All Outputs (264)

Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails (2024)
Journal Article
Salinas, V., Jaffé, Y. L., Smith, R., Shinn, J. H., Crossett, J. P., Gullieuszik, M., González-Torà, G., Piraino-Cerda, F., Poggianti, B., Vulcani, B., Biviano, A., Lourenço, A. C. C., Bilton, L. E., Kelkar, K., & Calderón-Castillo, P. (2024). Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(1), 341-359. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1784

Ram pressure stripping is perhaps the most efficient mechanism for removing gas and quenching galaxies in dense environments, as they move through the intergalactic medium. Extreme examples of on-going ram pressure stripping are known as jellyfish ga... Read More about Constraining the duration of ram pressure stripping features in the optical from the direction of jellyfish galaxy tails.

Tests of subgrid models for star formation using simulations of isolated disc galaxies (2024)
Journal Article
Nobels, F. S. J., Schaye, J., Schaller, M., Ploeckinger, S., Chaikin, E., & Richings, A. J. (2024). Tests of subgrid models for star formation using simulations of isolated disc galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532(3), 3299-3321. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1390

We use smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of isolated Milky Way-mass disc galaxies that include cold, interstellar gas to test subgrid prescriptions for star formation (SF). Our fiducial model combines a Schmidt law with a gravitational inst... Read More about Tests of subgrid models for star formation using simulations of isolated disc galaxies.

Estimating the household secondary attack rate and serial interval of COVID-19 using social media (2024)
Journal Article
Dhiman, A., Yom-Tov, E., Pellis, L., Edelstein, M., Pebody, R., Hayward, A., House, T., Finnie, T., Guzman, D., Lampos, V., Virus Watch Consortium, & Cox, I. J. (2024). Estimating the household secondary attack rate and serial interval of COVID-19 using social media. npj Digital Medicine, 7(1), Article 194. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01160-2

We propose a method to estimate the household secondary attack rate (hSAR) of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom based on activity on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Conventional methods of hSAR estimation are resource intensive,... Read More about Estimating the household secondary attack rate and serial interval of COVID-19 using social media.

Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines (2024)
Journal Article
Domingo, J. P. T., Jenkin, G. R., Quick, L., Williams, R. D., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Tortajada, C., Byrne, P., Coulthard, T. J., Padrones, J. T., Crane, R., Gibaga, C. R. L., Vasilopoulos, G., Tungpalan, K., Samaniego, J. O., Biles, E., Tanciongco, A. M., Chambers, J. E., Quimado, M. O., Bautista, A. T., Gonzalvo, F. I. P., …Arcilla, C. A. (2024). Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines. Journal of cleaner production, 468, Article 143114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143114

The rising demand for critical metals presents a major economic opportunity for mineral-rich countries. For a sustainable transition to a low-carbon future, it is essential to minimise impacts of mineral resource development to the environment, ecosy... Read More about Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines.

CLASSY IX: The Chemical Evolution of the Ne, S, Cl, and Ar Elements (2024)
Journal Article
Arellano-Córdova, K., Berg, D., Mingozzi, M., James, B., Rogers, N., Skillman, E., Cullen, F., Alexander, R., Amorín, R., Chisholm, J., Hayes, M., Heckman, T., Hernandez, S., Kumari, N., Leitherer, C., Martin, C., Maseda, M., Nanayakkara, T., Parker, K., Ravindranath, S., …Wofford, A. (2024). CLASSY IX: The Chemical Evolution of the Ne, S, Cl, and Ar Elements. The Astrophysical journal, 968(2), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad34cf

To study the chemical evolution across cosmic epochs, we investigate Ne, S, Cl, and Ar abundance patterns in the COS Legacy Archive Spectroscopic SurveY (CLASSY). CLASSY comprises local star-forming galaxies (0.02 < z < 0.18) with enhanced star-forma... Read More about CLASSY IX: The Chemical Evolution of the Ne, S, Cl, and Ar Elements.

Predictions for CO emission and the CO-to-H2 conversion factor in galaxy simulations with non-equilibrium chemistry (2024)
Journal Article
Thompson, O. A., Richings, A. J., Gibson, B. K., Faucher-Giguère, C. A., Feldmann, R., & Hayward, C. C. (2024). Predictions for CO emission and the CO-to-H2 conversion factor in galaxy simulations with non-equilibrium chemistry. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532(2), 1948-1965. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1486

Our ability to trace the star-forming molecular gas is important to our understanding of the Universe. We can trace this gas using CO emission, converting the observed CO intensity into the H2 gas mass of the region using the CO-to-H2 conversion fact... Read More about Predictions for CO emission and the CO-to-H2 conversion factor in galaxy simulations with non-equilibrium chemistry.

Modeling nonstationary noise in pulsar timing array data analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Falxa, M., Antoniadis, J., Champion, D. J., Cognard, I., Desvignes, G., Guillemot, L., Hu, H., Janssen, G., Jawor, J., Karuppusamy, R., Keith, M., Kramer, M., Lackeos, K., Liu, K., McKee, J. W., Perrodin, D., Sanidas, S., Shaifullah, G., & Theureau, G. (2024). Modeling nonstationary noise in pulsar timing array data analysis. Physical Review D, 109(12), Article 123010. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.123010

Pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations recently reported evidence for the presence of a gravitational wave background (GWB) in their datasets. The main candidate that is expected to produce such a GWB is the population of supermassive black hole bi... Read More about Modeling nonstationary noise in pulsar timing array data analysis.

Do galaxy mergers prefer under-dense environments? (2024)
Journal Article
Sureshkumar, U., Durkalec, A., Pollo, A., Pearson, W., Farrow, D., Narayanan, A., Loveday, J., Taylor, E., & Suelves, L. (2024). Do galaxy mergers prefer under-dense environments?. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 686, Article A40. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347705

Context. Galaxy mergers play a crucial role in galaxy evolution. However, the correlation between mergers and the local environment of galaxies is not fully understood.
Aims. We aim to address the question of whether galaxy mergers prefer denser or... Read More about Do galaxy mergers prefer under-dense environments?.

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe (2024)
Journal Article
EPTA Collaboration and InPTA Collaboration, Antoniadis, J., Arumugam, P., Arumugam, S., Babak, S., Bagchi, M., Bak Nielsen, A.-S., Bassa, C. G., Bathula, A., Berthereau, A., Bonetti, M., Bortolas, E., Brook, P. R., Burgay, M., Caballero, R. N., Chalumeau, A., Champion, D. J., Chanlaridis, S., Chen, S., Cognard, I., …Valtolina, S. (2024). The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 685, Article A94. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347433

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) and Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) collaborations have measured a low-frequency common signal in the combination of their second and first data releases, respectively, with the correlation properties of a g... Read More about The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe.

Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background (2024)
Journal Article
Agazie, G., Antoniadis, J., Anumarlapudi, A., Archibald, A. M., Arumugam, P., Arumugam, S., Arzoumanian, Z., Askew, J., Babak, S., Bagchi, M., Bailes, M., Nielsen, A.-S. B., Baker, P. T., Bassa, C. G., Bathula, A., Bécsy, B., Berthereau, A., Bhat, N. D. R., Blecha, L., Bonetti, M., …The International Pulsar Timing Array Collaboration. (2024). Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background. The Astrophysical journal, 966(1), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad36be

The Australian, Chinese, European, Indian, and North American pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations recently reported, at varying levels, evidence for the presence of a nanohertz gravitational-wave background (GWB). Given that each PTA made differ... Read More about Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background.

Dense stellar clump formation driven by strong quasar winds in the FIRE cosmological hydrodynamic simulations (2024)
Journal Article
Mercedes-Feliz, J., Anglés-Alcázar, D., Oh, B. K., Hayward, C. C., Cochrane, R. K., Richings, A. J., Faucher-Giguère, C. A., Wellons, S., Terrazas, B. A., Moreno, J., Su, K. Y., & Hopkins, P. F. (2024). Dense stellar clump formation driven by strong quasar winds in the FIRE cosmological hydrodynamic simulations. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), 2795-2809. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1021

We investigate the formation of dense stellar clumps in a suite of high-resolution cosmological zoom-in simulations of a massive, star-forming galaxy at z ∼ 2 under the presence of strong quasar winds. Our simulations include multiphase ISM physics f... Read More about Dense stellar clump formation driven by strong quasar winds in the FIRE cosmological hydrodynamic simulations.

Under threat: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights (2024)
Journal Article
Beyrer, C., Kamarulzaman, A., Isbell, M., Amon, J., Baral, S., Bassett, M. T., Cepeda, J., Deacon, H., Dean, L., Fan, L., Giacaman, R., Gomes, C., Gruskin, S., Goyal, R., Mon, S. H. H., Jabbour, S., Kazatchkine, M., Kasoka, K., Lyons, C., Maleche, A., …Rubenstein, L. (2024). Under threat: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights. Lancet, 403(10434), 1374-1418. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2824%2900302-7

2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration articulates an inspiring vision of a world that is just, equitable, tolerant, and strategically focused on actions to address the most vulne... Read More about Under threat: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights.

Culture and Heritage in Constitutional Law (2024)
Book Chapter
Vaivade, A., & Deacon, H. (2024). Culture and Heritage in Constitutional Law. In L. Lixinski, & L. K. Morisset (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and the Law. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003149392

The chapter will analyze the way states deal with culture and heritage in their constitutions, in relation to nation building, identity and human rights, and will provide insights into examples coming from different regions of the world. Considering... Read More about Culture and Heritage in Constitutional Law.

Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication (2024)
Journal Article
Ravindhran, B., Prosser, J., Lim, A., Lathan, R., Mishra, B., Hitchman, L., Smith, G. E., Carradice, D., Thakker, D., Chetter, I. C., & Pymer, S. (2024). Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication. BJS Open, 8(1), Article zrad166. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrad166

Background: Guidelines recommend cardiovascular risk reduction and supervised exercise therapy as the first line of treatment in intermittent claudication, but implementation challenges and poor patient compliance lead to significant variation in man... Read More about Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication.

Evaluating Asthma Symptoms in Relation to Indoor Air Quality: Insights from IoT-enabled Monitoring (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mishra, B. K., Thakker, D., John, R., Kureshi, R. R., Ahmad, B., Jones, W., & Li, X. (2023, December). Evaluating Asthma Symptoms in Relation to Indoor Air Quality: Insights from IoT-enabled Monitoring. Presented at 4th International Conference on Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems (ICDSIS 2023), Dubai, UAE

Air pollution appears in the form of outdoor air quality and indoor air quality (IAQ). Particulate Matters (PM2.5 and PM10) and CO2, among many air pollutants, are responsible for worsening IAQ. IAQ has been linked to lung illnesses such as asthma, c... Read More about Evaluating Asthma Symptoms in Relation to Indoor Air Quality: Insights from IoT-enabled Monitoring.

The interplay between dust and radiation (2024)
Book Chapter
Richings, A. (2024). The interplay between dust and radiation. In S. Bovino, & T. Grassi (Eds.), Astrochemical Modeling: Practical Aspects of Microphysics in Numerical Simulations (157-188). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-32-391746-9.00015-8

The attenuation of radiation due to dust depends on the composition and optical properties of the dust grains. This is fundamental to determine the impact of radiation on chemical evolution. In this chapter, we discuss how we can compute grain proper... Read More about The interplay between dust and radiation.

Constraining the driving mechanism of galaxy-scale winds with emission line spectra (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stern, J., Oñorbe, J., Richings, A. J., Johnson, S. D., & Faucher-Giguère, C.-A. (2023, March). Constraining the driving mechanism of galaxy-scale winds with emission line spectra. Presented at Black Hole Winds at All Scales : IAU symposium 378, Haifa, Israel

Using hydrodynamic simulations and photoionization calculations, we demonstrate that quasar emission line spectra contain information on the driving mechanism of galaxy-scale outflows. Outflows driven by a hot shocked bubble are expected to exhibit L... Read More about Constraining the driving mechanism of galaxy-scale winds with emission line spectra.

Applying Dynamic Human Activity to Disentangle Property Crime Patterns in London during the Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis Using Geo-Tagged Big Data (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, T., Bowers, K., & Cheng, T. (2023). Applying Dynamic Human Activity to Disentangle Property Crime Patterns in London during the Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis Using Geo-Tagged Big Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 12(12), Article 488. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12120488

This study aimed to evaluate the relationships between different groups of explanatory variables (i.e., dynamic human activity variables, static variables of social disorganisation and crime generators, and combinations of both sets of variables) and... Read More about Applying Dynamic Human Activity to Disentangle Property Crime Patterns in London during the Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis Using Geo-Tagged Big Data.

Pulsar scintillation through thick and thin: bow shocks, bubbles, and the broader interstellar medium (2023)
Journal Article
Ocker, S. K., Cordes, J. M., Chatterjee, S., Stinebring, D. R., Dolch, T., Giannakopoulos, C., Pelgrims, V., McKee, J. W., & Reardon, D. J. (2024). Pulsar scintillation through thick and thin: bow shocks, bubbles, and the broader interstellar medium. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 7568-7587. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3683

Observations of pulsar scintillation are among the few astrophysical probes of very small-scale ( au) phenomena in the interstellar medium (ISM). In particular, characterization of scintillation arcs, including their curvature and intensity distribut... Read More about Pulsar scintillation through thick and thin: bow shocks, bubbles, and the broader interstellar medium.

The black widow pulsar J1641+8049 in the optical, radio, and X-rays (2023)
Journal Article
Kirichenko, A. Y., Zharikov, S. V., Karpova, A. V., Fonseca, E., Zyuzin, D. A., Shibanov, Y. A., López, E. A., Gilfanov, M. R., Cabrera-Lavers, A., Geier, S., Dong, F. A., Good, D. C., McKee, J. W., Meyers, B. W., Stairs, I. H., McLaughlin, M. A., & Swiggum, J. K. (2024). The black widow pulsar J1641+8049 in the optical, radio, and X-rays. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 4563-4572. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3391

PSR J1641+8049 is a 2 ms black widow pulsar with the 2.2 h orbital period detected in the radio and γ -rays. We performed new phase-resolved multiband photometry of PSR J1641+8049 using the OSIRIS instrument at the Gran Telescopio Canarias. The obtai... Read More about The black widow pulsar J1641+8049 in the optical, radio, and X-rays.