, with angular separations ranging from 3.6 to 11 degrees.