Publications
   

Papers :
These include only published papers but not those poster papers and talks given at various workshops and conferences that were not published. It does not include other writings such as reviews of books and web sites. (Author ADS Link)

Astronomy Outreach in the Remote Mid West Region of Western Australia
Argo, M.; Hollow, R.; in Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal, Volume 13, p.16 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013CAPJ...13...16A

EMU: Evolutionary Map of the Universe
Norris, Ray P.; Hopkins, A. M.; Afonso, J.; Brown, S.; Condon, J. J.; Dunne, L.; Feain, I.; Hollow, R.; Jarvis, M.; Johnston-Hollitt, M.; Lenc, E.; Middelberg, E.; Padovani, P.; Prandoni, I.; Rudnick, L.; Seymour, N.; Umana, G.; Andernach, H.; Alexander, D. M.; Appleton, P. N.; Bacon, D.; Banfield, J.; Becker, W.; Brown, M. J. I.; Ciliegi, P.; Jackson, C.; Eales, S.; Edge, A. C.; Gaensler, B. M.; Giovannini, G.; Hales, C. A.; Hancock, P.; Huynh, M. T.; Ibar, E.; Ivison, R. J.; Kennicutt, R.; Kimball, Amy E.; Koekemoer, A. M.; Koribalski, B. S.; López-Sánchez, Á. R.; Mao, M. Y.; Murphy, T.; Messias, H.; Pimbblet, K. A.; Raccanelli, A.; Randall, K. E.; Reiprich, T. H.; Roseboom, I. G.; Röttgering, H.; Saikia, D. J.; Sharp, R. G.; Slee, O. B.; Smail, Ian; Thompson, M. A.; Urquhart, J. S.; Wall, J. V.; Zhao, G.-B.; in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 215-248. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011PASA...28..215N

K 1-6: An Asymmetric Planetary Nebula with a Binary Central Star
Frew, David J.; Stanger, Jeff; Fitzgerald, Michael; Parker, Quentin; Danaia, Lena; McKinnon, David; Guerrero, Martín A.; Hedberg, John; Hollow, Robert; An, Yvonne; Bor, Shu Han; Colman, Isabel; Graham-White, Claire; Li, Qing Wen; Mai, Juliette; Papadakis, Katerina; Picone-Murray, Julia; Hoang, Melanie Vo; Yean, Vivian; in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Volume 28, Issue 1, pp. 83-94. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011PASA...28...83F

Building Educational Programs for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
Hollow, R.; Hobbs, G.; in Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future , ASP Conference Series, Vol. 431, proceedings of the conference held 12 - 16 September, 2009, in Millbrae, California, USA. Edited by Jonathan Barnes, Denise A. Smith, Michael G. Gibbs, and James G. Manning. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2010, p.270.

The PULSE@Parkes Project: a New Observing Technique for Long-Term Pulsar Monitoring
G. Hobbs, R. Hollow, D. Champion, J. Khoo, D. Yardley, M. Carr, M. Keith, F. Jenet, S. Amy, M. Burgay, S. Burke-Spolaor, J. Chapman, L. Danaia, B. Homewood, A. Kovacevic, M. Mao, D. McKinnon, M. Mulcahy, S. Oslowski, W. van Straten Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Vol. 26 No. 4 Pages 468 - 475, Published 4 November 2009. astro-ph link

PULSE@Parkes: Pulsar Observing for High School Students
Hollow, R.; Hobbs, G.; Champion, D. J.; Amy, S.; Khoo, J.; Chapman, J.; Mulcahy, M.; Alem, L.; Krumm-Heller, A.; McKinnon, D.; Danaia, L.; Jenet, F.; Carr, M., in Preparing for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy: A Hands-On Symposium , ASP Conference Series, Vol. 400, proceedings of the conference held 1-5 June, 2008, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in Conjunction with the 212th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Edited by Michael G. Gibbs, Jonathan Barnes, James G. Manning, and Bruce Partridge. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.190. (ADS Link).

Concepts for The Cosmic Engine
Robert Hollow, in 12th Science Teachers' Workshop, Reignite your Excitement for Physics , Science Foundation for Physics and School of Physics, Sydney University, 2006. (Available online at: http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/foundation/Outreach/STW/proceedings/hollow1.pdf)

Spectroscopy: Unlocking the Secrets of Starlight
Robert Hollow, in 12th Science Teachers' Workshop, Reignite your Excitement for Physics , Science Foundation for Physics and School of Physics, Sydney University, 2006. (Available online at: http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/foundation/Outreach/STW/proceedings/hollow2.pdf)

Ideas for Astrophysics: Techniques for Enhancing Conceptual Understanding
Robert Hollow, in 11th Science Teachers' Workshop, The New Physics HSC: Further Up the Learning Curve , Science Foundation for Physics and School of Physics, Sydney University, 2004. (Available online at: http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/phys/stw2004/hollow.pdf )

Engaging Gifted Science Students through Astronomy
Robert Hollow, 2003 (invited paper presented at Special Session 4 on Effective Teaching and Learning of Astronomy, IAU General Assembly in 2003). This is now in the book Teaching and Learning Astronomy: Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide, Ed by Jay M. Pasachoff and John R. Percy, CUP, 2005 (ISBN-13 978-0-521-84262-4) that was based on the session.

The Cosmology Distinction Course for gifted students in NSW
Robert Hollow, D. McKinnon, C. Gibbs, R. Holmes and B. McAdam, 2003 (poster paper presented at the IAU General Assembly in 2003, currently in preparation for printing in CUP book on Special Session 4, Astronomy Education, at the GA).

Why Build Big Telescopes?: Ideas for Teaching Resolution, Sensitivity and Modern Telescope Design in the Astrophysics Option
Robert Hollow, in The New Physics HSC Syllabus: One Year On, Science Foundation for Physics and School of Physics, Sydney University, 2002. (Available online at: http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/phys/stw2002/hollow.pdf )

The student as scientist: Secondary student research projects in astronomy
R. P. Hollow, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Vol 17, No 2, August 2000. (Available online at: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pasa/17_2/hollow/ )

Computer-based Laboratory Activities for the Astrophysics Option
Robert Hollow, in The New Physics HSC Syllabus, Science Foundation for Physics and School of Physics, Sydney University, 2000.

The Internet as a Tool for Student Research and Communication - Australian Perspectives
R. P. Hollow, D. H. McKinnon, G. L. White in Astronomical Education with the Internet, Universal Academy Press Inc, Japan 1998, Ed M. Okyudo et al .

The Nepean Astronomy Centre and its Educational Programs
Graeme L. White, R.P. Hollow et al , in Astronomy Education: Current Developments, Future Coordination, ASP Conference Series Vol 89, Ed John R. Percy.

The Cosmology Distinction Course in New South Wales , Australia
Robert Hollow and Graeme L. White, in Astronomy Education: Current Developments, Future Coordination, ASP Conference Series Vol 89, Ed John R. Percy.

The Cosmology Distinction Course for gifted students
R. Hollow, Physics Education, Vol 30, No 3, May 1995.

The Cosmology Distinction Course in NSW
R.P. Hollow, et al , Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Vol 11, No 1, April 1994.

Textbooks:

Success One HSC Physics
2003, Aaron Butler Publishing/Science Teachers Association of NSW. (I wrote sample answers for the Astrophysics option of the 2001 and 2002 NSW Physics HSC plus the questions, answers and marking guidelines for the Astrophysics section of the STANSW Trial HSCs and some of the original questions and answers for the Astrophysics section of the book).

History of Ideas in Physics: Gravitation and Atomic Structure
Hollow and Morgan, Jacaranda Press, 1990. (I wrote the section on Gravitation). This book is no longer available as it was written for the previous NSW HSC Physics course.

 

   
 
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