Katherine Blundell

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• The Precession of SS433's Radio Ruff on Long Timescales
  S. Doolin & K.M. Blundell
  2009, ApJ Letters, 698, 23-26
• Inflow and outflow from the accretion disc of the microquasar SS433: UKIRT spectroscopy
  S. Perez M. & K.M. Blundell
  in press at MNRAS
• The extended X-ray emission around HDF130 at z=1.99: an inverse-Compton ghost of a giant radio source in the Chandra Deep Field North
  A.C. Fabian, S. Chapman, C.M.Casey, F. Bauer & K.M. Blundell
  2009, MNRAS, 395, 67
  
• The complex, variable near-infra-red extinction towards the Nuclear Bulge
  A.J. Gosling, R.M. Bandyopadhyay & K.M. Blundell
  2009, MNRAS, 394, 2247
  
• Opacity effects and shock-in-jet modelling of low-level activity in Cygnus X-3
  J.C.A. Miller-Jones, M.P. Rupen, M. Turler, E.J. Lindfors, K.M. Blundell & G.G. Pooley
  2009, MNRAS, 394, 309
  
• The radio remnant of SN1993J: an instrumental explanation for the evolving complex structure
  I. Heywood, K.M. Blundell, H.R. Klockner & A.J. Beasley
  2009, MNRAS, 392, 855
  
• A novel method for measuring the extragalactic background light: Fermi application to the lobes of Fornax A
  M. Georganopoulos, R. Sambruna, D. Kazanas, A.N. Cillis, C.C. Cheung, E.S. Perlman, K.M. Blundell & D.S. Davis
  2008, ApJ Letters, 686, 5-8
  
• Multiwavelength study of Cygnus A II. X-ray inverse-Compton emission from a relic counterjet and implications for jet duty-cycles
  K.C. Steenbrugge, K.M. Blundell & P. Duffy
  2008, MNRAS, 388, 1465
  
• Multiwavelength study of Cygnus A I. Precession and slow jet speeds from radio observations
  K.C. Steenbrugge & K.M. Blundell
  2008, MNRAS, 388, 1457
  
• The inverse Compton X-ray-emitting lobes of the high-redshift giant radio galaxy 6C0905+39
  M.C. Erlund, A.C. Fabian & K.M. Blundell
  2008, MNRAS, 386, 1774
  
• SS 433: Observation of the Circumbinary Disk and Extraction of the System Mass
  K.M. Blundell, M.G. Bowler & L. Schmidtobreick
  2008, ApJ Letters 678, 47
  
• The Compton-thick quasar at the heart of the high-redshift giant radio galaxy 6C0905+39
  M.C. Erlund, A.C. Fabian, K.M. Blundell & C.S. Crawford
  2008, MNRAS, 385, 125
  
• On the origin of core emission in radio-quiet quasars
  K.M. Blundell & Z. Kuncic
  2007, ApJ Letters, 668, 103
  
• Fluctuations and symmetry in the speed and direction of the jets of SS433 on different timescales
  K.M. Blundell, M.G. Bowler & L. Schmidtobreick
  2007, A&A, 474, 903
  
• The prevalence of FRI quasars
  I. Heywood, K.M. Blundell & S.Rawlings
  2007, MNRAS, 708, 1145
  
• The Distance to SS433/W50 and its Interaction with the ISM
  F.J. Lockman, K.M. Blundell & W.M. Goss
  2007, MNRAS, 381, 881
  
• The luminous X-ray hotspot in 4C74.26: synchrotron or inverse-Compton emission?
  M.C. Erlund, A.C. Fabian, K.M. Blundell, C. Moss & D.R. Ballantyne
  2007, MNRAS, 379, 498
  
• The 6C** sample of steep-spectrum radio sources - II. Redshift distribution and the space density of high-redshift radio galaxies
  M.J. Cruz, M.J. Jarvis, S. Rawlings & K.M. Blundell
  2007, MNRAS, 375, 1349
  
• On the binary nature of SS433
  L. Schmidtobreick & K.M. Blundell
  2006, Astrophysics & Space Science, 304, 271
  
• The 6C** sample of steep-spectrum radio sources - I. Radio data, near-infrared imaging and optical spectroscopy
  M.J. Cruz, M.J. Jarvis, K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, S. Croft, H-R. Klockner, R.J. McLure, C. Simpson, T.A. Targett & C.J. Willott
  2006, MNRAS, 373, 1531
  
• Extended inverse-Compton emission from distant, powerful radio galaxies
  M.C. Erlund, A.C. Fabian, K.M. Blundell, C.S. Crawford & A. Celotti
  2006, MNRAS, 371, 29
  
• Discovery of the Low-Energy Cutoff in a Powerful Giant Radio Galaxy
  K.M. Blundell, A.C. Fabian, C.S. Crawford, M.C. Erlund & A. Celotti
  2006, ApJ Letters, 644, 13
  
• Complex small-scale structure in the infrared extinction toward the Galactic Center
  A.J.G. Gosling, K.M. Blundell & R.M. Bandyopadhyay
  2006, ApJ Letters, 640, 171
  
• Cosmic ray transport and acceleration
  P. Duffy & K.M. Blundell
  2005, Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion, 47, 667
  
• An infrared imaging survey of the faint Chandra sources near the Galactic Centre
  R.M. Bandyopadhyay, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, K.M. Blundell, F.E. Bauer, Ph. Podsiadlowski,
  A.J. Gosling, Q.D. Wang, E. Pfahl & S. Rappaport
  2005, MNRAS, 364, 1195
  
• Radio-loud flares from microquasars and radio-loudness of quasars
  C. Nipoti, K.M. Blundell & J.J. Binney
  2005, MNRAS, 361, 633
  
• Jet Velocity in SS 433: its Anticorrelation with Precession-Cone Angle and Dependence on Orbital Phase
  K.M. Blundell & M.G. Bowler
  2005, ApJ Letters, 622, 129
  
• Rapid variability of the arcsec-scale X-ray jets of SS 433
  S. Migliari, R.P. Fender, K.M. Blundell, M. Mendez & M. van de Klis
  2005, MNRAS, 358, 860
  
• Radio variability of radio-quiet and radio-loud quasars
  R. Barvainis, J. Lehar, M. Birkinshaw, H. Falke & K.M. Blundell
  2005, ApJ, 618, 108
  
• Symmetry in the Changing Jets of SS433 and its True Distance from Us
  K.M. Blundell & M.G. Bowler
  2004, ApJ Letters, 616, 159
  
• Jet Evolution, Flux Ratios, and Light-Travel Time Effects
  J.C.A. Miller-Jones, K.M. Blundell & P. Duffy
  2004, ApJ Letters, 603, 21-24
  
• Time-sequenced Multi-Radio Frequency Observations of Cygnus X-3 in Flare
  J.C.A. Miller-Jones, K.M. Blundell, M.P. Rupen, A.J. Mioduszewski, P. Duffy & A.J. Beasley
  2004, ApJ, 600, 368-389
  
• A Relativistic Jet in the Radio-quiet Quasar PG 1407+263
  K.M. Blundell, A.J. Beasley & G.V. Bicknell
  2003, ApJ Letters, 103-106
  
• Lowering Inferred Cluster Magnetic Field Strengths: The Radio Galaxy Contributions
  L. Rudnick & K.M. Blundell
  2003, ApJ, 588, 143-154
  
• Near-infrared imaging and the K-z relation for radio galaxies in the 7C Redshift Survey
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings, M.J. Jarvis & K.M. Blundell
  2002, MNRAS, 339, 173-188
  
• Optical spectroscopy of radio galaxies in the 7C Redshift Survey
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings, K.M. Blundell, M. Lacy, G.J. Hill & S.E. Scott
  2002, MNRAS, 335, 1120-1132
  
• Radio galaxy evolution: what you can learn from a Brief Encounter
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, C.J. Willott, N.E. Kassim & R. Perley
  invited talk at `Lifecycles of Radio Galaxies' workshop, STScI, July 1999
  2002, New Astronomy Reviews, 46, 75-87
• The properties of the X-ray holes in the intracluster medium of the Perseus cluster
  A.C. Fabian, A. Celotti, K.M. Blundell, N.E. Kassim & R.A. Perley
  2002, MNRAS, 331, 369-375
  
• The optically-powerful quasar E1821+643 is associated with a 300-kpc scale FRI radio structure
  K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  2001, ApJ Letters, 562, 5-8
  Further information and figures for transparencies may be found here
• Images of an equatorial outflow in SS433
  K.M. Blundell, A.J. Mioduszewsku, T.W.B. Muxlow, Ph. Podsiadlowski & M.P. Rupen,
  2001, ApJ Letters, 562, 79-82
• A sample of 6C radio sources designed to find objects at redshift z > 4 - III. Imaging and the radio galaxy K-z relation
  M.J. Jarvis, S. Rawlings, S. Eales, K.M. Blundell, A.J. Bunker, S. Croft, R.J. McLure & C.J. Willott
  2001, MNRAS, 326, 1585
  
• A sample of 6C radio sources designed to find objects at redshift z > 4 - II. Spectrophotometry and emission-line properties
  M.J. Jarvis, S. Rawlings, M. Lacy, K.M. Blundell, A.J. Bunker, S. Eales, R. Saunders, H. Spinrad, D. Stern & C.J. Willott
  2001, MNRAS, 326, 1563
  
• Extremely red galaxy counterparts to 7C radio sources
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings & K.M. Blundell
  2001, MNRAS, 324, 1-17
  
• The radio luminosity function from the low-frequency 3CRR, 6CE and 7CRS complete samples
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings, K.M. Blundell, M. Lacy & S. Eales
  2001, MNRAS, 322, 536-552
  
• A high-resolution radio study of Class I protostars
  P.W. Lucas, K.M. Blundell & P.F. Roche
  2000, MNRAS, 318, 526-534
  
• The quasar fraction in low-frequency-selected complete samples and implications for unified schemes
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings, K.M. Blundell & M. Lacy
  2000, MNRAS, 316, 449-458
  
• The spectra and energies of classical double radio lobes
  K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  2000, AJ, 119, 1111-1122
  
• High-z radio galaxies and the `Youth-Redshift Degeneracy'
  K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  `The Hy-redshift universe: galaxy formation and evolution at high redshift'
  eds A.J. Bunker and W.J.M. van Breugel
  
• Quasars from the 7C Survey - I:sample selection and radio maps
  J.M. Riley, S. Rawlings, R. McMahon, K.M. Blundell, P. Miller, M. Lacy & E.M. Waldram
  1999, MNRAS, 307, 293-314
  
• The emission line - radio correlation for radio sources using the 7C Redshift Survey
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings, K.M. Blundell & M. Lacy
  1999, MNRAS, 309, 1017-1032
  
• The evolution of classical doubles: clues from complete samples
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings & C.J. Willott
  `Perspectives in Radio Astronomy: scientific imperatives at cm and m wavelengths'
  Eds. van Haarlem and van der Hulst
  
• The inevitable youthfulness of known high-redshift radio galaxies
  K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  1999, Nature, 399, 330-332
  
• The Nature and Evolution of Classical Double Radio Sources from Complete Samples
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings & C.J. Willott
  1999, AJ, 117, 677-706
• The radio-luminosity function of radio-loud quasars from the 7C Redshift Survey
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings, K.M. Blundell & M. Lacy
  1998, MNRAS, 300, 625-648
  
• The central engines of radio-quiet quasars
  K.M. Blundell & A.J. Beasley
  1998, MNRAS, 299, 165-170
  
• A radio-jet-galaxy interaction in 3C 441
  M. Lacy, S. Rawlings, K.M. Blundell & S.E. Ridgway
  1998, MNRAS, 298, 966-976
  
• A sample of 6C radio sources designed to find objects at redshift z>4 - I. The radio data
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, S.A. Eales, G.B. Taylor & A.D. Bradley
  1998, MNRAS, 295, 265-279
  
• Evidence for widely separated primary and secondary hotspots in 3C 171
  K.M. Blundell
  1996, MNRAS, 283, 538-542
  
• Evidence for a Black Hole in a Radio-Quiet Quasar Nucleus
  K.M. Blundell, A.J. Beasley, M. Lacy & S.T. Garrington
  1996, Ap J Lett, 468, L91-L94
  
• Spectral index asymmetries in double radio sources and the unified model
  K.M. Blundell
  1996, Vistas in Astronomy, 40, 179-184
  
• A radio galaxy at redshift 4.41
  S. Rawlings, M. Lacy, K.M. Blundell, S.A. Eales, A.J. Bunker & S.T. Garrington
  1996, Nature, 383, 502-505
  
• A multi-radio-frequency study of the radio-quiet quasar E1821+643
  K.M. Blundell & M. Lacy
  1995, MNRAS, 274, L9-L13
  
• Spectral-index asymmetries in radio galaxies: The effects of projection and light traveltime
  K.M. Blundell & P. Alexander
  1992, MNRAS, 267, 241-246
  
• A jet in the nucleus of the giant quasar 4C74.26
  T.J. Pearson, K.M. Blundell, J.M. Riley & P.J. Warner
  1992, MNRAS, 259, 13P-16P
  

Conference contributions

• Radio-loud and radio-quiet quasars: one population, different epochs of observation
  K.M. Blundell
  2008, ASP Conf. : Extragalactic Jets: theory and observation from radio to gamma-ray
  
• Detection of a relic X-ray jet in Cygnus A
  K.C. Steenbrugge, K.M. Blundell & P. Duffy
  2008, Proceedings of High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows
  
• 74 and 330 MHz VLA Survey of Bright Sources from the 3rd Cambridge Catalogue
  Katz DM, Dyer KK, Kassim NE, Perley RA, K.M. Blundell, & Erickson WC
  2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
  
• The Post-Outburst Radio Evolution of Cygnus X-3
  A.J. Mioduszewski, M.P. Rupen, J.C.A. Miller-Jones & K.M. Blundell
  2005, ASP Conf. Ser. 340: Future Directions in High Resolution Astronomy
  
• A refined method for measuring jet speeds
  J.C.A. Miller-Jones, K.M. Blundell & P. Duffy
  2005 AIP Conf. Proc. 797: Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution, and Outcomes
  
• Exploring the Nature of Weak Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre
  R.M. Bandyopadhyay, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, K.M. Blundell, F.E. Bauer, Ph. Podsiadlowski, Q.D. Wang, S. Rappaport, & E. Pfahl
  2005 AIP Conf. Proc. 797: Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution, and Outcomes
  
• Jets and outflows in microquasars
  K.M. Blundell
  2005, ASP Conf. Ser. 330: The Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects
  
• Diffuse Radio Emission and Large Scale Structure
  L. Rudnick, K.M. Delain, S. Rawlings, K. Brand & K.M. Blundell
  2005 American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
  
• The distribution of radio plasma in time and space:
  K.M. Blundell
  2005, Royal Society of London Philosophical Transactions Series A
  
• Rapid variability of the arcsec scale X-ray jets of SS 433: evidence for an underlying faster outflow
  S. Migliari, R. Fender, K.M. Blundell, M. Mendez & M. van der Klis
  2004, AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division
  
• First Infrared Observations of Faint Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre
  R.M. Bandyopadhyay, K.M. Blundell, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, Ph. Podsiadlowski, F.E. Bauer, Q.D. Wang, S. Rappaport, E. Pfahl & W.N. Brandt
  2004, AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division
  
• Exploring the Nature of Weak Chandra Sources near the Galactic Centre
  R.M Bandyopadhyay, K.M. Blundell, Ph. Podsiadlowski, J.C.A Miller-Jones, Q.D. Wang, W.N Brandt, S. Rappaport & E. Pfahl
  2004, Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series
  
• The 6C** Sample and the Highest Redshift Radio Galaxies
  M.J. Cruz, M.J. Jarvis, K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  2004 Multiwavelength AGN Surveys
  
• A Critical Look at Faraday Rotation Measures of Cluster Magnetic Fields
  L. Rudnick & K.M. Blundell
  2004, The Riddle of Cooling Flows in Galaxies and Clusters of galaxies
• The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of radio-source-environment interactions
  K.M. Blundell
  2003 New Astronomy Reviews
• The Mass of Radio Galaxies from Low to High Redshift
  M.J. Jarvis, S. Rawlings, S. Eales, K.M. Blundell & C.J. Willott
  2003, The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift
• The Post-outburst Radio Evolution of Cygnus X-3
  A.J. Mioduszewski, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, K.M. Blundell & M.P. Rupen
  2003, Future Directions in High Resolution Astronomy: A Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the VLBA, edited by JDRomney and MJReid Socorro, N.M: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 2003., p.119
• Mid-IR images of a z ~ 1 quasar from Michelle/UKIRT
  P. Hirst & K.M. Blundell
  2002, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• Lower Cluster Magnetic Field Estimates - The Radio Galaxy Contribution
  L. Rudnick & K.M. Blundell
  2002, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• Radio galaxy evolution: what you can learn from a brief encounter
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, C.J. Willott, N.E. Kassim & R. Perley
  2002, New Astronomy Reviews
• The ruff of equatorial emission around the SS 433 jets: its spectral index and origin
  K.M. Blundell, M.P. Rupen, A.J. Mioduszewski, T.W.B. Muxlow & Ph. Podsiadlowski
  2002, New Views on Microquasars
• Post-outburst radio spectral evolution of Cygnus X-3
  J.C.A. Miller-Jones, K.M. Blundell, M.P. Rupen, A.J. Beasley & A.J. Mioduszewski
  2002, New Views on Microquasars
• What Triggers Radio Galaxies?
  M.J. Cruz & K.M. Blundell
  2002, Lighthouses of the Universe: The Most Luminous Celestial Objects and Their Use for Cosmology Proceedings of the MPA/ESO/, p125
• The Evolution of Classical Double Radio Galaxies
  K.M. Blundell
  2002, LNP Vol589: Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics
• 3C Radio Sources as They've Never Been Seen Before
  K.M. Blundell, N.E. Kassim & R.A. Perley
  2002, IAU Symposium
• Shapes of Synchrotron Spectra from Fanaroff-Riley II sources
  E. Grundstrom, L. Rudnick & K.M. Blundell
  2001, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• The radio galaxy K-z relation to z ~ 4.5
  M.J. Jarvis MJ, S. Rawlings, S. Eales, K.M. Blundell & C.J. Willott
  2001, QSO Hosts and Their Environments
• Extremely red radio galaxies
  C.J. Willott, S. Rawlings & K.M. Blundell
  2001, QSO Hosts and Their Environments
• Spectral ageing: a new age perspective
  K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  2001, ASP ConfSer 250: Particles and Fields in Radio Galaxies Conference
• The spectra and energies of classical double radio lobes
  K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• State-of-the-art multi-epoch radio imaging of SS433
  K.M. Blundell, A. Mioduszewski, T.W.B. Muxlow & M. Rupen
  2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• Classical double radio galaxies: how do they work?
  K.M. Blundell
  2000, Abstracts from a conference held in Granada, 17-20 of September 2000 and hosted by the Instituto de Radioastronomia Millimetrica (URAM), Universidad de Granada and Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA)
• The Evolution of Classical Doubles: Clues from Complete Samples
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings & C.J. Willott
  2000, Perspectives on Radio Astronomy: Science with Large Antenna Arrays, Proceedings of the Conference held at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam on 7-9 April 1999 Edited by MPvan Haarlem Published by ASTRONISBN: 90-805434-1-1, 340 pages, 2000, p.131
• The Central Engines of Radio-Quiet Quasars
  K.M. Blundell
  1999, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• No Evidence for a 'Redshift Cut-Off' for the Most Powerful Classical Double Radio Sources
  M.J. Jarvis, S. Rawlings, C.J. Willott, K.M. Blundell, S. Eales & M. Lacy
  1999, ASP ConfSer193: The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift
• High-z Radio Galaxies and the 'Youth-Redshift Degeneracy'
  K.M. Blundell & S. Rawlings
  1999, ASP ConfSer193: The Hy-Redshift Universe: Galaxy Formation and Evolution at High Redshift
• The 7C Redshift Survey - Understanding Radio-loud Quasars and Radio Galaxies
  Willott CJ, S. Rawlings, & K.M. Blundell
  1999, ASP ConfSer162: Quasars and Cosmology
• VLBA Observations of Superluminal Motion in the Radio-quiet Quasar 1407+263.
  K.M. Blundell & Beasley AJ
  1998, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• Gravitational Lensing Nature's Own Weighting Scales
  Abdelsalam H, K.M. Blundell, Miller J & Saha P
  1998, New Astronomy Review
• The Evolution of Radio SòURCES from Complete Samples
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, Willott CJ & Lacy M
  1998, ASSL Vol226: Observational Cosmology with the New Radio Surveys
• Spectral index asymmetries in double radio sources and the unified model
  K.M. Blundell
  1996, Vistas in Astronomy
• New Results from Complete Samples of Faint Radio Galaxies and Quasars
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, Eales SA & Lacy M
  1996, IAU Symp 175: Extragalactic Radio Sources
• A Multi-radio-frequency Study of a RQQ
  K.M. Blundell & Lacy M
  1996, IAU Symp175: Extragalactic Radio Sources
• New Results From Complete Samples of Faint Radio Galaxies and Quasars
  K.M. Blundell, S. Rawlings, Eales SA & Lacy M
  1995, Technical Report, International Astronomical Union Extragalactic Radio Sources
• Spectral Index Asymmetries in Double Radio Sources and the Unified Model
  K.M. Blundell
  1995, Oxford Torus Workshop
• The giant radio quassar 4C74.26: pc to Mpc scale structure
  K.M. Blundell, P.J. Warner, J.M. Riley, Pearson TJ & Alexander P
  1993, Sub-arcsecond Radio Astronomy.
• Structural Evolution of High-Redshift Radio Quasars
  K.M. Blundell, Alexander P, McMahon R, Miller P, S. Rawlings, Pooley G, & Saunders R
  1992, Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei.