Outputs (20)

Increasing AGN sample completeness using long-term near-infrared variability (2024)
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Green, K., Elmer, E., Maltby, D. T., Almaini, O., Merrifield, M., & Hartley, W. G. (2024). Increasing AGN sample completeness using long-term near-infrared variability. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(2), 2551-2562. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1322

In this work, we use 8 years of deep near-infrared imaging to select and study a new set of 601 active galaxies identified through long-term near-infrared (NIR) variability in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS). These objects are compared to 710 X-ra... Read More about Increasing AGN sample completeness using long-term near-infrared variability.

Cosmic Evolution of the H2 Mass Density and the Epoch of Molecular Gas (2021)
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Garratt, T. K., Coppin, K. E. K., Geach, J. E., Almaini, O., Hartley, W. G., Maltby, D. T., …van der Werf, P. (2021). Cosmic Evolution of the H2 Mass Density and the Epoch of Molecular Gas. Astrophysical Journal, 912(1), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abec81

We present new empirical constraints on the evolution of ${\rho }_{{{\rm{H}}}_{2}}$, the cosmological mass density of molecular hydrogen, back to z ≈ 2.5. We employ a statistical approach measuring the average observed 850 μm flux density of near-inf... Read More about Cosmic Evolution of the H2 Mass Density and the Epoch of Molecular Gas.

The clustering of X-ray AGN at 0.5 < z < 4.5: host galaxies dictate dark matter halo mass (2020)
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Krishnan, C., Almaini, O., Hatch, N. A., Wilkinson, A., Maltby, D. T., Conselice, C. J., …Wild, V. (2020). The clustering of X-ray AGN at 0.5 < z < 4.5: host galaxies dictate dark matter halo mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(4), 4927–4944. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa815

We analyse 870 μm Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA) dust continuum detections of 41 canonically selected z ≃ 3 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs), as well as 209 ALMA-undetected LBGs, in follow-up of SCUBA-2 mapping of the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS)... Read More about The clustering of X-ray AGN at 0.5 < z < 4.5: host galaxies dictate dark matter halo mass.

The star formation histories of z∼1 post-starburst galaxies (2020)
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Wild, V., Aldeen, L. T., Carnall, A., Maltby, D., Almaini, O., Werle, A., …Pozzetti, L. (2020). The star formation histories of z∼1 post-starburst galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(1), 529–548. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa674

We present the star formation histories of 39 galaxies with high-quality rest-frame optical spectra at 0.5 < z < 1.3 selected to have strong Balmer absorption lines and/or Balmer break, and compare to a sample of spectroscopically selected quiescent... Read More about The star formation histories of z∼1 post-starburst galaxies.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey UKIDSS/UDS field: Dust attenuation in high-redshift Lyman-break galaxies (2020)
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Koprowski, M. P., Coppin, K. E. K., E. Geach, J., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Smail, I., Almaini, O., …Whitaker, K. E. (2020). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey UKIDSS/UDS field: Dust attenuation in high-redshift Lyman-break galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(4), 4927-4944. https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STAA160

© 2020 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. We analyse 870 ∼m Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA) dust continuum detections of 41 canonically selected z3 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs), aswell as 209 ALMA-undetected LBGs, in follow-up of SCUB... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey UKIDSS/UDS field: Dust attenuation in high-redshift Lyman-break galaxies.

Radio Spectra and Sizes of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array-identified Submillimeter Galaxies: Evidence of Age-related Spectral Curvature and Cosmic-Ray Diffusion? (2019)
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Thomson, A. P., Smail, I., Swinbank, A. M., Simpson, J. M., Arumugam, V., Stach, S., …Wardlow, J. L. (2019). Radio Spectra and Sizes of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array-identified Submillimeter Galaxies: Evidence of Age-related Spectral Curvature and Cosmic-Ray Diffusion?. Astrophysical Journal, 883(2), Article 204. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab32e7

© 2019 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We analyze the multifrequency radio spectral properties of 41 6 GHz-detected Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)-identified, submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), observed at 610... Read More about Radio Spectra and Sizes of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array-identified Submillimeter Galaxies: Evidence of Age-related Spectral Curvature and Cosmic-Ray Diffusion?.

High-velocity outflows in massive post-starburst galaxies at z > 1 (2019)
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Maltby, D. T., Almaini, O., McLure, R. J., Wild, V., Dunlop, J., Rowlands, K., …Talia, M. (2019). High-velocity outflows in massive post-starburst galaxies at z > 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(1), 1139-1151. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2211

We investigate the prevalence of galactic-scale outflows in post-starburst (PSB) galaxies at high redshift (1 < z < 1.4), using the deep optical spectra available in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS). We use a sample of ∼40 spectroscopically confirm... Read More about High-velocity outflows in massive post-starburst galaxies at z > 1.

Compact star-forming galaxies preferentially quenched to become PSBs in z < 1 clusters (2018)
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Socolovsky, M., Maltby, D. T., Hatch, N. A., Almaini, O., Wild, V., Hartley, W. G., …Rowlands, K. (2019). Compact star-forming galaxies preferentially quenched to become PSBs in z < 1 clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(2), 1640-1650. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2840

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We analyse the structure of galaxies with high specific star formation rate (SSFR) in cluster and field environments in the redshift range 0.5 < z... Read More about Compact star-forming galaxies preferentially quenched to become PSBs in z < 1 clusters.

The structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2: evidence for two distinct quenching routes at different epochs (2018)
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Maltby, D. T., Almaini, O., Wild, V., Hatch, N. A., Hartley, W. G., Simpson, C., …Socolovsky, M. (2018). The structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2: evidence for two distinct quenching routes at different epochs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480(1), 381-401. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1794

We present an analysis of the structure of post-starburst (PSB) galaxies in the redshift range 0.5 less than z less than 2, using a photometrically selected sample identified in the Ultra Deep Survey field. We examine the structure of ∼80 of t... Read More about The structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2: evidence for two distinct quenching routes at different epochs.

The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey (2018)
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McLure, R., Pentericci, L., Cimatti, A., Dunlop, J., Elbaz, D., Fontana, A., …Zucca, E. (2018). The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1213

VANDELS is a uniquely deep spectroscopic survey of high-redshift galaxies with the VIMOS spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The survey has obtained ultradeep optical (0.48 < λ < 1.0 μm) spectroscopy of ≃2100 galaxies within the redshif... Read More about The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey.