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Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: The inhomogeneous approach (2015)
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Wehmeyer, B., Pignatari, M., & Thielemann, F.-K. (2015). Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: The inhomogeneous approach. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(2), 1970-1981. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1352

For the origin of heavy r-process elements, different sources have been proposed, e.g., core-collapse supernovae or neutron star mergers. Old metal-poor stars carry the signature of the astrophysical source(s). Among the elements dominantly made by t... Read More about Galactic evolution of rapid neutron capture process abundances: The inhomogeneous approach.

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.

Galactic chemical evolution: Stellar yields and the initial mass function (2015)
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Mollá, M., Cavichia, O., Gavilán, M., & Gibson, B. K. (2015). Galactic chemical evolution: Stellar yields and the initial mass function. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451(4), 3693-3708. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1102

We present a set of 144 Galactic chemical evolution models applied to a Milky Way analogue, computed using four sets of low+intermediate star nucleosynthetic yields, six massive star yield compilations, and six functional forms for the initial mass f... Read More about Galactic chemical evolution: Stellar yields and the initial mass function.

The first direct measurement of ¹²C (¹²C,n) ²³Mg at stellar energies (2015)
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Bucher, B., Tang, X. D., Fang, X., Heger, A., Alamaraz-Calderon, S., Alongi, A., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Beard, M., Best, A., Browne, J., Cahillane, C., Couder, M., deBoer, R. J., Kontos, A., Lamm, L., Li, Y. J., Long, A., Lu, W., Lyons, S., Notani, M., …Woosley, S. E. (2015). The first direct measurement of ¹²C (¹²C,n) ²³Mg at stellar energies. Physical review letters, 114(25), 251102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.251102

Neutrons produced by the carbon fusion reaction ¹²C(¹²C,n)²³Mg play an important role in stellar nucleosynthesis. However, past studies have shown large discrepancies between experimental data and theory, leading to an uncertain cross section extrapo... Read More about The first direct measurement of ¹²C (¹²C,n) ²³Mg at stellar energies.

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.

Stripped elliptical galaxies as probes of ICM physics: I. Tails, wakes, and flow patterns in and around stripped ellipticals (2015)
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Roediger, E., Kraft, R. P., Nulsen, P. E. J., Forman, W. R., Machacek, M., Randall, S., Jones, C., Churazov, E., & Kokotanekova, R. (2015). Stripped elliptical galaxies as probes of ICM physics: I. Tails, wakes, and flow patterns in and around stripped ellipticals. The Astrophysical journal, 806(1), Article ARTN 103. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/806/1/103

Elliptical cluster galaxies are progressively stripped of their atmospheres due to their motion through the intra-cluster medium (ICM). Deep X-ray observations reveal the fine-structure of the galaxy's remnant atmosphere and its gas tail and wake. Th... Read More about Stripped elliptical galaxies as probes of ICM physics: I. Tails, wakes, and flow patterns in and around stripped ellipticals.

Stripped elliptical galaxies as probes of ICM physics: II. Stirred, but mixed? Viscous and inviscid gas stripping of the Virgo elliptical M89 (2015)
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Roediger, E., Kraft, R. P., Nulsen, P. E. J., Forman, W. R., Machacek, M., Randall, S., Jones, C., Churazov, E., & Kokotanekova, R. (2015). Stripped elliptical galaxies as probes of ICM physics: II. Stirred, but mixed? Viscous and inviscid gas stripping of the Virgo elliptical M89. The Astrophysical journal, 806(1), 104. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/806/1/104

Elliptical galaxies moving through the intra-cluster medium (ICM) are progressively stripped of their gaseous atmospheres. X-ray observations reveal the structure of galactic tails, wakes, and the interface between the galactic gas and the ICM. This... Read More about Stripped elliptical galaxies as probes of ICM physics: II. Stirred, but mixed? Viscous and inviscid gas stripping of the Virgo elliptical M89.

An alternative methodology to assess the quality of empirical potentials for small gold clusters (2015)
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Mancera, L. A., & Benoit, D. M. (2015). An alternative methodology to assess the quality of empirical potentials for small gold clusters. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1067(September), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2015.05.026

We present a methodology based on local comparisons of potential energy surfaces (PES) in order to assess the quality of empirical potentials. We compare five typical empirical potentials using a criterion that shows which of these potentials resembl... Read More about An alternative methodology to assess the quality of empirical potentials for small gold clusters.

Super hydrophobic SAM modified electrodes for enhanced current limiting properties in intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices (2015)
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Jabarullah, N. H., Verrelli, E., Mauldin, C., Navarro, L. A., Golden, J. H., Madianos, L. M., & Kemp, N. T. (2015). Super hydrophobic SAM modified electrodes for enhanced current limiting properties in intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 31(22), 6253-6264. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00686

Surface interface engineering using superhydrophobic gold electrodes made with 1-dodecanethiol self-assembled monolayer (SAM) has been used to enhance the current limiting properties of novel surge protection devices based on the intrinsic conducting... Read More about Super hydrophobic SAM modified electrodes for enhanced current limiting properties in intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices.

Nucleosynthesis simulations for the production of the p-nuclei 92Mo and 94Mo in a Supernova type II model (2015)
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Göbel, K., Glorius, J., Koloczek, A., Pignatari, M., Reifarth, R., Schach, R., & Sonnabend, K. (2015). Nucleosynthesis simulations for the production of the p-nuclei 92Mo and 94Mo in a Supernova type II model. EPJ Web of Conferences, 93, 03006. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159303006

We present a nucleosynthesis sensitivity study for the γ-process in a Supernova type II model within the NuGrid research platform. The simulations aimed at identifying the relevant local production and destruction rates for the p-nuclei of molybdenum... Read More about Nucleosynthesis simulations for the production of the p-nuclei 92Mo and 94Mo in a Supernova type II model.

Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bucher, B., Fang, X., Tang, X., Tan, W., Almaraz-Calderon, S., Alongi, A., Ayangeakaa, A., Beard, M., Best, A., Browne, J., Cahillane, C., Couder, M., Dahlstrom, E., Davies, P., DeBoer, R., Kontos, A., Lamm, L., Long, A., Lu, W., Lyons, S., …Wiescher, M. Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics

The 12 C+ 12 C reaction is one of the single most important nuclear reactions in astrophysics. It strongly influences late evolution of massive stars as well as the dynamics of type Ia supernovae and x-ray superbursts. An accurate estimation of the c... Read More about Constraining the 12C+12C fusion cross section for astrophysics.

Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Žugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., …Wright, T. Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility

The neutron capture cross section of 58 Ni was measured at the neutron time of flight facility n-TOF at CERN, from 27 meV to 400 keV neutron energy. Special care has been taken to identify all the possible sources of background, with the so-called ne... Read More about Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility.

Understanding of matrix embedding: a theoretical spectroscopic study of CO interacting with Ar clusters, surfaces and matrices (2015)
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Mahjoubi, K., Benoit, D. M., Jaidane, N.-E., Al-Mogren, M. M., & Hochlaf, M. (2015). Understanding of matrix embedding: a theoretical spectroscopic study of CO interacting with Ar clusters, surfaces and matrices. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 17(26), 17159-17168. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp01672j

Through benchmark studies, we explore the performance of PBE density functional theory, with and without Grimme's dispersion correction (DFT-D3), in predicting spectroscopic properties for molecules interacting with rare gas matrices. Here, a periodi... Read More about Understanding of matrix embedding: a theoretical spectroscopic study of CO interacting with Ar clusters, surfaces and matrices.

Interaction between colloidal particles on an oil-water interface in dilute and dense phases (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parolini, L., Law, A. D., Maestro, A., Buzza, D. M. A., & Cicuta, P. Interaction between colloidal particles on an oil-water interface in dilute and dense phases

The interaction between micron-sized charged colloidal particles at polar/non-polar liquid interfaces remains surprisingly poorly understood for a relatively simple physical chemistry system. By measuring the pair correlation function g(r) for differ... Read More about Interaction between colloidal particles on an oil-water interface in dilute and dense phases.

Tracking Cluster Debris (TraCD) – I. Dissolution of clusters and searching for the solar cradle (2015)
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Moyano Loyola, G. R., Flynn, C., Hurley, J. R., & Gibson, B. K. (2015). Tracking Cluster Debris (TraCD) – I. Dissolution of clusters and searching for the solar cradle. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(4), 4443-4457. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv550

The capability to reconstruct dissolved stellar systems in dynamical and chemical space is a key factor in improving our understanding of the evolution of the Milky Way. Here we concentrate on the dynamical aspect and given that a significant portion... Read More about Tracking Cluster Debris (TraCD) – I. Dissolution of clusters and searching for the solar cradle.

Sensitivity of nonlinear photoionization to resonance substructure in collective excitation (2015)
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Mazza, T., Karamatskou, A., Ilchen, M., Bakhtiarzadeh, S., Rafipoor, A. J., O’Keeffe, P., Kelly, T. J., Walsh, N., Costello, J. T., Meyer, M., & Santra, R. (2015). Sensitivity of nonlinear photoionization to resonance substructure in collective excitation. Nature communications, 6(1), 6799-1-6799-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7799

Collective behaviour is a characteristic feature in many-body systems, important for developments in fields such as magnetism, superconductivity, photonics and electronics. Recently, there has been increasing interest in the optically nonlinear respo... Read More about Sensitivity of nonlinear photoionization to resonance substructure in collective excitation.

Polarization and mutual coupling effects in aluminum nanoantenna arrays (2015)
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Dorh, N., Stokes, J., & Cryan, M. J. (2015). Polarization and mutual coupling effects in aluminum nanoantenna arrays. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 32(4), 721-729. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.32.000721

This paper uses finite-difference time-domain modeling to study the impact of varying the polarization of the point source(s) on both a single aluminum dipole nanoantenna and a 2×2 array. Starting with the single dipole nanoantenna, this paper demons... Read More about Polarization and mutual coupling effects in aluminum nanoantenna arrays.

Accurate and convergent T-matrix calculations of light scattering by spheroids (2015)
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Somerville, W., Auguié, B., & Le Ru, E. (2015). Accurate and convergent T-matrix calculations of light scattering by spheroids. Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, 160, 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.03.020

The convergence behavior of the T-matrix method as calculated by the extended boundary condition method (EBCM) is studied, in the case of light scattering by spheroidal particles. By making use of a new formulation of the EBCM integrals specifically... Read More about Accurate and convergent T-matrix calculations of light scattering by spheroids.

The IGIMF and other IMFs in dSphs: the case of Sagittarius (2015)
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Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., Recchi, S., Calura, F., McWilliam, A., & A. Lanfranchi, G. (2015). The IGIMF and other IMFs in dSphs: the case of Sagittarius. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(2), 1327–1339. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv357

We have studied the effects of various initial mass functions (IMFs) on the chemical evolution of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (Sgr). In particular, we tested the effects of the integrated galactic initial mass function (IGIMF) on various predicted a... Read More about The IGIMF and other IMFs in dSphs: the case of Sagittarius.

The nature and role of the gold-krypton interactions in small neutral gold clusters (2015)
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Mancera, L. A., & Benoit, D. M. (2015). The nature and role of the gold-krypton interactions in small neutral gold clusters. The journal of physical chemistry. A, 119(12), 3075-3088. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp513021q

© 2015 American Chemical Society. We investigate the nature and role of krypton embedding in small neutral gold clusters. For some of these clusters, we observe a particular site-dependent character of the Kr binding that does not completely follow t... Read More about The nature and role of the gold-krypton interactions in small neutral gold clusters.