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Journal articles

Lawson WA; Crause LA; Mamajek EE; Feigelson ED, 2001, 'The η Chamaeleontis cluster: Photometric study of the ROSAT-detected weak-lined T Tauri stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 321, pp. 57 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.03967.x

Balona LA; Lawson WA, 2001, 'Short period line profile variations in the Be star e Cap', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, pp. 131 - 142

Balona LA; James DJ; Lawson WA; Shobbrook RR, 2001, 'Short period line profile variations in the Be star mu Centauri', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, pp. 1041 - 1053

Lawson WA; Crause LA; Mamajek EE; Feigelson ED, 2001, 'The eta Chamaeleontis Cluster: Photometric Study of the ROSAT-detected Weak-lined T Tauri Stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, pp. 57 - 66

Mamajek EE; Lawson WA; Feigelson ED, 2000, 'The eta Chamaeleontis cluster: Origin in the Sco-Cen OB association', ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 544, pp. 356 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/317181

Mamajek EE; Lawson WA; Feigelson ED, 2000, 'The η chamaeleontis cluster: Origin in the sco-cen ob association', Astrophysical Journal, 544, pp. 356 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/317181

Balona LA; James D; Lawson WA; Shobbrook RR, 2000, 'Co-rotating Photospheric Clouds in μ Centauri', International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 175, pp. 220 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s025292110005586x

Mamajek EE; Lawson WA; Feigelson ED, 1999, 'The η Chamaeleontis cluster: A remarkable new nearby young open cluster', Astrophysical Journal, 516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/312005

Kilkenny D; Lawson WA; Marang F; Van Wyk F; Roberts G, 1999, 'A photometric study of the hydrogen-deficient stars BD+1 degrees 4381 (FQ Aqr) and BD-1 degrees 3438 (NO Ser)', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, pp. 103 - 108

Kilkenny D; Lawson WA; Marang F; Roberts GC; Van Wyk F, 1999, 'A photometric study of the hydrogen-deficient stars BD+1 4381 (FQ Aqr)an BD-1 3438 (NO Ser)', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, pp. 103 - 108

Mamajek EE; Lawson WA; Feigelson ED, 1999, 'A radio survey of older T Tauri stars in the eta Chamaeleontis cluster', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 16, pp. 257 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AS99257

Clayton GC; Ayres TR; Lawson WA; Drilling JS; Woitke P; Asplund M, 1999, 'First observations of an R Coronae Borealis star with the space telescope imaging spectograph', The Astrophysical Journal, pp. 351 - 355

Clayton GC; Ayres TR; Lawson WA; Drilling JS; Woitke P; Asplund M, 1999, 'First observations of an R Coronae Borealis star with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph: RY Sagittarii near maximum light', The Astrophysical Journal, 515, pp. 351 - 355

Lawson WA; De Marco O; Kilkenny D; Van Wyk F; Roberts, G; Jones, A, 1999, 'Long term light curves for [WC] stars', Observatory, 119, pp. 76 - 80

Mamajek EE; Lawson WA; Feigelson ED, 1999, 'The eta Chamaelontis cluster: a remarkable new nearby young open cluster', The Astrophysical Journal, pp. L77 - L80

Clayton GC; Kerber F; Gordon K; Lawson WA; Wolff MJ; Pollacco DL; Furlan E, 1999, 'The ever changing circumstellar nebula around UW Centauri', The Astrophysical Journal, 517, pp. L143 - L146

Lawson WA; Maldoni MM; Clayton GC; Valencic L; Kilkenny D; Van Wyk F; Marang F; Roberts G; Jones AF, 1999, 'The fall and rise of V854 Centauri: long-term ultraviolet spectroscopy of a highly active R Coronae Borealis star', Astronomical Journal, 117, pp. 3007 - 3020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/300897

Cottrell PL; Lawson WA, 1998, 'Hipparcos observations of hydrogen-deficient carbon stars', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 15, pp. 179 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AS98179

Cottrell PL; Lawson WA, 1998, 'Hipparcos Observations of Hydrogen-deficient Carbon Stars', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 15,179-82, pp. 180 - 182

Cottrell PL; Skuljan L; Kilmartin PM; Gilmore C; Lawson WA, 1998, 'R Coronae Borealis Stars: Long-Term Photometric & Spectroscopic Studies', Highlights of Astronomy, 11, pp. 379 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600021298

Alcock C; Allsman RA; Alves DR; Axelrod TS; Becker A; Bennett D; Cook KH; Griest K; Lawson WA; Lehner MJ; Marshall SL; Minniti D; Peterson BA; Pollard KR; Pratt MR; Quinn PJ; Rodgers AW; Tomaney A; Welch D; bennett D; Freeman KC; Sutherland W, 1998, 'The Macho Project LMC Variable Star Inventory. VII. The discovery of RV Tauri stars and New Type II Cepheids in the large Magellanic Cloud', Astronomical Journal, 115, pp. 1921 - 1933

Lawson WA; Kilkenny D, 1998, 'Variability in Intermediate-and high-temperature extreme helium stars', Observatory, 118, pp. 1 - 6

Feigelson ED; Lawson WA, 1997, 'On "a new stellar nursery in the southern cross" [Astron. J., 112, 693 (1996)]', Astronomical Journal, 113, pp. 2130 - 2133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/118424

Feigelson ED; Lawson WA, 1997, 'A new stallar nursery in the southern cross', Astronomical Journal, 113, pp. 2130 - 2133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/118424

Pollard KR; Cottrell PL; Lawson WA; Albrow MD; Tobin W, 1997, 'RV Tauri stars - II. A spectroscopic study', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, pp. 1 - 22

Lawson WA; Cottrell PL, 1997, 'The radial velocity variations of cool hydrogen-deficient carbon stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, pp. 266 - 276

Feigelson ED; Huenemoerder DP; Lawson, W , 1996, 'An improved HR diagram for Chamaeleon I pre-main-sequence stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 280, pp. 1071 - 1088

Balona LA; Bohm T; Foing BH; Ghosh KK; Janot-Pacheo E; Krisciunas K; Lagrange AM; James SG; Baudrand J; Catala C; Dreux M; Felenbok P; Hearnshaw JB; lawson , 1996, 'Line profile variations in y Doradus', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 281, pp. 1315 - 1325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/281.4.1315

FRAME DJ; COTTRELL PL; GILMORE AC; KILMARTIN PM; LAWSON WA, 1995, 'HYDROGEN-DEFICIENT BINARIES - PHOTOMETRY AND ORBITS', MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 276, pp. 383 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/276.2.383

Sood RK; James SD; Lawson WA; Sharma DP; Grey DG; Manchanda RK, 1995, 'The orbital period of the X-ray binary GX 1+4', Advances in Space Research, 16, pp. 131 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0273-1177(95)00061-I

Clayton GC; Whitney BA; Lawson WA, 1995, 'Pulsations and Dust Formation in R Coronae Borealis Stars', International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 155, pp. 433 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100037866

Clayton GC; Lawson WA; Cottrell PL; Whitney BA; Adam Stanford S; De Ruyter F, 1994, 'An ultraviolet and visible spectroscopic study of a pulsational cycle of RY Sagittarii', Astrophysical Journal, 432, pp. 785 - 792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/174616

Pollard KR; Cottrell PL; Lawson WA, 1994, 'An abundance analysis of R Coronae Borealis stars in the galaxy and the LMC', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 268, pp. 544 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/268.2.544

O'Donoghue D; Kilkenny D; Chen A; Stobie RS; Koen C; Warner B; Lawson WA, 1994, 'EC15330-1403 and the AM CVn stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 271, pp. 910 - 918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/271.4.910

Lawson WA; Clark M; Cottrell PL, 1994, 'HD 183133: A new Be interacting binary', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 266, pp. 740 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/266.3.740

Glass IS; Lawson WA; Laney CD, 1994, 'Infrared observations of RCB stars in the LMC', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 270, pp. 347 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/270.2.347

Lawson WA; James SD, 1994, 'The emission-line spectrum of Nova Sgr 1993 in the 35 d after maximum', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 269, pp. L7 - L10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/269.1.l7

Lawson WA; Cottrell PL; Kilkenny D; Gilmore AC; Kilmartin PM; Marang F; Roberts G; Van Wyk F, 1994, 'The variability of the R Coronae Borealis star UX Antliae at maximum light', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 271, pp. 919 - 923, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/271.4.919

Huenemoerder DP; Lawson WA; Feigelson ED, 1994, 'X-ray-selected t Tauri stars in the Chamaeleon I cloud', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 271, pp. 967 - 975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/271.4.967

Fernie JD; Lawson WA, 1993, 'The pulsational nature of R Coronae Borealis: light and radial velocity variations during 1990 and 1991', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 265, pp. 899 - 904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/265.4.899

Lawson WA; Kilkenny D; van Wyk F; Marang F; Pollard K; Ryder SD, 1993, 'Luminosity and radial velocity variations of the six coolest extreme helium stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 265, pp. 351 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/265.2.351

CLAYTON GC; LAWSON WA; WHITNEY BA; POLLACCO DL, 1993, 'HIGH-VELOCITY SPECTRAL FEATURES IN V854 CENTAURI - EVIDENCE FOR DUST FORMATION', MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 264, pp. L13 - L16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/264.1.L13

Pollacco DL; Lawson WA; Clegg RES; Hill PW, 1992, 'A hydrogen-deficient flow in the centre of the planetary nebula a 58', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 257, pp. 33P - 36P, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/257.1.33P

Lawson WA; Cottrell PL; Gilmore AC; Kilmartin PM, 1992, 'Predicting mass-loss events in r coronae borealis stars: Declines of v854 cen', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 256, pp. 339 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/256.2.339

Lawson WA, 1992, 'Spectroscopy of the R Coronae Borealis star v 854 Cen through a decline onset', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 258, pp. 33P - 36P, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/258.1.33P

Lawson WA; Cottrell PL; Clark M, 1991, 'Radial velocity variations of the R Coronae Borealis star RY Sgr', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 251, pp. 687 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/251.4.687

Lawson WA, 1991, 'What is the pulsation period of R Coronae Borealis?', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 253, pp. 625 - 632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/253.4.625

Lawson WA; Cottrell PL; Pollard KR, 1991, 'A photometric and spectroscopic study of R Coronae Borealis stars in the LMC', Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 148, pp. 351 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900200806

Cottrell PL; Lawson WA, 1991, 'Photometric and Spectroscopic Analyses of Cool HdC Stars', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 9, pp. 135 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000025236

Lawson WA; Cottrell PL, 1990, 'A change in the pulsation period of the R Coronae Borealis star RY Sgr', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 242, pp. 259 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/242.2.259


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