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20082014
most citedSpatial variation in the fine-structure constant -- new results from VLT/UVES

264 citations · 372 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.EP2014★ 74 cited

The Anglo-Australian Planet Search. XXIII. Two New Jupiter Analogs

Robert A. Wittenmyer, Jonathan Horner, C. G. Tinney +9

We report the discovery of two long-period giant planets from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search. HD 154857c is in a multiple-planet system, while HD 114613b appears to be solitary…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 1 cited

Capturing Trojans and Irregular Satellites - the key required to unlock planetary migration

Jonathan Horner, F. Elliott Koch, Patryk Sofia Lykawka

It is now accepted that the Solar system's youth was a dynamic and chaotic time. The giant planets migrated significant distances to reach their current locations, and evidence of…

astro-ph.CO2012

Can Effects of Dark Matter be Explained by the Turbulent Flow of Spacetime?

F. Elliott Koch, Angus H. Wright

For the past forty years the search for dark matter has been one of the primary foci of astrophysics, although there has yet to be any direct evidence for its existence (Porter et…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 264 cited

Spatial variation in the fine-structure constant -- new results from VLT/UVES

Julian A. King, John K. Webb, Michael T. Murphy +5

(abridged) We present a new analysis of a large sample of quasar absorption-line spectra obtained using UVES (the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph) on the VLT (Very Larg…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 18 cited

Measuring space-time variation of the fundamental constants with redshifted submillimetre transitions of neutral carbon

S. J. Curran, A. Tanna, F. E. Koch +4

We compare the redshifts of neutral carbon and carbon monoxide in the redshifted sources in which the fine structure transition of neutral carbon, [CI], has been detected, in order…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 14 cited

On collisional capture rates of irregular satellites around the gas-giant planets and the minimum mass of the solar nebula

F. Elliott Koch, Bradley M. S. Hansen

We investigated the probability that an inelastic collision of planetesimals within the Hill sphere of the Jovian planets could explain the presence and orbits of observed irregula…

astro-ph.EP2011

Probability of Collisional Capture of Irregular Satellites Around the Gas Giant Planets and Mass Constraints for the Solar Nebula

F. Elliott Koch, Brad M. Hansen

We investigated the probability that an inelastic collision of planetesimals within the Hill sphere of the Jovian planets could explain the presence and orbits of observed irregula…

astro-ph2008★ 1 cited

Merger of Black Holes in the Galactic Center

F. Elliott Koch, Bradley M. S. Hansen

We present the results of three body simulations focused on understanding the fates of intermediate mass black holes (IBH) that drift within the central 0.5 pc of the Galaxy. In pa…