Search Publications
A systematic search for changing-look quasars in SDSS
Ross, Nicholas P.; Magnier, Eugene; Horne, Keith +10 more
We present a systematic search for changing-look quasars based on repeat photometry from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Pan-STARRS1, along with repeat spectra from SDSS and SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. Objects with large, |Δg| > 1 mag photometric variations in their light curves are selected as candidates to look for c…
The DRAGON simulations: globular cluster evolution with a million stars
Wang, Long; Berczik, Peter; Naab, Thorsten +6 more
Introducing the DRAGON simulation project, we present direct N-body simulations of four massive globular clusters (GCs) with 106 stars and 5 per cent primordial binaries at a high level of accuracy and realism. The GC evolution is computed with NBODY6++GPU and follows the dynamical and stellar evolution of individual stars and binaries,…
The z = 9-10 galaxy population in the Hubble Frontier Fields and CLASH surveys: the z = 9 luminosity function and further evidence for a smooth decline in ultraviolet luminosity density at z≥ 8
McLure, R. J.; Dunlop, J. S.; McLeod, D. J.
We present the results of a search for z = 9-10 galaxies within the first eight pointings of the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) survey and 20 cluster fields from the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) survey. Combined with our previous analysis of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, we have now completed a search for z = 9-10 galaxies…
The Hα surface brightness-radius relation: a robust statistical distance indicator for planetary nebulae
Frew, David J.; Parker, Q. A.; Bojičić, I. S.
Measuring the distances to Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) has been an intractable problem for many decades. We have now established a robust optical statistical distance indicator, the Hα surface brightness-radius or SHα-r relation, which addresses this problem. We developed this relation from a critically evaluated sample of primary …
A global look at X-ray time lags in Seyfert galaxies
Fabian, A. C.; Reynolds, C. S.; Uttley, P. +4 more
X-ray reverberation, where light-travel time delays map out the compact geometry around the inner accretion flow in supermassive black holes, has been discovered in several of the brightest, most variable and well-known Seyfert galaxies. In this work, we expand the study of X-ray reverberation to all Seyfert galaxies in the XMM-Newton archive abov…
SZ effects in the Magneticum Pathfinder simulation: comparison with the Planck, SPT, and ACT results
Sunyaev, R.; Dolag, K.; Komatsu, E.
We calculate the one-point probability density distribution functions (PDF) and the power spectra of the thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ and kSZ) effects and the mean Compton Y parameter using the Magneticum Pathfinder simulations, state-of-the-art cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of a large cosmological volume of (896 Mpc h…
The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. I. Far-ultraviolet spectroscopic census and the origin of He II λ1640 in young star clusters
Howarth, I. D.; Angus, C. R.; Lennon, D. J. +17 more
We introduce a Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) stellar census of R136a, the central ionizing star cluster of 30 Doradus. We present low resolution far-ultraviolet STIS spectroscopy of R136 using 17 contiguous 52 arcsec × 0.2 arcsec slits which together provide complete coverage of the central 0.85 parsec (3…
Evolution of water production of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: An empirical model and a multi-instrument study
Altwegg, K.; Huang, Z.; Nilsson, H. +24 more
We examine the evolution of the water production of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during the Rosetta mission (2014 June-2016 May) based on in situ and remote sensing measurements made by Rosetta instruments, Earth-based telescopes and through the development of an empirical coma model. The derivation of the empirical model is described and the m…
Bimodality of low-redshift circumgalactic O VI in non-equilibrium EAGLE zoom simulations
Tumlinson, Jason; Crain, Robert A.; Schaye, Joop +7 more
We introduce a series of 20 cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of L* (M200 = 1011.7-1012.3 M⊙) and group-sized (M200 = 1012.7-1013.3 M⊙) haloes run with the model used for the EAGLE project, which additionally includes a non-equilibrium ionization and cool…
The Herschel-ATLAS data release 1 - I. Maps, catalogues and number counts
Ivison, R. J.; Ibar, E.; Dunne, L. +11 more
We present the first major data release of the largest single key-project in area carried out in open time with the Herschel Space Observatory. The Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) is a survey of 600 deg2 in five photometric bands - 100, 160, 250, 350 and 500 µm - with the Photoconductor Array Camera an…