All Outputs (113)

The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field (2022)
Journal Article
Józsa, G. I. G., Jarrett, T. H., Cluver, M. E., Wong, O. I., Havenga, O., Yao, H. F. M., Marchetti, L., Taylor, E. N., Kamphuis, P., MacCagni, F. M., Ramaila, A. J. T., Serra, P., Smirnov, O. M., White, S. V., Kilborn, V., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Brough, S., Pimbblet, K. A., …Kuijken, K. (2022). The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field. The Astrophysical journal, 926(2), 167. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac402b

We report on the detection of a large, extended H i cloud complex in the Galaxy and Mass Survey G23 field, located at a redshift of z ∼0.03, observed as part of the MeerKAT Habitat of Galaxies Survey campaign (a pilot survey to explore the mosaicing... Read More about The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field.

The First Large Absorption Survey in H i (FLASH): I. Science goals and survey design (2022)
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Allison, J. R., Sadler, E. M., Amaral, A. D., An, T., Curran, S. J., Darling, J., Edge, A. C., Ellison, S. L., Emig, K. L., Gaensler, B. M., Garratt-Smithson, L., Glowacki, M., Grasha, K., Koribalski, B. S., Lagos, C. D. P., Lah, P., Mahony, E. K., Mao, S. A., Morganti, R., …Zwaan, M. A. (2022). The First Large Absorption Survey in H i (FLASH): I. Science goals and survey design. Publications / Astronomical Society of Australia, 39, e010. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2022.3

We describe the scientific goals and survey design of the First Large Absorption Survey in H i (FLASH), a wide field survey for 21-cm line absorption in neutral atomic hydrogen (H i) at intermediate cosmological redshifts. FLASH will be carried out w... Read More about The First Large Absorption Survey in H i (FLASH): I. Science goals and survey design.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The merging potential of brightest group galaxies (2021)
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Banks, K., Brough, S., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., López-Sánchez, R., Phillipps, S., Pimbblet, K. A., & Robotham, A. S. G. (2021). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The merging potential of brightest group galaxies. The Astrophysical journal, 921(1), 9, 47. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1c0a

Using a volume-limited sample of 550 groups from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly Galaxy Group Catalogue spanning the halo mass range 12.8 < log[Mh M?] < 14.2, we investigate the merging potential of central Brightest Group Galaxies (BGGs). We use spectr... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The merging potential of brightest group galaxies.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The environmental impact on SFR and metallicity in galaxy groups (2021)
Journal Article
Sotillo-Ramos, D., Lara-López, M. A., Pérez-García, A. M., Pérez-Martínez, R., Hopkins, A. M., Holwerda, B. W., Liske, J., López-Sánchez, A. R., Owers, M. S., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2021). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The environmental impact on SFR and metallicity in galaxy groups. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(2), 1817-1830. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2641

We present a study of the relationships and environmental dependencies between stellar mass, star formation rate, and gas metallicity for more than 700 galaxies in groups up to redshift 0.35 from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. To identif... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The environmental impact on SFR and metallicity in galaxy groups.

Quantitative morphology of galaxy clusters at X-ray wavelengths (2021)
Thesis
Hunt, L. (2021). Quantitative morphology of galaxy clusters at X-ray wavelengths [Masters thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224267

We apply quantitative morphology techniques to X-ray imaging of clusters of galaxies to determine correlation between calculated parameters (CAS, Gini and M20) and features such as bow shocks, cold fronts, gas sloshing, Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities... Read More about Quantitative morphology of galaxy clusters at X-ray wavelengths.

The impact of galaxy orientation on neighbour galaxy counts (2021)
Thesis
Alam, A. (2021). The impact of galaxy orientation on neighbour galaxy counts [Masters thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224279

We utilised data from Galaxy Zoo, Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Yang et al. (2007) catalogue to determine if a galaxy’s orientation, i.e. whether it is viewed edge-on or face-on, impacts the number of observed neighbour galaxies. The results showed th... Read More about The impact of galaxy orientation on neighbour galaxy counts.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The interplay between galaxy mass, SFR, and heavy element abundance in paired galaxy sets (2020)
Journal Article
Garduño, L. E., Lara-López, M. A., López-Cruz, O., Hopkins, A. M., Owers, M. S., Pimbblet, K. A., & Holwerda, B. W. (2021). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The interplay between galaxy mass, SFR, and heavy element abundance in paired galaxy sets. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(2), 2969-2982. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3799

© 2021 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. We study the star formation rate (SFR), stellar mass (M∗), and the gas metallicity (Z) for 4636 galaxy pairs using the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (G... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The interplay between galaxy mass, SFR, and heavy element abundance in paired galaxy sets.

Two novel methods of measuring cosmic distances in the Universe (2020)
Thesis
Lindholmer, M. O. (2020). Two novel methods of measuring cosmic distances in the Universe [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223654

We present two novel methods of distance measurement using photometric techniques. We compare the methods to each other and independently created methods to measure photometric redshifts.
The first method we present in this thesis is based on SFR of... Read More about Two novel methods of measuring cosmic distances in the Universe.

The impact of disturbed galaxy clusters on the kinematics of active galactic nuclei (2020)
Journal Article
Bilton, L. E., Pimbblet, K. A., & Gordon, Y. A. (2020). The impact of disturbed galaxy clusters on the kinematics of active galactic nuclei. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499(3), 3792-3805. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3154

© 2020 The Author(s) We produce a kinematic analysis of AGN-hosting cluster galaxies from a sample of 33 galaxy clusters selected using the X-ray Clusters Database (BAX) and populated with galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8. Th... Read More about The impact of disturbed galaxy clusters on the kinematics of active galactic nuclei.

The motions of galaxies within large-scale structures (2020)
Thesis
Bilton, L. E. (2020). The motions of galaxies within large-scale structures [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222954

Galaxy clusters represent one of the largest-scale structures in the Universe, with their en- vironments of varying density being ideal for inducing an increase in activity of the cluster galaxy members and the pervading Intracluster Medium (ICM) bet... Read More about The motions of galaxies within large-scale structures.

Identifying substructure in LoCuSS Abell clusters (2020)
Thesis
Marsh, J. (2020). Identifying substructure in LoCuSS Abell clusters [Masters thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223440

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Demonstrating the Power of WISE in the Study of Galaxy Groups to z < 0.1 (2020)
Journal Article
Cluver, M. E., Jarrett, T. H., Taylor, E. N., Hopkins, A. M., Brough, S., Casura, S., Holwerda, B. W., Liske, J., Pimbblet, K. A., & Wright, A. H. (2020). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Demonstrating the Power of WISE in the Study of Galaxy Groups to z < 0.1. The Astrophysical journal, 898(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab9cb8

© 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Combining high-fidelity group characterization from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey and source-tailored z < 0.1 photometry from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) survey,... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Demonstrating the Power of WISE in the Study of Galaxy Groups to z < 0.1.

Environments of dwarf galaxies with optical AGN characteristics (2020)
Journal Article
Kristensen, M., Pimbblet, K., & Penny, S. (2020). Environments of dwarf galaxies with optical AGN characteristics. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(3), 2577-2590. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1719

© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. This study aims to explore the relation between dwarf galaxies (M∗ ≤ 5 × 109 M·) with active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and their environment by compar... Read More about Environments of dwarf galaxies with optical AGN characteristics.

FLASH early science - Discovery of an intervening H I 21-cm absorber from an ASKAP survey of the GAMA 23 field (2020)
Journal Article
Allison, J. R., Sadler, E. M., Bellstedt, S., Davies, L. J. M., Driver, S. P., Ellison, S. L., Huynh, M., Kapinska, A. D., Mahony, E. K., Moss, V. A., Robotham, A. S. G., Whiting, M. T., Curran, S. J., Darling, J., Hotan, A. W., Hunstead, R. W., Koribalski, B. S., Lagos, C. D. P., Pettini, M., …Voronkov, M. A. (2020). FLASH early science - Discovery of an intervening H I 21-cm absorber from an ASKAP survey of the GAMA 23 field. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(3), 3627-3641. https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STAA949

© 2020 The Author(s) We present early science results from the First Large Absorption Survey in H I (FLASH), a spectroscopically blind survey for 21-cm absorption lines in cold hydrogen (H I) gas at cosmological distances using the Australian Square... Read More about FLASH early science - Discovery of an intervening H I 21-cm absorber from an ASKAP survey of the GAMA 23 field.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Defining passive galaxy samples and searching for the UV upturn (2019)
Journal Article
Phillipps, S., Ali, S. S., Bremer, M. N., de Propris, R., Sansom, A. E., Cluver, M. E., Alpaslan, M., Brough, S., Brown, M. J. I., Davies, L. J. M., Driver, S. P., Grootes, M. W., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., James, P. A., Pimbblet, K., Robotham, A. S. G., Taylor, E. N., & Wang, L. (2020). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Defining passive galaxy samples and searching for the UV upturn. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(2), 2128-2139. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3552

© 2019 The Author(s) We use data from the GAMA and GALEX surveys to demonstrate that the UV upturn, an unexpected excess of ultraviolet flux from a hot stellar component, seen in the spectra of many early-type galaxies, arises from processes internal... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Defining passive galaxy samples and searching for the UV upturn.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Properties and evolution of red spiral galaxies (2019)
Journal Article
Mahajan, S., Gupta, K. K., Rana, R., Brown, M. J. I., Phillipps, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bremer, M. N., Brough, S., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Loveday, J., Pimbblet, K., & Wang, L. (2020). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Properties and evolution of red spiral galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491(1), 398-408. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2993

We use multi-wavelength data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey to explore the cause of red optical colours in nearby (0.002 < z < 0.06) spiral galaxies. We show that the colours of red spiral galaxies are a direct consequence of some en... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Properties and evolution of red spiral galaxies.

The rotational profiles of cluster galaxies (2019)
Journal Article
Bilton, L. E., Hunt, M., Pimbblet, K. A., & Roediger, E. (2019). The rotational profiles of cluster galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(4), 5017-5032. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2927

© 2019 The Author(s) We compile two samples of cluster galaxies with complimentary hydrodynamic and N-body analysis using FLASH code to ascertain how their differing populations drive their rotational profiles and to better understand their dynamical... Read More about The rotational profiles of cluster galaxies.

Heterogeneity of inverted calcium II H:K ratio cluster galaxies (2019)
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Pimbblet, K. A., Crossett, J. P., & Fraser-McKelvie, A. (2019). Heterogeneity of inverted calcium II H:K ratio cluster galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(1), 455-466. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2549

© 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society The ratio of calcium II H plus H∊ to calcium II K inverts as a galaxy stellar population moves from being dominated by older stars to possessing mor... Read More about Heterogeneity of inverted calcium II H:K ratio cluster galaxies.

Redshift measurement through star formation (2019)
Journal Article
Lindholmer, M. O., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2019). Redshift measurement through star formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 629, A7. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833046

© ESO 2019. In this work we use the property that, on average, star formation rate increases with redshift for objects with the same mass - the so called galaxy main sequence - to measure the redshift of galaxy clusters. We use the fact that the gene... Read More about Redshift measurement through star formation.

Star-Forming, Rotating Spheroidal Galaxies in the GAMA and SAMI Surveys (2019)
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Moffett, A. J., Phillipps, S., Robotham, A. S. G., Driver, S. P., Bremer, M. N., Cortese, L., Wong, O. I., Brough, S., Brown, M. J. I., Bryant, J. J., Conselice, C. J., Croom, S. M., George, K., Goldstein, G., Goodwin, M., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Konstantopoulos, I. S., Lawrence, J. S., …Van De Sande, J. (2019). Star-Forming, Rotating Spheroidal Galaxies in the GAMA and SAMI Surveys. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(2), 2830–2843. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2237

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey has morphologically identified a class of ‘Little Blue Spheroid’ (LBS) galaxies whose relationship to other classes of galaxies we now examine in detail. Considering a sample of 868 LBSs, we find that such g... Read More about Star-Forming, Rotating Spheroidal Galaxies in the GAMA and SAMI Surveys.