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Optical spectroscopic and photometric classification of the X-ray transient EP240309a (EP J115415.8−501810) as an intermediate polar (2024)
Journal Article
Potter, S. B., Buckley, D. A. H., Scaringi, S., Monageng, I. M., Egbo, O. D., Charles, P. A., …Hlakola, M. (2024). Optical spectroscopic and photometric classification of the X-ray transient EP240309a (EP J115415.8−501810) as an intermediate polar. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 532(1), L21-L26. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slae038

We report on optical follow-up observations of an X-ray source initially detected by the Einstein Probe mission. Our investigations categorize the source as an intermediate polar, a class of magnetic cataclysmic variables, exhibiting an orbital perio... Read More about Optical spectroscopic and photometric classification of the X-ray transient EP240309a (EP J115415.8−501810) as an intermediate polar.

Exploring for hydrogen, helium and lithium: is it as easy as 1, 2, 3? (2024)
Journal Article
Gluyas, J., Humphreys, M., Karolytė, R., Cheng, A., Sherwood, B., & Ballentine, C. (in press). Exploring for hydrogen, helium and lithium: is it as easy as 1, 2, 3?. Geoenergy Science and Engineering,

Adaptive Social Learning: Social Learning Strategies and their Applications (2023)
Book Chapter
Kendal, R., & Watson, R. (in press). Adaptive Social Learning: Social Learning Strategies and their Applications. In J. J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.14

Although social learning is intuitively useful, researchers from several fields have, over the last 30 years, increasingly recognized that it is not inherently adaptive. Individuals certainly can gain fitness benefits by learning from others as they... Read More about Adaptive Social Learning: Social Learning Strategies and their Applications.

Evolution of spin in the intermediate polar CC sculptoris (2024)
Journal Article
Paice, J. A., Scaringi, S., Castro Segura, N., Sahu, A., Iłkiewicz, K., Coppejans, D. L., …Veresvarska, M. (2024). Evolution of spin in the intermediate polar CC sculptoris. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 531(1), L82-L86. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slae035

We report on spin variations in the intermediate polar and cataclysmic variable CC Scl, as seen by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). By studying both the spin period and its harmonic, we find that the spin has varied since it was firs... Read More about Evolution of spin in the intermediate polar CC sculptoris.

The chemistry and excitation of H2 and HD in the early Universe (2024)
Journal Article
Faure, A., Hily-Blant, P., Pineau des Forêts, G., & Flower, D. R. (2024). The chemistry and excitation of H2 and HD in the early Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(1), 340-354. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae994

We have critically reviewed the literature pertaining to reactions that are significant for the chemistry of hydrogen-, deuterium-, and helium-bearing species in the homogeneous early Universe. For each reaction rate coefficient, we provide a fit in... Read More about The chemistry and excitation of H2 and HD in the early Universe.