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University College Cork: Cork, IE

2021-09-01 to 2023-08-31 | Government of Ireland Post Doctoral Fellow (Department of Physics)
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Mark R Kennedy

University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

2019-01-10 to 2021-08-31 | Post Doctoral Research Associate (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics)
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Mark R Kennedy

University of Manchester: Manchester, Manchester, GB

2017-10-01 to 2019-09-30 | Newton International Fellow (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics)
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Mark R Kennedy

Education and qualifications (2)

University College Cork National University of Ireland: Cork, IE

2013-10-01 to 2017-06-30 | PhD (Physics)
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Mark R Kennedy

University College Cork National University of Ireland: Cork, IE

2009-09-01 to 2013-05-31 | BSc Astrophysics (Physics)
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Mark R Kennedy

Professional activities (2)

The University of Manchester Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics: Manchester, Manchester, GB

2018-09-01 to 2020-12-09 | Member of colloquium organising committee
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Mark R Kennedy

Irish Research Council: Ballsbridge, Dublin, IE

2016-06-25 | Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Award
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Mark R Kennedy

Funding (3)

Invisible Monsters: Searching for the missing galactic black hole population in the next generation of all sky surveys

2021-09 to 2023-09 | Grant
Irish Research Council (Dublin, IE)
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GOIPD/2021/670

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Mark R Kennedy

Exploring the magnetic fields and accretion mechanisms in cataclysmic variables.

2017-10 to 2019-10 | Award
Royal Society (London, GB)
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Mark R Kennedy

Naughton Fellowship

2013-10 to 2017-10 | Award
The Naughton Foundation (Dublin, IE)
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Mark R Kennedy

Works (37)

Hitting a New Low: The Unique 28 hr Cessation of Accretion in the TESS Light Curve of YY Dra (DO Dra)

The Astronomical Journal
2022-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Katherine L. Hill; Colin Littlefield; Peter Garnavich; Simone Scaringi; Paula Szkody; Paul A. Mason; Mark R. Kennedy; Aarran W. Shaw; Ava E. Covington
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Transient two-pole accretion in the polar V496 UMa

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-05-09 | Journal article
Contributors: M R Kennedy; C Littlefield; P M Garnavich
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The peculiar chemical abundance of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 – Li enhancement

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-04-20 | Journal article
Contributors: T Shahbaz; J I González-Hernández; R P Breton; M R Kennedy; D Mata Sánchez; M Linares
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Measuring the mass of the black widow PSR J1555-2908

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-03-31 | Journal article
Contributors: M R Kennedy; R P Breton; C J Clark; D Mata Sánchez; G Voisin; V S Dhillon; J P Halpern; T R Marsh; L Nieder; P S Ray et al.
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Rapid Bursts of Magnetically Gated Accretion in the Intermediate Polar V1025 Cen

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2022-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Littlefield; Jean-Pierre Lasota; Jean-Marie Hameury; Simone Scaringi; Peter Garnavich; Paula Szkody; Mark Kennedy; McKenna Leichty
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Searching for Diamagnetic Blob Accretion in the 74 day K2 Observation of V2400 Ophiuchi

The Astronomical Journal
2022-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrew Langford; Colin Littlefield; Peter Garnavich; Mark R. Kennedy; Simone Scaringi; Paula Szkody
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The return of the spin period in DW Cnc and evidence of new high state outbursts

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021-12-23 | Journal article
Contributors: C Duffy; G Ramsay; D Steeghs; M R Kennedy; R G West; P J Wheatley; V S Dhillon; K Ackley; M J Dyer; D K Galloway et al.
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Optical photometry of two transitional millisecond pulsars in the radio pulsar state

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021-08-31 | Journal article
Contributors: J G Stringer; R P Breton; C J Clark; G Voisin; M R Kennedy; D Mata Sánchez; T Shahbaz; V S Dhillon; M van Kerkwijk; T R Marsh
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Quasi-periodic Oscillations in the TESS Light Curve of TX Col, a Diskless Intermediate Polar on the Precipice of Forming an Accretion Disk

The Astronomical Journal
2021-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Littlefield; Simone Scaringi; Peter Garnavich; Paula Szkody; Mark R. Kennedy; Krystian Iłkiewicz; Paul A. Mason
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Evidence that short-period AM CVn systems are diverse in outburst behaviour

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021-02-27 | Journal article
Contributors: C Duffy; G Ramsay; D Steeghs; V Dhillon; M R Kennedy; D Mata Sánchez; K Ackley; M Dyer; J Lyman; K Ulaczyk et al.
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A model for redistributing heat over the surface of irradiated spider companions

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-10-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Guillaume Voisin; M R Kennedy; R P Breton; C J Clark; D Mata-Sánchez
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Optical spectra of FO Aquarii during low and high accretion rates

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-07-11 | Journal article
Contributors: M R Kennedy; P M Garnavich; C Littlefield; T R Marsh; P Callanan; R P Breton; T Augusteijn; R M Wagner; R P Ashley; M Neric
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The Rise and Fall of the King: The Correlation between FO Aquarii’s Low States and the White Dwarf’s Spin-down

The Astrophysical Journal
2020-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Littlefield; Peter Garnavich; Mark R. Kennedy; Joseph Patterson; Jonathan Kemp; Robert A. Stiller; Franz-Josef Hambsch; Teófilo Arranz Heras; Gordon Myers; Geoffrey Stone et al.
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First measurement of the total gravitational quadrupole moment of a black widow companion

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-05-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Guillaume Voisin; C J Clark; R P Breton; V S Dhillon; M R Kennedy; D Mata-Sánchez
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Optical, X-ray, and γ-ray observations of the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar 4FGL J0427.8-6704

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-05-21 | Journal article
Contributors: M R Kennedy; R P Breton; C J Clark; V S Dhillon; M Kerr; D A H Buckley; S B Potter; D Mata Sánchez; J G Stringer; T R Marsh
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The eclipsing accreting white dwarf Z chameleontis as seen with TESS

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-09-21 | Journal article
Contributors: J M C Court; S Scaringi; S Rappaport; Z Zhan; C Littlefield; N Castro Segura; C Knigge; T Maccarone; M Kennedy; P Szkody et al.
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Fast-cadence TESS Photometry and Doppler Tomography of the Asynchronous Polar CD Ind: A Revised Accretion Geometry from Newly Proposed Spin and Orbital Periods

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-08-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Littlefield; Peter Garnavich; Koji Mukai; Paul A. Mason; Paula Szkody; Mark Kennedy; Gordon Myers; Robert Schwarz
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Driving the Beat: Time-resolved Spectra of the White Dwarf Pulsar AR Scorpii

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-02-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter Garnavich; Colin Littlefield; Stella Kafka; Mark Kennedy; Paul Callanan; Dinshaw S. Balsara; Maxim Lyutikov
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A Phenomenological Model for the Light Curve of Three Quiescent Low-inclination Dwarf Novae and One Pre-cataclysmic Variable

The Astronomical Journal
2018-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhibin 智斌 Dai 戴; Paula Szkody; Mark Kennedy; Jie 杰 Su 苏; N. Indika Medagangoda; Edward L. Robinson; Peter M. Garnavich; L. Malith M. De Silva
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K2 Study of the Magnetic Precataclysmic Variable V1082 Sagittarius

The Astrophysical Journal
2018-08-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Gagik Tovmassian; Paula Szkody; Ricardo Yarza; Mark Kennedy
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A Comprehensive K2 and Ground-Based Study of CRTS J035905.9+175034, an Eclipsing SU UMa System with a Large Mass Ratio

ArXiv e-prints
2018-04 | Working paper
Contributors: Littlefield, Colin; Garnavich, Peter; Kennedy, Mark; Szkody, Paula; Dai, Zhibin
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Kepler K2 observations of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2018-03-24 | Journal article
Contributors: M R Kennedy; C J Clark; G Voisin; R P Breton
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A White Dwarf at the Limit: V838 Herculis 25 Years After Its Nova Outburst

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
2018-01 | Conference abstract
Contributors: Garnavich, Peter; Kennedy, Mark; Littlefield, Colin; Szkody, Paula; Mukadam, Anjum
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MASTER OT J132104.04+560957.8: A Polar with Absorption–Emission Line Reversals

The Astronomical Journal
2018-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Littlefield; Peter Garnavich; Taylor J. Hoyt; Mark Kennedy
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Quiescent photometric modulations of two low-inclination cataclysmic variables KZGem and TWVir

2017-08 | Journal article
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12414288

Contributors: Dai, Zhibin; Szkody, Paula; Taani, Ali; Garnavich, Peter M.; Kennedy, Mark
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Long-term photometric variations in the candidate white-dwarf pulsar AR Scorpii from K2, CRTS, and ASAS-SN observations

2017-07 | Journal article
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12401783

Contributors: Littlefield, Colin; Garnavich, Peter; Kennedy, Mark; Callanan, Paul; Shappee, Benjamin; Holoien, Thomas
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X-ray observations of FO Aqr during the 2016 low state

2017-04 | Journal article
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12016514

Contributors: Kennedy, M. R.; Garnavich, P. M.; Littlefield, C.; Callanan, P.; Mukai, K.; Aadland, E.; Kotze, M. M.; Kotze, E. J.
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XMM-Newton observations of the peculiar cataclysmic variable Lanning 386: X-ray evidence for a magnetic primary

2017-04 | Journal article
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2226248

Contributors: Kennedy, M. R.; Callanan, P.; Garnavich, P. M.; Fausnaugh, M.; Zinn, J. C.
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The Fall and Rise of FO Aquarii - King of the Intermediate Polars

2017-01 | Journal article
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2219659

Contributors: Garnavich, Peter M.; Littlefield, Colin; Kennedy, Mark; Aadland, Erin; Calhoun, Grace V.; Terndrup, Donald M.
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RETURN OF THE KING: TIME-SERIES PHOTOMETRY OF FO AQUARII’S INITIAL RECOVERY FROM ITS UNPRECEDENTED 2016 LOW STATE

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-12-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Littlefield; Peter Garnavich; Mark R. Kennedy; Erin Aadland; Donald M. Terndrup; Grace V. Calhoun; Paul Callanan; Lyu Abe; Philippe Bendjoya; Jean-Pierre Rivet et al.
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THE NEW ECLIPSING CV MASTER OTJ192328.22+612413.5—A POSSIBLE SW SEXTANTIS STAR

The Astronomical Journal
2016-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: M. R. Kennedy; P. Callanan; P. M. Garnavich; P. Szkody; S. Bouanane; B. M. Rose; P. Bendjoya; L. Abe; J. P. Rivet; O. Suarez
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Cataclysmic Variables observed during K2 Campaigns 0 and 1

2016-03 | Journal article
OTHER-ID:

11383172

Contributors: Dai, Zhibin; Szkody, Paula; Garnavich, Peter M.; Kennedy, Mark
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The Evolved Main-Sequence Channel: HST and LBT observations of CSS120422:111127+571239

2015-11 | Journal article
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11229341

Contributors: Kennedy, M.; Garnavich, P. M.; Callanan, P. J.; Szkody, P.; Littlefield, C.; Pogge, R. W.
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Roche lobe underfilling of the secondary star in PSR J102347.6+003841?

2015-08 | Journal article
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11004359

Contributors: McConnell, O.; Callanan, P. J.; Kennedy, M.; Hurley, D.; Garnavich, P.; Menzies, J.
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CSS120422: Diving Below the Period Minimum with HST and LBT Spectra

2015-01 | Journal article
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10691089

Contributors: Kennedy, Mark; Garnavich, Peter M.; Szkody, Paula; Callanan, Paul
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Optical observations of the transiently accreting radio pulsar binary PSR J1023+0038

2014-07 | Journal article
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2083388

Contributors: McConnell, O.; Callanan, P.; Kennedy, M.; Hurley, D.
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Kepler K2 Observations of the Intermediate Polar FO Aquarii

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Contributors: Kennedy, M. R.; Garnavich, P.; Breedt, E.; Marsh, T. R.; Gaensicke, B. T.; Steeghs, D.; Szkody, P.; Dai, Z.
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