Under the Radar (eBook)

Foreword 7
Preface 9
Ruby Payne-Scott (1912–1981): Remarkable Scientist and Champion for Women’s Rights 9
Contents 18
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Life of Ruby Violet Payne-Scott – 28 May 1912 (Grafton NSW, Australia) to 25 May 1981 (Sydney, Australia) 21
Chapter 2 Ruby Payne-Scott: the Early Years: 1912–1938, Ancestors, Childhood, Secondary School and Sydney University 31
Ruby Payne-Scott’s Paternal Ancestors in the UK 31
Emigration to Australia by Hubert and Agnes Scott 32
Ruby’s Early Childhood 36
Secondary School Education: Sydney 38
Bachelor of Science in Physics at the University of Sydney 42
Master of Science and the Cancer Research Committee at The University of Sydney 43
Chapter 3 Woodlands School, AWA, New Career Opportunities for Women in World War II 47
Woodlands Church of England Girls’ grammar School, Glenelg (Adelaide) 47
Amalgamated Wireless Australasia: 1939–1941 50
New Career Opportunities for Australian Women, World War II 52
Endnotes for Chap. 3: Woodlands School 54
Chapter 4 Personnel File from CSIR/CSIRO 56
Payne-Scott Joins the Radiophysics Laboratory 56
1941–1946, Permanent Employment During the War 58
Transition from CSIR to CSIRO Discovery by CSIRO of Marriage of 1944
Payne-Scott’s Resignation in July 1951 66
Chapter 5 War Time Research by Payne-Scott at RPL 69
Chapter 6 Payne-Scott – The First Woman Radio Astronomer and the Transition to Peacetime – 1944–1945 83
Propagation Committee of the Radiophysics Laboratory: 1944–1954 83
Neophyte Radio Astronomer: Ruby Payne-Scott 84
Post War Activities at RPL, 1945: How This Affected the Role of Payne-Scott 87
RPL’s First Observations of Solar Noise: Role of Payne-Scott 92
The First Summary Paper in Radio Astronomy, December 1945” Author, Payne-Scott 94
Symposium on Radar, 5–7 December 1945: Payne-Scott was Present 96
Chapter 7 Payne-Scott at Dover Heights 1945–1947: Discovery of Type I, II and III Solar Bursts and the Introduction of Fourier Synthesis in Astronomy 99
The Collaroy Campaign, October 1945: First Solar Radio Astronomy in Australia 100
Ground-Breaking Developments in Solar Noise Research and Techniques of Interferometry: February 1946, Dover Heights 109
Payne-Scott as Solo Scientist at Dover Height, July–August 1946 Payne-Scott’s Absence from RPL, Late 1946
The Behemoth Type II Burst of March 1947: Payne-Scott, Yabsley and Bolton Observe an Amazing Event 135
Payne-Scott Winds Down at Dover Heights: Late 1947 141
Ionospheric Refraction from Dover Heights - Payne-Scott and McCready 1946 143
Pawsey’s Assessment of the Impact of the Solar Noise Group, 1946–1947 145
Chapter 8 Hornsby 1948: Type III Bursts Revealed Conflicts with Bolton
Payne-Scott has Doubts at Hornsby: Advice from Pawsey 154
The Publication of the Hornsby Observations 157
Cambridge: Collaboration and Controversy 162
The Burgess Experiment: Payne-Scott at Hornsby 167
Chapter 9 Payne-Scott at Potts Hill, 1949–1951: Movies of the Outward Motions of Solar Outbursts with the Swept-Lobe Interferometer 170
Payne-Scott’s Career in Turmoil 1948 Choice of the Swept-Lobe Interferometer Site
Engineering and Scientific Planning for the Potts Hill Swept-Lobe Interferometer 176
Early Testing of the 97 MHz Interferometer 180
Publication of the Results at 97 MHz: Paper I, the Instrument 185
Paper II, Noise Storms (Type I) 189
Paper III, Outbursts (Type IV) 193
Collaboration with Chris Christiansen 199
Chapter 10 Payne-Scott and URSI, 1952: Her Last Experience as a Radio Astronomer 201
Chapter 11 Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Ruby Payne-Scott as Told by Friends and Colleagues 215
Joan Jelly, ne´e Freeman (1918–1998) 215
K. Rachel Makinson, ne´e White (1917–) 217
Harry C. Minnett (1917–2003) (Chief of RPL, 1978–1981) 220
Professor B.Y. Mills (1920–) 221
Wilbur Norman “Chris” Christiansen (1913–2007) 222
Elizabeth (“Betty”) Kate Hall, ne´e Hurley (1919–) 224
O. Bruce Slee (1924–) 228
Gordon J. Stanley (1921–2001) 230
Lyn Brown (1918–) 230
Chapter 12 A Remarkable Family: Bill and Ruby Hall 233
Bill Hall 233
Sydney Bush Walkers 235
Bill Hall, the Father 238
Peter Hall: Mathematician 239
Fiona Hall: Artist 245
Chapter 13 Payne-Scott, Communist Party of Australia, Commonwealth Investigation Service and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 253
Chapter 14 Danebank School 1963–1974 the Ruby Payne-Scott Lectures
Chapter 15 The End of Payne-Scott’s Life: A Retrospective 266
Last Years 266
The Character of Ruby Payne-Scott 269
Ruby Payne-Scott’s Passions 270
Ruby Payne-Scott’s Legacy Why Did She Not Return to RPL in the 1960s?
Chapter 16 Epilogue: Why Did We Write This Book? 275
Appendix 278
Appendix A 278
Appendix B 287
Appendix C 289
Appendix D 294
Appendix E 299
Appendix F 306
Appendix G 314
Appendix H 319
Appendix I 324
Appendix J 326
Appendix K 332
Appendix L 335
Appendix M 339
Appendix N 342
Bibliography: S82–also found in the historical collection of radio astronomy papers by Sullivan (1982) 347
Index 357