Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath RESEARCH REPORT 2004 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Contents research report 2004 School of Celtic Studies 1 Research Work . 10 1 .1 Taighde/Research . 10 1 .2 Meamram Páipéar Ríomhaire/Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) . 12 1 .3 Tionscnamh Bibleagrafaíochta/Bibliography project . 12 1 .4 Eagarthóireacht/Editing . 12 1 .5 Foilsitheoireacht/Publishing . 13 1 .6 Díolachán leabhar/Sale of books . 13 1 .7 Foilseacháin/Publications . 14 1 .8 Leabharlann/Library . 15 1 .9 Imeachtaí/Events . 15 1 .10 Léachtaí (foireann agus scoláirí)/Lectures (staff and scholars) . 16 1 .11 Cúrsaí in ollscoileanna Éireannacha/Courses in Irish universities . 17 1 .12 Scrúdaitheoireacht sheachtrach, etc ./External examining etc . 18 1 .13 Na meáin chumarsáide agus aithne phoiblí/Media and public awareness . 18 1 .14 Coistí seachtracha/Outside committees . 19 1 .15 Cuairteoirí agus Comhaltaí/Visitors and Associates . 19 School of Cosmic Physics – Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 Research Work . 22 1 .1 Astronomy . 22 1 .1 .1 Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows . 22 1 .1 .2 High-resolution spectroscopy of circumstellar matter surrounding Gamma Ray Bursts . 22 1 .1 .3 Nuclear activity in the Hubble Deep Fields . 23 1 .1 .4 Infrared Space Observatory observations of Wolf-Rayet and Starburst galaxies . 23 1 1 .1 .5 Preparation for analysis of WMAP and Planck data . 24 1 .1 .6 Dust properties of the TMC-2 molecular cloud . 24 1 .1 .7 Colliding wind binaries and X-ray emission from the R 136 cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud . 24 1 .1 .8 Comparative spectroscopic study of LBVs in M33 . 26 1 .1 .9 Studies of B[e] stars . 26 1 .1 .10 The origin of runaway stars . 26 1 .1 .11 Detecting compact companions to runaway stars with GAIA . 28 1 .1 .12 Northern Hemisphere CCD Camera . 28 1 .2 Astrophysics . 29 1 .2 .1 Conservative numerical schemes . 29 research report 2004 1 .2 .2 RXJ1713 .7-3946 . 29 1 .2 .3 Propagation of Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy . 29 1 .2 .4 The Earliest Stages of Star Formation . 29 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1 .2 .5 Probing the Central Engine of Young Stars . 31 1 .2 .6 Outflows from Young Stars . 32 1 .2 .7 Modelling of Jets in Laboratory Experiments . 34 1 .2 .8 Rotation of Young Stars . 34 1 .2 .9 Disks Around Weak-Line T Tauri Stars . 34 1 .2 .10 Broad Absorption Line Quasars . 34 1 .2 .11 Gamma Ray Bursts from the first generation of stars . 35 1 .2 .12 DOSMAX . 35 1 .2 .13 The Matroshka Experiment . 36 1 .2 .14 DOBIE . 36 2 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies research report 2004 2 Publications . 36 2 .1 Refereed Journals . 36 2 .2 Conference Proceedings and Non-refereed Publications . 39 2 .3 Preprints . 40 2 .4 Theses . 41 3 Events . 41 3 .1 Lectures Organised by the School . 41 3 .1 .1 Merrion Square Seminar Series . 41 3 .1 .2 Dunsink Seminars . 42 3 .1 .3 Symposia, Conferences, Workshops . 42 3 .2 Talks and papers presented at conferences and seminars . 43 3 .2 .1 Talks and Seminars . 43 3 .2 .2 Posters . 44 4 Collaboration with wider research community . 45 4 .1 National . 45 4 .2 International . 45 4 .3 CosmoGrid . 45 4 .4 JETSET . 46 4 .5 The Mid-Infrared Instrument – MIRI . 46 4 .6 Visiting Researchers . 47 4 .7 Research visits by School staff . 47 4 .8 Staff acting as external examiners . 47 5 Public outreach activities . 48 5 .1 Public Lectures . 48 3 5 .2 Statutory Public Lecture . 48 5 .3 Dunsink Open Nights . 48 5 .4 Transit of Venus on 8 June . 48 6 Participation in outside committees . 48 7 Attendance at external conferences, seminars, courses and meetings . 49 8 Training . 51 9 Computational Resources . 51 9 .1 Infrastructure . 51 9 .2 Video-Conferencing . 51 10 Miscellanea . 52 research report 2004 School of Cosmic Physics – Geophysics 1 Section members . 54 2 General . 54 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 3 Electromagnetic activities . 55 3 .1 SAMTEX (Southern African Magnetotelluric Experiment) . 55 3 .2 ISLE-MT . 56 ISLE-MT modelling . 57 Novel data processing . 58 Joint inversion . 58 3 .3 3D MT modelling/inversion . 58 3 .4 Slave-to-Bear MT project . 59 3 .5 Inkaba yeAfrica . 59 4 Seismological activities . 60 4 .1 HADES . 60 4 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies research report 2004 4 .2 ISLE . 61 4 .3 The Seismic Network . ..