Megan Argo's Publications

Here is a list of my publications to date, both academic (in journals, conference proceedings and circulars) and popular (astronomical society journals, online publications, magazine articles).

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In prep and submitted papers:

n) The first year of results from the JBOMD: JIMO in prep
Argo & Blackhurst in prep
14) Monitoring of compact components in nearby starbursts with MERLIN: MNRAS in prep
13) Monitoring of core collapse supernovae with MERLIN: MNRAS in prep

Papers:

12) Wide-field global VLBI and MERLIN combined monitoring of supernova remnants in M82: MNRAS accepted (astro-ph/1006.1504)
Fenech, D.; Beswick, R.J.; Muxlow, T.W.B.; Pedlar, A.; Argo, M.K.
11) Discovery of an unusual new radio source in the star-forming galaxy M82: Faint supernova, supermassive blackhole, or an extra-galactic microquasar?: MNRAS Letters 404 109 (2010) (astro-ph/1003.0994)
Muxlow, T.W.B.; Beswick, R.J.; Garrington, S.T.G.; Pedlar, A.; Fenech, D.M.; Argo, M.K.; van Eymeren, J.; Ward, M.; Zezas, A.; Brunthaler, A.
10) High velocity resolution observations of OH main line masers in the M82 starburst: MNRAS 402 2703 (2010) (astro-ph/1001.4849)
Argo, M. K.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R. J.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Fenech, D.
9) Detection of a mildly relativistic radio jet from the normal Type Ic Supernova 2007gr: Nature 463, 516-518 (28 January 2010) | doi:10.1038/nature08713
Paragi, Z.; Taylor, G.B.; Kouveliotou, C.; Granot, J.; Ramirez-Riuz, E.; Bietenholz, M.; van der Horst, A.J.; Pidopryhora, Y.; van Langevelde, H.J.; Garrett, M.A.; Szomoru, A.; Argo, M.K.; S. Bourke; Paczynski, B.
8) 23 GHz VLBI observations of SN 2008ax: A&A 499 649 (2009) (astro-ph/0904.0337)
Marti-Vidal, I.; Marcaide, J.M.; Alberdi, A.; Guirado, J.C.; Perez-Torres, M.A.; Ros, E.; Shapiro, I.I.; Beswick, R.J.; Muxlow, T.W.B.; Pedlar, A.; Argo, M.K.; Immler, S.; Panagia, N.; Stockdale, C.J.; Sramek, R.A.; Van Dyk, S.; Weiler, K.W.
7) Deep MERLIN 5 GHz Radio Imaging of Supernova Remnants in the M82 Starburst: MNRAS, 391 1384 (2008) (astro-ph/0810.0424)
Fenech, D. M.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Beswick, R. J.; Pedlar, A.; Argo, M. K.
6) OH main line masers in Messier 82: MNRAS, 380 596 (2007) (astro-ph/0706.1149)
Argo, M. K.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R. J.; Muxlow, T. W. B.
5) 8.4 GHz VLBI observations of SN 2004et: A&A, 470 1071 (2007) (astro-ph/0705.3853)
Mart?-Vidal, I.; Marcaide, J. M.; Alberdi, A.; Guirado, J. C.; Lara, L.; P?rez-Torres, M. A.; Ros, E.; Argo, M. K.; Beswick, R. J.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Shapiro, I. I.; Stockdale, C. J.; Sramek, R. A.; Weiler, K. W.; Vinko, J.
4) 15 years of very long baseline interferometry observations of two compact radio sources in Messier 82: MNRAS 369 1221 (2006)
Beswick, R. J.; Riley, J. D.; Marti-Vidal, I.; Pedlar, A.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; McDonald, A. R.; Wills, K. A.; Fenech, D.; Argo, M. K.
3) Monitoring of the prompt radio emission from the unusual supernova 2004dj in NGC 2403: ApJL 623 21 (2005) (astro-ph/0503180)
Beswick, R.J.; Muxlow, T.W.B.; Argo, M.K.; Pedlar, A.; Marcaide, J.M.; Wills, K.A.
2) A possible radio supernova in the outer part of NGC3310: MNRAS Letters 351 66 (2004) (astro-ph/0405317)
Argo, M. K.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R. J.; Strong, M.
1) CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system: MNRAS 338 957 (2003)
Argo, M. K.; Jackson, N. J.; Browne, I. W. A.; York, T.; McKean, J. P.; Biggs, A. D.; Blandford, R. D.; de Bruyn, A. G.; Chae, K. H.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Myers, S. T.; Norbury, M.; Pearson, T. J.; Phillips, P. M.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Rusin, D.; Wilkinson, P. N.

Conference Proceedings:

11) OH in nearby galaxies: PoS(PRA2009)059 2009 (Proceedings of Panoramic Radio Astronomy, Groningen, the Netherlands, June 2009)
Argo, M.K.; ; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R. J.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Fenech, D. M.
10) The Evolution of Supernova Remnants in the M82 Central Starburst: ASP Conf. Ser. 390 184 (2008) (Proceedings of Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe, Tenerife, Spain, April 2007)
Fenech, D.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R.; Argo, M. K.
9) Transfer of a 1486.3 MHz frequency standard over installed fibre links for local oscillator distribution with a stability of 1 picosecond: Poster P.4.02 (Transmission Systems section) at ECOC 2008
McCool, R.; Bentley, M; Argo, M.K.; Spencer, R.; Garrington, S.
8) Radio searches for supernovae in nearby starburst galaxies: PoS(MRU)082 2007 (From Planets to Dark Energy: the Modern Radio Universe, Manchester, October 2007)
Megan Argo, Alan Pedlar, Rob Beswick, Tom Muxlow, Danielle Fenech and Mirza Asif
7) Main line OH masers in M82: Proceedings of the 8th European VLBI Network Symposium. September 26-29, 2006, Torun, Poland
Argo, M. K.
6) Is 41.95+575 in M82 actually an SNR?: MmSAI 76 586 (2005) (Proceedings of the Stellar End Products workshop, Granada, April 2005)
Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R. J.; Argo, M. K.; O'Brien, T. J.; Fenech, D.; Trotman, W.
5) MERLIN Deep Radio Observations of Supernovae Remnants in M82: MmSAI 76 583 (2005) (Proceedings of the Stellar End Products workshop, Granada, April 2005)
Fenech, D.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R.; Argo, M. K.; Wills, K.
4) MERLIN monitoring of recent core-collapse supernovae: MmSAI 76 565 (2005) (Proceedings of the Stellar End Products workshop, Granada, April 2005)
Argo, M. K.; Beswick, R. J.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Fenech, D.; Thrall, H.
3) OH in Messier 82: in proceedings of the "7th EVN Symposium" (Toledo, October 2004)
Argo, M. K.; Pedlar, A.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Beswick, R. J.; Aalto, S.; Wills, K.; Booth, R.
2) A radio supernova in the outer part of NGC3310: in proceedings of the "Evolution of Starbursts" meeting (Bad Honnef, August 2004)
Argo, M. K.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R. J.
1) A possible RSN in NGC 3310: Poster contribution at the National Astronomy Meeting (Milton Keynes, 2004)
Argo, M. K.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.; Beswick, R. J.; Strong, M.

IAU Circulars and Astronomer's Telegrams:

10) Discovery of a new transient radio source in the central region of M82: ATel 2073 (2009)
Muxlow, T. W. B.; Beswick, R. J.; Pedlar, A.; Fenech, D.; Argo, M. K.; Ward, M. J.; Zezas, A.
9) MERLIN observations of SN2008sx: ATel 1469 (2008)
M.K. Argo, R.J. Beswick, T.W.B. Muxlow, A. Pedlar (JBCA), J. Marcaide, I Marti-Vidal (Val??ncia)
8) e-VLBI detection of SN2007gr: ATel 1215 (2007)
Paragi, Z.; Kouveliotou, C.; Garrett, M.A.; Ramirez-Ruiz, E.; van Langevelde, H.J.; Szomoru, A.; Argo, M.
7) MERLIN observations of SN2007gr: ATel 1210 (2007)
Argo, M.K.; Beswick, R.J.; Pedlar, A.; Muxlow, T.W.B.
6) Radio observations of SN 2006gy with MERLIN: ATel 1084 (2007)
Argo, M. K.; Beswick, R. J.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.
5) POSSIBLE RADIO SUPERNOVA IN NGC 3628: CBAT 842 (2007)
Argo, M. K.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Beswick, R. J.; Pedlar, A.
4) Supernovae 2002hh and 2005V: IAUC 8572 (2005)
Beswick, R. J.; Fenech, D.; Thrall, H.; Argo, M. K.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Pedlar, A.
3) SUPERNOVA 2004et in NGC6946: IAUC 8435 (2004)
Beswick, R.J.; Muxlow, T.W.B.; Argo, M.K.; Pedlar, A.; Marcaide, J.M.
2) SUPERNOVA 2004dj in NGC 2403: IAUC 8399 (2004)
Argo, M. K.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Beswick, R. J.; Pedlar, A.; Marcaide, J. M.
1) SUPERNOVA 2004am IN M82: IAUC 8332 (2004)
Beswick, R. J.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Argo, M. K.; Pedlar, A.

Non-academic publications:

"Eyes Up" in December: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, December 2009
"Eyes Up" in November: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, November 2009
"Eyes Up" in October: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, October 2009
"Eyes Up" in September: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, September 2009
"Eyes Up" in August: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, August 2009
"Eyes Up" in July: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, July 2009
"Eyes Up" in June: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, June 2009
"Eyes Up" in May: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, May 2009
CIRA group profile: Article in Ripples (staff newsletter)
"Eyes Up" in April: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, April 2009
"My other life": Interview in Guiding Magazine, April 2009
"Eyes Up" in March: Contribution to Chief's Corner, Scouts WA newsletter, March 2009
The History of the Transit of Venus: H2G2 Edited Guide (contributing researcher), accepted 24th May 2006
e-MERLIN - The Future of the UK's National VLBI Facility: H2G2 Edited Guide, accepted 6th February 2006
Ask an Astronomer: What's Up? (not yet published)
e-MERLIN: What's Up? Vol 16.1 March/April 2005
The geology of the Moon: What's Up? Vol 15.5 December 2004
The Double Pulsar: What's Up? Vol 15.4 September 2004
The Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey: What's Up? June/July 2004
The Solar Neutrino Problem: H2G2 Edited Guide, accepted 28th June 2004
Astronomical Spectroscopy III: What's Up? Vol 14.5 December 2003
Astronomical Spectroscopy II: What's Up? Vol 14.2 April/May 2003
Astronomical Spectroscopy I: What's Up? Vol 13.3 Sept/Oct 2002
Rocketry 2 - The NRC 2001: What's Up? 2002
Book review: Norton's Star Atlas: What's Up? 2002
Astronomical Distance Scales: H2G2 Edited Guide, accepted 18th June 2001
Rocketry 1 - The NRC 2000: What's Up? Vol 11.5 Jan/Feb 2001
The Solar Neutrino Problem: H2G2AS newsletter
Astronomy at University: What's Up? 2000

What's Up? is the bi-monthly Journal of the Macclesfield Astronomical Society
H2G2 is the Earth-based version of Douglas Adams' famous Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Current outreach projects and plans:

National Science Week 2010: Requested funding to implement a radio astronomy outreach tour in August 2010.
UNAWE project for ISKAF2010: Australian partner in a UNAWE co-ordinated project to link primary schools in WA, South Africa and the Netherlands.
Murchison outreach road trips (ongoing): Viewing nights at schools and communities around the Murchison/Gascoyne regions of WA.

Other (past) outreach projects I've led or been a major contributor to:

Astrofest: Helped organise WA's single biggest IYA event - an astronomy festival at Curtin Uni which attracted more than 4000 members of the public.
Scouts WA: got a grant to purchase 2000 planispheres for WA Scouts to distribute during IYA2009. Visited several groups and ran telescope nights at Curtin.
Planetarium shows for local primary schools: with a planetarium dontated by Chesire County Council and funding from NATEC. Between us we did hundreds of shows and talked to thousands of kids.
Ask an Astronomer sessions at Jodrell: made it a regular feature of school holidays in the Visitor Centre and did the rota for a couple of years.
Star parties at Jodrell: started them, and helped the Visitor Centre get them up and running as a reasonably regular event, great public outreach for the Observatory and a huge success!
Researcher in Residence: run by the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University, placement at Bolton School Boys Division
Astronomy Go For It! for Guides: with the Institute of Physics, project received a PPARC grant. On the team which wrote and tested the package. Used it as the theme for a weekend camp with my Guides.
Schools project on meteor showers: an idea from the Centre for Science Education to link schools and scientists in the UK and Australia, subject to an EPSRC grant which was unsuccessful. Started the project anyway, as a local outreach project for the Lovell's 50th.

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