P. T. O’Brien

Research interests

Publications

• The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817

  Nature Astronomy · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0511-3

• The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa90b6

• Black hole feedback in the luminous quasar PDS 456

  Science · 2015 · 10.1126/science.1259202

• A NEW POPULATION OF ULTRA-LONG DURATION GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/781/1/13

• Signatures of magnetar central engines in short GRB light curves

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts683

• Calibration of X-ray absorption in our Galaxy

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt175

• An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

  Science · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207143

• A PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT OFz∼ 9.4 FOR GRB 090429B

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/736/1/7

• Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift -XRT observations of GRBs

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14913.x

• Broadband observations of the naked-eye γ-ray burst GRB 080319B

  Nature · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07270

• An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova

  Nature · 2008 · 10.1038/nature06997

• An online repository of Swift /XRT light curves of $\vec \gamma$-ray bursts

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077530

• GRB Radiative Efficiencies Derived from the Swift Data: GRBs versus XRFs, Long versus Short

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2007 · 10.1086/510110

• The First Survey of X‐Ray Flares from Gamma‐Ray Bursts Observed by Swift : Temporal Properties and Morphology

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1086/521591

• Testing the Standard Fireball Model of Gamma‐Ray Bursts Using Late X‐Ray Afterglows Measured by Swift

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2007 · 10.1086/517989

• An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218

  Nature · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05082

• Panchromatic study of GRB 060124: from precursor to afterglow

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2006 · 10.1051/0004-6361:20065071

• Evidence for a Canonical Gamma‐Ray Burst Afterglow Light Curve in the Swift XRT Data

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1086/500724

• A new γ-ray burst classification scheme from GRB 060614

  Nature · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05376

• The association of GRB 060218 with a supernova and the evolution of the shock wave

  Nature · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04892

• Bright X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

  Science · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1116168

• An origin for short γ-ray bursts unassociated with current star formation

  Nature · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04392

• A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

  Nature · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04142

• A Massive X-Ray Outflow from the Quasar PDS 456

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 10.1086/378218

• A high-velocity ionized outflow and XUV photosphere in the narrow emission line quasar PG1211+143

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.07006.x

• The design and construction of the ZEUS central tracking detector

  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(94)91313-7

• The Geopolitical Aesthetic: Cinema and Space in the World System

  Circa · 1993 · 10.2307/25557765

• Steps toward determination of the size and structure of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei. I - an 8 month campaign of monitoring NGC 5548 with IUE

  The Astrophysical Journal · 1991 · 10.1086/169540

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