Physics and Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy

Dr Orlon Petterson

Position

Computing and IT Services Manager

Qualifications

Ph.D., M.Sc. (Hons I), B.Sc.

Room

211A, Physics and Astronomy

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364-2707
Internal Phone: +64 3 364-2987 Extn 6707

Email: orlon.petterson@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal address:
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch, 8014
New Zealand

Department Administration

  • Department Computer Committee

Publications

2004 Petterson, O. K. L., Cottrell, P. L. and Albrow, M. D., The orbits of southern binary Cepheids, MNRAS, 350, 95

2003 Petterson, O. K. L., Cottrell, P. L., Albrow, M. D. and Fokin, A., A spectroscopic study of Southern Binary Cepheids, Proc. IAU Symp. 193

2003 Sumi T., ... Petterson O.K.L. (and 28 others - The MOA collaboration), Microlensing optical depth towards the Galactic Bulge from MOA observations during 2000 with Difference Image Analysis, ApJ, 591, 204-227

2002 Petterson, O. K. L., A spectroscopic and dynamical study of binary and other Cepheids, PhD thesis, University of Canterbury

2002 Bond I.A., ... Petterson O.K.L. (and 20 others - The MOA collaboration), Improving the prospects for detecting extrasolar planets in gravitational microlensing events in 2002, MNRAS, 331, L19-L23

2002 Castro-Tirado A.J., Sanchez-Fernandez C., Bond I., Fernandez M., Kilmartin P., Gilmore A., Petterson O., Gorosabel J., Pritchard J.D. and Yock P., The discovery and early lightcurve of the XTE J1650-500 optical counterpart, IAUC 7707

2000 Barnes, S. I., Clark, M., Cottrell, P. L., Hearnshaw, J. B., Petterson, Orlon K. L., Pollard, Karen R., Pritchard, J. D., Richards, A., Tobin, William, Characteristics of the Mt John Series 200 CCD System, Southern Stars, 39, #1, p.1

1999 Petterson, Orlon K. L., Tobin, William, Beta Pictoris:the variable CaII H & K absorptions from 1994 to 1996, MNRAS, 304, 733

1998 Cottrell, P. L., Petterson, O. K. L., Albrow, M., Binary Cepheids - The radial velocity programme at Mount John University Observatory, Southern Stars, 38, #1, p.9

1997 Cottrell, P.L., Petterson, O. K. L., Albrow, M., The Cepheid radial velocity programme at Mount John University Observatory, Poster proceedings of IAU Symposium 189 (Sydney, Australia)

1996 Petterson, O. K. L., CaII absorption in the circumstellar disk of Beta Pictoris and other A-type stars, MSc thesis, University of Canterbury

Personal Home page can be found here.