Publications

(OPTIMA team authors or OPTIMA data used)

PhD Theses

• Design and Application of an Optical High Time Resolution Instrument for High-Energy Transients    
  Stefanescu, A., Technische Universität München (2011)
  
  
• Pulsar Characteristics Across The Energy Spectrum    
  Slowikowska, A., Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Department of Astrophysics in Trun (2006)
  
  
• OPTIMA - Entwicklung und erste astronomische Messungen eines optischen Hochgeschwindigkeitsphotometers    
  Straubmeier C., Technische Universität München (2001)

Master Thesis

• Software design and development of the improved OPTIMA data acquisition system    
  Duscha S., National University of Ireland, Galway (2007)

Diploma Theses

• Entwicklung und Einsatz eines Wollaston-Polarimeters für die Hochgeschwindigkeitsastronomie mit OPTIMA-Burst    
  Mühlegger, M., Technische Universität München (2006)
  
  
• Anpassung und Einsatz des OPTIMA Photometers zur Messung von GRB-Afterglow-Transienten    
  Stefanescu, A., Technische Universität München (2004)
  
  
• Einsatz und Weiterentwicklung von OPTIMA als hochzeitauflösendes Photo- und Polarimeter    
  Kellner, S., Technische Universität München (2002)

Publications

	Very fast photometric and X-ray observations of the intermediate polar V2069 Cygni (RX J2123.7+4217) Nasiroglu, I.; S?owikowska, A.; Kanbach, G.; Haberl, F. arXiv:1201.5629v1 [astro-ph.SR]
	Very fast photometric observations of the intermediate polar V2069 Cyg I. Nasiroglu, A. Slowikowska and G. Kanbach Proceedings: High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) IV - The Era of Extremely Large Telescopes May 5 - 7, 2010, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece HTRA-IV_012 (pdf)
	The orbital ephemeris of HU Aquarii observed with OPTIMA. (Are there two giant planets in orbit?) Nasiroglu I., Slowikowska A., Kanbach G., Schwarz R., Schwope A.D. Proceedings: High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) IV - The Era of Extremely Large Telescopes May 5 - 7, 2010, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece HTRA-IV_048 (pdf)
	Fast-time variability in high-mass X-ray binaries: SAX J2103.5+4545 P. Reig, A. Slowikowska and G. Kanbach Proceedings: High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) IV - The Era of Extremely Large Telescopes May 5 - 7, 2010, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece HTRA-IV_055 (pdf)
	The giant planet orbiting the cataclysmic binary DP Leonis Beuermann K., Buhlmann J., Diese J., Dreizler S., Hessman F.V., Husser T.-O., Miller G.F., Nickol N., Pons R., Ruhr D., Schmülling H., Schwope A.D., Sorge T., Ulrichs L., Winget D.E., Winget K.I. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 526, id.A53 (2011)
	The absence of sub-minute periodicity in classical T Tauri stars H. M. Günther, N. Lewandowska, M. P. G. Hundertmark, H. Steinle, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, D. Buckley, S. Crawford, D. O'Donoghue, P. Vaisanen Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 518, id.A54 (2010)
	Hunting high and low: XMM monitoring of the eclipsing polar HU Aquarii Schwarz R., Schwope A. D., Vogel J., Dhillon V. S., Marsh T. R., Copperwheat C., Littlefair S. P., Kanbach G. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 496, Issue 3, 2009, pp.833-840
	Optical polarisation of the Crab pulsar: precision measurements and comparison to the radio emission Agnieszka Slowikowska A., Kanbach G., Kramer M., Stefanescu A. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 397, 103-123 (2009)
	GRB081102: OPTIMA-Burst optical upper limit Stefanescu A., Primak N., Schrey F., Kanbach G., Slowikowska A., Steinle H., Updike A., and Lewandowski N. GCN Circ. 8463 (2008)
	Very fast optical flaring from a possible new Galactic magnetar Stefanescu A., Kanbach G. Słowikowska A., Greiner J., McBreen S., Sala G. Nature 455, 503-505 (2008) + MPG press-release September 26, 2008     (Surprising flashes from a possible magnetar)
	OPTIMA: A high time resolution optical photo-polarimeter Kanbach G., Stefanescu, A., Duscha S., Mühlegger M., Schrey F., Steinle H., Slowikowska A., Spruit H. In: High Time Resolution Astrophysics, Springer Astrophys. and Sp. Sci. Library Vol. 351, pp.153-169, 2008 Eds. D. Phelan, O. Ryan, and A. Shearer preprint
	On the orbital period of the magnetic cataclysmic variable HU Aquarii Vogel J., Schwope A., Schwarz R., Kanbach G., Dhillon V.S., Marsh T.R. In: Proceedings of the HTRA workshop, Sept. 2007, Edinburgh AIP Conf. Proc. 984, 264-267 (2008)
	OPTIMA-Burst: Observing GRB Afterglows and other Fast Transients with High Time Resolution Stefanescu A., Kanbach G., Słowikowska A., Duscha S., Mühlegger M. In: Proceedings of the HTRA workshop, Sept. 2007, Edinburgh AIP Conf. Proc. 984, 124-131 (2008)
	High time resolution observations of Cataclysmic Variables with OPTIMA Kanbach G., Stefanescu, A., Duscha S., Steinle H., Burwitz V., and Schwope A. In: Proceedings of the HTRA workshop, Sept. 2007, Edinburgh AIP Conf. Proc. 984, 32-40 (2008)
	Software design and development of the improved OPTIMA data acquisition system Duscha, S. Master-Arbeit, National University of Ireland, Galway (2007) Master-Arbeit im pdf Format
	OPTIMA-Burst - Catching GRB Afterglows (and other Transients) with High Time Resolution Stefanescu, A., Duscha, S., Kanbach, G., Mühlegger M., Schrey, F., Slowikowska A., Steinle, H. Astronomical Notes / Astronomische Nachrichten, 328, 620 (2007)
	GRB070621: OPTIMA-Burst optical upper limit Stefanescu, A., Ioannou Z., Kanbach, G., Duscha, S., Schrey, F., Slowikowska A., Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 6564 (2007)
	GRB 070610: OPTIMA-Burst detection of continued strong flaring activity Stefanescu, A., Slowikowska A., Kanbach, G., Duscha, S., Schrey, F., Steinle, H., Ioannou Z. GCN Circ. 6508 (2007)
	GRB 070610: OPTIMA-Burst high-time-resolution optical observations Stefanescu, A., Slowikowska A., Kanbach, G., Duscha, S., Schrey, F., Steinle, H., Ioannou Z. GCN Circ. 6492 (2007)
	GRB 060926: OPTIMA-burst -- further observations Stefanescu, A., Schrey, F., Duscha, S., Kanbach, G., Muehlegger, M., Prymak, N., Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5623 (2006)
	GRB060926 OPTIMA-burst optical observation Stefanescu, A., Schrey, F., Duscha, S., Kanbach, G., Muehlegger, M., Prymak, N., Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5614 (2006)
	GRB060912: OPTIMA-burst optical observations Stefanescu, A., Schrey, F., Duscha, S., Muehlegger, M., Prymak, N., Kanbach, G., Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5564 (2006)
	GRB060904b optical detections (delayed report due to internet outage) Prymak, N., Kanbach, G., Steinle H., Stefanescu, A., Duscha, S., Schrey, F., Muehlegger, M. GCN Circ. 5541 (2006)
	GRB060807: optical upper limit in white light Duscha, S., Muehlegger, M., Stefanescu, A., Kanbach, G., Prymak, N., Schrey, F., Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5417 (2006)
	GRB 060805: optical upper limit in r Muehlegger, M., Duscha, S., Stefanescu, A., Kanbach, G., Prymak, N., Schrey, F., Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5405 (2006)
	GRB060801: optical upper limit in r Duscha, S., Kanbach, G., Muehlegger, M., Stefanescu, A., Schrey, F., Prymak, N., Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5383 (2006)
	GRB 060717 optical upper limit Stefanescu, A.; Kanbach, G.; Duscha, S.; Schrey, F.; Muehlegger, M.; Prymak, N.; Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5333 (2006)
	GRB060707 (GRB060714) possible optical confirmation Stefanescu, A.; Kanbach, G.; Duscha, S.; Schrey, F.; Muehlegger, M.; Prymak, N.; Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5314 (2006)
	GRB060707 possible optical confirmation Stefanescu, A.; Schrey, F.; Kanbach, G.; Duscha, S.; Muhlegger, M.; Prymak, N.; Steinle, H. GCN Circ. 5291 (2006)
	Pulsar Characteristics Across The Energy Spectrum Slowikowska, A. PhD thesis, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Department of Astrophysics in Torun (2006) PhD thesis in pdf format
	Entwicklung und Einsatz eines Wollaston-Polarimeters für die Hochgeschwindigkeitsastronomie mit OPTIMA-Burst Mühlegger, M. Diploma thesis, Technische Universität München (2006) Diploma thesis in pdf Format
	New optical polarization measurements of the Crab pulsar Kanbach G., Slowikowska A., Kellner S., and Steinle H. AIP Conference Proceedings "Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation", eds. T. Bulik et al., AIPC 801, pp. 306-311 (2005)
	Anpassung und Einsatz des OPTIMA Photometers zur Messung von GRB-Afterglow-Transienten Stefanescu, A. Diploma thesis, Technische Universität München (2004) Diploma thesis in pdf format
	Multiwavelength observations of eclipsing polars Schwope A., Hambaryan V., Staude A., Schwarz R., Kanbach G., Steinle H., Schrey F., Marsch T., Dhillon V., Osborne J., Wheatley P., Potter S. Proc. IAU Coll. 190, 'Magnetic CVs', Cape Town S.A., 8-13 Dec 2002 ASP Conference Series, 315, 92-105 (2004)
	Search for fast correlated X-ray and optical variability in Cir X-1 and XTE J1746-321 Spruit H.C., Kanbach G., Steinle H. astro-ph 0404524
	New optical polarization measurements of the Crab pulsar Kanbach G., Wozna A., Kellner S., Steinle H. poster - X-Ray Polarimetry Workshop, 9-11 February 2004, SLAC, Stanford, California, USA abstract; poster in A4 format; pdf
	Correlated optical/X-ray variability in XTE J1118+480 Malzac J., Belloni T., Spruit H.C., Kanbach G. Astron. Astrophys. 407, 335-345 (2003)
	A multiwavelength timing analysis of the eclipsing polar DP Leo Schwope A.D., V. Hambaryan, R. Schwarz, G. Kanbach, and B.T. Gänsicke Astron. Astrophys. 392, 541-551 (2002)
	Correlated X-ray and optical variability in KV UMa Spruit H.C. and Kanbach G. Astron. Astrophys. 391, 225-233 (2002)
	X-ray / optical correlations in the transient black hole system KV UMa (XTE J1118+48) Kanbach G., H. Steinle, H.C. Spruit, C. Straubmeier Vortrag (HS) - AG Tagung Berlin, 22. - 29. September 2002 Abstract; Vorabveröffentlichung im PowerPoint Format
	Design and Status of the MPE Fast Timing Photo-Polarimeter OPTIMA Kanbach G., H. Steinle, S. Kellner, C. Straubmeier Poster - AG Tagung Berlin, 22. - 29. September 2002 Abstract; Vorabveröffentlichung im PowerPoint Format
	Correlated optical/X-ray variability in XTE J1118+480 Malzac J., Belloni T., Spruit H.C., Kanbach G. Proceedings of the 4th Microquasars Workshop Cargese, Korsika, Frankreich, 27. Mai bis 1. Juni 2002 Ed.: Durouchoux Ph., Fuchs Y., Rodriguez J. Proceedings of SPIE 4841, 82 ff. (2003) Center for Space Physics, Kolkata (Indien), p.31 ff. Abstract (ADS)
	Design and results of the fast timing photo-polarimeter OPTIMA Kanbach G., S. Kellner, F. Schrey, H. Steinle, C. Straubmeier H.C. Spriut Poster für das SPIE Meeting: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation "Power Telescopes and Instrumentation into the New Millennium" Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA; 22. - 28. August 2002 Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes Eds.: M.Iye, A.F.M. Moorwood, Proceedings of SPIE 4841, 82 ff. (2003)
	Einsatz und Weiterentwicklung von OPTIMA als hochzeitauflösendes Photo- und Polarimeter Kellner, S. Diploma thesis, Technische Universität München (2002) Diploma thesis im pdf Format
	Poster die dem MPE-Fachbeirat im Juni 2002 präsentiert wurden :
X-ray/optical correlations in the black hole candidate system KV UMa (XTE J1118+48) (pdf) G. Kanbach, C. Straubmeier (jetzt Universität Köln), H.C. Spruit, T. Belloni (Obs. di Brera) Optical timing observations of Cataclysmic Variables (pdf) G. Kanbach, C. Straubmeier (jetzt Universität Köln), H. Steinle, V. Burwitz, A. Schwope (AIP) Optical Polarimetry of the Crab Pulsar (pdf) G. Kanbach, H. Steinle, S. Kellner The fast timing photo-polarimeter OPTIMA (pdf) G. Kanbach, C. Straubmeier (jetzt Universität Köln), H. Steinle, S. Kellner, F. Schrey
	Design and First Results of the Fast Photon Counting Photometer OPTIMA Kanbach G. und C. Straubmeier In: Proc. 1st Galway Workshop on High Time Resolution Astrophysics, A. Golden, A. Shearer and R. Butler (Eds.), 18-19 April, 2001, NUI, Galway, Ireland to be published in ASP Conf. Proc. Ser. (2002) preprint in pdf format
	Correlated fast X-ray and optical variability in the black-hole candidate XTE J1118+480 Kanbach G., C. Straubmeier, H.C. Spruit & T. Belloni Nature 414, 180 -182 (2001) + Nature Highlight + MPG Presseinformation 7. November 2001     (Flackerndes Licht vom Schwarzen Loch) + MPA Highlight vom 1. Dezember 2001     (Flackerndes Licht vom Schwarzen Loch in KV UMa)
	OPTIMA: A Photon Counting High-Speed Photometer Straubmeier C., Kanbach G. und Schrey F. Experimental Astronomy, 11/3, 157-170 (2001)
	OPTIMA - Entwicklung und erste astronomische Messungen eines optischen Hochgeschwindigkeitsphotometers Straubmeier C. Doktorarbeit, Technische Universität München (2001) Abstract ,   Doktorarbeit im pdf Format
	OPTIMA - An Optical Pulsar Timing Analyzer Straubmeier C. und Kanbach G. In: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond, eds.: Kramer M., Wex N. and Wielebinski R., ASP Conf. Ser. 202, 311 (2000)

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