Publications (48)
Detection of an X-ray periodicity in the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Mrk 766 with XMM-Newton
Th. Boller, R. Keil, J. Truemper +3
We have analyzed the timing properties of the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 766 observed with XMM-Newton during the PV phase. The source intensity changes by a factor of 1.3 ove…
Herschel observations of Cen A: stellar heating of two extragalactic dust clouds
R. Auld, M. W. L. Smith, G. Bendo +18
We present the first results of a multi-wavelength survey, incoporating Herschel-SPIRE, Spitzer, GALEX and ATCA observations, of a 1 deg x 1 deg field centred on Centaurus A. As we…
HerMES: SPIRE/Sub-millimetre Emission from Radio Selected AGN
N. Seymour, M. Symeonidis, M. Page +1
We examine the rest-frame far-infrared emission from powerful radio sources with 1.4GHz luminosity densities of 25<=log(L_1.4/WHz^-1)<=26.5 in the extragalactic Spitzer First Look…
The Star-formation History of the Universe as Revealed from Deep Radio Observations of the 13H XMM-Newton/Chandra Deep Field
N. Seymour, T. Dwelly, D. Moss +4
Discerning the exact nature of the faint (sub-mJy) radio population has been historically difficult due to the low luminosity of these sources at most wavelengths. Using deep obser…
The JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey VIII. CO data and the L(CO3-2)-L(FIR) correlation in the SINGS sample
C. D. Wilson, B. E. Warren, F. P. Israel +57
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey (NGLS) comprises an HI-selected sample of 155 galaxies spanning all morphological types with distances less than 25…
Cold Dust Emission from X-ray AGN in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: Dependence on Luminosity, Obscuration & AGN Activity
Manda Banerji, R. G. McMahon, C. J. Willott +15
We study the 850um emission in X-ray selected AGN in the 2 sq-deg COSMOS field using new data from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey. We find 19 850um bright X-ray AGN in a high-…
Galaxy luminosity functions at redshifts 0.6 to 1.2 in the Chandra Deep Field South
M. Sharma, M. Page, A. A. Breeveld
We present the rest-frame Ultra-Violet (UV) galaxy luminosity function (LF) and luminosity density (LD) measurements in the far-UV (150 nm) wavelength, in the redshift range z = 0.…
The story of Seyfert galaxy RE J2248-511: from intriguingly ultrasoft to unremarkably average
Rhaana Starling, C. Done, C. Jin +7
RE J2248-511 is one of only 14 non-blazar AGN detected in the far ultraviolet by the ROSAT Wide Field Camera implying a large ultrasoft X-ray flux. This soft X-ray excess is strong…
Extragalactic Science with Herschel-SPIRE
M. J. Griffin, J. J. Bock, A. Franceschini +9
SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is one of three instruments to fly on ESA's Herschel Space Observatory. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operating…
Mid- to far infrared properties of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei
G. E. Magdis, D. Rigopoulou, G. Helou +19
We study the mid- to far-IR properties of a 24um-selected flux-limited sample (S24 > 5mJy) of 154 intermediate redshift (<z>~0.15), infrared luminous galaxies, drawn from the 5MUSE…
The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. V. The Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue
M. G. Watson, A. C. Schröder, D. Fyfe +47
Aims: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and…
The evolution of the dust temperatures of galaxies in the SFR plane up to
B. Magnelli, D. Lutz, A. Saintonge +38
[Abridged] We study the evolution of the dust temperatures of galaxies in the SFR-M* plane up to z~2 using observations from the Herschel Space Observatory. Starting from a sample…
GRB100814A as a member of the growing set of bursts with sudden optical rebrightening
Massimiliano De Pasquale, N. P. Kuin, S. Oates +22
We present the gamma-ray, X-ray, optical and radio data for GRB100814A. At the end of the slow decline phase of the X-ray and optical afterglow, a sudden and prominent rebrightenin…
The TeV spectrum of H1426+428
D. Petry, I. H. Bond, S. M. Bradbury +45
The BL Lac object H1426+428 was recently detected as a high energy gamma-ray source by the VERITAS collaboration (Horan et al. 2002). We have reanalyzed the 2001 portion of the dat…
Euclid Quick Data Release (Q2) -- The Euclid Galactic Bulge Survey
J. -P. Beaulieu, E. Bachelet, M. Gilles +173
The Euclid Quick Data Release Q2 provides an unprecedented deep, wide-field, high-angular-resolution view of the inner Galactic bulge through the Euclid Galactic Bulge Survey (EGBS…
What powers Hyperluminous Infrared galaxies at z~1-2?
M. Symeonidis, M. Page
We investigate what powers hyperluminous infrared galaxies (HyLIRGs; LIR(8-1000um)>10^13 Lsun) at z~1-2, by examining the behaviour of the infrared AGN luminosity function in relat…
The Star Formation History of the Universe as Revealed by Deep Radio Observations
N. Seymour, T. Dwelly, D. Moss +6
Discerning the exact nature of the sub-mJy radio population has been historically difficult due to the low luminosity of these sources at most wavelengths. Using deep ground based…
Evidence for an intrinsic luminosity-decay correlation in GRB radio afterglows
S. P. R. Shilling, S. R. Oates, D. A. Kann +12
We present the discovery of a correlation, in a sample of 16 gamma-ray burst 8.5 GHz radio afterglows, between the intrinsic luminosity measured at 10 days in the rest frame, $L_{\…
The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. VII. The third XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue
S. R. Rosen, N. A. Webb, M. G. Watson +37
Thanks to the large collecting area (3 x ~1500 cm at 1.5 keV) and wide field of view (30' across in full field mode) of the X-ray cameras on board the European Space Agency X-r…
The Herschel Reference Survey
A. Boselli, S. Eales, L. Cortese +53
The Herschel Reference Survey is a guaranteed time Herschel key project and will be a benchmark study of dust in the nearby universe. The survey will complement a number of other H…
X-ray absorption in distant type II QSOs
M. Krumpe, G. Lamer, A. Corral +7
We present the results of the X-ray spectral analysis of an XMM-Newton-selected type II QSO sample with z>0.5 and 0.5-10 keV flux of 0.3-33 x 10^{-14} erg/s/cm^2. The distribution…
XMM-Newton Detection of a Comptonized Accretion Disc in the Quasar PKS0558-504
P. T. O'Brien, J. N. Reeves, M. J. L. Turner +6
We present XMM-Newton observations of the bright quasar PKS0558-504. The 0.2-10 keV spectrum is dominated by a large, variable soft X-ray excess. The fastest flux variations imply…
The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. VIII: The first XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue from overlapping observations
I. Traulsen, A. D. Schwope, G. Lamer +13
XMM-Newton has observed the X-ray sky since early 2000. The XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre Consortium has published catalogues of X-ray and ultraviolet sources found serendipitou…
Paving the way to simultaneous multi-wavelength astronomy
M. J. Middleton, P. Casella, P. Gandhi +49
Whilst astronomy as a science is historically founded on observations at optical wavelengths, studying the Universe in other bands has yielded remarkable discoveries, from pulsars…
Transient obscuration event captured in NGC 3227 IV. Origin of the obscuring cloud variability
S. Grafton-Waters, J. Mao, M. Mehdipour +13
Obscuration events in type I active galactic nuclei (AGN) have been detected more frequently in recent years. The strong flux decrease in the soft X-ray band between observations h…
The far-infrared/radio correlation and radio spectral index of galaxies in the SFR-M* plane up to z 2
B. Magnelli, R. J. Ivison, D. Lutz +21
[Abridged] We study the evolution of the radio spectral index and far-infrared/radio correlation (FRC) across the star-formation rate-stellar masse (i.e. SFR-M*) plane up to z 2. W…
Jet breaks at the end of the slow decline phase of Swift GRB lightcurves
M. De Pasquale, P. Evans, S. Oates +9
The Swift mission has discovered an intriguing feature of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRBs) afterglows, a phase of shallow decline of the flux in the X-ray and optical lightcurves. This behav…
Survival of the obscuring torus in the most powerful active galactic nuclei
S. Mateos, F. J. Carrera, X. Barcons +7
Dedicated searches generally find a decreasing fraction of obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) with increasing AGN luminosity. This has often been interpreted as evidence for a d…
The Contribution of Radio Selected Star Forming Galaxies to the IR Energy Density Budget
N. Seymour, T. Dwelly, D. Moss +6
We have used several different methods (radio morphology, radio spectral index, mid-IR to radio and near-IR to radio flux density ratios) to discriminate between AGN and SFGs in fa…
The Hot and Energetic Universe: Understanding the build-up of supermassive black holes and galaxies at the heyday of the Universe
A. Georgakakis, F. Carrera, G. Lanzuisi +19
Observations in the last decade have provided strong evidence that the growth of supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies is among the most influential processes in gala…
FIR colours and SEDs of nearby galaxies observed with Herschel
A. Boselli, L. Ciesla, V. Buat +78
We present infrared colours (in the 25-500 mic spectral range) and UV to radio continuum spectral energy distributions of a sample of 51 nearby galaxies observed with SPIRE on Hers…
The shock break-out of GRB 060218/SN 2006aj
S. Campana, V. Mangano, A. J. Blustin +36
Although the link between long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) and supernovae (SNe) has been established, hitherto there have been no observations of the beginning of a supernova explosion…
Swift detects a remarkable gamma-ray burst, GRB 060614, that introduces a new classification scheme
N. Gehrels, J. P. Norris, V. Mangano +19
Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are known to come in two duration classes, separated at ~2 s. Long bursts originate from star forming regions in galaxies, have accompanying supernovae (SNe…
GRB 050410 and GRB 050412: are they really dark GRBs?
T. Mineo, V. Mangano, S. Covino +20
We present a detailed analysis of the prompt and afterglow emission of GRB 050410 and GRB 050412 detected by Swift for which no optical counterpart was observed. The 15-150 keV ene…
Photoionisation Modelling of the X-ray Emission Line Regions within the Seyfert 2 AGN NGC 1068
S. Grafton-Waters, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Mehdipour +4
We investigate the photoionised X-ray emission line regions (ELRs) within the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068, to determine if there are any characteristic changes between observations t…
X-ray background measurements with XMM-Newton EPIC
D. H. Lumb, R. S. Warwick, M. Page +1
We discuss the methods used to compile a high signal-to-noise dataset representative of both the instrumental and cosmic background signal measured at high galactic latitude by the…
GRB 130427A: a Nearby Ordinary Monster
A. Maselli, A. Melandri, L. Nava +63
Long-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are an extremely rare outcome of the collapse of massive stars, and are typically found in the distant Universe. Because of its intrinsic lumi…
A Concept for an STJ-based Spectrograph
Mark Cropper, M. Barlow, M. A. C. Perryman +8
We describe a multi-order spectrograph concept suitable for 8m-class telescopes, using the intrinsic spectral resolution of Superconducting Tunneling Junction detectors to sort the…
Constraints on the dust extinction law of the Galaxy with Swift/UVOT, Gaia and 2MASS
I. Ferreras, M. Tress, G. Bruzual +6
We explore variations of the dust extinction law of the Milky Way by selecting stars from the Swift/UVOT Serendipitous Source Catalogue, cross-matched with Gaia DR2 and 2MASS to pr…
The optical rebrightening of GRB100814A: an interplay of forward and reverse shocks?
Massimiliano De Pasquale, N. P. M. Kuin, S. Oates +36
We present a wide dataset of gamma-ray, X-ray, UVOIR, and radio observations of the Swift GRB100814A. At the end of the slow decline phase of the X-ray and optical afterglow, this…
Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network
K. Ackley, V. B. Adya, P. Agrawal +160
Gravitational waves from coalescing neutron stars encode information about nuclear matter at extreme densities, inaccessible by laboratory experiments. The late inspiral is influen…
HerMES: Spectral Energy Distributions of Submillimeter Galaxies at z >4
J. -S. Huang, D. Rigopoulou, G. Magdis +20
We present a study of the infrared properties for a sample of seven spectroscopically confirmed submillimeter galaxies at 4.0. By combining ground-based near-infrared, Spitzer…
ORIGIN: Metal Creation and Evolution from the Cosmic Dawn
J. W. den Herder, L. Piro, T. Ohashi +156
ORIGIN is a proposal for the M3 mission call of ESA aimed at the study of metal creation from the epoch of cosmic dawn. Using high-spectral resolution in the soft X-ray band, ORIGI…
The Swift UVOT serendipitous source catalogue
M. Page, V. Yershov, A. Breeveld +7
We present the first Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope Serendipitous Source Catalogue (UVOTSSC). The catalogue was compiled from 23,059 Swift datasets taken within the first five…
Investigating the Far-IR/Radio Correlation of Star Forming Galaxies to z=3
N. Seymour, M. Huynh, T. Dwelly +5
In order to examine the far-IR/radio correlation at high redshift we have studied the Spitzer 70um/far-infrared (far-IR) properties of sub-mJy radio sources from the 13^H XMM-Newto…
The Hot and Energetic Universe: The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) for Athena+
D. Barret, J. W. den Herder, L. Piro +55
The Athena+ mission concept is designed to implement the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme submitted to the European Space Agency in response to the call for White Papers fo…
Herschel ATLAS: The cosmic star formation history of quasar host galaxies
S. Serjeant, F. Bertoldi, A. W. Blain +50
We present a derivation of the star formation rate per comoving volume of quasar host galaxies, derived from stacking analyses of far-infrared to mm-wave photometry of quasars with…
The XMM-Newton Wide Angle Survey (XWAS)
P. Esquej, M. Page, F. J. Carrera +16
This programme is aimed at obtaining one of the largest X-ray selected samples of identified active galactic nuclei to date in order to characterise such a population at intermedia…