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Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The Weak Environmental Dependence of Quasar Activity at 0.1< z <0.35 (2022)
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Wethers, C. F., Acharya, N., De Propris, R., Kotilainen, J., Baldry, I. K., Brough, S., …Wright, A. H. (2022). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The Weak Environmental Dependence of Quasar Activity at 0.1< z

Understanding the connection between nuclear activity and galaxy environment remains critical in constraining models of galaxy evolution. By exploiting extensive catalogued data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey, we identify a represent... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The Weak Environmental Dependence of Quasar Activity at 0.1< z <0.35.

Resilience of sloshing cold fronts against subsequent minor mergers (2022)
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Vaezzadeh, I., Roediger, E., Cashmore, C., Hunt, M., Zuhone, J., Forman, W., …Churazov, E. (2022). Resilience of sloshing cold fronts against subsequent minor mergers. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(1), 518-534. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac784

Minor mergers are common in galaxy clusters. They have the potential to create sloshing cold fronts (SCFs) in the intracluster medium of the cluster. However, the resilience of SCFs to subsequent minor mergers is unknown. Here we investigate the exte... Read More about Resilience of sloshing cold fronts against subsequent minor mergers.

The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar and APOGEE-2 Data (2022)
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Abdurro'uf, Accetta, K., Aerts, C., Silva Aguirre, V., Ahumada, R., Ajgaonkar, N., …Zhu, K. (2022). The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar and APOGEE-2 Data. The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, 259(2), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac4414

This paper documents the seventeenth data release (DR17) from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys; the fifth and final release from the fourth phase (SDSS-IV). DR17 contains the complete release of the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (M... Read More about The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar and APOGEE-2 Data.

Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium (2022)
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Den Hartogh, J., Petö, M. K., Lawson, T., Sieverding, A., Brinkman, H., Pignatari, M., & Lugaro, M. (2022). Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium. The Astrophysical journal, 927(2), Article 220. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4965

Isotope variations of nucleosynthetic origin among solar system solid samples are well documented, yet the origin of these variations is still uncertain. The observed variability of 54Cr among materials formed in different regions of the protoplaneta... Read More about Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and Chromium.

Persistent near-infrared photoconductivity of ZnO nanoparticles based on plasmonic hot charge carriers (2022)
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Ibrahem, M. A., Verrelli, E., Cheng, F., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & O'Neill, M. (2022). Persistent near-infrared photoconductivity of ZnO nanoparticles based on plasmonic hot charge carriers. Journal of applied physics, 131(10), Article 103103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0079006

We report on the coupling of ZnO nanoparticles with plasmonic gold nanoislands in a solution-processed photodetector, which results in a clear enhancement in the optical absorption and the electrical responsivity of ZnO nanoparticles, to cover the vi... Read More about Persistent near-infrared photoconductivity of ZnO nanoparticles based on plasmonic hot charge carriers.

The KLEVER survey: Nitrogen abundances at z ∼2 and probing the existence of a fundamental nitrogen relation (2022)
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Hayden-Pawson, C., Curti, M., Maiolino, R., Cirasuolo, M., Belfiore, F., Cappellari, M., …Vincenzo, F. (in press). The KLEVER survey: Nitrogen abundances at z ∼2 and probing the existence of a fundamental nitrogen relation. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Article stac584. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac584

We present a comparison of the nitrogen-to-oxygen ratio (N/O) in 37 high-redshift galaxies at z ∼2 taken from the KMOS Lensed Emission Lines and VElocity Review (KLEVER) Survey with a comparison sample of local galaxies, taken from the Sloan Digital... Read More about The KLEVER survey: Nitrogen abundances at z ∼2 and probing the existence of a fundamental nitrogen relation.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Data Release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions (2022)
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Driver, S. P., Bellstedt, S., Robotham, A. S. G., Baldry, I. K., Davies, L. J., Liske, J., …Wilkins, S. M. (2022). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Data Release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(1), 439-467. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac472

In Galaxy And Mass Assembly Data Release 4 (GAMA DR4), we make available our full spectroscopic redshift sample. This includes 248 682 galaxy spectra, and, in combination with earlier surveys, results in 330 542 redshifts across five sky regions cove... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Data Release 4 and the z < 0.1 total and z < 0.08 morphological galaxy stellar mass functions.

The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field (2022)
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Józsa, G. I., Jarrett, T. H., Cluver, M. E., Wong, O. I., Havenga, O., Yao, H. F., …Kuijken, K. (2022). The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field. The Astrophysical journal, 926(2), Article 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.

Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Rate and Efficiency in Plasmonic Nanopatch Antennas (2022)
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Hamza, A. O., Bouillard, J. S. G., & Adawi, A. M. (in press). Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Rate and Efficiency in Plasmonic Nanopatch Antennas. Chemphotochem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202100285

Successful control of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) through the engineering of the local density of optical states (LDOS) will allow us to develop novel strategies to fully exploit this phenomenon in key enabling technologies. Here we pres... Read More about Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Rate and Efficiency in Plasmonic Nanopatch Antennas.

A Large-scale Approach to Modeling Molecular Biosignatures: The Diatomics (2022)
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Cross, T. M., Benoit, D. M., Pignatari, M., & Gibson, B. K. (2022). A Large-scale Approach to Modeling Molecular Biosignatures: The Diatomics. The Astrophysical journal, 925(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3976

This work presents the first steps to modeling synthetic rovibrational spectra for all molecules of astrophysical interest using a new approach implemented in the Prometheus code. The goal is to create a new comprehensive source of first-principles m... Read More about A Large-scale Approach to Modeling Molecular Biosignatures: The Diatomics.

Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes with an s-process Contribution (2022)
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Trueman, T. C. L., Côté, B., Yagüe López, A., Den Hartogh, J., Pignatari, M., Soós, B., …Lugaro, M. (2022). Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes with an s-process Contribution. The Astrophysical journal, 924(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac31b0

Analysis of inclusions in primitive meteorites reveals that several short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) with half-lives of 0.1-100 Myr existed in the early solar system (ESS). We investigate the ESS origin of 107Pd, 135Cs, and 182Hf, which are produced... Read More about Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes with an s-process Contribution.

Smolyak Algorithm Adapted to a System-Bath Separation: Application to an Encapsulated Molecule with Large-Amplitude Motions (2022)
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Lauvergnat, D., Chen, A., Benoit, D. M., Scribano, Y., Nauts, A., & DavidLauvergnat. (2022). Smolyak Algorithm Adapted to a System-Bath Separation: Application to an Encapsulated Molecule with Large-Amplitude Motions. Journal of chemical theory and computation : JCTC, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00108

A Smolyak algorithm adapted to system-bath separation is proposed for rigorous quantum simulations. This technique combines a sparse grid method with the system-bath concept in a specific configuration without limitations on the form of the Hamiltoni... Read More about Smolyak Algorithm Adapted to a System-Bath Separation: Application to an Encapsulated Molecule with Large-Amplitude Motions.

Defined core–shell particles as the key to complex interfacial self-assembly (2021)
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Menath, J., Eatson, J., Brilmayer, R., Andrieu-Brunsen, A., Buzza, D. M. A., & Vogel, N. (2021). Defined core–shell particles as the key to complex interfacial self-assembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(52), Article e2113394118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113394118

The two-dimensional self-assembly of colloidal particles serves as a model system for fundamental studies of structure formation and as a powerful tool to fabricate functional materials and surfaces. However, the prevalence of hexagonal symmetries in... Read More about Defined core–shell particles as the key to complex interfacial self-assembly.

Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae (2021)
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Lawson, T. V., Pignatari, M., Stancliffe, R. J., Den Hartogh, J., Jones, S., Fryer, C. L., …Lugaro, M. (2022). Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(1), 886-902. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3684

Short-lived radioactive isotopes (SLRs) with half-lives between 0.1 and 100 Myr can be used to probe the origin of the Solar system. In this work, we examine the core-collapse supernovae production of the 15 SLRs produced: 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, 53Mn, 60F... Read More about Radioactive nuclei in the early Solar system: analysis of the 15 isotopes produced by core-collapse supernovae.

Utilisation of CO2 as “Structure Modifier” of Inorganic Solids (2021)
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Francesconi, M. G., Bennett, M. J., Benoit, D., & Dobson, I. (2022). Utilisation of CO2 as “Structure Modifier” of Inorganic Solids. Chemistry: a European journal, 28(6), Article e202103608. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103608

Utilisation of CO2 as a chemical reagent is challenging, due to the molecule’s inherent chemical stability. However, CO2 reacts promptly at high temperature (~1000 C) with alkaline-earth oxides to form carbonates and such reactions are used towards... Read More about Utilisation of CO2 as “Structure Modifier” of Inorganic Solids.

26Aluminum from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System (2021)
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Brinkman, H. E., Hartogh, J. W., Doherty, C. L., Pignatari, M., & Lugaro, M. (2021). 26Aluminum from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System. The Astrophysical journal, 923(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac25ea

Radioactive nuclei were present in the early solar system (ESS), as inferred from analysis of meteorites. Many are produced in massive stars, either during their lives or their final explosions. In the first paper of this series (Brinkman et al. 2019... Read More about 26Aluminum from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System.

APOGEE Chemical Abundance Patterns of the Massive Milky Way Satellites (2021)
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Hasselquist, S., Hayes, C. R., Lian, J., Weinberg, D. H., Zasowski, G., Horta, D., …Vincenzo, F. (2021). APOGEE Chemical Abundance Patterns of the Massive Milky Way Satellites. The Astrophysical journal, 923(2), Article 172. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac25f9

The SDSS-IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey has obtained high-resolution spectra for thousands of red giant stars distributed among the massive satellite galaxies of the Milky Way (MW): the Large and Small Magel... Read More about APOGEE Chemical Abundance Patterns of the Massive Milky Way Satellites.

(Li 6, d) and (Li 6, t) reactions on Ne 22 and implications for s -process nucleosynthesis (2021)
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Ota, S., Christian, G., Catford, W. N., Lotay, G., Pignatari, M., Battino, U., …Wilkinson, R. (2021). (Li 6, d) and (Li 6, t) reactions on Ne 22 and implications for s -process nucleosynthesis. Physical Review C, 104(5), Article 055806. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.055806

We studied α cluster states in Mg26 via the Ne22(Li6,dγ)Mg26 reaction in inverse kinematics at an energy of 7 MeV/nucleon. States between Ex = 4-14 MeV in Mg26 were populated and relative α spectroscopic factors were determined. Some of these states... Read More about (Li 6, d) and (Li 6, t) reactions on Ne 22 and implications for s -process nucleosynthesis.

The Impact of Black Hole Formation on Population-averaged Supernova Yields (2021)
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Griffith, E. J., Sukhbold, T., Weinberg, D. H., Johnson, J. A., Johnson, J. W., & Vincenzo, F. (2021). The Impact of Black Hole Formation on Population-averaged Supernova Yields. The Astrophysical journal, 921, Article 73. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1bac

The landscape of black hole (BH) formation—in which massive stars explode as core-collapse supernovae (CCSN) and which implode into BHs—profoundly affects the initial-mass-function (IMF)-averaged nucleosynthetic yields of a stellar population. Buildi... Read More about The Impact of Black Hole Formation on Population-averaged Supernova Yields.

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., …Robotham, A. S. (2021). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The merging potential of brightest group galaxies. The Astrophysical journal, 921(1), 9. 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.