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
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