Non-refereed Publications and Abstracts -- very out of date

  1. Timing the Double-pulsar System
    Stairs, I. H., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Manchester, R. N., Burgay, M., Possenti, A., D'Amico, N., Freire, P. C. C., Joshi, B. C., Camilo, F. and Ferdman, R. D.
    Neutron Stars at the Crossroads of Fundamental Physics, oral presentation (2005).
  2. Profile Changes in PSR B1828-11
    Parry, J., Hyslop, H. R., Stairs, I. H., Lyne, A. G. and Kramer, M.
    Neutron Stars at the Crossroads of Fundamental Physics, display presentation (2005).
  3. Eclipse Study of the Double Pulsar System
    Breton, R. P., McLaughlin, M. A., Kaspi, V. M., Ransom, S. M., Camilo, F. and Stairs, I. H.
    Neutron Stars at the Crossroads of Fundamental Physics, display presentation (2005).
  4. General Relativity Tests with Pulsars
    Stairs, I. H.
    SLAC Summer Institute, invited lecture (2005)
  5. The Double Pulsar and Fundamental Physics
    Stairs, I. H., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Manchester, R. N., Burgay, M., Possenti, A., D'Amico, N., Freire, P. C. C., Joshi, B. C., Camilo, F. and Ferdman, R. D.
    206th AAS meeting, invited talk in invited session (2005).
  6. Geodetic Precession in PSR B1534+12
    Stairs, I. H.
    11th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics (2005).
  7. Three New Wide-orbit Binary Pulsars
    Stairs, I. H., Faulkner, A. J., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., McLaughlin, M. A., Manchester, R. N., Hobbs, G. B., Camilo, F., Possenti, A., Burgay, M., D'Amico, N., Freire, P. C. and Gregory, P. C.
    CASCA meeting, oral presentation (2005).
  8. The big dish -- how to find a thousand new radio pulsars
    Van Leeuwen, J., Stairs, I. H., Kasian, L., Hessels, J. W. T., Kaspi, V.,M. and the ALFA Pulsar Consortium
    CASCA meeting, oral presentation (2005).
  9. Searching for the Fastest Pulsars
    Begin, S., Hessels, J. W. T., Ransom, S. M., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, V. M. and Freire, P. C.
    CASCA meeting, display paper (2005).
  10. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Degenerate Companion: Constraining Neutron Star Masses from Pulsar Timing
    Ferdman, R. D., Stairs, I. H., Nice, D. J., Lommen, A. N., Backer, D. C., Demorest, P., Ramachandran, R. (and the Parkes Multibeam collaboration added post-program)
    CASCA meeting, display paper (2005).
  11. The Globular Cluster Terzan 5: A Brimming Cauldron of Pulsars
    Hessels, J. W. T., Ransom, S. M., Stairs, I. H., Freire, P. C., Camilo, F., Kaspi, V. M. and Kaplan, D. L.
    CASCA meeting, display paper (2005).
  12. A drift-scan radio pulsar survey with the Green Bank Telescope
    Kasian, L., Stairs, I. H., Backer, D. C. and Ramachandran, R.
    CASCA meeting, display paper (2005).
  13. Testing GR with the Double Pulsar: Recent Results
    Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., McLaughlin, M., Burgay, M., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., Camilo, F., Freire, P. C. C., Joshi, B. C., Manchester, R. N., Reynolds, J., Sarkissian, J., Stairs, I. H. and Ferdman, R. D.
    To appear in proceedings of The 22nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics (2005).
  14. High-Precision Timing of Several Millisecond Pulsars
    Ferdman, R. D., Stairs, I. H., Backer, D. C., Ramachandran, R., Demorest, P., Nice, D. J., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D., McLaughlin, M., Manchester, D., Camilo, F., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., Burgay, M., Joshi, B. C. and Freire, P. C.
    205th AAS meeting, display paper (2005).
  15. Precision Pulsar Timing and Gravity Waves: Recent Advances in Instrumentation
    Demorest, P., Ramachandran, R., Backer, D., Ferdman, R., Stairs, I. and Nice, D.
    205th AAS meeting, display paper (2005).
  16. Hitting the Pulsar Jackpot in Terzan 5 with the GBT
    Ransom, S. M., Hessels, J. W. T., Stairs, I. H., Freire, P. C., Kaspi, V. M., Camilo, F. and Kaplan, D. L.
    205th AAS meeting, display paper (2005).
  17. Overview of Pulsar Tests of General Relativity
    Stairs, I. H.
    To appear in proceedings of Binary Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2005).
  18. Arecibo Measurements of Pulsar--White Dwarf Binaries: Evidence for Heavy Neutron Stars
    Nice, D. J., Splaver, E. M. and Stairs, I. H.
    To appear in proceedings of Binary Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2005).
  19. GBT Observations of Very Low-Mass Binary Millisecond Pulsars: A Search for Eclipses
    Nice, D. J., Stairs, I. H. and Arzoumanian, Z.
    To appear in proceedings of Binary Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2005).
  20. A 20-cm Survey for Pulsars in Globular Clusters using the GBT and Arecibo
    Ransom, S. M., Hessels, J. W. T., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, V. M., Freire, P. C. C., Backer, D. C.
    To appear in proceedings of Binary Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2005).
  21. Chandra Detection of a High-Magnetic-Field Radio Pulsar
    Kaspi, V. M., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Faulkner, A. J., Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., Hobbs, G., Camilo, F., Possenti, A. and D'Amico, N. 8th AAS HEAD meting, oral (2004).
  22. Improving Current Pulsar Tests of GR with the SKA
    Stairs, I. H.
    SKA04 meeting display paper (2004).
  23. Geodetic Precession and the System Geometry of PSR B1534+12
    Stairs, I. H., Thorsett, S. E. and Arzoumanian, Z.,
    Talk at CASCA annual meeting (2004).
  24. Initial Observations with the Arecibo Signal Processor
    Ferdman, R. D., Stairs, I. H., Backer, D. C., Ramachandran, R., Demorest, P. and Nice, D. J.,
    CASCA annual meeting, display paper (2004).
  25. The Young Binary Pulsar J1740-3052
    Stairs, I. H.
    In proceedings of Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2004).
  26. Heavy Neutron Stars? A Status Report on Arecibo Timing of Four Pulsar-White Dwarf Systems
    Nice, D. J., Splaver, E. M. ans Stairs, I. H.
    In proceedings of Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2004).
  27. A 20cm Search for Pulsars in Globular Clusters with Arecibo and GBT
    Hessels, J. W. T., Ransom, S. M., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, V. M., Freire, P. C. C., Backer, D. C and Lorimer, D. R.
    In proceedings of Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2004).
  28. Two Radio Pulsars with Magnetar Fields
    McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Faulkner, A. J., Kaspi, V. M., Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., Hobbs, G .B., Camilo, F., Possenti, A. and D'Amico, N.
    In proceedings of Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2004).
  29. Giant Pulses in Millisecond Pulsars
    Joshi, B. C., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., McLaughlin, M. A. and Stairs, I. H.
    In proceedings of Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2004).
  30. Pulsar Birthrate from Parkes Multi-beam Survey
    Vranesevic, N., Manchester, R. N., Hobbs, G .B., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., Camilo, F., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, V. M., D'Amico, N. and Possenti, A.
    In proceedings of Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2004).
  31. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
    Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., Hobbs, G. B., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., McLaughlin, M. A., Lorimer, D. R., Faulkner, A. J., Joshi, B. C., Camilo, F., Kaspi, V. M., Ransom, S. M., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A. and Burgay, M.
    Invited talk at URSI Meeting (2003).
  32. Astrophysical Insights from Radio Pulsars
    Stairs, I. H.
    Invited review talk at CASCA Annual Meeting (2003).
  33. ASP - A Next Generation Signal Processing System
    Ferdman, R. D., Stairs, I. H., Backer, D. C., Ramachandran, R. and Nice, D. J.
    CASCA Annual Meeting, display paper (2003).
  34. An L-band Search for Pulsars in Globular Clusters with the Arecibo and Green Bank Telescopes
    Hessels, J. W. T., Ransom, S. M., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi. V. M., Freire, P. C. C., Lorimer, D. R. and Backer, D. C.
    CASCA Annual Meeting, display paper (2003).
  35. Pulsar Tests of General Relativity: Status and Prospects
    Stairs, I. H.
    Plenary talk at 10th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics (2003).
  36. An L-band Search for Pulsars in Globular Clusters with the Arecibo and Green Bank Telescopes
    Hessels, J. W. T., Ransom, S. M., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi. V. M., Backer, D. C, Freire, P. C. C. and Lorimer, D. R.
    35th AAS HEAD meeting, display paper (2003).
  37. A Radio Pulsar with an Ultra-High Magnetic Field
    Kaspi, V. M., McLaughlin, M. A., Stairs, I. H., Lorimer, D. R., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., Hobbs, G., Possenti, A., D'Amico, N. and Faulkner, A. J.
    35th AAS HEAD meeting, display paper (2003).
  38. Constraining the Orbital Geometry of PSR J1740-3052
    Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Camilo, F., Kaspi, V. M., and D'Amico, N.
    201st AAS meeting, display paper (2003).
  39. Recent Globular Cluster Searches with Arecibo and the Green Bank Telescope
    Ransom, S. M, Hessels, J. W. T., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi. V. M., Backer, D. C, Greenhill, L. J. and Lorimer, D. R.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  40. Polarisation Observations at Jodrell Bank Observatory
    Athanasiadis, D., Kramer, M., Stairs, I. H. and Lyne, A. G.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  41. Yet MORE PM Survey Discoveries....?
    Faulkner, A. J., Kramer, M., Hobbs, G, Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R.N., Camilo, F., Kaspi, V. M., Stairs, I. H., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., Lorimer, D. R., and McLaughlin, M. A.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  42. Coherent On-line Baseband Receiver for Astronomy
    Joshi, B. C., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Lorimer, D. R., Jordan, C., Holloway, A., Ikin, T. and Stairs, I. H.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  43. Neutron Star Masses from Arecibo Timing Observations of Five Pulsar-White Dwarf Binary Systems
    Nice, D. J., Splaver, E. M. and Stairs, I. H.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  44. High-Resolution Observations of PSR B1828-11
    Stairs, I. H., Athanasiadis, D., Kramer, M. and Lyne, A. G.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  45. The Massive Binary Pulsar J1740-3052
    Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Kramer, M., Kaspi, V. M., Camilo, F. and D'Amico, N.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  46. High-energy Observations of PSR J0218+4232
    Verbunt, F., Kuiper, L., Hermsen, W., Ord, S., Stairs, I. H. and Lyne, A. G.
    In proceedings of Radio Pulsars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2003).
  47. Observational Evidence of Free Precession in Radio Pulsars: Update and Progress
    Stairs, I. H., Lyne, A. G., Athanasiadis, D. and Kramer, M.
    Invited talk given at APS April Meeting (2002).
  48. Timing Observations of PSR B1534+12
    Stairs, I. H., Thorsett, S. E. and Taylor, J. H.
    199th AAS meeting, display paper (2002).
  49. A 20cm Search for Pulsars in Globular Clusters
    Hessels, J. W. T., Ransom, S. M., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, V. M.
    199th AAS meeting, display paper (2002).
  50. Young Pulsars from the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey and their Associations
    Manchester, R. N., Bell, J. F., Camilo, F., Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Hobbs, G. B., Joshi, B. C., Crawford, F., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., Kaspi, V. M., and Stairs, I. H.
    In proceedings of Neutron Stars in Supernova Remnants, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2002).
  51. Pulsar Observations II. - Coherent Dedispersion, Polarimetry, and Timing
    Stairs, I. H.
    Lecture given at NAIC-NRAO School on Single-Dish Radio Astronomy (2001)
  52. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey and the Discovery of New Energetic Radio Pulsars
    D'Amico, N., Kaspi, V. M., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F. M., Lyne, A. G., Possenti, A., Stairs, I. H., Kramer, M., Hobbs, G. B., and Bell, J.
    In proceedings of: "Gamma 2001", Baltimore (2001).
  53. COBRA - a Digital Receiver at Jodrell Bank
    Kramer, M., Lyne, A. G., Joshi, B. C., Ikin, T., Jordan, C., Holloway, A. J., Stairs, I. H., and Ord, S. M.
    SKA RFI mitigation workshop, Bonn (2001).
  54. Radio Pulsar Polarimetry
    Stairs, I. H.
    Invited talk given at ESO Workshop: Magnetic Fields Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (2001)
  55. PSR J1740-3052: a Radio Pulsar With a Massive Companion
    Stairs, I. H., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Kaspi, V. M., Camilo, F., Bell, J. F., D'Amico, N., Kramer, M., Crawford, F., Morris, D. J., Possenti, A., McKay, N. P. F., Lumsden, S. L., Tacconi-Garman, L. E., Cannon, R. D., Hambly, N. C., and Wood, P. R.
    197th AAS meeting, display paper (2001).
  56. Intermediate-mass Binary Pulsars from the Parkes Multibeam Survey
    Camilo, F., Lyne, A. G., Stairs, I. H., McKay, N. P. F., Morris, D. J., Kramer, M., Hobbs, G., Manchester, R. N., Bell, J. F., Kaspi, V. M., D'Amico, N., Possenti, A., and Crawford, F.
    197th AAS meeting, display paper (2001).
  57. Recent Observations of PSR B1534+12
    Stairs, I. H., Thorsett, S. E., Taylor, J. H., and Arzoumanian, Z.
    in IAU Symp. 205: Galaxies and their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolution, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  58. Pulsar Timing Observations and Tests of General Relativity in Double-Neutron-Star Binaries
    Stairs, I. H.
    IXth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (2000).
  59. Timing of Parkes Multibeam Survey Pulsars
    Stairs, I. H., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F., D'Amico, N., Bell, J. F., Kaspi, V. M., Crawford, F., Morris, D. J., McKay, N. P. F., et al.
    JENAM 2000 Meeting (2000).
  60. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
    D'Amico, N., Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Kaspi, V. M., Possenti, A. P., Stairs, I. H., Bell, J. F., and Camilo, F.
    JENAM 2000 Meeting (2000).
  61. Coherent De-dispersion Observations at Jodrell Bank
    Ord, S. M., Stairs, I. H., and Lyne, A. G.
    JENAM 2000 Meeting (2000).
  62. Observation of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232 by EGRET
    Hermsen, W., Kuiper, L., Verbunt, F., Lyne, A., Stairs., I., Thompson, D. J., and Cusomano, G.
    In proceedings of the 5th Compton Symposium, AIP (2000).
  63. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey: preliminary results
    D'Amico, N., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Camilo, F. M., Kaspi, V. M., Bell, J., Stairs, I. H., Crawford, F., Morris, D., and Possenti, A.
    In proceedings of: "X-ray Astronomy 1999", Bologna, Italy (1999).
  64. Geodetic Precession in PSR B1534+12
    Stairs, I. H., Thorsett, S. E., Taylor, J. H., and Arzoumanian, Z.
    In IAU Colloq. 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  65. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
    Camilo, F., Lyne, A. G., Manchester, R. N., Bell, J. F., Kaspi, V. M., D'Amico, N., McKay, N. P. F., Crawford, F., Stairs, I. H., Morris, D. J., Sheppard, D. C., and Possenti, A.
    In IAU Colloq. 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  66. Timing the Parkes Multibeam Pulsars
    Manchester, R. N., Lyne, A. G., Camilo, F., Kaspi, V. M., Stairs, I. H., Crawford, F., Morris, D. J., Bell, J. F., and D'Amico, N.
    In IAU Colloq. 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  67. Periodicities in Rotation and Pulse Shape in PSR B1828-11
    Lyne, A. G., Stairs, I. H., and Shemar, S. L.
    In IAU Colloq. 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  68. Likely detection of pulsed high-energy gamma-rays from millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232
    Kuiper, L., Hermsen, W., Verbunt., F., Lyne, A., Stairs, I., Thompson, D.~J., and Cusomano, G.
    In IAU Colloq. 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  69. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey Data Release
    Bell, J., Manchester, R., Crawford, F., Lyne, A., Camilo, F., Kaspi, V., Stairs, I., Morris, D., D'Amico, N., McKay, N., Kramer, M., Sheppard, D., and Possenti, A.
    In IAU Colloq. 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  70. Coherent De-dispersion Observations at Jodrell Bank
    Ord, S. M., Stairs, I. H., and Camilo, F.
    In IAU Colloq. 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2000).
  71. Recent Arecibo Timing of the Relativistic Binary PSR B1534+12
    I. H. Stairs, D. J. Nice, J. H. Taylor and S. E. Thorsett
    In "Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity," proceedings of the Rencontres de Moriond, World Publishers (2000).
  72. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
    I. H. Stairs et al.
    In "Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity," proceedings of the Rencontres de Moriond, World Publishers (2000).
  73. The Princeton Mark IV Pulsar Observing System
    Stairs, I. H., Thorsett, S. E., Nice, D. J., and Taylor, J. H.
    191st AAS Meeting, display paper (1998).
  74. The Princeton Mark IV Pulsar Observing System
    Stairs, I. H., Taylor, J. H., and Thorsett, S. E.
    URSI Meeting, abstract (1997).
  75. Mark IV: A Phase Coherent Observing System for Pulsars
    Shrauner, J. A., Stairs, I. H., Dewey, R. J., Krumholz, M., Taylor, H. E., Taylor, J. H., and Thorsett, S. E.
    in IAU Colloq. 160: Pulsars: Problems and Progress, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1996).

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