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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., Driver, S. P., Graham, A. W., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., López-Sánchez, A. R., Loveday, J., Phillipps, S., Pimbblet, K. A., Taylor, E., Wang, L., & 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.

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., Marchetti, L., Taylor, E. N., Kamphuis, P., MacCagni, F. M., Ramaila, A. J., Serra, P., Smirnov, O. M., White, S. V., Kilborn, V., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Brough, S., Pimbblet, K. A., Driver, S. P., & 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.

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., Karakas, A. I., & 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.

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., Pimbblet, K. A., & 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.

New Thermonuclear Rate of <sup>7</sup>Li(d,n)2<sup>4</sup>He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem (2021)
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Hou, S. Q., Kajino, T., Trueman, T. C., Pignatari, M., Luo, Y. D., & Bertulani, C. A. (2021). New Thermonuclear Rate of 7Li(d,n)24He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem. The Astrophysical journal, 920(2), Article 145. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1a11

Accurate 7Li(d,n)24He thermonuclear reaction rates are crucial for precise prediction of the primordial abundances of lithium and beryllium and to probe the mysteries beyond fundamental physics and the standard cosmological model. However, uncertaint... Read More about New Thermonuclear Rate of <sup>7</sup>Li(d,n)2<sup>4</sup>He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem.

UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522 (2021)
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Barbuy, B., Cantelli, E., Muniz, L., Souza, S. O., Chiappini, C., Hirschi, R., Cescutti, G., Pignatari, M., Ortolani, S., Kerber, L., F. S. Maia, F., Bica, E., & Depagne, E. (2021). UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 654, Article A29. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140815

Context: NGC 6522 is a moderately metal-poor bulge globular cluster ([Fe/H] -1.0), and it is a well-studied representative among a number of moderately metal-poor blue horizontal branch clusters located in the bulge. The NGC 6522 abundance pattern ca... Read More about UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522.

The 59Fe (n,γ) 60Fe Cross Section from the Surrogate Ratio Method and Its Effect on the 60Fe Nucleosynthesis (2021)
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Yan, S. Q., Li, X. Y., Nishio, K., Lugaro, M., Li, Z. H., Makii, H., Pignatari, M., Wang, Y. B., Orlandi, R., Hirose, K., Tsukada, K., Mohr, P., Li, G. S., Wang, J. G., Gao, B. S., Han, Y. L., Guo, B., Li, Y. J., Shen, Y. P., Sato, T. K., …Liu, W. P. (2021). The 59Fe (n,γ) 60Fe Cross Section from the Surrogate Ratio Method and Its Effect on the 60Fe Nucleosynthesis. The Astrophysical journal, 919(2), Article 84. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac12ce

The long-lived 60Fe (with a half-life of 2.62 Myr) is a crucial diagnostic of active nucleosynthesis in the Milky Way galaxy and in supernovae near the solar system. The neutron-capture reaction 59Fe(n,γ)60Fe on 59Fe (half-life = 44.5 days) is the ke... Read More about The 59Fe (n,γ) 60Fe Cross Section from the Surrogate Ratio Method and Its Effect on the 60Fe Nucleosynthesis.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The environmental impact on SFR and metallicity in galaxy groups (2021)
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Sotillo-Ramos, D., Lara-López, M. A., Pérez-García, A. M., Pérez-Martínez, R., Hopkins, A. M., Holwerda, B. W., Liske, J., López-Sánchez, A. R., Owers, M. S., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2021). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The environmental impact on SFR and metallicity in galaxy groups. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(2), 1817-1830. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2641

We present a study of the relationships and environmental dependencies between stellar mass, star formation rate, and gas metallicity for more than 700 galaxies in groups up to redshift 0.35 from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. To identif... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The environmental impact on SFR and metallicity in galaxy groups.

The vibrational properties of benzene on an ordered water ice surface (2021)
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Clark, V. H., & Benoit, D. M. (2021). The vibrational properties of benzene on an ordered water ice surface. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(3), 3239-3250. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2670

We present a hybrid CCSD(T) + PBE-D3 approach to calculating the vibrational signatures for gas-phase benzene and benzene adsorbed on an ordered water ice surface. We compare the results of our method against experimentally recorded spectra and calcu... Read More about The vibrational properties of benzene on an ordered water ice surface.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters (2021)
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Baratella, M., D'Orazi, V., Sheminova, V., Spina, L., Carraro, G., Gratton, R., Magrini, L., Randich, S., Lugaro, M., Pignatari, M., Romano, D., Biazzo, K., Bragaglia, A., Casali, G., Desidera, S., Frasca, A., De Silva, G., Melo, C., Van Der Swaelmen, M., Tautvaišienė, G., …Zaggia, S. (2021). The Gaia-ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 653, Article A67. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141069

Context. Young open clusters (ages of less than 200 Myr) have been observed to exhibit several peculiarities in their chemical compositions. These anomalies include a slightly sub-solar iron content, super-solar abundances of some atomic species (e.g... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters.

Ocean Acidification Amplifies the Olfactory Response to 2-Phenylethylamine: Altered Cue Reception as a Mechanistic Pathway? (2021)
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Hardege, J. D., Schirrmacher, P., Roggatz, C. C., & Benoit, D. M. (in press). Ocean Acidification Amplifies the Olfactory Response to 2-Phenylethylamine: Altered Cue Reception as a Mechanistic Pathway?. Journal of Chemical Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01276-9

With carbon dioxide (CO2) levels rising dramatically, climate change threatens marine environments. Due to increasing CO2 concentrations in the ocean, pH levels are expected to drop by 0.4 units by the end of the century. There is an urgent need to u... Read More about Ocean Acidification Amplifies the Olfactory Response to 2-Phenylethylamine: Altered Cue Reception as a Mechanistic Pathway?.

New experimental 23Na(α,p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type-Ia Supernova models (2021)
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J. Hubbard, N., Aa. Diget, C., P. Fox, S., O. U. Fynbo, H., M. Howard, A., S. Kirsebom, O., M. Laird, A., Munch, M., Parikh, A., Pignatari, M., & R. Tomlinson, J. (2021). New experimental 23Na(α,p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type-Ia Supernova models. The Astrophysical journal, 912(1), Article 59. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abee91

The 23Na(α,p)26Mg reaction has been identified as having a significant impact on the nucleosynthesis of several nuclei between Ne and Ti in type-Ia supernovae, and of 23Na and 26Al in massive stars. The reaction has been subjected to renewed experime... Read More about New experimental 23Na(α,p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type-Ia Supernova models.

Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator (2021)
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Quintero, P., Cheng, Y., Benoit, D., Moore, C., & Beavis, A. (2021). Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator. British Journal of Radiology, 94(1122), Article 20201011. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20201011

OBJECTIVE: High levels of beam modulation complexity (MC) and monitor units (MU) can compromise the plan deliverability of intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatments. Our study evaluates the effect of three treatment planning system (TPS) parameters... Read More about Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator.

Project ThaiPASS: international outreach blending astronomy and Python (2021)
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Keegans, J. D., Stancliffe, R. J., Bilton, L. E., Cashmore, C. R., Gibson, B. K., Kristensen, M. T., Lawson, T. V., Pignatari, M., Vaezzadeh, I., Côté, B., & Chongchitnan, S. (2021). Project ThaiPASS: international outreach blending astronomy and Python. Physics Education, 56(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/abdae7

We present our outreach program, the Thailand–UK Python+Astronomy Summer School (ThaiPASS), a collaborative project comprising UK and Thai institutions and assess its impact and possible application to schools in the United Kingdom. Since its incepti... Read More about Project ThaiPASS: international outreach blending astronomy and Python.

The horizon run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation: probing galaxy formation from kilo- to gigaparsec scales (2021)
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Lee, J., Shin, J., Snaith, O. N., Kim, Y., Few, C. G., Devriendt, J., Dubois, Y., Cox, L. M., Hong, S. E., Kwon, O. K., Park, C., Pichon, C., Kim, J., Gibson, B. K., & Park, C. (2021). The horizon run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation: probing galaxy formation from kilo- to gigaparsec scales. The Astrophysical journal, 908(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd08b

Horizon Run 5 (HR5) is a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation that captures the properties of the universe on a Gpc scale while achieving a resolution of 1 kpc. Inside the simulation box, we zoom in on a high-resolution cuboid region with a volume... Read More about The horizon run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical simulation: probing galaxy formation from kilo- to gigaparsec scales.

The RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Parameterisation of RAVE spectra based on convolutional neural networks (2020)
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Guiglion, G., Matijevič, G., Queiroz, A. B., Valentini, M., Steinmetz, M., Chiappini, C., Grebel, E. K., McMillan, P. J., Kordopatis, G., Kunder, A., Zwitter, T., Khalatyan, A., Anders, F., Enke, H., Minchev, I., Monari, G., Wyse, R. F., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Gibson, B. K., …Siebert, A. (2020). The RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Parameterisation of RAVE spectra based on convolutional neural networks. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 644, Article A168. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038271

© ESO 2020. Context Data-driven methods play an increasingly important role in the field of astrophysics In the context of large spectroscopic surveys of stars, data-driven methods are key in deducing physical parameters for millions of spectra in a... Read More about The RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Parameterisation of RAVE spectra based on convolutional neural networks.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The interplay between galaxy mass, SFR, and heavy element abundance in paired galaxy sets (2020)
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Garduño, L. E., Lara-López, M. A., López-Cruz, O., Hopkins, A. M., Owers, M. S., Pimbblet, K. A., & Holwerda, B. W. (2021). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The interplay between galaxy mass, SFR, and heavy element abundance in paired galaxy sets. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(2), 2969-2982. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3799

© 2021 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. We study the star formation rate (SFR), stellar mass (M∗), and the gas metallicity (Z) for 4636 galaxy pairs using the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (G... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): The interplay between galaxy mass, SFR, and heavy element abundance in paired galaxy sets.

GASP XXIX-unwinding the arms of spiral galaxies via ram-pressure stripping (2020)
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Bellhouse, C., McGee, S. L., Smith, R., Poggianti, B. M., Jaffé, Y. L., Kraljic, K., Franchetto, A., Fritz, J., Vulcani, B., Tonnesen, S., Roediger, E., Moretti, A., Gullieuszik, M., & Shin, J. (2020). GASP XXIX-unwinding the arms of spiral galaxies via ram-pressure stripping. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(1), 1285-1312. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3298

We present the first study of the effect of ram pressure ‘unwinding’ the spiral arms of cluster galaxies. We study 11 ram-pressure stripped galaxies from GASP (GAs Stripping Phenomena in galaxies) in which, in addition to more commonly observed ‘jell... Read More about GASP XXIX-unwinding the arms of spiral galaxies via ram-pressure stripping.

The impact of disturbed galaxy clusters on the kinematics of active galactic nuclei (2020)
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Bilton, L. E., Pimbblet, K. A., & Gordon, Y. A. (2020). The impact of disturbed galaxy clusters on the kinematics of active galactic nuclei. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499(3), 3792-3805. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3154

© 2020 The Author(s) We produce a kinematic analysis of AGN-hosting cluster galaxies from a sample of 33 galaxy clusters selected using the X-ray Clusters Database (BAX) and populated with galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8. Th... Read More about The impact of disturbed galaxy clusters on the kinematics of active galactic nuclei.