Philip R. Blanco
Calibration/Guest Observer Support Scientist, HEXTE
Center for Astrophysics & Space
Sciences, 0424
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0424.
Phone: +1 (619) 534-3718.
Fax: +1 (619) 534-2294.
email: pblanco@ucsd.edu.
Philip Blanco received his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Edinburgh in 1991 for his
observations of active galaxies at UKIRT (thesis title:
Testing unified models of active galaxies through infrared
spectroscopy). After a 2-year SERC/NATO Fellowship at UCSD's Center for Astrophysics & Space
Sciences (CASS) and 9
months working on IUE, Rosat and ASCA observations, Dr. Blanco joined the HEXTE team in 1994 to assist with instrument
calibration, in-orbit checkout and guest observer support, and is in
frequent contact with the RXTE GOF.
Dr. Blanco is the author of the HEXTE
chapters in the XTE NASA Research Announcement and the
XTE Instrument Operations Users' Guide, and (in case you hadn't
noticed!) is also the HEXTE Webmaster. His scientific research
interests include:
- Multiwavelength observations of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN):
- X-ray/UV/infrared studies of starburst galaxies
- Infrared imaging and spectroscopy of star-forming regions
- Fitting and deconvolution techniques, e.g. pixons.
See the latest near-infrared
imaging of the region containing the Bursting Pulsar, GROJ1744-28.
Dr. Blanco also established and continues to maintain the CASS preprint
library, and is closely involved with the organization of the Marlar library and
weekly informal seminars.
Recent Publications available online:
- Detection of hard X-ray emission from Mkn 463.
Ueno, S., Koyama, K., Awaki, H., Hayashi, I. & Blanco, P. R., 1996.
PASJ, 48, 389. (Postscript)
(gzip Postscript).
- K band photometry of
GROJ1744-28.
Blanco, P. R., Lidman, C. & Glazebrook, K., 1996. IAU Circular
6321.
- The High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment on XTE.
Gruber, D. E., Blanco, P. R., Heindl, W. A., Pelling, M. R., Rothschild, R. E. & Hink, P.
L., 1996. Astr. Astrophys. Supp. Ser. 120, C641.
(Postscript)
(gzip Postscript).
- H I absorption toward the nucleus of the powerful radio galaxy
Cygnus A: evidence for an atomic obscuring torus?
Conway, J. E. & Blanco, P. R., 1995.
Ap. J. (Letters), 449, L131.
(Abstract)
(Postscript)
(gzip Postscript)
(Adobe Acrobat PDF).
- HI absorption in Cygnus A.
Blanco, P. R. & Conway, J. E., 1996. in ``Cygnus A - study of a radio
galaxy'' (Proc.
Greenbank Workshop, held in Greenbank, WVA, May 1-4 1995),
eds. C. L. Carilli & D. E. Harris (Cambridge University Press), p. 69.
(Postscript)
(gzip Postscript).
- Broad H alpha
in the high redshift radio galaxy 3C22.
Economou, F.,
Lawrence, A., Ward, M. J. & Blanco, P. R., 1995. MNRAS,
272, L5.
- Thermal infrared imaging of GGD27-IRS. The active pre-main sequence star
revealed.
Aspin, C., Puxley, P. J., Blanco, P. R., Piña, R. K. Pickup, D. A., Paterson,
M. J., Sylvester, J., Laird, D. C., Bridger, A., Daly, P. N. & Griffin, J.
L., 1994. Astr. Astrophys, 292, L9.
- Application of the Pixon Based
Restoration to HST Spectra & Comparison to the Richardson-Lucy & Jansson
Algorithms: Restoration of Absorption Lines.
Diplas, A.,
Beaver, E. A., Blanco, P. R., Piña, R. K. & Puetter, R. C., 1994 - in
The Restoration of HST Images and
Spectra-II. eds R. J. Hanisch & R. L. White (Space Telescope Science
Institute), p. 272. (Postscript)
(gzip
Postscript)
-
Infrared spectroscopy of Cygnus A - implications for the obscured active
nucleus.
Ward, M. J., Blanco, P. R., Wilson, A. S. & Nishida, M.
Ap.J.382,
115.
These have nothing to do with CASS, the University of California or its
lackies:
Last updated 1996 December 5 by Philip Blanco
pblanco@ucsd.edu
