Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at Edinburgh
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Inst for Astronomy
Abstract
Astronomical research at the University of Edinburgh covers a wide range of topics, which share the common aim of understanding the emergence of complex structures in the universe.
Publications
Kitching T
(2011)
3D photometric cosmic shear 3D photometric cosmic shear
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Conn A
(2011)
A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. I.
in The Astrophysical Journal
Conn A
(2012)
A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. II. DISTANCES TO THE SATELLITES OF M31
in The Astrophysical Journal
Trump J
(2011)
A CANDELS WFC3 GRISM STUDY OF EMISSION-LINE GALAXIES AT z ~ 2: A MIX OF NUCLEAR ACTIVITY AND LOW-METALLICITY STAR FORMATION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dunlop J
(2012)
A critical analysis of the ultraviolet continuum slopes (ß) of high-redshift galaxies: no evidence (yet) for extreme stellar populations at z > 6 The UV slopes of high-redshift galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brasseur C
(2011)
A DEEP PHOTOMETRIC LOOK AT TWO OF ANDROMEDA'S DWARF SPHEROIDALS: X AND XVII
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bernard E
(2012)
A deep, wide-field study of Holmberg II with Suprime-Cam: evidence for ram pressure stripping A wide-field study of Holmberg II
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Magnelli B
(2012)
A Herschel view of the far-infrared properties of submillimetre galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Syphers D
(2009)
A HIGH YIELD OF NEW SIGHTLINES FOR THE STUDY OF INTERGALACTIC HELIUM: FAR-UV-BRIGHT QUASARS FROM THE SDSS, GALEX , AND HST
in The Astrophysical Journal
Chapin E
(2011)
A joint analysis of BLAST 250-500 µm and LABOCA 870 µm observations in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South BLAST and LABOCA observations of the ECDF-S
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Letarte B
(2009)
A Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopic survey of the faint Mâ??31 satellites Andâ??XV and Andâ??XVI
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chapman S. C.
(2006)
A kinematically selected, metal-poor stellar halo in the outskirts of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Mortlock DJ
(2011)
A luminous quasar at a redshift of z = 7.085.
in Nature
Targett T
(2011)
A near-infrared morphological comparison of high-redshift submillimetre and radio galaxies: massive star-forming discs versus relaxed spheroids Submm and radio galaxies at high redshift
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Munshi D
(2010)
A new approach to probing primordial non-Gaussianity
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cirasuolo M
(2010)
A new measurement of the evolving near-infrared galaxy luminosity function out to z â?? 4: a continuing challenge to theoretical models of galaxy formation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tojeiro R
(2009)
A PUBLIC CATALOG OF STELLAR MASSES, STAR FORMATION AND METALLICITY HISTORIES, AND DUST CONTENT FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY USING VESPA
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Curtis-Lake E
(2012)
A remarkably high fraction of strong Lya emitters amongst luminous redshift 6.0 < z < 6.5 Lyman-break galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey Luminous LBGs at z= 6
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McLure R
(2011)
A robust sample of galaxies at redshifts 6.0<z<8.7: stellar populations, star formation rates and stellar masses A robust sample of galaxies at 6.0 < z < 8.7
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Thilker David A.
(2007)
A search for extended ultraviolet disk (XUV-disk) galaxies in the local universe
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Collins M
(2009)
A spectroscopic survey of EC4, an extended cluster in Andromeda's halo
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Papovich C
(2010)
A SPITZER -SELECTED GALAXY CLUSTER AT z = 1.62
in The Astrophysical Journal
Coppin K
(2009)
A submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.76 in the LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field -South
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McConnachie Alan W.
(2008)
A TRIO OF NEW LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES WITH EXTREME PROPERTIES
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Mackey A. D.
(2006)
ACS photometry of extended, luminous globular clusters in the outskirts of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Mackey A. D.
(2007)
ACS photometry of newly discovered globular clusters in the outer halo of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Hikage C
(2010)
Adiabatic versus isocurvature non-Gaussianity
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Francis C
(2010)
An estimate of the local integrated Sachs-Wolfe signal and its impact on cosmic microwave background anomalies The local ISW signal and CMB anomalies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuda Y
(2011)
An Ha search for overdense regions at z = 2.23? Overdensities of Ha emitters at z = 2.23
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Richardson J
(2009)
An HST /ACS view of the inhomogeneous outer halo of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Taylor A
(2010)
Analytic methods for cosmological likelihoods Analytic likelihood
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Irwin M. J.
(2008)
Andromeda XVII: A new low-luminosity satellite of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Cross N
(2009)
Archiving multi-epoch data and the discovery of variables in the near-infrared
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Berk Daniel Vanden
(2008)
Average properties of a large sample of
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abs ~
z
em associated MgII absorption line systems
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Austermann J
(2010)
AzTEC half square degree survey of the SHADES fields â?? I. Maps, catalogues and source counts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Percival W
(2010)
Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 galaxy sample
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sobral D
(2009)
Bright Lya emitters at z ~ 9: constraints on the LF from Hi z ELS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Papovich C
(2012)
CANDELS OBSERVATIONS OF THE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF CLUSTER GALAXIES AT z = 1.62
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kocevski D
(2012)
CANDELS: CONSTRAINING THE AGN-MERGER CONNECTION WITH HOST MORPHOLOGIES AT z ~ 2
in The Astrophysical Journal
Grogin N
(2011)
CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Koekemoer A
(2011)
CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY-THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS, IMAGING DATA PRODUCTS, AND MOSAICS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Finkelstein S
(2012)
CANDELS: THE EVOLUTION OF GALAXY REST-FRAME ULTRAVIOLET COLORS FROM z = 8 TO 4
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zemcov M
(2010)
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MILLIMETER-WAVE POLARIZATION OF CENTAURUS A WITH QUaD
in The Astrophysical Journal
Simpson F
(2011)
Clipping the Cosmos: The Bias and Bispectrum of Large Scale Structure
in Physical Review Letters
Donoso E
(2010)
Clustering of radio galaxies and quasars Clustering of radio galaxies and quasars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kamionkowski M
(2011)
CMB bispectrum, trispectrum, non-Gaussianity, and the Cramer-Rao bound
in Physical Review D
Heavens A
(2011)
Cosmic magnification: nulling intrinsic clustering Cosmic magnification: nulling method
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Reid B
(2010)
Cosmological constraints from the clustering of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 luminous red galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Joachimi B
(2011)
Cosmological information in Gaussianized weak lensing signals Gaussianized weak lensing signals
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | ERC Fellowships |
| Amount | £4,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2009 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | GAMA |
| Organisation | Australian Astronomical Observatory |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Principal component sky subtraction. Redhsift-space distortion analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ideas. |
| Impact | GAMA survey extended to GAMA-II in 2010 (109 allocated AAT nights) |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | ROE Visitor Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Multiple Edinburgh researchers regularly give talks that engage with the public, and particularly schools groups, under the auspices of the ROE Visitor Centre. These range from informal "meet the astronomer" sessions to more structured presentations on advances in astronomy. Evidence of Short-Term Impact is provided by basic numbers, and immediate feedback from questionnaires etc. For example, the annual ROE Open Days attract ~2500 visitors of all ages, while ~6000 school-age children either visit ROE, or receive school visits each year. In addition, more than 50 community Dark Sky events have now been held throughout Scotland, and more than 800 teachers and educators have been trained to run Dark Sky activities. The IfA makes a major contribution towards this direct people contact; for example, in 2010, ten IfA post-graduate students contributed a combined total of over 300 hours to outreach activity. It is also possible to identify clear evidence of Long-Term Impact. For example, over 100 school teachers have attended our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and have been provided with Deep Space Resources (developed as part of the CPD work at ROE) for use in the classroom. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |