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The Taipan Galaxy Survey: Scientific Goals and Observing Strategy (2017)
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Driver, S. P., Taylor, E. N., Lagos, C., White, M., Bilicki, M., Brown, M. J. I., Bryant, J., Croom, S., Jones, D. H., Koribalski, B., Lorente, N., Tinney, C. G., Tothill, N. F. H., Koribalski, B., Lima Da Cunha, E., Hopkins, A. M., Colless, M., Taylor, E. N. C., Blake, C., Howlett, C., …Watson, F. (2017). The Taipan Galaxy Survey: Scientific Goals and Observing Strategy. Publications / Astronomical Society of Australia, 34, Article ARTN e047. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2017.41

© Astronomical Society of Australia 2017; published by Cambridge University Press. The Taipan galaxy survey (hereafter simply 'Taipan') is a multi-object spectroscopic survey starting in 2017 that will cover 2π steradians over the southern sky (δ ≲ 1... Read More about The Taipan Galaxy Survey: Scientific Goals and Observing Strategy.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : The mechanisms for quiescent galaxy formation at z<1 (2017)
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Wild, V., Bremer, M., Brough, S., Driver, S. P., Hopkins, A. M., Owers, M. S., Phillipps, S., Sansom, A. E., Wang, L., Pimbblet, K., Alpaslan, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bourne, N., Bremer, M. N., Brough, S., Colless, M., Driver, S., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A., Owers, M., …Wild, V. (2018). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : The mechanisms for quiescent galaxy formation at z

© 2016 The Authors. One key problem in astrophysics is understanding how and why galaxies switch off their star formation, building the quiescent population that we observe in the local Universe. From the Galaxy And Mass Assembly and VIsible MultiObj... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) : The mechanisms for quiescent galaxy formation at z<1.

The evolutionary sequence of post-starburst galaxies (2017)
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Wilkinson, C. L., Pimbblet, K. A., & Stott, J. P. (2017). The evolutionary sequence of post-starburst galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472(2), 1447-1457. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2034

© 2017 The Authors. There are multiple ways in which to select post-starburst galaxies in the literature. In this work, we present a study into how two well-used selection techniques have consequences on observable post-starburst galaxy parameters, s... Read More about The evolutionary sequence of post-starburst galaxies.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly: search for a population of high-entropy galaxy groups (2017)
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Pearson, R. J., Ponman, T. J., Norberg, P., Robotham, A. S., Babul, A., Bower, R. G., McCarthy, I. G., Brough, S., Driver, S. P., & Pimbblet, K. (2017). Galaxy And Mass Assembly: search for a population of high-entropy galaxy groups. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(3), 3489-3504. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1081

Observations with the ChandraX-ray Observatory are used to examine the hot gas properties within a sample of 10 galaxy groups selected from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey's optical Friends-of-Friends group catalogue. Our groups have been screene... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly: search for a population of high-entropy galaxy groups.

A study of central galaxy rotation with stellar mass and environment (2017)
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Lara-Lopez, M. A., Lopez-Sanchez, A. R., Oliva-Altamirano, P., Brough, S., Tran, K.-V., Jimmy, Miller, C., Bremer, M. N., Phillipps, S., Sharp, R., Colless, M., Lara-López, M. A., López-Sánchez, Á. R., Pimbblet, K., Kafle, P. R., & Couch, W. J. (2017). A study of central galaxy rotation with stellar mass and environment. The Astronomical journal, 153(2), 89. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/89

© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We present a pilot analysis of the influence of galaxy stellar mass and cluster environment on the probability of slow rotation in 22 central galaxies at mean redshift z = 0.07. This inc... Read More about A study of central galaxy rotation with stellar mass and environment.

Evidence for HI replenishment in massive galaxies through gas accretion from the cosmic web (2016)
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Kleiner, D., Pimbblet, K. A., Heath Jones, D., Koribalski, B. S., & Serra, P. (2017). Evidence for HI replenishment in massive galaxies through gas accretion from the cosmic web. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(4), 4692-4710. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3328

We examine the H i -to-stellar mass ratio (H i fraction) for galaxies near filament backbones within the nearby Universe (d < 181 Mpc). This work uses the 6 degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS) and the Discrete Persistent Structures Extractor (DisPerSE... Read More about Evidence for HI replenishment in massive galaxies through gas accretion from the cosmic web.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): active galactic nuclei in pairs of galaxies (2016)
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Gordon, Y. A., Owers, M. S., Pimbblet, K. A., Croom, S. M., Alpaslan, M., Baldry, I. K., Brough, S., Brown, M. J., Cluver, M. E., Conselice, C. J., Davies, L. J., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Gunawardhana, M. L., Loveday, J., Taylor, E. N., & Wang, L. (2017). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): active galactic nuclei in pairs of galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(3), 2671-2686. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2925

There exist conflicting observations on whether or not the environment of broad and narrow line AGN differ and this consequently questions the validity of the AGN unification model. The high spectroscopic completeness of the GAMA survey makes it idea... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): active galactic nuclei in pairs of galaxies.

Measuring the 2D baryon acoustic oscillation signal of galaxies in WiggleZ: cosmological constraints (2016)
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Hinton, S. R., Kazin, E., Davis, T. M., Blake, C., Brough, S., Colless, M., Couch, W. J., Drinkwater, M. J., Glazebrook, K., Jurek, R. J., Parkinson, D., Pimbblet, K. A., Poole, G. B., Pracy, M., & Woods, D. (2017). Measuring the 2D baryon acoustic oscillation signal of galaxies in WiggleZ: cosmological constraints. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(4), 4807-4822. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2725

© 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We present results from the 2D anisotropic baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) signal present in the final data set from the WiggleZ Dark Energy Surve... Read More about Measuring the 2D baryon acoustic oscillation signal of galaxies in WiggleZ: cosmological constraints.

The Large Area Radio Galaxy Evolution Spectroscopic Survey (LARGESS): survey design, data catalogue and GAMA/WiggleZ spectroscopy (2016)
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Ching, J. H., Sadler, E. M., Croom, S. M., Johnston, H. M., Pracy, M. B., Couch, W. J., Hopkins, A. M., Jurek, R. J., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2017). The Large Area Radio Galaxy Evolution Spectroscopic Survey (LARGESS): survey design, data catalogue and GAMA/WiggleZ spectroscopy. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(2), 1306-1332. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2396

© 2016 The Authors. We present the Large Area Radio Galaxy Evolution Spectroscopic Survey (LARGESS), a spectroscopic catalogue of radio sources designed to include the full range of radio AGN populations out to redshift z ~ 0.8. The catalogue covers... Read More about The Large Area Radio Galaxy Evolution Spectroscopic Survey (LARGESS): survey design, data catalogue and GAMA/WiggleZ spectroscopy.

Near-ultraviolet signatures of environment-driven galaxy quenching in Sloan Digital Sky Survey groups (2016)
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Crossett, J. P., Pimbblet, K. A., Jones, D. H., Brown, M. J., & Stott, J. P. (2017). Near-ultraviolet signatures of environment-driven galaxy quenching in Sloan Digital Sky Survey groups. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(1), 480-490. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2228

© 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We have investigated the effect of group environment on residual star formation in galaxies, using Galaxy Evolution Explorer near-ultraviolet (NUV)... Read More about Near-ultraviolet signatures of environment-driven galaxy quenching in Sloan Digital Sky Survey groups.

A photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed population of passive spiral galaxies (2016)
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Fraser-McKelvie, A., Brown, M. J. I., Pimbblet, K. A., Dolley, T., Crossett, J. P., & Bonne, N. J. (2016). A photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed population of passive spiral galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, 462(1), L11-L15. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw117

We have identified a population of passive spiral galaxies from photometry and integral field spectroscopy. We selected z < 0.035 spiral galaxies that have WISE colours consistent with little mid-infrared emission from warm dust. Matched aperture pho... Read More about A photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed population of passive spiral galaxies.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Improved emission lines measurements in four representative samples at 0.07 < z < 0.3 (2016)
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Rodrigues, M., Foster, C., Taylor, E. N., Wright, A. H., Hopkins, A. M., Baldry, I., Brough, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Cluver, M. E., Lara-López, M. A., Liske, J., López-Sánchez, Á. R., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2016). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Improved emission lines measurements in four representative samples at 0.07 < z < 0.3. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 590, Article ARTN A18. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527836

This paper presents a new catalog of emission lines based on the GAMA II data for galaxies between 0.07 <z< 0.34. The catalog includes four subsamples containing 3000 galaxies drawn from the GAMA II survey and spanning four redshift windows. The four... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Improved emission lines measurements in four representative samples at 0.07 < z < 0.3.

GAMA/WiggleZ: the 1.4 GHz radio luminosity functions of high- and low-excitation radio galaxies and their redshift evolution toz= 0.75 (2016)
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Pracy, M. B., Ching, J. H. Y., Sadler, E. M., Croom, S. M., Baldry, I. K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Brown, M. J. I., Couch, W. J., Davis, T. M., Drinkwater, M. J., Hopkins, A. M., Jarvis, M. J., Jelliffe, B., Jurek, R. J., Loveday, J., Pimbblet, K. A., Prescott, M., Wisnioski, E., & Woods, D. (2016). GAMA/WiggleZ: the 1.4 GHz radio luminosity functions of high- and low-excitation radio galaxies and their redshift evolution toz= 0.75. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(1), 2-17. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw910

© 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Royal Astronomical Society. We present radio active galactic nuclei (AGN) luminosity functions over the redshift range 0.005 < z < 0.75. The sample from which the luminosit... Read More about GAMA/WiggleZ: the 1.4 GHz radio luminosity functions of high- and low-excitation radio galaxies and their redshift evolution toz= 0.75.

The many assembly histories of massive void galaxies as revealed by integral field spectroscopy (2016)
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Fraser-McKelvie, A., Pimbblet, K. A., Penny, S. J., & Brown, M. J. I. (2016). The many assembly histories of massive void galaxies as revealed by integral field spectroscopy. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(1), 754-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw677

We present the first detailed integral field spectroscopy study of nine central void galaxies with M*>10¹⁰Mʘ using the Wide Field Spectrograph to determine how a range of assembly histories manifest themselves in the current day Universe.While the ma... Read More about The many assembly histories of massive void galaxies as revealed by integral field spectroscopy.

The z < 1.2 optical luminosity function from a sample of ∼410,000 galaxies in Boötes (2015)
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Beare, R., Brown, M. J. I., Pimbblet, K., Bian, F., & Lin, Y.-T. (2015). The z < 1.2 optical luminosity function from a sample of ∼410,000 galaxies in Boötes. The Astrophysical journal, 815(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/815/2/94

Using a sample of ~410,000 galaxies to a depth of IAB=24 over 8.26 deg2 in the Boötes field (~10 times larger than the z~1 luminosity function (LF) studies in the prior literature), we have accurately measured the evolving B-band LF of red galaxies a... Read More about The z < 1.2 optical luminosity function from a sample of ∼410,000 galaxies in Boötes.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic data release (far-UV-far-IR) and the low-z energy budget (2015)
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Driver, S. P., Wright, A. H., Andrews, S. K., Davies, L. J., Kafle, P. R., Lange, R., Moffett, A. J., Mannering, E., Robotham, A. S. G., Vinsen, K., Alpaslan, M., Andrae, E., Baldry, I. K., Bauer, A. E., Bamford, S. P., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bourne, N., Brough, S., Brown, M. J. I., Cluver, M. E., …Williams, R. (2016). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic data release (far-UV-far-IR) and the low-z energy budget. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), 3911-3942. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2505

We present the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) Panchromatic Data Release (PDR) constituting over 230 deg2 of imaging with photometry in 21 bands extending from the far-UV to the far-IR. These data complement our spectroscopic campaign of over 300k ga... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic data release (far-UV-far-IR) and the low-z energy budget.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the bright void galaxy population in the optical and mid-IR (2015)
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Penny, S. J., Brown, M. J. I., Pimbblet, K. A., Cluver, M. E., Croton, D. J., Owers, M. S., Lange, R., Alpaslan, M., Baldry, I., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Driver, S. P., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Jarrett, T. H., Heath Jones, D., Kelvin, L. S., Lara-López, M. A., Liske, J., López-Sánchez, A. R., …Rodrigues, M. (2015). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the bright void galaxy population in the optical and mid-IR. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(4), 3519-3539. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1926

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We examine the properties of galaxies in the Galaxies and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey located in voids with radii > 10 h -1 Mpc. Utilizing the GAM... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the bright void galaxy population in the optical and mid-IR.

Shapley Supercluster Survey: Construction of the photometric catalogues and i-band data release (2015)
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Mercurio, A., Merluzzi, P., Busarello, G., Grado, A., Limatola, L., Haines, C. P., Brescia, M., Cavuoti, S., Dopita, M., Dall'Ora, M., Capaccioli, M., Napolitano, N., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2015). Shapley Supercluster Survey: Construction of the photometric catalogues and i-band data release. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(4), 3685-3698. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1905

The Shapley Supercluster Survey is a multi-wavelength survey covering an area of ∼23 deg² (∼260 Mpc² at z = 0.048) around the supercluster core, including nine Abell and two poor clusters, having redshifts in the range 0.045–0.050. The survey aims to... Read More about Shapley Supercluster Survey: Construction of the photometric catalogues and i-band data release.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2 (2015)
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Vázquez-Mata, J. A., López-Sánchez, Á. R., Lara-López, M. A., Häußler, B., Liske, J., Baldry, I. K., Driver, S. P., Tuffs, R. J., Alpaslan, M., Andrae, E., Brough, S., Cluver, M. E., Grootes, M. W., Gunawardhana, M. L. P., Kelvin, L. S., Loveday, J., Robotham, A. S. G., Taylor, E. N., Bamford, S. P., Bland-Hawthorn, J., …Wright, A. H. (2015). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 2087-2126. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1436

The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of low redshift galaxies. Covering an area of ∼286 deg² (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r < 19.8 mag, we have collec... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): end of survey report and data release 2.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): trends in galaxy colours, morphology, and stellar populations with large-scale structure, group, and pair environments (2015)
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Alpaslan, M., Driver, S., Robotham, A. S. G., Obreschkow, D., Andrae, E., Cluver, M., Kelvin, L. S., Lange, R., Owers, M., Taylor, E. N., Andrews, S. K., Bamford, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Brown, M. J. I., Colless, M., Davies, L. J. M., Eardley, E., Grootes, M. W., Hopkins, A. M., …Tuffs, R. (2015). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): trends in galaxy colours, morphology, and stellar populations with large-scale structure, group, and pair environments. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451(3), 3249-3268. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1176

© 2015 The Authors. We explore trends in galaxy properties with Mpc-scale structures using catalogues of environment and large-scale structure from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. Existing GAMA catalogues of large-scale structure, group,... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): trends in galaxy colours, morphology, and stellar populations with large-scale structure, group, and pair environments.