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    • The host haloes of O I absorbers in the reionization epoch 

      Finlator, Kristian; Muñoz, Joseph A.; Dave, Romeel; Oppenheimer, B. D.; Peng Oh, S.; Özel, Feryal (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      We use a radiation hydrodynamic simulation of the hydrogen reionization epoch to study OI absorbers at z ∼ 6. The intergalactic medium (IGM) is reionized before it is enriched; hence, OI absorption originates within dark ...

    • The faint source population at 15.7 GHz - I. The radio properties 

      Whittam, I.; Riley, J.; Jarvis, Matt; Green, D.A.; Prandoni, I.; Guglielmino, G.; Morganti, R.; Röttgering, H. J. A.; Garrett, M. A. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      We have studied a sample of 296 faint (>0.5 mJy) radio sources selected from an area of the Tenth Cambridge (10C) survey at 15.7 GHz in the Lockman Hole. By matching this catalogue to several lower frequency surveys (e.g. ...

    • Mind the gap: Science and engineering education at the secondary–tertiary interface 

      Case, Jenni; Marshall, Delia; Grayson, Diane (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2013)
      In the South African higher education sector, there is increasing concern about the poor retention and throughput rates of undergraduate students. There is also concern that the participation rates in higher education, ...

    • Stacked reverberation mapping 

      Fine, Stephen; Shanks, T.; Green, P.; Kelly, B.; Croom, S. M.; Webster, R. L.; Berger, E.; Chornock, R.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Kaiser, N.; Price, P. A. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Over the past 20 years reverberation mapping has proved one of the most successful techniques for studying the local (<1 pc) environment of supermassive black holes that drive active galactic nuclei. Key successes of ...

    • The preferentially magnified active nucleus in IRAS F10214+4724 - III. VLBI observations of the radio core 

      Deane, Roger P.; Rawlings, S.; Jarvis, Matt; Garrett, M. A.; Heywood, Ian; Klöckner, H. R.; Marshall, P. J.; McKean, J. P. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      We report 1.7GHz very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of IRAS F10214+4724, a lensed z = 2.3 obscured quasar with prodigious star formation. We detect what we argue to be the obscured active nucleus with ...

    • Probing reionization with LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) using 21-cm redshift space distortions 

      Jensen, Hannes; Datta, Kanan K.; Santos, Mario G.; Mellema, Garrelt; Chapman, Emma; Abdalla, Filipe B.; Iliev, Ilian T.; Mao, Yi; Shapiro, Paul R.; Zaroubi, Saleem; Bernardi, Gianni; Brentjens, M. A.; de Bruyn, A. G.; Ciardi, B.; Harker, G. J. A.; Jelić, V.; Kazemi, S.; Koopmans, L. V. E.; Labropoulos, P.; Martinez, O.; Offringa, A. R.; Pandey, V. N.; Schaye, J.; Thomas, R. M.; Veligatla, V.; Vedantham, H.; Yatawatta, S. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      One of the most promising ways to study the epoch of reionization (EoR) is through radio observations of the redshifted 21-cm line emission from neutral hydrogen. These observations are complicated by the fact that the ...

    • Octupole correlations in the structure of O2 bands in the N=88 nuclei150Sm Gd 

      Bvumbi, S.P.; Sharpey-Schafer, J.F.; Jones, P.M.; Mullins, S.M. (American Physical Society, 2013)
      Knowledge of the exact microscopic structure of the 01 + ground state and first excited 02 + state in 150Sm is required to understand the branching of double β decay to these states from 150Nd. The detailed spectroscopy ...

    • SN Ia host galaxy properties from Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II spectroscopy 

      Johansson, Jonas; Thomas, Daniel; Smith, Mathew; Pforr, Janine; Maraston, Claudia; Nichol, Robert C.; Lampeitl, Hubert; Beifiori, Alessandra; Gupta, Ravi R.; Schneider, Donald P. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      We study the stellar populations of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) host galaxies using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)-II spectroscopy. The main focus is on the relationships of SN Ia properties with stellar velocity dispersion ...

    • The Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey - III. Zone 2; galactic latitudes -30? > b > -40? 

      Kilkenny, David; Koen, Chris; Hambly, N.; MacGillivray, H.; Stobie, R. S.; O’Donoghue, D. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      The Edinburgh–Cape Blue Object Survey seeks to identify point sources with an ultraviolet excess. Results for zone 2 of the survey are presented here, covering that part of the South Galactic Cap between 30◦ and 40◦ from ...

    • Shell-model studies of the astrophysical rp reaction 29P(p, y)30 S 

      Richter, W. A.; Brown, B. Alex (American Physical Society, 2013)
      We present results for levels in 30S (the mirror nucleus of 30Si) that are used for the 29P(p,γ ) rp reaction rate calculations. The resonance energies used in the reaction rate calculations are based on recent ...

    • Inelastic scattering of 9Li and excitation mechanism of its first excited state 

      Al Falou, H.; Kanungo, R.; Orce, J.N. (Elsevier, 2013)
      The first measurement of inelastic scattering of 9Li from deuterons at the ISAC facility is reported. The measured angular distribution for the first excited state confirms the nature of excitation to be an E2 transition. ...

    • Investigations on the characterization of ion implanted hexagonal boran nitride 

      Aradi, E.; Naidoo, S.R.; Erasmus, R.M.; Julies, B.; Derry, T.E. (Elsevier, 2013)
      The effect of ion implantation on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is studied herein. We use boron as an ion of choice to introduce radiation damage into h-BN, at fluences ranging from 1 x 10 14–1 x 10 16 ions/cm2 and ...

    • Physical properties of spectroscopically confirmed galaxies at Z ≥ 6. I. Basic characteristics of the rest-frame UV continuum and lyman-alpha emission 

      Jiang, Linhua; Egami, Eiichi; Mechtley, Matthew; Fan, Xiaohui; Cohen, Seth H.; Windhorst, Rogier A.; Dave, Romeel; Finlator, Kristian; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Ouchi, Masami; Shimasaku, Kazuhiro (American Astronomical Society, 2013)
      We present deep HST near-IR and Spitzer mid-IR observations of a large sample of spectroscopically- confirmed galaxies at z ≥ 6. The sample consists of 51 Ly-alpha emitters (LAEs) at z ≃ 5.7, 6.5, and 7.0, and 16 Lyman-break ...

    • Probing the bias of radio sources at high redshift 

      Passmoor, S.; Cress, Catherine; Faltenbacher, Andreas; Johnston, Russell; Smith, Mathew; Ratsimbazafy, Ando; Hoyle, Ben (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      The relationship between the clustering of dark matter and that of luminous matter is often described using the bias parameter. Here, we provide a new method to probe the bias of intermediate-to-high-redshift radio ...

    • The roles of star formation and AGN activity of IRS sources in the HerMES fields 

      Feltre, Anna; Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia; Vaccari, Mattia; Hernán-Caballero, Antonio; Fritz, Jacopo; Franceschini, Alberto; Bock, J.; Cooray, Asantha; Farrah, Duncan; Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo A.; Ibar, Edo; Isaak, Kate G.; Lo Faro, Barbara; Marchetti, L.; Oliver, Seb J.; Page, Matthew J.; Rigopoulou, Dimitra; Roseboom, Isaac G.; Symeonidis, Myrto (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      In this work we explore the impact of the presence of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) on the mid- and far-infrared (IR) properties of galaxies as well as the effects of simultaneous AGN and starburst activity in these ...

    • Revised SWIRE photometric redshifts 

      Rowan-Robinson, Michael; Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo A.; Vaccari, Mattia; Marchetti, L. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      We have revised the Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic survey (SWIRE) Photometric Redshift Catalogue to take account of new optical photometry in several of the SWIRE areas, and incorporating Two Micron All Sky ...

    • Using a disciplinary discourse lens to explore how representations afford meaning making in a typical wave physics course 

      Enghag, Margareta; Forsman, Jonas; Linder, Cedric; MacKinnon, Allan; Moons, Ellen (Springer Verlag, 2013)
      We carried out a case study in a wave physics course at a Swedish university in order to investigate the relations between the representations used in the lessons and the experience of meaning making in interview–discussions. ...

    • Visible and IR photoluminescence of c-FeSi@a–Si core–shell nano-fibres produced by vapour transport 

      Thabethe, Sibongiseni; Linganiso, Ella; Motaung, David; Mashapa, Matete G.; Nkosi, Steven; Arendse, Christopher; Mwakikung, Bonex W. (Elsevier, 2013)
      The procedures for the synthesis of amorphous ε-FeSi/Sicore–shell nanofibres by vapour transport in a CVD configuration are reported. Crystallite studies by the Williamson-Hall method show the sizes to be typically about ...

    • Radio continuum surveys with square kilometre array pathfinders 

      Norris, Ray P.; Afonso, J.; Bacon, David; Cress, Catherine (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
      In the lead-up to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, several next-generation radio telescopes and upgrades are already being built around the world. These include APERTIF (The Netherlands), ASKAP (Australia), ...

    • Revealing the cold dust in low-metallicity environments: I. Photometry analysis of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey with Herschel 

      Remy-Ruyer, A.; Madden, S.C.; Galliano, F.; Hony, S.; Sauvage, M.; Bendo, G.J.; Roussel, H.; Pohlen, M.; Smith, M.W.L.; Galametz, M.; Cormier, D.; Lebouteiller, V.; Wu, R.; Baes, M.; Barlow, M.J.; Boquien, M.; Boselli, A.; Ciesla, L.; De Looze, I.; Karczewski, O.L.; Panuzzo, P.; Spinoglio, L.; Vaccari, M.; Wilson, C.D. (EDP Sciences, 2013)
      Context. We present new photometric data from our Herschel Guaranteed Time Key Programme, the Dwarf Galaxy Survey (DGS), dedicated to the observation of the gas and dust in low-metallicity environments. A total of 48 ...