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Prof

Rachel Webster

Professor
Physics
Black holes
Epoch of Reionisation
Cosmology
Microlensing
weak and strong lensing
terabyte datasets
broad line region
first stars
low frequency radio telescopes
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Prof

Rachel Webster

 
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Science
 
Primary Interest
Astrophysics
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Rachel Webster.

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APR INTERN AGREEMENT - APR INT-0639

2019 - 2020
Completed
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ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR ALL SKY ASTROPHYSICS IN 3D (ASTRO 3D)

2017 - 2024
Active
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EXPANDING OUR VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE WITH THE MURCHISON WIDEFIELD ARRAY

This project aims to build a Phase 2 Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) to boost the capabilities of the Phase 1 MWA by an order of magnitude. ..

2016 - 2016
Completed
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EXPANDING OUR VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE WITH THE MURCHISON WIDEFIELD ARRAY

This project aims to build a Phase 2 Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) to boost the capabilities of the Phase 1 MWA by an order of magnitude. ..

2016 - 2016
Completed
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THE AUSTRALIAN EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY POSITIONER (AESOP) - UOM MATCHING CONTRIBUTION

The aim of the Australian European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP) is to fund the construction costs of an innovative instrument to ..

2015 - 2016
Completed
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Mapping quasars: micro-imaging experiments

The spectra of quasars are very similar, despite a wide range of black hole masses, accretion rates, local environments and evolutionary sta..

2015 - 2019
Completed
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MAPPING THE DARK MATTER WITH EARLY TYPE GALAXIES

Unidentified dark matter outweighs luminous matter (stars, gas, and galaxies) by several times and is detected by its gravitational effects ..

2014 - 2017
Completed
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MAPPING THE UNIVERSE WITH THE SKYMAPPER TELESCOPE

This project plans to build a powerful new observatory, Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS-2), to be located in..

2014 - 2015
Completed
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TAIPAN - A SPECTROGRAPH TO SURVEY THE SOUTHERN SKY

The TAIPAN spectroscopic survey of the southern sky aims to quadruple the number of nearby galaxies with measured redshifts, distances and v..

2014 - 2014
Completed
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GEOTHERMAL HYBRIDISATION PROJECTS: MAKING THE ECONOMIC CASE

2012 - 2014
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Projects

Project Types

17

Research Grant

7

Research Contracts

4

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Rachel Webster.

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Changing look active galactic nuclei in the MaNGA survey

Wei Jeat Hon, Rachel Webster, Christian Wolf

Journal article  |  2020  |  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Determining quasar orientation

Suk Yee Yong, Rachel L Webster, Anthea L King, Nicholas F Bate, Kathleen Labrie, Matthew J O'Dowd

Journal article  |  2020  |  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Modelling and peeling extended sources with shapelets: A Fornax A case study

JLB Line, DA Mitchell, B Pindor, JL Riding, B McKinley, RL Webster, CM Trott, N Hurley-Walker, AR Offringa

Journal article  |  2020  |  Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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The impact of tandem redundant/sky-based calibration in MWA Phase II data analysis

Zheng Zhang, Jonathan C Pober, Wenyang Li, Bryna J Hazelton, Miguel F Morales, Cathryn M Trott, Christopher H Jordan, Ronniy C Joseph, Adam Beardsley, Nichole Barry, Ruby Byrne, Steven J Tingay, Aman Chokshi, Kenji Hasegawa, Daniel C Jacobs, Adam Lanman, Jack LB Line, Christene Lynch, Benjamin McKinley, Daniel A Mitchell, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Abstract Precise instrumental calibration is of crucial importance to 21-cm cosmology experiments. The Murchison Widefield Arra..

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Near-infrared Hydrogen and Helium QSO Emission Lines

CEG Kenyon, K Labrie, RL Webster, AL King

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Astronomical Journal

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Robust statistics towards detection of the 21 cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization

Cathryn M Trott, Shih Ching Fu, SG Murray, CH Jordan, JLB Line, N Barry, R Byrne, BJ Hazelton, K Hasegawa, R Joseph, T Kaneuji, K Kubota, W Li, C Lynch, B McKinley, DA Mitchell, MF Morales, B Pindor, JC Pober, M Rahimi, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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The neutral hydrogen properties of galaxies in gas-rich groups

Robert Dzudzar, Virginia Kilborn, Gerhardt Meurer, Sarah M Sweet, Michael Drinkwater, Kenji Bekki, Fiona Audcent-Ross, Baerbel Koribalski, Ji Hoon Kim, Mary Putman, Emma Ryan-Weber, Martin Zwaan, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Michael Dopita, Marianne T Doyle-Pegg, Ed Elson, Kenneth Freeman, Dan Hanish, Tim Heckman, Robert Kennicutt, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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The Murchison Widefield Array Transients Survey (MWATS). A search for low-frequency variability in a bright Southern hemisphere sample

ME Bell, Tara Murphy, PJ Hancock, JR Callingham, S Johnston, DL Kaplan, RW Hunstead, EM Sadler, S Croft, SV White, N Hurley-Walker, R Chhetri, JS Morgan, PG Edwards, A Rowlinson, AR Offringa, G Bernardi, JD Bowman, F Briggs, RJ Cappallo, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Black Hole Mass Estimation: Modelling the Biases

Suk Yee Yong, Rachel L Webster

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  2019 6th International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)

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Gridded and direct Epoch of Reionisation bispectrum estimates using the Murchison Widefield Array

Cathryn M Trott, Catherine A Watkinson, Christopher H Jordan, Shintaro Yoshiura, Suman Majumdar, N Barry, R Byrne, BJ Hazelton, K Hasegawa, R Joseph, T Kaneuji, K Kubota, W Li, J Line, C Lynch, B McKinley, DA Mitchell, MF Morales, S Murray, B Pindor, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Astronomical and Space Sciences
Expanding Knowledge
Astronomical Sciences
Non-Oriented Research
Mathematical Physics

News

Displaying the 6 most recent news articles by Rachel Webster.

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Where next for space exploration?

Michele Trenti, Rachel Webster

July 18, 2019
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Salida de la Tierra: la foto que cambió el mundo cumple medio siglo

Rachel Webster

December 23, 2018
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Earthrise, a photo that changed the world

Rachel Webster

December 20, 2018
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To infinity and beyond

Michele Trenti, Tanya Hill, Andrew Melatos, Rachel Webster

October 28, 2016
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Why science matters: Five of the best stories

David Ackland, Dallas English, Sharon Lewin, David Karoly, Rachel Webster

December 23, 2015
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Running water = possibly life on Mars

Rachel Webster

September 28, 2015

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2020

Officer of the Order of Australia

2010

Victorian Honour Roll of Women
2006

Australian Mid-career Mentoring Award

Nature Midcareer Mentoring
2005

Caroline Herschel Invited Distinguished Lecture

Caroline Herschel Distinguished Lecturer, Space Telescope Science Institute
1997

Inaugural Woman Lecturer in Physics

Australian Institute of Physics
1989

Annie J Cannon Award (runner up)

American Astronomical Society
1982

Amelia Earhart Fellowship (1982, 1983)

Zonta International
1980

International Fellowship

American Association of University Women
2018

FAA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

1992

Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Australia

10

Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor

Physics

Member Of The Royal Society Of Victoria

The Royal Society of Victoria

Astronomical Society Of Australia

Astronomical Society of Australia

Full Member

American Astronomical Society

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Cambridge

Master of Science

University of Sussex

Bachelor of Science

Monash University

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