Professor Fred Watson

Adjunct Professor - School of Science,
Dean's Unit, School of Science

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Biography

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Dean's Unit, School of Science

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Publications

Journal Articles

Sharma, S., Hayden, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Stello, D., Buder, S., Zinn, J., Kallinger, T., Asplund, M., De Silva, G., D'Orazi, V., Freeman, K., Kos, J., Lewis, G., Lin, J., Lind, K., Martell, S., Simpson, J., Wittenmyer, R., Zucker, D., Zwitter, T., Chen, B., Cotar, K., Esdaile, J., Hon, M., Horner, J., Huber, D., Kafle, P., Khanna, S., Ting, Y., Nataf, D., Nordlander, T., Saadon, M., Tepper-Garcia, T., Tinney, C., Traven, G., Watson, F., Wright, D. and Wyse, R. (2021), 'Fundamental relations for the velocity dispersion of stars in the Milky Way', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 506, no 2 , pp 1761 - 1776.
Zwitter, T., Kos, J., Buder, S., Cotar, K., Asplund, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Casey, A., De Silva, G., D'orazi, V., Freeman, K., Hayden, M., Lewis, G., Lin, J., Lind, K., Martell, S., Schlesinger, K., Sharma, S., Simpson, J., Stello, D., Zucker, D., Beeson, K., De Grijs, R., Nordlander, T., Ting, Y., Traven, G., Vogrincic, R., Watson, F. and Wittenmyer, R. (2021), 'The GALAH+ survey: a new library of observed stellar spectra improves radial velocities and hints at motions within M67', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 508, no 3 , pp 4202 - 4215.
Buder, S., Asplund, M., Duong, L., Kos, J., Lind, K., Ness, M., Sharma, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Casey, A., De Silva, G., D'Orazi, V., Freeman, K., Lewis, G., Lin, J., Martell, S., Schlesinger, K., Simpson, J., Zucker, D., Zwitter, T., Amarsi, A., Anguiano, B., Carollo, D., Casagrande, L., Cotar, K., Cottrell, P., Da Costa, G., Gao, X., Hayden, M., Horner, J., Ireland, M., Kafle, P., Munari, U., Nataf, D., Nordlander, T., Stello, D., Ting, Y., Traven, G., Watson, F., Wittenmyer, R., Wyse, R., Yong, D., Zinn, J. and Zerjal, M. (2018), 'The GALAH Survey : second data release', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 478, no 4 , pp 4513 - 4552.
Zwitter, T., Kos, J., Chiavassa, A., Buder, S., Traven, G., Cotar, K., Lin, J., Asplund, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Casey, A., De Silva, G., Duong, L., Freeman, K., Lind, K., Martell, S., D'Orazi, V., Schlesinger, K., Simpson, J., Sharma, S., Zucker, D., Anguiano, B., Casagrande, L., Collet, R., Horner, J., Ireland, M., Kafle, P., Lewis, G., Munari, U., Nataf, D., Ness, M., Nordlander, T., Stello, D., Ting, Y., Tinney, C., Watson, F., Wittenmyer, R. and Zerjal, M. (2018), 'The GALAH survey : accurate radial velocities and library of observed stellar template spectra', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 481, no 1 , pp 645 - 654.
McMillan, P., Kordopatis, G., Kunder, A., Binney, J., Wojno, J., Zwitter, T., Steinmetz, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Seabroke, G., Watson, F. and Wyse, R. (2018), 'Improved distances and ages for stars common to TGAS and RAVE', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 477, no 4 , pp 5279 - 5300.
Quillen, A., De Silva, G., Sharma, S., Hayden, M., Freeman, K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Zerjal, M., Asplund, M., Buder, S., D'Orazi, V., Duong, L., Kos, J., Lin, J., Lind, K., Martell, S., Schlesinger, K., Simpson, J., Zucker, D., Zwitter, T., Anguiano, B., Carollo, D., Casagrande, L., Cotar, K., Cottrell, P., Ireland, M., Kafle, P., Horner, J., Lewis, G., Nataf, D., Ting, Y., Watson, F., Wittenmyer, R. and Wyse, R. (2018), 'The GALAH survey : stellar streams and how stellar velocity distributions vary with Galactic longitude, hemisphere, and metallicity', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 478, no 1 , pp 228 - 254.
Watson, F. and Urquhart, J. (2018), 'A new era for Australian astronomy', Astronomy and Geophysics, vol 59, no 3 , pp 325 - 330.
Valentini, M., Chiappini, C., Davies, G., Elsworth, Y., Mosser, B., Lund, M., Miglio, A., Chaplin, W., Rodrigues, T., Boeche, C., Steinmetz, M., Matijevic, G., Kordopatis, G., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Munari, U., Bienayme, O., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Kunder, A., McMillan, P., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Sharma, S., Siviero, A., Watson, F., Wyse, R., Zwitter, T. and Mott, A. (2017), 'RAVE stars in K2 : I. Improving RAVE red giants spectroscopy using asteroseismology from K2 Campaign 1', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 600 .
Wonjo, J., Kordopatis, G., Steinmetz, M., McMillan, P., Matijevic, G., Binney, J., Wyse, R., Boeche, C., Reid, W., Just, A., Grebel, E., Siebert, A., Bienayme, O., Gibson, B., Zwitter, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G. and Watson, F. (2016), 'Chemical separation of disc components using RAVE', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 461, no 4 , pp 4246 - 4255.
Anguiano, B., De Silva, G., Freeman, K., Costa, G., Zwitter, T., Quillen, A., Zucker, D., Navarro, J., Kunder, A., Siebert, A., Wyse, R., Grebel, E., Kordopatis, G., Gibson, B., Seabroke, G., Sharma, S., Wojno, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Parker, Q., Steinmetz, M., Boeche, C., Gilmore, G., Bienayme, O., Reid, W. and Watson, F. (2016), 'Identification of globular cluster stars in RAVE data : II. Extended tidal debris around NGC 3201', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 457, no 2 , pp 2078 - 2085.
Hawkins, K., Kordopatis, G., Gilmore, G., Masseron, T., Wyse, R., Ruchti, G., Bienayme, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Boeche, C., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Kunder, A., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Scholz, R., Seabroke, G., Siebert, A., Steinmetz, M., Watson, F. and Zwitter, T. (2015), 'Characterizing the high-velocity stars of RAVE : the discovery of a metal-rich halo star born in the Galactic disc', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 447, no 2 , pp 2046 - 2058.
De Silva, G., Freeman, K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Martell, S., Wylie de Boer, E., Asplund, M., Keller, S., Sharma, S., Zucker, D., Zwitter, T., Anguiano, B., Bacigalupo, C., Bayliss, D., Beavis, M., Bergemann, M., Campbell, S., Cannon, R., Carollo, D., Casagrande, L., Casey, A., Costa, G., D?Orazi, V., Dotter, A., Duong, L., Heger, A., Ireland, M., Kafle, P., Kos, J., Lattanzio, J., Lewis, G., Lin, J., Lind, K., Munari, U., Nataf, D., O?Toole, S., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Schlesinger, K., Sheinis, A., Simpson, J., Stello, D., Ting, Y., Traven, G., Watson, F., Wittenmyer, R., Yong, D. and Zerjal, M. (2015), 'The GALAH survey : scientific motivation', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 449, no 3 , pp 2604 - 2617.
Anguiano, B., Zucker, D., Scholz, R., Grebel, E., Seabroke, G., Kunder, A., Binney, J., McMillan, P., Zwitter, T., Wyse, R., Kordopatis, G., Bienayme, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Boeche, C., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Siebert, A., Siviero, A., Steinmetz, M. and Watson, F. (2015), 'Identification of globular cluster stars in RAVE data : I. Application to stellar parameter calibration', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 451, no 2 , pp 1229 - 1246.
Binney, J., Burnett, B., Kordopatis, G., Steinmetz, M., Gilmore, G., Bienayme, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Famaey, B., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Siebert, A., Watson, F., Williams, M., Wyse, R. and Zwitter, T. (2014), 'Galactic kinematics and dynamics from Radial Velocity Experiment stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 439, no 2 , pp 1231 - 1244.
Bienayme, O., Famaey, B., Siebert, A., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Kordopatis, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Siviero, A., Steinmetz, M., Watson, F., Wyse, R. and Zwitter, T. (2014), 'Weighing the local dark matter with RAVE red clump stars', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 571 .
Piffl, T., Binney, J., McMillan, P., Steinmetz, M., Helmi, A., Wyse, R., Bienayme, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Kordopatis, G., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Siebert, A., Watson, F. and Zwitter, T. (2014), 'Constraining the Galaxy's dark halo with RAVE stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 445, no 3 , pp 3133 - 3151.
Sharma, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Binney, J., Freeman, K., Steinmetz, M., Boeche, C., Bienayme, O., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Kordopatis, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Siebert, A., Watson, F., Williams, M., Wyse, R. and Zwitter, T. (2014), 'Kinematic modeling of the Milky Way using the RAVE and GCS stellar surveys', Astrophysical Journal, vol 793, no 1 .
Antoja, T., Helmi, A., Dehnen, W., Bienayme, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Famaey, B., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Kordopatis, G., Kunder, A., Minchev, I., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Siebert, A., Steinmetz, M., Watson, F., Wyse, R. and Zwitter, T. (2014), 'Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 563 .
Kos, J., Zwitter, T., Wyse, R., Bienayme, O., Binney, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Kordopatis, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Sharma, S., Siebert, A., Siviero, A., Steinmetz, M., Watson, F. and Williams, M. (2014), 'Pseudo-three-dimensional maps of the diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm', Science, vol 345, no 6198 , pp 791 - 795.
Piffl, T., Scannapieco, C., Binney, J., Steinmetz, M., Scholz, R., Williams, M., Jong, R., Kordopatis, G., Matijevic, G., Bienayme, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Boeche, C., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Reid, W., Parker, Q., Seabroke, G., Watson, F., Wyse, R. and Zwitter, T. (2014), 'The RAVE survey : the Galactic escape speed and the mass of the Milky Way', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 562 .
Boeche, C., Siebert, A., Piffl, T., Just, A., Steinmetz, M., Grebel, E., Sharma, S., Kordopatis, G., Gilmore, G., Chiappini, C., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Munari, U., Siviero, A., Bienayme, O., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Watson, F., Wyse, R. and Zwitter, T. (2014), 'Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data. II. Giant stars', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 568 .
Minchev, I., Chiappini, C., Martig, M., Steinmetz, M., Jong, R., Boeche, C., Scannapieco, C., Zwitter, T., Wyse, R., Binney, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bienayme, O., Famaey, B., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Grebel, E., Gilmore, G., Helmi, A., Kordopatis, G., Reid, W., Lee, Y., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Quillen, A., Siebert, A., Siviero, A., Seabroke, G., Watson, F. and Williams, M. (2014), 'A new stellar chemo-kinematic relation reveals the merger history of the Milky Way disk', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol 781, no 1 .
Conrad, C., Scholz, R., Kharchenko, N., Piskunov, A., Schilbach, E., Roser, S., Boeche, C., Kordopatis, G., Siebert, A., Williams, M., Munari, U., Matijevic, G., Grebel, E., Zwitter, T., Jong, R., Steinmetz, M., Gilmore, G., Seabroke, G., Freeman, K., Reid, W., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Watson, F., Gibson, B., Bienayme, O., Wyse, R., Bland-Hawthorn, J. and Siviero, A. (2014), 'A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters : I. Radial velocities and metallicities', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 562 .
Binney, J., Burnett, B., Kordopatis, G., McMillan, P., Sharma, S., Zwitter, T., Bienayme, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Steinmetz, M., Gilmore, G., Williams, M., Navarro, J., Grebel, E., Helmi, A., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Watson, F. and Wyse, R. (2014), 'New distances to RAVE stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 437, no 1 , pp 351 - 370.