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Curriculum Vitae - Piergiorgio Casella

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

School of Physics and Astronomy,

University of Southampton,

Southampton, Hampshire

SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 2089

Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 3910

Email: p.casella@soton.ac.uk

Web: www.astro.soton.ac.uk/pc1n08/

Place & Date of Birth:

Rome, 13th October 1973

Nationality:

Italian

Education:

3 Mar 2005

Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Rome "Roma Tre"

Supervisors: Prof. L. Stella, Prof. G. Matt

Title: "Fast aperiodic variability of stellar-mass black holes in Xray bi-

naries"

11 May 2001

Laurea (M.Sc. equivalent) in Physics (marks: 110/110) at the University

of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Supervisors: Prof. A. Cavaliere, E. Costa

Title: "Study of the spectral variability of microquasar GRS 1915+105

with the satellite BeppoSAX"

Employment:t:

Jun 2009 -

Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Southampton (UK)

Jan 2009 - Feb 2009

Visiting Scientist at ESO, Santiago (Chile)

Jan 2006 - May 2009

Post-doc at the Astronomical Institute, UvA, Amsterdam (NL)

Apr 2006 - Mar 2007

NWO Rubicon Fellow at the API/UvA, Amsterdam (NL)

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

Post-doc at the OAB/INAF, Milan (IT)

Jul 2004 - Dec 2004

Research Fellow at the OAB/INAF, Milan (IT)

Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

PhD Student at the University of Rome

Nov 2001 - Apr 2002

Visiting Student at the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Cambridge (US)

1992 - 2001

Studies in Physics at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (IT)

Grants and Awards:

Awards:

2009 - 2011

Marie Curie Fellowship

Jan 2009 - Feb 2009

ESO Visiting Scientist support & travel grants

2006 - 2007

NWO Rubicon Fellowship

2006 - 2008

Several Dutch national traveling LKBF grants

1 Jul 2006

Young Researcher Grant from COSPAR

May 2002 - Apr 2003

National Scholarship Award from the Italian Research National Council

at the IASF/CNR, Rome

Research Interests:

Physics of accretion

Disk-jet connection

Multi-wavelength variability

Black-Hole X-ray Binaries

Neutron Star Low-Mass X-ray Binaries

Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars

Ultraluminous X-ray Sources

Languages:

Italian (mother tongue), English (professional), French (scholastic), Dutch (basics)

References:

Prof. Luigi Stella, stella@mporzio.astro.it

Tel: +39-06-94286436

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma

Via Frascati, 33 - 00040 Monteporzio Catone (Roma) - Italy

Prof. Michiel van der Klis, m.b.m.vanderklis@uva.nl

Sterrenkunde Instituut "A. Panekoek", Universiteit van Amsterdam

Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dr. Tom Maccarone, tjm@phys.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +31 (0)205257498

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton

Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)238059 7548

Dr. Tomaso Belloni, tomaso.belloni@brera.inaf.it

Tel: +39-039-597-1026

INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera

Via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy

Services to the community:

Referee for The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Referee for The Astrophysical Journal

Referee for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Referee for Astronomy & Astrophysics

NASA Peer Review panelist for SWIFT

Member of the Promotiecommissie (PhD Committee) at the University of Amsterdam, PhD candi-

date Paolo Soleri (thesis: "Observations of jets and disks in X-ray binaries"). Thesis discussed on

May 11th 2010

Member of the International Working Team (15 members) on "Strong gravitational field and ultra-

dense matter in neutron stars", meeting to be held at the ISSI in Berne, 18-22 January 2010

Member of Scientific and Local Organizing Committee of the Workshop "A Decade of Accreting

Millisecond Pulsars", Amsterdam, 2008

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the VI Microquasar Workshop, Como, 2006

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the Third Italian National Congress on Compatc

Objects, M. P. Catone, 2003

Books and Reviews:

Co-Editor of the book "Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: from Birth to Coales-

cence", edited by M. Colpi, P. Casella, V. Gorini, U. Moschella, A. Possenti, Astrophysics and

Space Science Library, Vol. 359. Berlin: Springer, 2009

Invited talks, Seminars and Lectures:

Invited Lecturer on "Multiwavelength variability in X-ray binaries: methods and Physics" at the

Variability Workshop to be held in Southampton, May 2010

Colloquium "Multiwavelength variability from jets, a new powerful tool" at the University of

Southampton (UK), November 2009

Highlighted talk "Multi-wavelength variability in X-ray binaries" at the Italian National Conference

on Astrophysics of Compact Objects, Cagliari (Italy), September 2009

Lunch talk "Multiwavelength variability in X-ray binaries, a new powerful tool" at ESO Santiago

(Chile), February 2009

Colloquium "Discovery of two intermittent millisecond X-ray pulsars" at ESO Santiago (Chile),

February 2009

Invited talk "Low-frequency QPOs in X-ray binaries: a key tool" at the Microquasar Workshop,

Agios Nikolaos (Crete), June 2007

Solicited talk "Low-frequency QPOs in X-ray binaries: fundamental physics at work" at the CO-

SPAR meeting, Beijing (China), July 2006

Lecture "Periodicita’ nel caos attorno ai Buchi Neri" at the University of Cagliari (Italy), June 2005

Colloquium seminar "Low-frequency QPOs in X-ray Binaries: fundamental Physics at work'' at

SRON, Utrecht (The Netherlands), August 2005

Lecture "QPO a bassa frequenza in Binarie X: fisica fondamentale in azione'' at the University of

Milano Bicocca (Italy), December 2005

Technical & Observational Experience

Observing experience:

✓List of

approved

observing proposals:

PRINCIPAL Investigator

XMM (X-rays)

(DDT)

"Multiwavelength fast timing of black hole X-ray binary Cyg X-1"

SPITZER (infrared)

"Rapid variability of jets in X-ray binaries: a new tool"

WSRT (radio)

"Radio timing analysis of black hole X-ray binary Cyg X-1"

RXTE (X-rays)

(included in Core Program

after original approval)

"Coordinated fast X-ray, optical and infrared variability of low-mass X-

ray binaries: ToO observations of black-hole transients during spectral

transitions"

RXTE (X-rays)

"Coordinated fast multiwavelength variability of neutron-star Low-

Mass X-ray Binaries"

SWIFT (X-rays)

"State transitions of black-hole transients during outburst"

VLT/ISAAC (infrared)

(DDT)

"Solving the puzzle of the jet contribution to the infrared/optical emis-

sion of Galactic black holes."

VLT/ISAAC (infrared)

(DDT)

"Fast infrared variability from a black hole: measuring the speed, size

and geometry of a relativistic jet"

VLT/ISAAC (infrared) "Infrared polarization and rapid time variability in transient X-ray bi-

nary systems harboring black-hole candidates"

VLT/ISAAC (infrared) "Coordinated fast X-ray and infrared variability of low-mass X-ray bi-

naries: testing the jet power of neutron stars"

VLT/ISAAC (infrared)

ULTRACAM (optical)

"Flaring and Flickering in low accretion rate X-ray binaries"

REM (infrared)

(approved multiple times)

"A multiwavelength view of the evolving jet in black hole transients"

CO-Investigator

Science case submitted to ESO in reply to the call for European ELT Design Reference Science Plan,

"Probing jet formation near the event horizons of black holes" using fast photometers. (PI: D. Russell)

Internal ESO proposal to the Paranal director, for the implementation of a High Time Resolution

Observing Mode on the VLT instrument HAWK-I (PI: V. Ivanov)

Participation to several multi-wavelength (X/EUV/Optical/Infrared/Radio/Gamma) observational

campaigns of X-ray binaries with ground- and space-based telescopes

Observing proposals of X-ray binaries with the optical telescope WHT

Observing proposals of X-ray binaries with SAX, RXTE, Integral, Chandra, XMM and Swift

Observing proposals of X-ray binaries with VLT (IR fast photometry and polarization)

DDT proposals for X-ray binaries with VLT (IR fast photometry and polarization)

Observing proposal of Active Galactic Nuclei with Chandra

✓Optical observations: Observations of the open cluster NGC 6649, and evaluation of the cluster age,

using the Cassegrain 42 cm telescope, at the Rome Astronomical Observatory, as part of the course

"Laboratory of Physics II" (tutor: Dr. G. Natali).

Data Analysis:

Timing analysis: Several timing techniques and softwares, for both aperiodic and periodic variability.

Spectral analysis: X-ray spectral analysis. Theoretical modeling of jet broad-band spectral emission.

Data Reduction:

X-ray analysis: Data from the X-ray satellites RXTE, Swift, XMM, Chandra, and BeppoSAX.

IR analysis: Data from the ISAAC (VLT) and REMIR (REM) instruments.

UV analysis: Data from the UV satellite FUSE

Software:

Programming languages: FORTRAN, IDL, Smongo, Matlab

Data Reduction and Analysis Packages: Use of standard analysis software tools (Ftools,

Xspec, Xronos, Saxdas, XAS, CIAO, etc..)

Operative Systems: Very good knowledge of Linux, Unix, Windows and Mac OS X.

Ongoing collaborations:

Γ-ray/X-ray/optical/IR/radio coordinated fast variability of BHs and NSs (UK/IT/ESO/NL/D/USA)

Theoretical modeling of timing and spectral properties of jets in XBs (UK/US/NL)

Multiwavelength monitoring of BHs (UK/IT/NL/USA)

Optical/IR polarimetry of BHs and NSs (NL/UK/ESO/D/USA)

Archival searches for Millisecond X-ray Pulsars (NL/UK)

Variability of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources (UK/IT)

Phase-resolved spectroscopy of Millisecond X-ray Pulsars (NL/UK)

"Black Hole Universe" Marie Curie ITN 2008-215212 (D/UK/IT/NL/F/TR)

Teaching / Tutoring activity:

2008, University of Amsterdam: co-tutoring (with Prof. M. van der Klis) of three undergraduate

students (G. ten Broeke, B. van Dam, J. Paijmans) of the University of Amsterdam for a bachelor

project. The students chose the project among those proposed to them by myself and several other

staff members of the Astronomical Institute. During the project, the students studied the Physics of

accretion under my direct supervision, with the focused task of searching and calculating possible

characteristic timescales of an accretion disc.

2010, University of Southampton: co-tutoring (with Dr. T. J. Maccarone) of an undergraduate stu-

dent (E. K. Panagoulie) of the University of Southampton for a 3rd year Summer Project. The stu-

dent chose the project among those proposed to her by myself and several other staff members of

the Astronomical Institute. During the project, the student learnt and applied standard timing tech-

niques, analyzing high-time resolution data from the NASA X-ray satellite RXTE. She studied

characteristic timing features (quasi-periodic oscillations) in the X-ray light curves of X-ray bina-

ries, and carried out a comprehensive analysis, learning both technical and strategical approaches.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

- as 1st author -

Casella P., Maccarone T., O’Brien K., Fender R., Russell D., van der Klis M., Pe’er A., Maitra D.,

Altamirano D., Belloni T., Kanbach G., Klein-Wolt M., Mason E., Soleri P., Stefanescu A., Wier-

sema K., & Wijnands R., 2010, MNRAS Letters, 404, 21

Fast infrared variability from a relativistic jet in GX 339-4

Casella P., Pe’er A., 2009, ApJ Letters, 703, 63

On the role of the magnetic field on jet emission in X-ray binaries

Casella P., Ponti G., Patruno A., Belloni T., Miniutti G., & Zampieri L., 2008b, MNRAS, 387,1707

Weighing the black holes in ultraluminous X-ray sources through timing

Casella P., Altamirano D., Patruno A., Wijnands R., & v. d. Klis M., 2008a, ApJ Letters, 674, L41

Discovery of coherent millisecond X-ray pulsations in Aql X-1

Casella P., Belloni T., & Stella L., 2006, A&A, 446, 579

A continuous Flaring- to Normal-branch transition in Sco X-1

Casella P., Belloni T., Stella L., 2005, ApJ, 629, 403

The ABC of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in Black-Hole Candidates: analogies with Z-

sources

Casella P., Belloni T., Homan J., & Stella L., 2005, AdSpR, 38, 1346

The timing history of the microquasar XTE J1859+226

Casella P., Belloni T., Homan J., & Stella L., 2004, A&A, 426, 587

A study of the low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in the X-ray light curves of the black hole

candidate XTE J1859+226

- as co-author -

9)The kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations during the Z and atoll phases of the unique transient XTE

J1701-4 62

Sanna A., Méndez M., Altamirano D., Homan J., Casella P., Belloni T., Lin D., van der Klis M.,

Wijnands R., 2010, MNRAS, tmp1142, in press (arXiv:1005.3217)

10)Rapid optical and X-ray timing observations of GX339-4: multicomponent optical variability in

the low/hard state

Gandhi P., Dhillon V. S., Durant M., Fabian A. C., Kubota A., Makishima K., Malzac J., Marsh T.

R., Miller J. M., Shahbaz T., Spruit H. C., Casella P., 2010, MNRAS, tmp1137, in press

(arXiv:1005.4685)

11)Parsec-scale Bipolar X-ray Shocks Produced by Powerful Jets from the Neutron Star Circinus X-1

Sell P. H., Heinz S., Calvelo D. E., Tudose V., Soleri P., Fender R. P., Jonker P. G., Schulz N. S.,

Brandt W. N., Nowak M. A., Wijnands R., van der Klis M., Casella P., 2010, ApJ, 719, 194

12)The Return of the Bursts: Thermonuclear Flashes from Circinus X-1

Linares M., Watts A., Altamirano D., Soleri P., Degenaar N., Yang Y., Wijnands R., Casella P.,

Homan J., Chakrabarty D., Rea N., Armas-Padilla M., Cavecchi Y., Kalamkar M., Kaur R., Patruno

A., van der Klis M., 2010, ApJ, 719, 84

13)XTE J1701–462 and Its Implications for the Nature of Subclasses in Low-magnetic-field Neutron

Star Low-mass X-ray Binaries

Homan J., van der Klis M., Fridriksson J. K., Remillard R. A., Wijnands R., Méndez M., Lin D.,

Altamirano D., Casella P., Belloni T. M., Lewin W. H. G., 2010, ApJ, 719, 201

14)Black hole candidate XTE J1752-223: Swift observations of canonical states during outburst

Curran P. A., Maccarone T. J., Casella P., Evans P. A., Landsman W., Krimm H. A., Brocksopp C.,

Still M., 2010, MNRAS, in press (arXiv:1007.5430)

15)Timing of the first eclipsing accretion-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar

Altamirano D., Cavecchi Y., Patruno A., Watts A., Linares M., Degenaar N., Kalamkar M., van der

Klis M., Rea N., Casella P., Armas Padilla M., Kaur R., Yang Y. J., Soleri P., Wijnands R., 2010,

ApJL, submitted (arXiv:1005.3527)

16)A strong and broad iron line in the XMM-Newton spectrum of the new X-ray transient and black-

hole candidate XTE J1652-453

Hiemstra B., Mendez M., Done C., Diaz Trigo M., Altamirano D., Casella P., 2010, MNRAS,

submitted (arXiv:1004.4442)

17)Investigating the disc-jet coupling in accreting compact objects using the black hole candidate

Swift J1753.5-0127

Soleri P., Fender R., Tudose V., Maitra, D., Bell, M., Linares, M., Altamirano, D., Wijnands, R.,

Belloni, T., Casella, P., Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Muxlow, T., Klein-Wolt, M., Garrett, M., van der

Klis, M., 2010, MNRAS, 406, 1471

18)A Model for Emission from Jets in X-ray Binaries: Consequences of a Single Acceleration Episode

Pe’er A., Casella P., 2009, ApJ, 699, 1919

19)Discovery of burst oscillations near the spin frequency in the intermittent accreting millisecond

pulsar HETE J1900.1-2455

Watts, A., Altamirano, D., Linares, M., Patruno, A., Casella P., Cavecchi, Y., Degenaar, N., Rea, N.,

Soleri, P., van der Klis, M., Wijnands, , 2009, ApJ, 698. 174

20)A parsec scale X-ray extended structure from the X-ray binary Circinus X-1

Soleri P., Heinz S., Fender R., Wijnands R., Tudose V., Altamirano D., Jonker P., van der Klis M.,

Kuiper L., Kaiser C., Casella P., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1

21)Broad-band X-ray spectral evolution of GX 339–4 during a state transition

del Santo M., Belloni T., Homan J., Bazzano A., Casella P., Fender R., Gallo E., Gehrels N., Lewin

W. H. G., Méndez M., van der Klis M. et al., 2009, MNRAS, 392, 992

22)Phase-coherent timing of the accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1748.9-2021

Patruno A., Altamirano D., Hessels J., Casella P., Wijnands R., van der Klis M., 2009 ApJ,690,

1856

23)

Intermittent millisecond X-ray pulsations from the neutron-star X-ray transient SAX J1748.9-2021

in the globular cluster NGC 6440

Altamirano D., Casella P., Patruno A., Wijnands R., & v. d. Klis M., 2008, ApJL, 674, L45

24)

A transient low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation from the black hole binary GRS 1915+105

Soleri P., Belloni T., Casella P., 2008, MNRAS, 383, 1089

25)

RXTE observations of the first transient Z source XTE J1701-462: shedding new light on mass

accretion in luminous neutron star LMXBs

Homan J., van der Klis M., Wijnands R., Belloni T., Fender R., Klein-Wolt M., Casella P., Mendez

M., Gallo E., Lewin W. H. G., Gehrels N., 2006, ApJ, 656, 420

26)

High-frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations from GRS 1915+105 in its C state

Belloni T., Soleri P., Casella P., Mendez M., Migliari S., 2006, MNRAS, 369, 305

27)

INTEGRAL/RXTE high-energy observation of a state transition of GX 339-4

Belloni T., Parolin I., Del Santo M., Homan J., Casella P., Fender R. P., Lewin W. H. G., Méndez

M., Miller J. M., van der Klis M., 2006, MNRAS, 367, 1113

28)

A variable Quasi-Periodic Ocillation in M82 X-1. Timing and spectral analysis of XMM-Newton

and RossiXTE observations

Mucciarelli P., Casella P., Belloni T., Zampieri L., & Ranalli P., 2006, MNRAS, 365, 1123

29)

Discovery of rapid X-ray oscillations in the tail of the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare

Israel G.L., Belloni T., Stella L., Rephaeli Y., Gruber D. E., Casella P., Dall'Osso S., Rea N., Persic

M., Rothschild R. E., 2005, ApJL, 628, L53

30)

The evolution of timing properties of GX 339-4 during its 2002/2003 outburst

Belloni T., Homan J., Casella P., van der Klis M., Nespoli E., Lewin W. H. G., Miller J. M., Men-

dez M., 2005, A&A, 440, 207

31)

A transient high coherence oscillation in 4U 1820-30

Belloni T., Parolin I., Casella P., 2004, A&A, 423, 969

32)

The irregular ρ mode of GRS 1915+105 observed with BeppoSAX

Massaro E, Litterio M., Cusumano G., Mineo T., Casella P., Feroci M., 2004, NuPhS, 132, 408

33)

The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic picture of the Missing Baryons in the Local Group

Nicastro F., Zezas A., Elvis M., Mathur S., Fiore F., Cecchi-Pestellini C., Burke D., Drake J.,

Casella P., 2003, Nature, 421, 719

34)

Study of the Largest Multiwavelength Campaign of the Microquasar GRS 1915+105

Ueda Y., et al., 2002, ApJ, 571, 918

35)The 2000 April multiwavelength campaign of GRS 1915+105

Ueda Y., et al., 2001, ApSSS, 276, 25

36)BeppoSAX observations of GRS 1915+105

Feroci M., Casella P., et al., 2001, ApSSS, 276, 15

PROCEEDINGS

Fast multiwavelength variability from jets in X-ray binaries

Casella P., Maccarone T. J., O’Brien K., 2010, HTRA IV, to appear

Intermittent accreting millisecond pulsars: light houses with broken lamps?

Altamirano D, Casella P., 2008, AIPC, 1068, 63

Multiwavelength Observations of the Black Hole Candidate Swift J1753.5-0127

Soleri P., et al., 2008, AIPC, 1010, 103

Timing analysis of 10-day long BeppoSAX observation of GRS 1915+105 in its ρ class

Massaro E., et al. 2008, mqw, confE, 96

X-ray jets from the X-ray binary Cir X-1

Soleri P., et al., 2008, mqw, confE, 48

Ultraluminous X-ray sources: X-ray timing and new optical observations

Zampieri L. et al., 2006, AIPC, 861, 799

Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in Nearby Galaxies: Clues on their Nature from X-ray Timing and

New Optical Data

Zampieri L., et al., 2006, ESASP, 604, 189

Fast aperiodic variability in the black hole binary GRS 1915+105: the timing signature of relativis-

tic ejection events

Soleri P., Belloni T., Casella P., 2006, smqw, confE, 43

Time and spectral changes of GRS 1915+105 in the ρ class

Ventura G., et al., 2005, AIPC, 797, 635

Transient QPOs in the microquasar XTE J1859+226

Casella P., et al., 2005, AIPC, 797, 225

Study of the largest multiwavelength campaign of the microquasar GRS 1915+105

Ueda Y., et al., 2003, nvm, conf, 301

Wide-band X-ray variability of GRS 1915+105 observed with BeppoSAX

Casella P., et al., 2001, AIPC, 587, 91

Wide-band X-ray spectroscopy of GRS 1915+105

Casella P., et al., 2001, ESASP, 459, 403

Conference Participation

Black Hole Variability 2010: expanding our frontiers, Southampton, 2010

High Time Resolution Astrophysics IV - The Era of Extremely Large Telescopes, Agios Nikolaos,

Crete, 2010

High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society, Hawaii, 2010

(poster)

VI Italian National Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects, Cagliari, 2009 (talk)

8th Microquasar Workshop, Foca, Turkey, September 2008

COSPAR General Assembly, Montreal, 2008 (2 talks)

V Italian National Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects, S.Vito lo Capo, 2007 (talk)

7th Microquasar Workshop, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, 2007 (talk)

6th Microquasar Workshop, Como, Italy, 2006

COSPAR General Assembly, Beijng, 2006 (talk)

IV Italian National Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects, Padova, 2005 (talk)

COSPAR General Assembly, Paris, 2004 (talk)

Workshop on "Interacting Binaries", Cefalu, 2004 (talk)

III Italian, National Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects, M. P. Catone, 2003 (talk)

American Physical Society, April Meeting, Jointly Sponsored with the High Energy Astrophysics

Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society, Albuquerque, 2002 (poster)

II Italian National Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects, Bologna, 2001 (talk)

XLIV Italian National Congress, Societa’Astronomica Italiana, M.P. Catone, 2000 (talk)

Schools Participation

SIGRAV School, VI Edition on "A century from Einstein Relativity: probing gravity theories in

binary systems", Como, Italy, 2005.

NATO-Advanced Study Institute School on "The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars",

Marmaris, Turkey, 2004

Italian National Astrophysics School: VII Cycle, II Course on "Astrophysics of the Interstellar Me-

dium - Pulsars and Collapsed Objects", Cagliari, Italy, 2003

Time-Frequency Analysis Exellence Course by Prof. Leon Cohen (Hunter College of the City Uni-

versity of New York), Torino, Italy, 2003

International School on "Black Holes in the Universe", Cargese, France, 2003

Italian National Astrophysics School: VI Cycle, IV Course on "Cosmology and Relativistic Astro-

physics", Asiago, Italy, 2001

Astronomical Telegrams

#2734 Radio and X-ray monitoring of Cygnus X-1 during the recent state change. Rushton

et al.

#2672 New outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar NGC 6440 X-2 and discov-

ery of a strong 1 Hz modulation in the light-curve. Patruno et al.

#2651 Swift-XRT detects X-ray burst from Circinus X-1. Linares et al.

#2643 RXTE detects X-ray bursts from Circinus X-1. Linares et al.

#2579 SWIFT J1749.4-2807: X-ray decay, refined position and optical observation. Yang

et al.

#2565 Detection of coherent millisecond pulsations at518 Hz in the LMXB Swift

J1749.4-2807 (GRB060602B). Altamirano et al.

#2467 Spectral transition of 4U 1608-522 during the undergoing 2010 outburst. Del Monte

et al.

#2182 Discovery of a205 Hz X-ray pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6440. Altamirano

et al.

#2004 Discovery of burst oscillations near the spin frequency in the intermittent accreting

millisecond pulsar HETE J1900.1-2455. Watts et al.

#1979 Discovery of the shortest recurrence time between thermonuclear X-ray bursts. Li-

nares et al.

#1962 Optical photometry and polarimetry of GX 339-4 during its outburst rise Russell et

al.

#1960 RFO: MOST Observations of GX 339-4. Hunstead et al.

#1954 Renewed activity from GX 399-4. Still et al.

#1748 Radio non-detection of SAX J1808.4-3658. Tudose et al.

#1733 Near-IR and Optical Observations of the Ongoing Outburst of SAX J1808.4-3658.

Maitra et al.

#1178 Following the neutron star transient XTE J1701-462 as it turns into quiescence.

Altamirano et al.

#748 Spectral evolution and kHz QPOs in the transient Z source XTE J1701-462. Homan

et al.

#725 Continuing RXTE observations of XTE J1701-462: a new "Z" in town? Homan et al.

GCN

#10014 GRB 091010: RXTE detection. Watts et al.