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H-ATLAS/GAMA: quantifying the morphological evolution of the galaxy population using cosmic calorimetry (2015)
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Eales, S., Fullard, A., Allen, M., Smith, M., Baldry, I., Bourne, N., …Serjeant, S. (2015). H-ATLAS/GAMA: quantifying the morphological evolution of the galaxy population using cosmic calorimetry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(4), 3489--3507. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1300

Using results from the Herschel Astrophysical Terrahertz Large-Area Survey (H-ATLAS) and the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) project, we show that, for galaxy masses above ≃ 108 M⊙, 51 per cent of the stellar mass-density in the local Universe is in... Read More about H-ATLAS/GAMA: quantifying the morphological evolution of the galaxy population using cosmic calorimetry.

The SLUGGS survey: chromodynamical modelling of the lenticular galaxy NGC 1023 (2015)
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Cortesi, A., Chies-Santos, A. L., Pota, V., Foster, C., Coccato, L., Mendes de Oliveira, C., …Almeida, A. (2016). The SLUGGS survey: chromodynamical modelling of the lenticular galaxy NGC 1023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(3), 2611-2621. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2753

Globular clusters (GCs) can be considered discrete, long-lived, dynamical tracers that retain crucial information about the assembly history of their parent galaxy. In this paper, we present a new catalogue of GC velocities and colours for the lentic... Read More about The SLUGGS survey: chromodynamical modelling of the lenticular galaxy NGC 1023.

Self-similar non-equilibrium dynamics of a many-body system with power-law interactions (2015)
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Gutierrez, R., Garrahan, J. P., & Lesanovsky, I. (2015). Self-similar non-equilibrium dynamics of a many-body system with power-law interactions. Physical Review E, 92(6), Article e062144. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.062144

The influence of power-law interactions on the dynamics of many-body systems far from equilibrium is much less explored than their effect on static and thermodynamic properties. To gain insight into this problem we introduce and analyze here an out-o... Read More about Self-similar non-equilibrium dynamics of a many-body system with power-law interactions.

Self-consistent solitons for vacuum decay in radiatively generated potentials (2015)
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Garbrecht, B., & Millington, P. (2015). Self-consistent solitons for vacuum decay in radiatively generated potentials. Physical Review D, 92(12), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.125022

We use a Green’s function approach in order to develop a method for calculating the tunneling rate between radiatively generated nondegenerate vacua. We apply this to a model that exhibits spontaneous symmetry breaking via the Coleman-Weinberg mechan... Read More about Self-consistent solitons for vacuum decay in radiatively generated potentials.

Personal exposure to static and time-varying magnetic fields during MRI procedures in clinical practice in the UK (2015)
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Batistatou, E., Mölter, A., Kromhout, H., van Tongeren, M., Crozier, S., Schaap, K., …de Vocht, F. (in press). Personal exposure to static and time-varying magnetic fields during MRI procedures in clinical practice in the UK. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 73, https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2015-103194

Background: MRI has developed into one of the most important medical diagnostic imaging modalities, but it exposes staff to static magnetic fields (SMF) when present in the vicinity of the MR system, and to radiofrequency and switched gradient electr... Read More about Personal exposure to static and time-varying magnetic fields during MRI procedures in clinical practice in the UK.

Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies (2015)
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Jarvis, S. P., Rashid, M. A., Sweetman, A., Leaf, J., Taylor, S., Moriarty, P., & Dunn, J. (2015). Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 92(24), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.241405

Claims that dynamic force microscopy has the capability to resolve intermolecular bonds in real space continue to be vigorously debated. To date, studies have been restricted to planar molecular assemblies with small separations between neighboring m... Read More about Intermolecular artifacts in probe microscope images of C60 assemblies.

Symmetry-breaking in the H2@C60 endofullerene revealed by inelastic neutron scattering at low temperature (2015)
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Mamone, S., Johnson, M. R., Ollivier, J., Rols, S., Levitt, M. H., & Horsewill, A. J. (in press). Symmetry-breaking in the H2@C60 endofullerene revealed by inelastic neutron scattering at low temperature. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(3), 1998-2005. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp07146a

The fine structure of the rotational ground state of molecular ortho-hydrogen confined inside the fullerene cage C60 is investigated by inelastic neutron scattering (INS). The INS line corresponding to transitions between the three sub-levels compris... Read More about Symmetry-breaking in the H2@C60 endofullerene revealed by inelastic neutron scattering at low temperature.

Constraining the temperature–density relation of the intergalactic medium with the Lyman α and β forests (2015)
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Boera, E., Murphy, M. T., Becker, G. D., & Bolton, J. S. (2016). Constraining the temperature–density relation of the intergalactic medium with the Lyman α and β forests. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(1), L79-L83. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slv172

The post-reionization thermal state of the intergalactic medium is characterized by a power-law relationship between temperature and density, with a slope determined by the parameter γ. We describe a new method to measure γ using the ratio of flux cu... Read More about Constraining the temperature–density relation of the intergalactic medium with the Lyman α and β forests.

Propulsion of a two-sphere swimmer (2015)
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Klotsa, D., Baldwin, K. A., Hill, R. J., Bowley, R., & Swift, M. R. (2015). Propulsion of a two-sphere swimmer. Physical Review Letters, 115(24), Article 248102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.248102

We describe experiments and simulations demonstrating the propulsion of a neutrally-buoyant swimmer that consists of a pair of spheres attached by a spring, immersed in a vibrating fluid. The vibration of the fluid induces relative motion of the sphe... Read More about Propulsion of a two-sphere swimmer.

Interfacial contribution to thickness dependent in-plane anisotropic magnetoresistance (2015)
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Tokaç, M., Wang, M., Jaiswal, S., Rushforth, A. W., Gallagher, B. L., Atkinson, D., & Hindmarch, A. T. (2015). Interfacial contribution to thickness dependent in-plane anisotropic magnetoresistance. AIP Advances, 5(12), 127108. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937556

We have studied in-plane anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) in cobalt films with overlayers having designed electrically interface transparency. With an electrically opaque cobalt/overlayer interface, the AMR ratio is shown to vary in inverse propor... Read More about Interfacial contribution to thickness dependent in-plane anisotropic magnetoresistance.

Reionisation and High-Redshift Galaxies: The View from Quasar Absorption Lines (2015)
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Becker, G. D., Bolton, J. S., & Lidz, A. (2015). Reionisation and High-Redshift Galaxies: The View from Quasar Absorption Lines. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 32, Article e045. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2015.45

Determining when and how the first galaxies reionised the intergalactic medium promises to shed light on both the nature of the first objects and the cosmic history of baryons. Towards this goal, quasar absorption lines play a unique role by probing... Read More about Reionisation and High-Redshift Galaxies: The View from Quasar Absorption Lines.

Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum (2015)
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Nacci, C., Saywell, A., Troadec, C., Deng, J., Willinger, M. G., Joachim, C., & Grill, L. (2015). Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4936886

Transferring molecular nanostructures from one surface to another in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) by mechanical contact might be a possible route to avoid the severe limitations of in situ molecular synthesis on technologically relevant template surfaces.... Read More about Toward printing molecular nanostructures from microstructured samples in ultrahigh vacuum.

Physisorption controls the conformation and density of states of an adsorbed porphyrin (2015)
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Jarvis, S. P., Taylor, S., Baran, J. D., Thompson, D., Saywell, A., Mangham, B., …Moriarty, P. (2015). Physisorption controls the conformation and density of states of an adsorbed porphyrin. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(50), 27982-27994. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08350

Conformational changes caused by adsorption can dramatically affect a molecule’s properties. Despite extensive study, however, the exact mechanisms underpinning conformational switching are often unclear. Here we show that the conformation of a proto... Read More about Physisorption controls the conformation and density of states of an adsorbed porphyrin.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic Data Release (far-UV–far-IR) and the low-zenergy budget (2015)
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Driver, S. P., Wright, A. H., Andrews, S. K., Davies, L. J., Kafle, P. R., Lange, R., …Williams, R. (2016). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic Data Release (far-UV–far-IR) and the low-zenergy budget. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2505

We present the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) Panchromatic Data Release (PDR) constituting over 230 deg2 of imaging with photometry in 21 bands extending from the far-UV to the far-IR. These data complement our spectroscopic campaign of over 300k ga... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic Data Release (far-UV–far-IR) and the low-zenergy budget.

Wavelength self-calibration and sky subtraction for Fabry–Pérot interferometers: applications to OSIRIS (2015)
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Weinzirl, T., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Bamford, S., Rodríguez del Pino, B., Gray, M., & Chies-Santos, A. (2015). Wavelength self-calibration and sky subtraction for Fabry–Pérot interferometers: applications to OSIRIS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2230

We describe techniques concerning wavelength calibration and sky subtraction to maximize the scientific utility of data from tunable filter instruments. While we specifically address data from the Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integra... Read More about Wavelength self-calibration and sky subtraction for Fabry–Pérot interferometers: applications to OSIRIS.

Towards quantitative molecular mapping of cells by Raman microscopy: using AFM for decoupling molecular concentration and cell topography (2015)
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Boitor, R., Sinjab, F., Strohbuecker, S., Sottile, V., & Notingher, I. (2016). Towards quantitative molecular mapping of cells by Raman microscopy: using AFM for decoupling molecular concentration and cell topography. Faraday Discussions, 187, https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00172B

Raman micro-spectroscopy (RMS) is a non-invasive technique for imaging live cells in-vitro. However, obtaining quantitative molecular information from the Raman spectra is difficult because the intensity of a Raman band is proportional to the number... Read More about Towards quantitative molecular mapping of cells by Raman microscopy: using AFM for decoupling molecular concentration and cell topography.

Colon wall motility: comparison of novel quantitative semi-automatic measurements using cine MRI (2015)
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Hoad, C., Menys, A., Garsed, K., Marciani, L., Hamy, V., Murray, K., …Gowland, P. A. (2016). Colon wall motility: comparison of novel quantitative semi-automatic measurements using cine MRI. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 28(3), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12727

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Recently, cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown promise for visualizing movement of the colonic wall, although assessment of data has been subjective and observer dependent. This study aimed to develop an objective and semi-au... Read More about Colon wall motility: comparison of novel quantitative semi-automatic measurements using cine MRI.

Antiferromagnetic structure in tetragonal CuMnAs thin films (2015)
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Wadley, P., Hills, V. A., Shahedkhah, M. R., Edmonds, K. W., Campion, R. P., Novák, V., …Jungwirth, T. (2015). Antiferromagnetic structure in tetragonal CuMnAs thin films. Scientific Reports, 5(1), Article 17079. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17079

Tetragonal CuMnAs is an antiferromagnetic material with favourable properties for applications in spintronics. Using a combination of neutron diffraction and x-ray magnetic linear dichroism, we determine the spin axis and magnetic structure in tetrag... Read More about Antiferromagnetic structure in tetragonal CuMnAs thin films.