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The horizon run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation: probing galaxy formation from kilo- to gigaparsec scales (2021)
Journal Article
Lee, J., Shin, J., Snaith, O. N., Kim, Y., Few, C. G., Devriendt, J., Dubois, Y., Cox, L. M., Hong, S. E., Kwon, O. K., Park, C., Pichon, C., Kim, J., Gibson, B. K., & Park, C. (2021). The horizon run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation: probing galaxy formation from kilo- to gigaparsec scales. The Astrophysical journal, 908(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd08b

Horizon Run 5 (HR5) is a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation that captures the properties of the universe on a Gpc scale while achieving a resolution of 1 kpc. Inside the simulation box, we zoom in on a high-resolution cuboid region with a volume... Read More about The horizon run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation: probing galaxy formation from kilo- to gigaparsec scales.

The RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Parameterisation of RAVE spectra based on convolutional neural networks (2020)
Journal Article
Guiglion, G., Matijevič, G., Queiroz, A. B., Valentini, M., Steinmetz, M., Chiappini, C., Grebel, E. K., McMillan, P. J., Kordopatis, G., Kunder, A., Zwitter, T., Khalatyan, A., Anders, F., Enke, H., Minchev, I., Monari, G., Wyse, R. F., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Gibson, B. K., …Siebert, A. (2020). The RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Parameterisation of RAVE spectra based on convolutional neural networks. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 644, Article A168. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038271

© ESO 2020. Context Data-driven methods play an increasingly important role in the field of astrophysics In the context of large spectroscopic surveys of stars, data-driven methods are key in deducing physical parameters for millions of spectra in a... Read More about The RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Parameterisation of RAVE spectra based on convolutional neural networks.

The Horizon Run 5 Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulation: Probing Galaxy Formation from Kilo- to Giga-parsec Scales (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Lee, J., Shin, J., Snaith, O. N., Kim, Y., Few, C. G., Devriendt, J., Dubois, Y., Cox, L. M., Hong, S. E., Kwon, O.-K., Park, C., Pichon, C., Kim, J., Gibson, B. K., & Park, C. The Horizon Run 5 Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulation: Probing Galaxy Formation from Kilo- to Giga-parsec Scales

Horizon Run 5 (HR5) is a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation which captures the properties of the Universe on a Gpc scale while achieving a resolution of 1kpc. Inside the simulation box we zoom-in on a high-resolution cuboid region with a volume o... Read More about The Horizon Run 5 Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulation: Probing Galaxy Formation from Kilo- to Giga-parsec Scales.

The effects of gravitation and fluid dynamics on velocity estimation by stagnation point method of a minor galaxy cluster merger, by analysis of full hydro + N-body simulations (2020)
Thesis
Fish, T. M. The effects of gravitation and fluid dynamics on velocity estimation by stagnation point method of a minor galaxy cluster merger, by analysis of full hydro + N-body simulations. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224503

Galaxy clusters are collections of galaxies that grow by merging with galaxies or other clusters. Galaxy clusters are predominantly dark matter and a hot plasma called the intracluster medium (ICM), which can be observed through X-ray bright emission... Read More about The effects of gravitation and fluid dynamics on velocity estimation by stagnation point method of a minor galaxy cluster merger, by analysis of full hydro + N-body simulations.

Explaining the chemical trajectories of accreted and in-situ halo stars of the Milky Way (2020)
Journal Article
Brook, C. B., Kawata, D., Gibson, B. K., Gallart, C., & Vicente, A. (2020). Explaining the chemical trajectories of accreted and in-situ halo stars of the Milky Way. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(3), 2645-2651. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa992

© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. The Milky Way underwent its last significant merger ten billion years ago, when the Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage (GES) was accreted. Accreted GES stars a... Read More about Explaining the chemical trajectories of accreted and in-situ halo stars of the Milky Way.

Single-lined Spectroscopic Binary Star Candidates from a Combination of the RAVE and Gaia DR2 Surveys (2019)
Journal Article
Birko, D., Zwitter, T., Grebel, E. K., Parker, Q. A., Kordopatis, G., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K., Guiglion, G., Gibson, B. K., Navarro, J., Reid, W., Seabroke, G. M., Steinmetz, M., & Watson, F. (in press). Single-lined Spectroscopic Binary Star Candidates from a Combination of the RAVE and Gaia DR2 Surveys. Astronomical Journal, 158(4), Article 155. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab3cc1

The combination of the final version of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) spectroscopic survey data release 6 with radial velocities (RVs) and astrometry from Gaia DR2 allows us to identify and create a catalog of single-lined binary star candida... Read More about Single-lined Spectroscopic Binary Star Candidates from a Combination of the RAVE and Gaia DR2 Surveys.

2D-Galactic chemical evolution: The role of the spiral density wave (2019)
Journal Article
Mollá, M., Wekesa, S., Cavichia, O., Díaz, I., Gibson, B. K., Rosales-Ortega, F. F., Ascasibar, Y., Wamalwa, D. S., & Sánchez, S. F. (2019). 2D-Galactic chemical evolution: The role of the spiral density wave. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(1), 665-682. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2537

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We present a 2D chemical evolution code applied to a Milky Way type Galaxy, incorporating the role of spiral arms in shaping azimuthal abundance v... Read More about 2D-Galactic chemical evolution: The role of the spiral density wave.

Galactic chemical evolution of radioactive isotopes (2019)
Journal Article
Côté, B., Lugaro, M., Reifarth, R., Pignatari, M., Világos, B., Yagüe, A., & Gibson, B. K. (2019). Galactic chemical evolution of radioactive isotopes. The Astrophysical journal, 878(2), Article 156. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab21d1

The presence of short-lived (∼ Myr) radioactive isotopes in meteoritic inclusions at the time of their formation represents a unique opportunity to study the circumstances that led to the formation of the Solar System. To interpret these observations... Read More about Galactic chemical evolution of radioactive isotopes.

The R-Process Alliance: Discovery of a Low-α, r-process-enhanced Metal-poor Star in the Galactic Halo (2019)
Journal Article
Wyse, R. F., Sakari, C. M., Roederer, I. U., Placco, V. M., Beers, T. C., Ezzeddine, R., Frebel, A., Hansen, T., Sneden, C., Cowan, J. J., Wallerstein, G., Farrell, E. M., Venn, K. A., Matijevič, G., Wyse, R. F. G., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Chiappini, C., Freeman, K. C., Gibson, B. K., Grebel, E. K., …Watson, F. (2019). The R-Process Alliance: Discovery of a Low-α, r-process-enhanced Metal-poor Star in the Galactic Halo. The Astrophysical journal, 874(2), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab0c02

A new moderately r-process-enhanced metal-poor star, RAVE J093730.5−062655, has been identified in the Milky Way halo as part of an ongoing survey by the R-Process Alliance. The temperature and surface gravity indicate that J0937−0626 is likely a hor... Read More about The R-Process Alliance: Discovery of a Low-α, r-process-enhanced Metal-poor Star in the Galactic Halo.

Impact of observational selection functions on simulated age and metallicity distributions (2019)
Thesis
Atkin, D. Impact of observational selection functions on simulated age and metallicity distributions. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222148

I use a novel approach to close the gap between observations and simulations of stellar abundance and ages by comparing observational data from Gaia-ESO 4th release (GES-iDR4) with that of a Milky Way-like galaxy simulation. The simulation is brought... Read More about Impact of observational selection functions on simulated age and metallicity distributions.

Local disc model in view of Gaia DR1 and RAVE data (2018)
Journal Article
Sysoliatina, K., Just, A., Koutsouridou, I., Grebel, E. K., Kordopatis, G., Steinmetz, M., Bienaymé, O., Gibson, B. K., Navarro, J., Reid, W., & Seabroke, G. (2018). Local disc model in view of Gaia DR1 and RAVE data. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 620, A71. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833228

Aims. We test the performance of the semi-analytic self-consistent Just-Jahreiß disc model (JJ model) with the astrometric data from the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) sub-catalogue of the first Gaia data release (Gaia DR1), as well as the ra... Read More about Local disc model in view of Gaia DR1 and RAVE data.

The r-process alliance: First release from the Northern search for r-process enhanced metal-poor stars in the Galactic Halo (2018)
Journal Article
Sakari, C. M., Placco, V. M., Farrell, E. M., Roederer, I. U., Wallerstein, G., Beers, T. C., Ezzeddine, R., Frebel, A., Hansen, T., Holmbeck, E. M., Sneden, C., Cowan, J. J., Venn, K. A., Davis, C. E., Matijevič, G., Wyse, R. F., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Chiappini, C., Freeman, K. C., Gibson, B. K., …Watson, F. (2018). The r-process alliance: First release from the Northern search for r-process enhanced metal-poor stars in the Galactic Halo. The Astrophysical journal, 868(2), 110. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aae9df

This paper presents the detailed abundances and r-process classifications of 126 newly identified metal-poor stars as part of an ongoing collaboration, the R-Process Alliance.

The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient (2018)
Journal Article
Mollá, M., Díaz, Á. I., Cavichia, O., Gibson, B. K., Maciel, W. J., Costa, R. D., Ascasibar, Y., & Few, C. G. (2019). The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(3), 3071-3088. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2877

© 2018 The Author(s). We study the evolution of oxygen abundance radial gradients as a function of time for the Milky Way Galaxy obtained with our MulChem chemical evolution model. We review the recent data of abundances for different objects observe... Read More about The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient.

The local rotation curve of the Milky Way based on SEGUE and RAVE data (2018)
Journal Article
Sysoliatina, K., Just, A., Golubov, O., Parker, Q. A., Grebel, E. K., Kordopatis, G., Zwitter, T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Gibson, B. K., Kunder, A., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Steinmetz, M., & Watson, F. (2018). The local rotation curve of the Milky Way based on SEGUE and RAVE data. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 614, A63. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731143

Aims. We construct the rotation curve of the Milky Way in the extended solar neighbourhood using a sample of Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE) G-dwarfs. We investigate the rotation curve shape for the presence of any... Read More about The local rotation curve of the Milky Way based on SEGUE and RAVE data.

Evolution of starburst galaxies in the Illustris simulation (2018)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C. L., Pimbblet, K. A., Stott, J. P., Few, C. G., & Gibson, B. K. (2018). Evolution of starburst galaxies in the Illustris simulation. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(1), 758-767. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1493

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Royal Astronomical Society. There is a consensus in the literature that starburst galaxies are triggered by interaction events. However, it remains an open question as to wha... Read More about Evolution of starburst galaxies in the Illustris simulation.

The origin of the Milky Way's halo age distribution (2018)
Journal Article
Carollo, D., Tissera, P. B., Beers, T. C., Gudin, D., Gibson, B. K., Freeman, K. C., & Monachesi, A. (2018). The origin of the Milky Way's halo age distribution. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 859(1), L7. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aac2dc

© 2018. The American Astronomical Society.. We present an analysis of the radial age gradients for the stellar halos of five Milky Way (MW) mass-sized systems simulated as part of the Aquarius Project. The halos show a diversity of age trends, reflec... Read More about The origin of the Milky Way's halo age distribution.

Coma Berenices: The First Evidence for Incomplete Vertical Phase-mixing in Local Velocity Space with RAVE—Confirmed with Gaia DR2 (2018)
Journal Article
Monari, G., Famaey, B., Minchev, I., Antoja, T., Bienaymé, O., Gibson, B. K., Grebel, E. K., Kordopatis, G., McMillan, P., Navarro, J., Parker, Q. A., Quillen, A. C., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Siebert, A., Steinmetz, M., Wyse, R. F. G., & Zwitter, T. (2018). Coma Berenices: The First Evidence for Incomplete Vertical Phase-mixing in Local Velocity Space with RAVE—Confirmed with Gaia DR2. Research Notes of the AAS, 2(2), 32. https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/aac38e

Correlations between age, kinematics, and chemistry as seen by the RAVE survey (2018)
Journal Article
Wojno, J., Kordopatis, G., Steinmetz, M., McMillan, P., Binney, J., Famaey, B., Monari, G., Minchev, I., Wyse, R. F., Antoja, T., Siebert, A., Carrillo, I., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Grebel, E. K., Zwitter, T., Bienaymé, O., Gibson, B., Kunder, A., Munari, U., Navarro, J., …Seabroke, G. (2018). Correlations between age, kinematics, and chemistry as seen by the RAVE survey. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(4), 5612-5624. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1016

We explore the connections between stellar age, chemistry, and kinematics across a Galactocentric distance of 7.5 < R(kpc) < 9.0, using a sample of ∼12 000 intermediate-mass (FGK) turn-off stars observed with the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) sur... Read More about Correlations between age, kinematics, and chemistry as seen by the RAVE survey.