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Graeme Reade Anthony ('Bill') Ellis 1921-2011
Citation
Delbourgo, R and McCulloch, PM, Graeme Reade Anthony ('Bill') Ellis 1921-2011, Historical Records of Australian Science, 24, (1) pp. 96-108. ISSN 0727-3061 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Australian Academy of Science
DOI: doi:10.1071/HR12020
Abstract
Graeme Reade Anthony Ellis (universally known as ‘Bill') was a pioneer in the area of low-frequency radio observations. By exploiting Hobart's geomagnetic latitude and the lack of background radio noise there, he was able to make major discoveries at these low frequencies (principally in the frequency range 1–10 MHz). Among the questions he pursued were the propagation/dispersion/reflection of radio waves in the ionosphere and the detection of radio emissions from the Sun, the galactic disk and Jupiter. He built innovative radio receivers and de-dispersers to gain information about the radio sources, for example about the Sun via aurorae and about the influence of Io on the Jovian emissions. It is thanks to Ellis' practical research investigations and clever experimental methods that radio astronomy at the University of Tasmania is today firmly established and internationally recognized.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
Research Field: | Galactic astronomy |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
UTAS Author: | Delbourgo, R (Professor Robert Delbourgo) |
UTAS Author: | McCulloch, PM (Professor Peter McCulloch) |
ID Code: | 86241 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
Deposited By: | Mathematics and Physics |
Deposited On: | 2013-08-30 |
Last Modified: | 2017-12-07 |
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