Dr. Paul Callanan
College Lecturer
Physics Department
University College Cork
Ireland
Phone:+353-21-4903211
Fax : +353-21-4276949
Email:paulc@ucc.ie Website:astro.ucc.ie
Education
| 1987 | Ph.D. in Physics Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and NUI Galway |
| 1983 | B.Sc. in Physics National University of Ireland, Galway |
Professional Employment
| 1996-present | College Lecturer, University College Cork, Ireland Department of Physics |
| 1991-1996 |
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , USA, Hubble Fellow and Research Associate |
| 1987-1991 |
Oxford University,
Department of Astrophysics,
Research Associate |
General fields of investigation:
- Multiwavelength studies of
Interacting Binaries -
X-ray Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables and Pulsars.
Recent publications:
Garcia, M.R., McClintock, J.E., Narayan, R., Callanan, P.J., &
Murray, S.S., ApJ Letters, 2001, in press
``New Evidence for Black Hole Event Horizons from Chandra''
Callanan, P.J. Drake J.J., Fruscione, A., Christian, D., A & A,
2000, 360, 559
``An EUVE observation of the globular cluster NGC 1851: The second EUV
detection of a low mass X-ray binary?''
Callanan P.J., McCarthy J.F., Garcia, M. R., 2000, A & A, 355, 1049
``A search for the IR counterpart of the black hole candidate 4U 1630-47'',
Callanan, P.J., Drake, J.J. & Frucione, A., ApJ Letters, 1999 521 L125
``EUVE Observations of the Globular Cluster M15''
Garcia, M.R., Callanan, P.J., et al, 1999, ApJ, 518 422
``Aql X-1 in Outburst and Quiescence''
Callanan, P.J., Garnavich, P.M., Koester, D., 1998, MNRAS 298, 207
``The mass of the neutron star in the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1012+5307''
Garcia, M.R., Callanan, P.J., et al., 1998, ApJ 493 926
``Power-Law Decays in the Optical Counterparts of GRB 970228 and GRB 970508''