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
McConnachie Alan W.
(2006)
The stellar halo and outer disk of M33
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Richards Gordon T.
(2006)
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasar survey: Quasar luminosity function from data release 3
in ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
Chapman S. C.
(2006)
A kinematically selected, metal-poor stellar halo in the outskirts of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Adelman-McCarthy JK
(2006)
The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Mackey A. D.
(2006)
ACS photometry of extended, luminous globular clusters in the outskirts of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Caputi KI
(2006)
Linking stellar mass and star formation in
Spitzer MIPS 24 µm galaxies
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Sheth Ravi K.
(2006)
Environment and the cosmic evolution of star formation
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
McCracken H. J.
(2007)
The angular correlations of galaxies in the COSMOS field
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Faria Daniel
(2007)
Probing the nature of the G1 clump stellar overdensity in the outskirts of M31
in ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
Adelman-McCarthy Jennifer K.
(2007)
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Finoguenov A.
(2007)
The
XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field:: Statistical properties of clusters of galaxies
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Percival Will J.
(2007)
Measuring the matter density using baryon oscillations in the SDSS
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Percival Will J.
(2007)
The shape of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release 5 galaxy power spectrum
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Braine Jonathan
(2007)
The detection of molecular gas in the outskirts of NGC 6946
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Jimenez Raul
(2007)
The ages, metallicities, and star formation histories of early-type galaxies in the SDSS
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Mackey A. D.
(2007)
ACS photometry of newly discovered globular clusters in the outer halo of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Ibata R.
(2007)
The haunted halos of Andromeda and triangulum: A panorama of galaxy formation in action
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Thilker David A.
(2007)
A search for extended ultraviolet disk (XUV-disk) galaxies in the local universe
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Lilly S. J.
(2007)
zCOSMOS:: A large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0<z<3 in the COSMOS field
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Capak P.
(2007)
The first release COSMOS optical and near-IR data and catalog
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
McConnachie Alan W.
(2008)
A TRIO OF NEW LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES WITH EXTREME PROPERTIES
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Adelman-McCarthy Jennifer K.
(2008)
The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Font Andreea S.
(2008)
The stellar content of galaxy halos:: A comparison between ?CDM models and observations of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Mackey A. D.
(2008)
Multiple stellar populations in three rich large Magellanic Cloud star clusters
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Ade P.
(2008)
First season QUaD CMB temperature and polarization power spectra
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Zheng Wei
(2008)
Intergalactic HeII absorption in the spectra of quasars at redshifts 3.5 and 3.8, observed with the
HST ACS prism
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Berk Daniel Vanden
(2008)
Average properties of a large sample of
z
abs ~
z
em associated MgII absorption line systems
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Calura F.
(2008)
Evidence for progressive loss of star-forming gas in SDSS galaxies
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Irwin M. J.
(2008)
Andromeda XVII: A new low-luminosity satellite of M31
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Cool Richard J.
(2008)
Luminosity function constraints on the evolution of massive red galaxies since
z~0.9
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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
Wu EY
(2009)
Parity violation constraints using cosmic microwave background polarization spectra from 2006 and 2007 observations by the QUaD polarimeter.
in Physical review letters
Snellen I
(2009)
Future investigations of GPS and CSS radio sources with LOFAR
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Simpson F
(2009)
Locating the baryon acoustic peak
in Physical Review D
Ibar E
(2009)
Deep multi-frequency radio imaging in the Lockman Hole using the GMRT and VLA - I. The nature of the sub-mJy radio population
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hinderks J
(2009)
QUaD: A HIGH-RESOLUTION COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIMETER
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dye S
(2009)
RADIO AND MID-INFRARED IDENTIFICATION OF BLAST SOURCE COUNTERPARTS IN THE CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bridle S
(2009)
Handbook for the GREAT08 Challenge: An image analysis competition for cosmological lensing
in The Annals of Applied Statistics
Cross N
(2009)
Archiving multi-epoch data and the discovery of variables in the near-infrared
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ouchi M
(2009)
DISCOVERY OF A GIANT Lya EMITTER NEAR THE REIONIZATION EPOCH
in The Astrophysical Journal
Richardson J
(2009)
An HST /ACS view of the inhomogeneous outer halo of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Weiß A
(2009)
THE LARGE APEX BOLOMETER CAMERA SURVEY OF THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH
in The Astrophysical Journal
Huxor A
(2009)
THE DISCOVERY OF REMOTE GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN M33
in The Astrophysical Journal
Simon P
(2009)
Unfolding the matter distribution using three-dimensional weak gravitational lensing
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Syphers D
(2009)
TEN MORE NEW SIGHTLINES FOR THE STUDY OF INTERGALACTIC HELIUM, AND HUNDREDS OF FAR-ULTRAVIOLET-BRIGHT QUASARS, FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY, GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER , AND HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Sobral D
(2009)
HiZELS: a high-redshift survey of Ha emitters - II. The nature of star-forming galaxies at z = 0.84
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sahlén M
(2009)
The XMM Cluster Survey: forecasting cosmological and cluster scaling-relation parameter constraints
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Bernardis F
(2009)
Determining the neutrino mass hierarchy with cosmology
in Physical Review D
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
Castro P
(2009)
COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM THE QUAD CMB POLARIZATION EXPERIMENT
in The Astrophysical Journal
| 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 |