Professor Dayal Wickramasinghe
ANU College of Science
Areas of expertise
- Mathematical Aspects Of General Relativity 010504
- Stellar Astronomy And Planetary Systems 020110
- Numerical And Computational Mathematics 0103
- Astronomical And Space Sciences 0201
Publications
- Briggs, G, Ferrario, L, Tout, C et al. 2015, 'Merging binary stars and the magnetic white dwarfs', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 447, no. 2, pp. 1713-1723.
- Smedley, S, Tout, C, Ferrario, L et al. 2015, 'Formation of redbacks via accretion-induced collapse', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 446, no. 3, pp. 2540-2549.
- Lau, H, Tout, C, Wickramasinghe, D et al 2014, 'The protostar merger scenario of Ap star magnetic field generation', Putting A Stars into Context: Evolution, Environment, and Related Stars, ed. G. Mathys, E. Griffin, O. Kochukhov, R. Monier, G. Wahlgren, Web of Science, Moscow, pp. 102-111.
- Wickramasinghe, D, Tout, C & Ferrario, L 2014, 'The most magnetic stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 437, no. 1, pp. 675-681.
- Smedley, S, Tout, C, Ferrario, L et al. 2014, 'The nature of millisecond pulsars with helium white dwarf companions', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 437, no. 3, pp. 2217-2229.
- Wickramasinghe, D 2014, 'Accretion on to magnetic white dwarfs', EPJ Web of Conferences, vol. 64, no. 03001, pp. 1-12.
- Chua, J, Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2013, 'Galactic escape speeds in mirror and cold dark matter models', European Physical Journal C, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 1-11.
- Sion, E, Bond, H, Wickramasinghe, D et al. 2012, 'Hubble Space Telescope FUV spectra of the post-common-envelope hyades binary V471 Tauri', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 751, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
- Landi, R, Sguera, V, Bassani, L et al 2011, 'IGR J18136-2739: A dwarf nova caught in outburst ?', INTEGRAL - A Science Workshop in Sardinia: The Extreme and Variable High Energy Sky, Extremesky 2011, ed. A Bazzano, Proceedings of Science, Cagliari Italy.
- Tout, C, Wickramasinghe, D, Lau, H et al. 2011, 'A common envelope binary star origin of long gamma-ray bursts', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 410, no. 4, pp. 2458-2462.
- Zhang, C. M., Wang, J, Zhao, Y. H., Yin, H. X., Song, L. M., Menezes, D. P., Wickramasinghe, D. T., Ferrario, L., Chardonnet, P. 2011, 'Study of measured pulsar masses and their possible conclusions', A&A, vol. 527, no. 10, pp. 527-534.
- Wickramasinghe, D, Farihi, J, Tout, C et al. 2010, 'Does GD 356 have a terrestrial planetary companion?', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 404, no. 4, pp. 1984-1991.
- Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D, Tout, C et al 2010, 'The origin of high magnetic fields in white dwarfs', Memorie Della Societa Astronomica Italiana, vol. 81, pp. 1051-1056.
- Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2010, 'New insights on the origin of magnetic fields in white dwarfs', EUROPEAN WHITE DWARF WORKSHOP 2010, ed. Werner, Klaus; Rauch, Thomas, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Germany, pp. 79-84.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2010, 'White Dwarf Pairing Functions', EUROPEAN WHITE DWARF WORKSHOP 2010, ed. Werner, Klaus; Rauch, Thomas, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Germany, pp. 1-3.
- Zhang, C, Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2009, 'Is there evidence for field restructuring or decay in accreting magnetic white dwarfs?', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 397, pp. 2208-2215.
- Wickramasinghe, D, Hurley, J, Ferrario, L et al 2009, 'Accretion induced collapse of white dwarfs in binary systems and their observational properties', Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online), vol. 172, no. 1, pp. 1-4.
- Ferrario, L, Pringle, J, Tout, C et al. 2009, 'The origin of magnetism on the upper main sequence', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 400, pp. L71-L74.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2008, 'Magnetic fields in neutron stars, white dwarfs and implications for binary millisecond pulsars', Astrophysics of Compact Objects Conference, ed. Conference Program Committee, American Institute of Physics (AIP), United States of America, pp. 188-193.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2008, 'Binary Millisecond Pulsars: The Accretion Induced Collapse hypothesis revisited', Astrophysics of Compact Objects Conference, ed. Conference Program Committee, American Institute of Physics (AIP), United States of America, pp. 194-196.
- Tout, C, Wickramasinghe, D, Liebert, J et al. 2008, 'Binary star origin of high field magnetic white dwarfs', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 387, no. 2, pp. 897-901.
- Tout, C, Wickramasinghe, D & Lattanzio, J 2008, 'Single Star Progenitors for Type Ia Supernovae', Torino Workshop on Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, American Institute of Physics (AIP), United States of America, pp. 25-32.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2008, 'Origin and evolution of magnetars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 389, no. 1, pp. L66-L70.
- Mason, E, Howell, S, Barman, T et al. 2008, 'VV Puppis in a low state: secondary-star irradiation or stellar activity?', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 490, no. 1, pp. 279-286.
- Mason, E, Wickramasinghe, D, Howell, S et al. 2008, 'First detection of Zeeman absorption lines in the polar VV Pup; observations of low activity states', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 467, no. 1, pp. 277-281.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2007, 'The birth properties of Galactic millisecond radio pulsars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 375, p. 1009.
- Kawka, A, Vennes, S, Schmidt, G et al. 2007, 'Spectropolarimetric Survey of Hydrogen-rich White Dwarf Stars', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 654, pp. 499-520.
- Lee, T, Stanghellini, L, Ferrario, L et al. 2007, 'High-resolution spectra of bright central stars of bipolar planetary nebulae and the question of magnetic shaping', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 133, pp. 987-999.
- Lee, T, Stanghellini, L, Ferrario, L et al 2007, 'High Resolution Echelle Spectroscopy of Central Stars of Bipolar Planetary Nebulae: Disclosing the Shaping Mechanisms of Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae', European Workshop on White Dwarfs (EUROWD 2006), ed. Ralf Napiwotzki & Matthew R. Burleigh, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, USA, pp. 173-176.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2007, 'High Field Magnetic White Dwarfs, Pulsars, Magnetars, and their Main Sequence Progenitors', European Workshop on White Dwarfs (EUROWD 2006), ed. Ralf Napiwotzki & Matthew R. Burleigh, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, USA, pp. 163-168.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2006, 'Modelling of isolated radio pulsars and magnetars on the fossil field hypothesis', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 367, pp. 1323-1328.
- Liebert, J, Wickramasinghe, D, Schmidt, G et al. 2005, 'Where are the Magnetic White Dwarfs with Detached, Nondegenerate Companions?', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 129, pp. 2376-2381.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2005, 'Magnetic Fields and Rotation of Compact Stars', European Workshop on White Dwarfs (EUROWD 2004), ed. Detlev Koester, Sabine Moehler, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Utah, USA, pp. 281-284.
- Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D & Schmidt, G 2005, 'Modelling of Low-Accretion Rate Polars', Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, ed. J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 411-412.
- Wickramasinghe, D & Hubeny, I 2005, 'X-ray Heated Black Hole Accretion Discs', Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, ed. J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 219-224.
- Webbink, R & Wickramasinghe, D 2005, 'A model for Low Accretion Rate Polars', Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, ed. J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 137-146.
- Mason, E, Howell, S, Wickramasinghe, D et al 2005, 'Two Low States of VV Pup', Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, ed. J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 417-418.
- Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2005, 'Fossil Fields in Magnetic White Dwarfs', European Workshop on White Dwarfs (EUROWD 2004), ed. Detlev Koester, Sabine Moehler, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Utah, USA, pp. 153-158.
- Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D, Liebert, J et al. 2005, 'The open-cluster initial-final mass relationship and the high-mass tail of the white dwarf distribution', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 361, pp. 1131-1135.
- Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2005, 'The origin of the magnetic fields in white dwarfs', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 356, pp. 1576-1582.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2005, 'Magnetic fields and rotation in white dwarfs and neutron stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 356, pp. 615-620.
- Nunn, N, Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2004, 'Towards self-consistent spectral models for outbursting discs in AM CVn binaries', International Astronomical Union Symposium 194, ed. Eugenio,E., Mendoza,V., Paris Pismis y Silvia Torres-Peimert, Instituto de Astronomia, Mexico, pp. 255-255.
- Hubeny, I & Wickramasinghe, D 2004, 'X-Ray heated accretion discs around stellar mass black holes', International Astronomical Union Symposium 194, ed. Eugenio,E., Mendoza,V., Paris Pismis y Silvia Torres-Peimert, Instituto de Astronomia, Mexico, pp. 200-201.
- Tout, C, Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2004, 'Magnetic fields in white dwarfs and stellar evolution', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 355, pp. L13-L16.
- Regos, E, Tout, C, Wickramasinghe, D et al 2003, 'Could edge-lit type Ia supernovae be standard candles?', New Astronomy, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 283-294.
- Brinkworth, C, Marsh, T, Maxted, P et al 2003, 'WD1953-011 - a white dwarf with a star spot?', NATO Advanced Research Workshop 2002, ed. Domitilla de Martino, Roberto Silvotti, Jan-Erik Solheim, Romualdas Kalytis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 201-202.
- Wickramasinghe, D, Schmidt, G, Ferrario, L et al 2003, 'Modelling Magnetic DB White Dwarfs', NATO Advanced Research Workshop 2002, ed. Domitilla de Martino, Roberto Silvotti, Jan-Erik Solheim, Romualdas Kalytis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 215-218.
- Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D & Schmidt, G 2003, 'Analysis of new spectropolarimetric data of AR UMa', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 338, no. 2, pp. 340-346.
- Vennes, S, Schmidt, G, Ferrario, L et al. 2003, 'A multiwavelength study of the high-field magnetic white dwarf euve J0317-85.5', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 593, pp. 1040-1048.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 2003, 'Are the AXPs and SGRs born as slow rotators?', Pulsars, AXPs and SGRs observed with BeppoSAX and Other Observatories, ed. Giancarlo Cusumano; Enrico Massaro; Teresa Mineo, ARACNE Editrice, Rome, Italy, pp. 189-192.
- Webbink, R & Wickramasinghe, D 2002, 'Cataclysmic variable evolution: AM Her binaries and the period gap', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 335, no. 1, pp. 1-9.
- Wickramasinghe, D, Schmidt, G, Ferrario, L et al. 2002, 'On the nature of the magnetic DB white dwarfs', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 332, no. 1, pp. 29-33.
- Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D & Schmidt, G 2002, 'Polarized line emission from magnetized accretion flows', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 331, no. 3, pp. 736-744.
- Schmidt, G, Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D et al. 2001, 'The Cyclotron Fundamental Exposed in the High-Field Magnetic Variable V884 Herculis', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 553, pp. 823-831.
- Schmidt, G, Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D et al 2001, 'Exposing the Cyclotron Fundamental in the 150 MG Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable V884 Her', Magnetic Fields Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, ed. G. Mathys, SK. Solanki and DT. Wickramasinghe, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, California, USA, pp. 483-486.
- Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D & Schmidt, G 2001, 'Zeeman split lines from Accretion Funnels in AM Herculis systems', Magnetic Fields Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, ed. G. Mathys, SK. Solanki and DT. Wickramasinghe, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, California, USA, pp. 463-467.
- Vennes, S, Ferrario, L, Wickramasinghe, D et al. 2001, 'Observations of the Magnetic White Dwarf EUVE J0317-855', Magnetic Fields Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, ed. G. Mathys, SK. Solanki and DT. Wickramasinghe, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, California, USA, pp. 479-482.
- Wickramasinghe, N, Wickramasinghe, D & Hoyle, F 2001, 'Cross-linked hetero aromatic polymers in interstellar dust', Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 275, no. 3, pp. 181-184.
- King, A, Pringle, J & Wickramasinghe, D 2001, 'Type Ia Supernovae and Remnant Neutron Stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 320, no. 3, pp. L45-L48.
- Wickramasinghe, D 2001, 'Magnetic Field Structure of Isolated and Binary Magnetic White Dwarfs', Magnetic Fields Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, ed. G. Mathys, SK. Solanki and DT. Wickramasinghe, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, California, USA, pp. 453-462.
- Schmidt, G, Vennes, S, Wickramasinghe, D et al. 2001, 'Studies of Magnetic and Suspected-Magnetic Southern White Dwarfs', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 328, pp. 203-210.
- Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2000, 'Magnetism in Isolated and Binary White Dwarfs', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 112, no. 773, pp. 873-924.
- Wickramasinghe, D & El-Khoury, W 2000, 'Accretion disc models for AM Canum Venaticorum systems', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 358, pp. 154-168.
- Wickramasinghe, D & Ferrario, L 2000, 'Accretion and magnetic field structure in AM Herculis systems', New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 69-74.
- Buckley, D, Cropper, M, van der Heyden, K et al. 2000, 'Polarimetry and spectroscopy of RX J1141.3-6410: a single-pole AM Her system', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 318, no. 1, pp. 187-194.
- Murray, J, Warner, B & Wickramasinghe, D 2000, 'Superhumps in systems with intermediate mass ratios', New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 51-56.
- Maxted, P, Ferrario, L, Marsh, T et al. 2000, 'WD1953-011: a magnetic white dwarf with peculiar field structure', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 315, no. 3, pp. L41-L44.
- Murray, J, Warner, B & Wickramasinghe, D 2000, 'Eccentric discs in binaries with intermediate mass ratios: superhumps in the VY Sculptoris stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 315, no. 4, pp. 707-712.
- Maxted, P, Ferrario, L, Marsh, T et al. 2000, 'WS1953-011: a magnetic white dwarf with peculiar field stucture', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 315, no. 3, pp. L41-L44.
- Vennes, S, Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 1999, 'The new magnetic / non-magnetic double degenerate system EUVE J1439+75.0', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 302, no. 3, pp. L49-L52.
- El-Khoury, W & Wickramasinghe, D 1999, 'S-curves of X-ray heated accretion discs and the black hole soft X-ray transients', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 303, pp. 380-392.
- De Kool, M & Wickramasinghe, D 1999, 'Thermal instability and evaporation of accretion disc atmospheres', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 307, pp. 449-458.
- Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 1999, 'The power of intermediate polars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 309, pp. 517-527.
- Vennes, S, Ferrario, L & Wickramasinghe, D 1999, 'The new magnetic/non-magnetic double degenerate system EUVE J1439+75.0', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 302, pp. L49-L52.
- Murray, J, Armitage, P, Ferrario, L et al. 1999, 'The effects of tidally induced disc structure on white dwarf accretion in intermediate polars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 302, pp. 189-196.
- Shaviv, G, Wickramasinghe, D & Wehrse, R 1999, 'Discs gone with the wind?', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 344, pp. 639-646.
