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High-precision measurement of the 238U (n,γ) cross section with the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) at n_TOF, CERN (2014)
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Wright, T., Guerrero, C., Billowes, J., Ware, T., Cano-Ott, D., Mendoza, E., …Vermeulen, M. (2014). High-precision measurement of the 238U (n,γ) cross section with the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) at n_TOF, CERN. Nuclear data sheets, 119, 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.009

The neutron capture cross section of 238 U is fundamental to the design and operation of current reactors and future fast nuclear reactors, and thus must be measured to a high level of accuracy. An experiment has been performed at the CERN n TOF faci... Read More about High-precision measurement of the 238U (n,γ) cross section with the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) at n_TOF, CERN.

Investigation of neutron-induced reactions at n_TOF: An overview of the 2009-2012 experimental program (2014)
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Guerrero, C., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., …Tarrío, D. (2014). Investigation of neutron-induced reactions at n_TOF: An overview of the 2009-2012 experimental program. Nuclear data sheets, 119, 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.004

The neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF is operating at CERN (Switzerland) since 2001, having started in 2009 a new campaign with an upgraded spallation target. The ambitious program carried out includes a large number of experiments in nuclear tec... Read More about Investigation of neutron-induced reactions at n_TOF: An overview of the 2009-2012 experimental program.

The role of feedback in shaping the structure of the interstellar medium (2014)
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Walker, A. P., Gibson, B. K., Pilkington, K., Brook, C. B., Dutta, P., Stanimirović, S., …Bailin, J. (2014). The role of feedback in shaping the structure of the interstellar medium. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(1), 525-531. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu419

We present an analysis of the role of feedback in shaping the neutral hydrogen (H i) content of simulated disc galaxies. For our analysis, we have used two realizations of two separate Milky Way-like (~L{black star}) discs - one employing a conservat... Read More about The role of feedback in shaping the structure of the interstellar medium.

Distribution of slow and fast rotators in the Fornax cluster (2014)
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Scott, N., Davies, R. L., Houghton, R. C. W., Cappellari, M., Graham, A. W., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2014). Distribution of slow and fast rotators in the Fornax cluster. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(1), 274-288. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu472

We present integral field spectroscopy of 10 early-type galaxies in the nearby, low-mass, Fornax cluster, from which we derive spatially resolved stellar kinematics. Based on the morphologies of their stellar velocity maps we classify 2/10 galaxies a... Read More about Distribution of slow and fast rotators in the Fornax cluster.

Barium isotopic composition of mainstream silicon carbides from Murchison : constraints for s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars (2014)
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Savina, M. R., Pellin, M. J., Willingham, D. G., Pignatari, M., Bisterzo, S., Cristallo, S., …Willingham, D. (2014). Barium isotopic composition of mainstream silicon carbides from Murchison : constraints for s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars. The Astrophysical journal, 786(1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/786/1/66

We present barium, carbon, and silicon isotopic compositions of 38 acid-cleaned presolar SiC grains from Murchison. Comparison with previous data shows that acid washing is highly effective in removing barium contamination. Strong depletions in δ(138... Read More about Barium isotopic composition of mainstream silicon carbides from Murchison : constraints for s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars.

Current quests in nucleosynthesis: Present and future neutron-induced reaction measurements (2014)
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Praena, J., Pignatari, M., Mastinu, P., Martín-Hernández, G., Prete, G., Quesada, J., & Sabaté-Gilarte, M. (2014). Current quests in nucleosynthesis: Present and future neutron-induced reaction measurements. EPJ Web of Conferences, 66, 07022. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146607022

We present some open questions in nucleosynthesis focused on the measurement of relevant neutron capture cross-sections and on new experimental methods. We review the recent 63 Ni(n,γ) experiment carried out at the n-TOF facility at CERN and its astr... Read More about Current quests in nucleosynthesis: Present and future neutron-induced reaction measurements.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): testing galaxy formation models through the most massive galaxies in the Universe (2014)
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Oliva-Altamirano, P., Brough, S., Lidman, C., Couch, W. J., Hopkins, A. M., Colless, M., …Sharp, R. G. (2014). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): testing galaxy formation models through the most massive galaxies in the Universe. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440(1), 762-775. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu277

We have analysed the growth of Brightest Group Galaxies and Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BGGs/BCGs) over the last 3 billion years using a large sample of 883 galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey. By comparing the stellar mass of BGGs and... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): testing galaxy formation models through the most massive galaxies in the Universe.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) : fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids (2014)
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Alpaslan, M., Robotham, A. S., Obreschkow, D., Penny, S., Driver, S., Norberg, P., …Pimbblet, K. (2014). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) : fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters, 440(1), L106-L110. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu019

Based on data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey, we report on the discovery of structures that we refer to as ‘tendrils’ of galaxies: coherent, thin chains of galaxies that are rooted in filaments and terminate in neighbouring filaments... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) : fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids.

Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy (2014)
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Antoja, T., Helmi, A., Dehnen, W., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Famaey, B., …Zwitter, T. (2014). Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 563, A60-1-A60-17. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322623

Non-axisymmetries in the Galactic potential (spiral arms and bar) induce kinematic groups such as the Hercules stream. Assuming that Hercules is caused by the effects of the outer Lindblad resonance of the Galactic bar, we model analytically its prop... Read More about Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy.

Ni62(n,γ) and Ni63(n,γ) cross sections measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN (2014)
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Lederer, C., Massimi, C., Berthoumieux, E., Colonna, N., Dressler, R., Guerrero, C., …Tassan-Got, L. (2014). Ni62(n,γ) and Ni63(n,γ) cross sections measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 89(2), Article 025810. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.89.025810

The cross section of the Ni62(n,γ) reaction was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the neutron time-of-flight facility n-TOF at CERN. Capture kernels of 42 resonances were analyzed up to 200 keV neutron energy and Maxwellian averaged cross... Read More about Ni62(n,γ) and Ni63(n,γ) cross sections measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN.

Photometric studies of Abell 1664: the subtle effect a minor merger has on cluster galaxies (2014)
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Kleiner, D., Pimbblet, K. A., Owers, M. S., Jones, D. H., & Stephenson, A. P. (2014). Photometric studies of Abell 1664: the subtle effect a minor merger has on cluster galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(3), 2755-2764. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu131

A combination of BRI photometry and archival Chandra X-ray data have been used to analyse the effects a minor merger has on the galaxy population of A1664. We utilize adaptive smoothing techniques in the 2D spatial distribution of cluster galaxies to... Read More about Photometric studies of Abell 1664: the subtle effect a minor merger has on cluster galaxies.

Ultrafast thermally induced magnetic switching in synthetic ferrimagnets (2014)
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Evans, R. F., Ostler, T. A., Chantrell, R. W., Radu, I., & Rasing, T. (2014). Ultrafast thermally induced magnetic switching in synthetic ferrimagnets. Applied physics letters, 104(8), Article 082410. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4867015

Synthetic ferrimagnets are composite magnetic structures formed from two or more anti-ferromagnetically coupled magnetic sublattices with different magnetic moments. Here, we report on atomistic spin simulations of the laser-induced magnetization dyn... Read More about Ultrafast thermally induced magnetic switching in synthetic ferrimagnets.

Atomistic spin model simulations of magnetic nanomaterials (2014)
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Evans, R. F., Fan, W. J., Chureemart, P., Ostler, T. A., Ellis, M. O., & Chantrell, R. W. (2014). Atomistic spin model simulations of magnetic nanomaterials. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26(10), Article 103202. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/26/10/103202

Atomistic modelling of magnetic materials provides unprecedented detail about the underlying physical processes that govern their macroscopic properties, and allows the simulation of complex effects such as surface anisotropy, ultrafast laser-induced... Read More about Atomistic spin model simulations of magnetic nanomaterials.

Chemical abundances in bright giants of the globular cluster M62 (NGC 6266) (2014)
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Yong, D., Alves Brito, A., Da Costa, G. S., Alonso-García, J., Karakas, A. I., Pignatari, M., …Norris, J. E. (2014). Chemical abundances in bright giants of the globular cluster M62 (NGC 6266). Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(3), 2638-2650. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu118

With the exception of Terzan 5, all the Galactic globular clusters that possess significant metallicity spreads, such as ω Cen and M22, are preferentially the more luminous clusters with extended horizontal branches. Here we present radial velocities... Read More about Chemical abundances in bright giants of the globular cluster M62 (NGC 6266).

Near-field hyperspectral optical imaging (2014)
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Bouillard, J. S. G., Dickson, W., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2014). Near-field hyperspectral optical imaging. Chemphyschem, 15(4), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201300826

This Minireview presents an overview of near-field hyperspectral imaging and discusses its applications. Based on a fibre-tip probe, the hyperspectral near-field optical microscope allows the simultaneous acquisition of near-field images over a broad... Read More about Near-field hyperspectral optical imaging.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): UgrizYJHK sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by hubble type (2014)
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Kelvin, L. S., Driver, S. P., Robotham, A. S. G., Graham, A. W., Phillipps, S., Agius, N. K., …Tuffs, R. J. (2014). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): UgrizYJHK sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by hubble type. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(2), 1245-1269. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2391

We report the morphological classification of 3727 galaxies from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey with M r < -17.4 mag and in the redshift range 0.025 < z < 0.06 (2.1 × 10 5 Mpc 3 ) into E, S0-Sa, SB0-SBa, Sab-Scd, SBab-SBcd, Sd-Irr and little... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): UgrizYJHK sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by hubble type.

The room temperature phosphine-free synthesis of near-infrared emitting HgSe quantum dots (2014)
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Mirzai, H., Nordin, M. N., Curry, R. J., Bouillard, J., Zayats, A. V., & Green, M. (2014). The room temperature phosphine-free synthesis of near-infrared emitting HgSe quantum dots. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2(12), 2107-2111. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc00037d

Luminescent mercury selenide (HgSe) quantum dots have been synthesised by a phosphine-free method using oleic acid as a capping agent. The modification of experimental conditions such as temperature resulted in particles of various sizes (15–100 nm)... Read More about The room temperature phosphine-free synthesis of near-infrared emitting HgSe quantum dots.

A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters: I. Radial velocities and metallicities (2014)
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Conrad, C., Scholz, R., Kharchenko, N. V., Piskunov, A. E., Schilbach, E., Röser, S., …Siviero, A. (2014). A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters: I. Radial velocities and metallicities. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 562, A54. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322070

Context. Galactic open clusters (OCs) mainly belong to the young stellar population in the Milky Way disk, but are there groups and complexes of OCs that possibly define an additional level in hierarchical star formation? Current compilations are too... Read More about A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters: I. Radial velocities and metallicities.

Plasmonic nanogaps for broadband and large spontaneous emission rate enhancement (2014)
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Edwards, A. P., & Adawi, A. M. (2014). Plasmonic nanogaps for broadband and large spontaneous emission rate enhancement. Journal of applied physics, 115(5), Article ARTN 053101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4864018

We present the optical properties of a plasmonic nanogap formed between a silver metallic nanoparticle and an extended silver film that shows a strong enhancement in the spontaneous emission rate over the whole visible range. In particular, we use th... Read More about Plasmonic nanogaps for broadband and large spontaneous emission rate enhancement.