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    • Unpacking physics representations: Towards an appreciation of disciplinary affordance 

      Tobias Fredlund, Tobias; Linder, Cedric; Airey, John; Linder, Anne (American Physical Society, 2014)
      This theoretical article problematizes the access to disciplinary knowledge that different physics representations have the possibility to provide; that is, their disciplinary affordances. It is argued that historically ...
    • Unsupervised machine learning for transient discovery in deeper, wider, faster light curves 

      Lochner, Michelle; Webb, Sara; Muthukrishna, Daniel (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      Identification of anomalous light curves within time-domain surveys is often challenging. In addition, with the growing number of wide-field surveys and the volume of data produced exceeding astronomers’ ability for manual ...
    • Unveiling the universe with emerging cosmological probes 

      Moresco, Michele; Amati, Lorenzo; Pourtsidou, Alkistis (Springer, 2022)
      The detection of the accelerated expansion of the Universe has been one of the major breakthroughs in modern cosmology. Several cosmological probes (Cosmic Microwave Background, Supernovae Type Ia, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations) ...
    • 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. ...
    • Using sparse gaussian processes for predicting robust inertial confinement fusion implosion yields 

      Jarvis, Matt; Hatfield, Peter; Rose, Steven (arXiv, 2019)
      Here we present the application of an advanced Sparse Gaussian Process based machine learning algorithm to the challenge of predicting the yields of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments. The algorithm is used ...
    • Validation of the HERA Phase I Epoch of Reionization 21 cm Power Spectrum Software Pipeline 

      Aguirre, James E.; Murray, Steven G.; Kittiwisit, Piyanat (The American Astronomical Society., 2022)
      We describe the validation of the HERA Phase I software pipeline by a series of modular tests, building up to an end-to-end simulation. The philosophy of this approach is to validate the software and algorithms used in ...
    • Validation of the hera phase i epoch of reionization 21 cm power spectrum software pipeline 

      Aguirre, James E.; Murray, Steven G.; Santos, Mario G. (IOP Publishing, 2022)
      We describe the validation of the HERA Phase I software pipeline by a series of modular tests, building up to an end-to-end simulation. The philosophy of this approach is to validate the software and algorithms used in ...
    • The VANDELS survey: a strong correlation between Ly α equivalent width and stellar metallicity at 3 ≤ z ≤ 5 

      Jarvis, M. J.; Cullen, F.; McLure, R. J. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      We present the results of a new study investigating the relationship between observed Ly α equivalent width (Wλ(Ly α)) and the metallicity of the ionizing stellar population ( Z⋆) for a sample of 768 star-forming galaxies ...
    • The vandels survey: The star-formation histories of massive quiescent galaxies at 1.0 < z < 1.3 

      Davé, Romeel; Carnall, A. C.; McLure, R. J. (Oxford Academics, 2019)
      We present a Bayesian full-spectral-fitting analysis of 75 massive (⁠M∗>1010.3M⊙⁠) UVJ-selected galaxies at redshifts of 1.0 < z < 1.3, combining extremely deep rest-frame ultraviolet spectroscopy from VANDELS with ...
    • Variability and transient search in the SUDARE–VOICE field: A new method to extract the light curves 

      Vaccari, Mattia; Liu, Dezi; Deng, Wenqiang (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) Optical Imaging of the CDFS and ES1 Fields Survey, in synergy with the SUDARE survey, is a deep optical ugri imaging of the CDFS and ES1 fields using the VST. The observations for the CDFS ...
    • 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 ...
    • The VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations (VIDEO) survey 

      Jarvis, Matt; Bonfield, David G.; Bruce, V.A.; Zwart, J.; Geach, J.E.; McAlpine, K.; McLure, R.J.; Gonzalez-Solares, Eduardo A.; Irwin, M.; Lewis, J.; Kupcu Yoldas, A.; Andreon, S.; Cross, N.J.G.; Emerson, J.P.; Dalton, G.; Dunlop, J.S.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Le Fevre, O.; Karouzos, M.; Meisenheimer, K.; Oliver, S.; Rawlings, S.; Simpson, Chris; Smail, I.; Smith, Daniel J.B.; Sullivan, M.; Sutherland, W.; White, S.V. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      In this paper we describe the first data release of the the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) Deep Extragalactic Observations (VIDEO) survey. VIDEO is a 12 degree2 survey in the near-infrared ...
    • VLA imaging of the XMM-LSS/VIDEO deep field at 1–2 GHz 

      Jarvis, M; Heywood, I; Hale, C (Oxford University Press, 2020-06-20)
      Modern radio telescopes are routinely reaching depths where normal star-forming galaxies are the dominant observed population. Realizing the potential of radio as a tracer of star formation and black hole activity over ...
    • The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project: Evolution of specific star formation rates out to z∼5 

      Vaccari, Mattia; Leslie, Sarah K.; Schinnerer, Eva (IOP Publishing, 2020)
      We provide a coherent, uniform measurement of the evolution of the logarithmic star formation rate (SFR) – stellar mass (M∗) relation, called the main sequence of star-forming galaxies (MS), for starforming and all galaxies ...
    • VLT/XSHOOTER & Subaru/MOIRCS spectroscopy of HUDF-YD3: No evidence for Lyman-alpha emission at z=8.55 

      Bunker, Andrew J.; Caruana, Joseph; Wilkins, Stephen M.; Jarvis, Matt (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      We present spectroscopic observations with VLT/XSHOOTER and Subaru/MOIRCS of a relatively bright Y -band drop-out galaxy in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, first selected by Bunker et al. (2010), McLure et al. (2010) and ...
    • WALLABY – an SKA Pathfinder H I survey 

      Cluver, M.E.; Koribalski, Bärbel S.; Staveley-Smith, L. (Springer Nature, 2020)
      The Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY (WALLABY) is a next-generation survey of neutral hydrogen (H I) in the Local Universe. It uses the widefield, high-resolution capability of the Australian Square ...
    • Werner Eissner (1930–2022): a pioneer in computational atomic physics 

      Lynas-Gray, Anthony E.; Bhatia, Anand K.; Mendoza, Claudio; Nahar, Sultana (Atoms, 2023)
      Werner Eissner (Figure 1), a pioneer in computational atomic physics, was born on 16 October 1930 in the city of Görlitz, Germany, to Bernhard and Frieda (née Eckert) Eissner. He lost both parents early in life, his father ...
    • Wide-angle effects in multi-tracer power spectra with Doppler corrections 

      Paul, Pritha; Clarkson, Chris; Maartens, Roy (IOP Publishing, 2023)
      . We examine the computation of wide-angle corrections to the galaxy power spectrum including redshift-space distortions and relativistic Doppler corrections, and also including multiple tracers with differing clustering, ...
    • A wide-area GMRT 610-MHz survey of ELAIS N1 field 

      Taylor, A. R.; Ishwara-Chandra, C. H.; Green, D. A. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      In this paper, we present a wide-area 610-MHz survey of the ELAIS N1 field with the GMRT, covering an area of 12.8 deg2 at a resolution of 6 arcsec and with an rms noise of ∼40 μJy beam−1. This is equivalent to ∼20 μJy ...
    • The WISE Extended Source Catalog (WXSC). I. The 100 Largest Galaxies 

      Cluver, Michelle (University of the Western Cape, 2019)
      We present mid-infrared photometry and measured global properties of the 100 largest galaxies in the sky, including the well-studied Magellanic Clouds, Local Group galaxies M31 and M33, the Fornax and Virgo galaxy cluster ...