Publications

Below is a list of my first author publications. A complete list of all works I've been involved in can be found via NASA/ADS.


2026
Transient narrowband radio bursts from 1E 1547.0-5408
Lower, M. E., Scholz, P., Camilo, F., Palmer, D. M., & 4 other co-authors
Nature Astronomy (submitted)
Magnetar Fast radio bursts Spectropolarimetry
ADS arXiv PDF
2025
The ubiquity of variable radio emission and spin-down rates in pulsars
Lower, M. E., Karastergiou, A., Johnston, S., Brook, P. B., & 7 other co-authors
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 538, 3104
Pulsar population Rotational/emission variations Gaussian processes
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2024
MeerKAT observations of pair-plasma induced birefringence in the double pulsar eclipses
Lower, M. E., Kramer, M., Johnston, S., Breton, R. P., & 9 other co-authors
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 534, 3936
Double pulsar Eclipses Spectropolarimetry
ADS arXiv PDF
2024
Linear to circular conversion in the polarized radio emission of a magnetar
Lower, M. E., Johnston, S., Lyutikov, M., Melrose, D. B., & 12 other co-authors
Nature Astronomy, 8, 606
Magnetar Spectropolarimetry Faraday conversion
ADS arXiv PDF
2024
A Millisecond Pulsar Binary Embedded in a Galactic Center Radio Filament
Lower, M. E., Dai, S., Johnston, S. & Barr, E. D.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 967, L16
Millisecond pulsar Galactic Center Non-thermal filaments
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2024
A MeerKAT view of the double pulsar eclipses: Geodetic precession of pulsar B and system geometry
Lower, M. E., Kramer, M., Shannon, R. M., Breton R. P. & 16 other co-authors.
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, A26
Double pulsar Eclipses Spin-orbit precession Testing general relativity
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2023
Rotational and radio emission properties of PSR J0738-4042 over half a century
Lower, M. E., Johnston, S., Karastergiou, A., Brook, P. B., & 13 other co-authors.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524, 5904
Pulsar Rotational/emission variations Gaussian processes Asteroids
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2023
The 2022 High-energy Outburst and Radio Disappearing Act of the Magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408
Lower, M. E., Younes, G., Scholz, P., Camilo, F., & 18 other co-authors.
The Astrophysical Journal, 261, 34
Magnetar Radio + X-ray Outburst Glitch
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2021
The impact of glitches on young pulsar rotational evolution
Lower, M. E., Johnston, S., Dunn, L., Shannon, R. M., & 9 other co-authors.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508, 3251
Pulsar population Glitches Bayesian inference Long-term braking
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2021
The dynamic magnetosphere of Swift J1818.0-1607
Lower, M. E., Johnston, S., Shannon, R. M., Bailes, M. & Camilo, F.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502, 127
Magnetar Emission geometry Spectropolarimetry
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2020
Spectropolarimetric Properties of Swift J1818.0-1607: A 1.4 s Radio Magnetar
Lower, M. E., Shannon, R. M., Johnston, S. & Bailes, M.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 896, L37
Magnetar Spectropolarimetry High-B pulsars
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2020
The UTMOST pulsar timing programme - II. Timing noise across the pulsar population
Lower, M. E., Bailes, M., Shannon, R. M., Johnston, S., & 14 other co-authors.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494, 228
Pulsar population Glitches Timing noise Hierarchical Bayesian inference
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2018
Measuring eccentricity in binary black hole inspirals with gravitational waves
Lower, M. E., Thrane, E., Lasky, P. D. & Smith, R.
Physical Review D, 98, 083028
Binary black holes Gravitational waves Bayesian inference
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