Research Interests

Astrophysics : Pulsars Astrophysics : Plasma Modeling High Performance Computing Grid Computing Medical Image Processing Virtual Observatories

 

Books

Shearer,A. (2008) High Time Resolution Astrophysics. [Details]

Book Chapters

Butler,R., Shearer,A., Redfern,M. (1997) 'High Angular Resolution Astrophysics' In: Lagrange,A.M.; Mourard,D.; Lena, P.; Kluwer (eds). [ARAN Link] [Details]

Shearer,A. (2008) 'High Time Resolution Astrophysics' In: Phelan, D.;Ryan, O.;Shearer Springer,A (eds). [Details]

 

Peer Reviewed Journals

SHEARER, A,REDFERN, M,PEDERSEN, H,ROWOLD, T,OKANE, P,BUTLER, R,OBYRNE, C,CULLUM, M (1994) 'THE POSITION OF PSR-0540-69'. Astrophysical Journal, 423 :51-53. [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (1994) 'THE POSITION OF PSR-0540-69'. Astrophysical Journal, 423 :L51-L53. [Details]

Shearer, A., Redfern, M., Rowold, T., Pedersen, H., O'Kane, P., Butler, C., O'Byrne, C., Cullum, M. (1994) 'The Position of PSR 0540-69'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 423 (L51). [Details]

Shearer, A., Butler R. F., Redfern R. M., Danks, A. (1996) 'Optical Counterpart to companion of the ms pulsar PSR1620-26'. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 473 (L115). [Details]

Butler, R. F., Shearer, J. A. L., Redfern, R. M. (1996) 'Crowded Field Photometry of M15 Using the TRIFFID Camera'. IRISH ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 23 (37). [Details]

Shearer, A,Butler, R,Redfern, RM,Cullum, M,Danks, AC (1996) 'A search for the optical counterpart of the triple pulsar system PSR B1620-26 in M4'. Astrophysical Journal, 473 . [Details]

Shearer, A,Redfern, RM,Gorman, G,Butler, R,Golden, A,OKane, P,Beskin, GM,Neizvestny, SI,Neustroev, VV,Plokhotnichenko, VL,Cullum, M (1997) 'Pulsed optical emission from PSR 0656+141'. Astrophysical Journal, 487 :181-185. [Details]

Shearer A.,Redfern R. M.,Gorman G., Butler, R.,Golden,A.,O'Kane, P.,Beskin, G. M.,Neizvestny, S. I.,Neustroev, V. V.,Plokhotnichenko, V. L.,Cullum, M. (1997) 'Pulsed Optical Emission from PSR 0656+14'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 487 (L181). [Details]

Shearer,A., Harfst,S., Redfern,R.M., Butler,R., Golden, A., O'Kane,P., Beskin,G.M., Neizvestny,S.I., Neustroev, V.V., Plokhotnichenko,V.L.,Danks,A., Cullum,M. (1998) 'Possible pulsed optical emission from Geminga'. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 335 (L21). [Details]

O Sullivan,C.M.M.,Shearer, A.,Golden, A.,Garcia,P.,Redfern,M.,Beskin,G.M.,Neizvestny, S.I.,Neustroev, V.V.,Plokhotnichenko,V.L., Danks,A.,Cullum,M. (1998) 'Time-Resolved Optical Observations of PSR1951+32'. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 335 . [Details]

Shearer, A.,O Sullivan,C.M.M.,Golden,A.,Garcia,P.,Redfern,M.,Danks,A.,Cullum,M. (1998) 'Time-Resolved Optical Observations of PSR1509-58'. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, * (333). [Details]

Shearer, A., Golden, A., O'Conner, P., Beskin, G., Redfern, M. (1999) 'Phase-Resolved Optical Emission from Isolated Neutron Stars'. IRISH ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 26 (2). [Details]

Golden,A., Shearer,A. (1999) 'Radius and distance estimates of the isolated neutron stars Geminga and PSR B0656+14 using optical photometry'. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 342 (L5). [Details]

Beskin, G. M., Shearer, A., Golden, A., Bartolini, C., Guarnieri, A.,Piccioni, A., Masetti, N. (1999) 'A possible connection between gamma-ray bursts and single black holes'. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 138 (508). [Details]

Golden, A., Shearer,A.,Beskin,G.M. (2000) 'Unpulsed Optical Emission from the Crab Pulsar'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 535 (373):373-378. [Details]

Shearer, A,Golden, A (2001) 'Implications of the optical observations of isolated neutron stars'. Astrophysical Journal, 547 :967-972. [Details]

Golden, A,Butler, RF,Shearer, A (2001) 'A search for the optical counterpart to PSR B1821-24 in M 28'. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 371 :198-204. [Details]

Butler, RF,Golden, A,Shearer, A (2002) 'Detection of new optical counterpart candidates to PSR B1951+32 with HST/WFPC2'. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 395 :845-851. [DOI] [Details]

Shearer, A,Stappers, B,O'Connor, P,Golden, A,Strom, R,Redfern, M,Ryan, O (2003) 'Enhanced optical emission during Crab giant radio pulses'. Science, 301 :493-495. [Details]

O Tuairisg, S., Butler, R. F.,Shearer, A., (2003) 'TRIFFID observations of the cores of the three globular clusters'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 345 :960-980. [Details]

Gundy, S,Van der Putten, W,Shearer, A,Buckton, D,Ryder, AG (2004) 'Determination of the modulation transfer function for a time-gated fluorescence imaging system'. Journal Of Biomedical Optics, 9 :1206-1213. [DOI] [Details]

Gundy, S.,Van der Putten, W.,Shearer, A.,Buckton, D.,Ryder, A. G.,Ball, M (2004) 'The use of chloroaluminium phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate'. PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 49 :359-369. [DOI] [Details]

O'Connor, P., Golden, A., Shearer, A. (2005) 'Synchrotron Self-Absorption in Pulsar Magnetospheres:'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 362 . [Details]

Dhillon, V. S.,Marsh, T. R.,Hulleman, F.,Van Kerkwijk, M. H.,Shearer, A.,Littlefair, S. P.,Gavriil, F. P.,Kaspi, V. M. (2005) 'High-speed, multicolour optical photometry of the anomalous'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 363 . [Details]

Golden, A., Bourke, S., Clyne, G., Butler, R.F., Shearer, A., (2005) 'A MERLIN Observation of PSR B1951+32 and Its Associated'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 635 . [Details]

Neustroev, V. V. (2005) 'Steps towards a solution of the FS Aurigae puzzle - I'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 363 :609-614. [DOI] [Details]

Morrison, J. P., Coghlan, B., Shearer, A. (2006) 'WebCom-G: a Candidate Middleware for Grid Ireland'. 20 . [Details]

Ryan, O., Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2006) 'High speed photon-counting imager using a position sensitive'. 14 . [Details]

Ryan O., Redfern M., Shearer, A. (2006) 'An avalanche photodiode photon counting'. 21 . [Details]

Devereux, N., Shearer, A (2007) 'Kinematics of the Broad-Line Region in M81'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 671 :118-123. [Details]

Karpov,S., Beskin, G., Biryukov,A., Debur, V., Plokhotnichenko, V., Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2007) 'Short time scale pulse stability of the Crab pulsar in the'. 308 . [Details]

Shearer, A. (2008) 'Astrophysics and Space Science Library'. High Time Resolution Astrophysics and Pulsars, . [Details]

Shearer, A,Neustroev, VV (2008) 'Optical observations of PSR J0205+6449'. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 390 :235-238. [DOI] [Details]

John Mc Donald and Andrew Shearer (2008) 'Investigations of the magnetospheric plasma distribution in the vicinity of a pulsar - I Basic formulation'. (690):13-19. [ARAN Link] [Details]

Collins, P.,P., Shehan, B., Redfern, M., and Shearer, A. (2008) 'Polarimetry days in Rome: Crab status, theory and prospects'. GASP-Galway Astronomical Stokes Polarimeter, . [Details]

Donohue, R., Shearer, A., Bruzzi, J., and Khosa, H. (2009) 'Conference Series Pleural effusion segmentation in thin-slice CT'. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), (7259). [Details]

V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, S. P. Littlefair, C. M. Copperwheat, P. Kerry, R. (2009) 'Optical pulsations from the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1048.1-5937'. . [ARAN Link] [Details]

Kenirons, M.,Curran, O.,Cunniffe, J.,Ryan, J.,Ryan, P.,Shearer, A. (2009) 'Computers and Geosciences'. Computers and Geosciences, . [Details]

Dhillon,V. S., Marsh, T. R., Littlefair,S. P., Copperwheat, C. M., Kerry, P., Dib, R., Durant, M., Kaspi, V. M., Mignani, R. P., Shearer, A. (2009) 'Optical'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, . [Details]

McDonald J., Shearer, A. (2009) 'Investigations of the Magnetospheric Plasma'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 690 :13-19. [DOI] [Details]

Collins, P.,P.,Shehan, B., Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2009) 'ArXiv e-print GASP Galway Astronomical Stokes Polarimeter'. . [Details]

Neustroev, V.V.,Suleimanov, V.F.,Borisov, N.V.,Belyakov, K.V.,Shearer, A. (2010) 'American Institute of Physics Conference Series,  1273,   341  UX Ursae Majoris as a SW Sex star'. . [Details]

Shearer, A.,Kanbach, G.,S{\l}owikowska, A.,Barbieri, C.,Marsh, T.,Dhillon, V.,Mignani, R.,Dravins, D.,Gouiff{\'e}s, C., Mackay, C.,Bonanno, G., Collins, S. (2010) 'ArXiv e-prints,  High Time Resolution Astrophysics in the Extremely Large Telescope Era : White Paper'. . [Details]

Kyne, G., Sheehan, B., Collins, P., Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2010) 'API'09 - First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation'. EPJ Web of Conferences id05003 GASP-Galway astronomical Stokes polarimeter, 5 . [Details]

Collins, P., Redfern, M., Shearer, A., Sheehan, B. (2010) 'API'09 - First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation'. EPJ Web of Conferences id05001 The Galway astronomical Stokes polarimeter: optical development, 5 . [Details]

Devereux, N., Eracleous, M., Hriljac, P., Shearer, A. (2010) 'ArXiv e-prints,    The Size of the Broad Line Region in M84 (NGC 4374)'. . [Details]

V. S. Dhillon, E. F. Keane, T. R. Marsh, B. W. Stappers, C. M. Copperwheat, R. (2011) 'A search for optical bursts from RRAT J1819-1458: II. Simultaneous ULTRACAM-Lovell Telescope observations'. . [ARAN Link] [Details]

A. De Luca, M. Marelli, R.P. Mignani, P.A. Caraveo, W. Hummel, S. Collins, A. (2011) 'Discovery of a faint X-ray counterpart and of a parsec-long X-ray tail for the middle-aged, gamma-ray only pulsar PSR J0357+3205'. . [ARAN Link] [Details]

Neustroev, VV,Suleimanov, VF,Borisov, NV,Belyakov, KV,Shearer, A (2011) 'Dark spot, spiral waves and the SW Sextantis behaviour: it is all about UX Ursae Majoris'. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 410 :963-977. [DOI] [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. 'Implications of the optical observations of isolated neutron stars'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 547 :967-972. [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. 'Optical observations of PSR J0205+6449'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 390 :235-238. [ARAN Link] [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. 'Pulsed optical emission from PSR 0656+141'. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 487 :L181-L185. [Details]

Other Journals

Butler, R. F.,Shearer, J. A. L.,Redfern, R. M. (1996) 'Crowded Field Photometry of M15 Using the TRIFFID Camera' Ir AJ 23 . [Details]

Shearer, A., Golden, A., O'Conner, P., Beskin, G., Redfern, M. (1999) 'Phase-Resolved Optical Emission from Isolated Neutron Stars' Ir AJ 26 (2) . [Details]

Browne, M.,Andersen, Torben E.,Enmark, A.,Moraru, D. (2004) 'Parallelization of MATLAB for Euro50 integrated modeling' Modeling and Systems Engineering for Astronomy 5497 . [Details]

Andersen, Torben E.,Enmark, A.,Moraru, D.,Fan, C. (2004) 'A parallel integrated model of the Euro50' Modeling and Systems 5497 :251-265. [Details]

Andersen, Torben E.,Ardeberg, A.,Riewaldt, H.,Lastiwka, M. (2004) 'Status of the Euro50' Ground-based Telescopes 5489 . [Details]

O Tuairisg, S., Browne, M., Cuniffe, J., Shearer, A., Morrison, J. (2005) 'WebCom-G: Implementing an Astronomical Data Analysis Pipeline on' Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems 347 . [Details]

O Tuairisg, S. O,Shearer, A. (2006) 'Enhancing Supernova Remnant Imaging' Astronomical Data Analysis 351 . [Details]

Ryan, O., Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2006) 'High-speed imaging photon-counting' Astronomy II 6276 . [Details]

Beskin,G.,Karpov S.,Plokhotnichenko, V.,Debur, V.,Biryukov, A.,Badjin, D.,Redfern, M.,Shearer, A. (2006) 'Crab pulsar optical photometry and spectroscopy with' On the Present and Future of Pulsar 16 . [Details]

Shearer, A.,O'Connor, P.,O Tuairisg, S. (2006) 'Implications' The Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes 232 . [Details]

Ryan, O.,Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2006) 'Photon counting camera for high-resolution astronomy' High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for 6276 . [Details]

Browne, M., Enmark, A., Andersen, T., Shearer, A. (2006) Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II 6271 . [Details]

Voisin, B., Cunniffe, J., Browne, M., Shearer, A. (2006) 'Grid-enabled' Astronomical Data Analysis Software 351 . [Details]

Enmark, A., Andersen, T.,Owner-Petersen, M.,Browne, M. (2006) 'Architecture of the integrated model of the Euro50' Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II 6271 . [Details]

Biryukov, A.,Beskin, G.,Karpov, S.,Shearer, A. (2006) 'Short time scale' 36th COSPAR 1320 . [Details]

Karpov,S.,Beskin, G.,Biryukov, A.,Plokhotnichenko, V.,Debur, V.,Shearer A. (2007) 'Pulse variation of the optical emission of Crab pulsar' arXiv:07092580 . [ARAN Link] [Details]

Beskin,G., De-Bur, V., Karpov, S., Plokhotnichenko, V., Terekhov, A., Kosolobov. (2008) 'Panoramic detector with high time resolution on base of GaAs photocathode' High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy III 7021 . [Details]

Shearer,A., Cunniffe, J., Voisin, B., Neustroev, V., Browne, M., Andersen, T., Enmark, A., Linde, P. (2008) 'High time resolution astrophysics and ELTs: Which' Extremely Large Telescopes: Which Wavelengths? Retirement 6986 . [Details]

Mc Donald, J., Shearer, A. (2008) 'Investigations of the magnetospheric plasma' 40 YEARS OF PULSARS: 983 :124-126. [Details]

Shearer,A., Cunniffe, J., Voisin, B., Neustroev, V., Andersen, T., Enmark, A. (2008) 'High Time Resolution Astrophysics and Extremely Large Telescopes' HIGH TIME RESOLUTION ASTROPHYSICS: The Universe at Sub-Second Timescales AIP Conference Proceedings 984 :225-232. [Details]

Collins, P.P., Shehan, B., Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2008) 'GASP-Galway Astronomical Stokes Polarimeter' Polarimetry days in Rome: Crab status, theory and prospects . [Details]

Donohue, R., Shearer, A., Bruzzi, J., Khosa, H. (2009) 'Pleural effusion segmentation in thin-slice CT' 7259 . [Details]

Devereux, N., Eracleous, M., Hriljac, P., Shearer, A. (2010) 'The Size of the Broad Line Region in M84 (NGC 4374)' ArXiv e-prints . [Details]

Neustroev, V.V., Suleimanov, V.F., Borisov, N.V., Belyakov, K.V., Shearer, A. (2010) 'UX Ursae Majoris as a SW Sex star' American Institute of Physics Conference Series 1273 (341  ) . [Details]

Kyne, G., Sheehan, B., Collins, P., Redfern, M., Shearer, A. (2010) 'GASP-Galway astronomical Stokes polarimeter' API'09 - First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation EPJ Web of Conferences 5 . [ARAN Link] [Details]

Collins, P., Redfern, M., Shearer, A., Sheehan, B. (2010) 'The Galway astronomical Stokes polarimeter: optical development' API'09 - First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation EPJ Web of Conferences    5 . [Details]

Conference Publications

SHEARER, A et al. (2000) Implications of the optical observations of Isolated Neutron Stars PULSAR ASTRONOMY - 2000 AND BEYOND: IAU COLLOQUIUM 177 , pp.307-310 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (2001) Parallel image restoration with spatially variant point-spread-function - Description and first clinical results , pp.787-795 [Details]

Shearer, A., Golden, A., O'Connor, P. , Butler, R. (2001) Isolated neutron stars - Optical non-thermal phenomenology RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS , pp.562-564 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (2003) High time resolution astrophysics and extremely large telescopes SECOND BACKASKOG WORKSHOP ON EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES, PT , pp.748-754 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (2008) High time resolution astrophysics and extremely large telescopes UNIVERSE AT SUB-SECOND TIMESCALES: HIGH TIME RESOLUTION ASTR , pp.225-232 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (2008) High time resolution astrophysics and pulsars HIGH TIME RESOLUTION ASTROPHYSICS , pp.1-19 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (2008) High time resolution astrophysics and ELTs - which wavelength? - art. no. 69860A EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES: WHICH WAVELENGTHS? , pp.A9860-A9860 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (2010) High time resolution astrophysics and extremely large telescopes UNIVERSE AT SUB-SECOND TIMESCALES: HIGH TIME RESOLUTION ASTR , pp.225-232 [ARAN Link] [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. High time resolution astrophysics and ELTs - which wavelength? EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES: WHICH WAVELENGTHS? , pp.A9860-A9860 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. High time resolution astrophysics and extremely large telescopes SECOND BACKASKOG WORKSHOP ON EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES, PT , pp.748-754 [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. Isolated neutron stars - Optical non-thermal phenomenology RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS , pp.562-564 [Details]

                       

Other Item

SHEARER, A et al. (1998) Possible pulsed optical emission from Geminga. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. Other Item [Details]

SHEARER, A et al. (1998) Time-resolved optical observations of PSR 1509-58. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS. Other Item [Details]

Shearer,A., Kanbach, G. S{\l}owikowska A. Barbieri C. Marsh T. Dhillon V. Mignani R. Dravins D. Gouiff{\'e}s C. Mackay,C.,Bonanno G.,Collins S. (2010) High Time Resolution Astrophysics in the Extremely Large Telescope Era : White Paper. ArXiv e-prints. Other Item [Details]