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Dr Christopher Onken

SkyMapper Operations Manager

College of Science

E: christopher.onken@anu.edu.au

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Cosmology And Extragalactic Astronomy 020103

Publications

Bentz, M, Ferrarese, L, Onken, C et al. 2019, 'A Cepheid-based Distance to the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 6814', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 885, no. 2, pp. -.
Onken, C, Wolf, C, Bessell, M et al. 2019, 'SkyMapper Southern Survey: Second data release (DR2)', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 36.
Tonry, J, Denneau, L, Flewelling, H et al 2018, 'The ATLAS All-Sky Stellar Reference Catalog', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 867, no. 105, pp. -.
De Rosa, G, Fausnaugh, M, Grier, C et al 2018, 'Velocity-resolved Reverberation Mapping of Five Bright Seyfert 1 Galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 866, no. 133, pp. 10pp.
Fausnaugh, M, Starkey, D, Horne, K et al 2018, 'Continuum Reverberation Mapping of the Accretion Disks in Two Seyfert 1 Galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 854, no. 107, pp. 20pp.
Wolf, C, Bian, F, Onken, C et al 2018, 'Discovery of the Most Ultra-Luminous QSO Using GAIA, SkyMapper, and WISE', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 35, pp. 1-6.
Wolf, C, Onken, C, Luvaul, L et al 2018, 'SkyMapper Southern Survey: First Data Release (DR1)', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 35, pp. 1-29.
Scalzo, R, Yuan, F, Childress, M et al 2017, 'The SkyMapper Transient Survey', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 34, pp. e030 (13 pp).
Murphy, T, Kaplan, D, Croft, S et al 2017, 'A search for long-time-scale, low-frequency radio transients', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 466, no. 2, pp. 1944-1953pp.
Acharyya, A, Anderson, G, Bessell, M et al 2017, 'Follow Up of GW170817 and Its Electromagnetic Counterpart by Australian-Led Observing Programmes', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 34, pp. 1-21.
Fausnaugh, M, Grier, C, Bentz, M et al 2017, 'Reverberation Mapping of Optical Emission Lines in Five Active Galaxies', Astrophysical Journal, The, vol. 840, no. 2, 27pp.
Batiste, M, Bentz, M, Raimundo, S et al. 2017, 'Recalibration of the M BH-s * Relation for AGN', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 838, no. 1, pp. 6pp.
Batiste, M, Bentz, M, Manne-Nicholas, E et al 2017, 'The BRAVE Program. I. Improved Bulge Stellar Velocity Dispersion Estimates for a Sample of Active Galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 835, no. 2, pp. 11pp.
Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al 2016, 'Supplement: "Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914"', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 225, no. 1, pp. (15pp).
Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al 2016, 'Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 826, no. 1, pp. 1-8.
Karouzos, M, Woo, J, Matsuoka, K et al 2015, 'Rest-Frame UV Single-Epoch Black Hole Mass Estimates of Low-Luminosity AGNs at Intermediate Redshifts', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 815, no. 2, pp. 1-19.
Onken, C, Valluri, M, Brown, J et al 2014, 'The Black Hole Mass of NGC 4151. II. Stellar Dynamical Measurement from Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectroscopy', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 791, no. 1, pp. 1-20.
Rapoport, S, Onken, C, Wyithe, J et al 2013, 'On the significance of the excess number of strong Mg II absorbers observed toward gamma-ray bursts', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 766, no. 1, p. 7.
Kozlowski, S, Onken, C, Kochanek, C et al 2013, 'The magellanic quasars survey. III. Spectroscopic confirmation of 758 active galactic nuclei behind the magellanic clouds', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 775, no. 2.
Rapoport, S, Onken, C, Schmidt, B et al 2012, 'Testing gravitational lensing as the source of enhanced strong Mg II absorption toward gamma-ray bursts', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 754, no. 2, pp. 1-10.
Graham, A, Onken, C, Athanassoula, E, Combes, F 2011, 'An expanded M_bh-sigma diagram, and a new calibration of active galactic nuclei masses', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 412, no. 4, pp. 2211-2228.
Denney, K, Peterson, B, Pogge, R et al 2010, 'Reverberation mapping measurements of black hole masses in six local Seyfert galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 721, no. 1, pp. 715-737.
Denny, K, Peterson, B, Pogge, R et al 2009, 'Diverse Kinematic Signatures from Reverberation Mapping of the Broad-Line Region in AGNs', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 704, no. 2, pp. L80-L84.
Onken, C & Kollmeier, J 2008, 'An Improved Method for Using Mg II to Estimate Black Hole Masses in Active Galactic Nuclei', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 689, no. 1, pp. L13-L16.
Onken, C, Valluri, M, Peterson, B et al 2007, 'The Black Hole Mass of NGC 4151: Comparison of Reverberation Mapping and Stellar Dynamical Measurements', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 670, no. 1, pp. 105-115.
Kollmeier, J, Onken, C, Kochanek, C et al 2006, 'Black Hole Masses and Eddington Ratios at 0.3 < z < 4', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 648, no. 1, pp. 128-139.
Onken, C & Miralda-Escude, J 2004, 'History of Hydrogen Reionization in the Cold Dark Matter Model', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 610, pp. 1-8.
Onken, C, Ferrarese, L, Merritt, D et al 2004, 'Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Calibration of the Black Hole Mass-Velocity Dispersion Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 615, pp. 645-651.
Peterson, B, Ferrarese, L, Gilbert, K et al 2004, 'Central Masses and Broad-Line Region Sizes of Active Galactic Nuclei. II. A Homogeneous Analysis of a Large Reverberation-Mapping Database', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 613, no. 1, pp. 682-699.

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