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The nature of sub-millimetre galaxies II: an ALMA comparison of SMG dust heating mechanisms (2022)
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Ansarinejad, B., Shanks, T., Bielby, R., Metcalfe, N., Infante, L., Murphy, D., …Stach, S. (2022). The nature of sub-millimetre galaxies II: an ALMA comparison of SMG dust heating mechanisms. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(4), 4976-4991. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac002

We compare the contribution of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and star formation towards dust heating in sub-mm galaxies (SMGs). We have used ALMA at 0.1-arcsec resolution to image a complete flux-limited sample of seven sub-mm sources previously show... Read More about The nature of sub-millimetre galaxies II: an ALMA comparison of SMG dust heating mechanisms.

An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies (2021)
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Birkin, J. E., Weiss, A., Wardlow, J., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., …van der Werf, P. (2021). An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(3), 3926-3950. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3862

We have used ALMA and NOEMA to study the molecular gas reservoirs in 61 ALMA-identified submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) in the COSMOS, UDS, and ECDFS fields. We detect 12CO (⁠Jup= 2–5) emission lines in 50 sources, and [C I](3P1 − 3P0) emission in eigh... Read More about An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: halo masses for submillimetre galaxies (2021)
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Stach, S., Smail, I., Amvrosiadis, A., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Geach, J., …Wardlow, J. (2021). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: halo masses for submillimetre galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab714

We present an analysis of the spatial clustering of a large sample of high-resolution, interferometically identified, submillimetre galaxies (SMGs). We measure the projected cross-correlation function of ∼350 SMGs in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep-Survey Fiel... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: halo masses for submillimetre galaxies.

An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies (2021)
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Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Stach, S., Almaini, O., Birkin, J., Chapman, S., …van der Werf, P. (2021). An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502(3), 3426-3435. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab283

We analyse a robust sample of 30 near-infrared-faint (KAB > 25.3, 5σ) submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) selected from a 0.96 deg2 field to investigate their properties and the cause of their faintness in optical/near-infrared wavebands. Our analysis expl... Read More about An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies.

An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: The Far-infrared/Radio Correlation for High-redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies (2020)
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Algera, H., Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Swinbank, A., Stach, S., Hodge, J., …van der Werf, P. (2020). An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: The Far-infrared/Radio Correlation for High-redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 903(2), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb77b

We study the radio properties of 706 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) selected at 870 μm with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey map of the Ultra Deep Survey field. We detect 273 SMGs at >4σ in deep Karl G. Jansk... Read More about An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: The Far-infrared/Radio Correlation for High-redshift Dusty Star-forming Galaxies.

An ALMA survey of the brightest sub-millimetre sources in the SCUBA-2–COSMOS field (2020)
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Simpson, J., Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Matsuda, Y., Hsieh, B., Wang, W., …Zhao, Y. (2020). An ALMA survey of the brightest sub-millimetre sources in the SCUBA-2–COSMOS field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(3), 3409-3430. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1345

We present an ALMA study of the ∼ 180 brightest sources in the SCUBA-2 850-μm map of the COSMOS field from the S2COSMOS survey, as a pilot study for AS2COSMOS – a full survey of the ∼ 1,000 sources in this field. In this pilot we have obtained 870-μm... Read More about An ALMA survey of the brightest sub-millimetre sources in the SCUBA-2–COSMOS field.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 CLS UDS field: Physical properties of 707 Sub-millimetre Galaxies (2020)
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Dudzevičiūtė, U., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Stach, S., Almaini, O., da Cunha, E., …van der Werf, P. (2020). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 CLS UDS field: Physical properties of 707 Sub-millimetre Galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(3), 3828-3860. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa769

We analyse the physical properties of a large, homogeneously selected sample of ALMA-located sub-millimetre galaxies (SMGs). This survey, AS2UDS, identified 707 SMGs across the ∼ 1 deg2 field, including ∼ 17 per cent which are undetected at K ≳ 25.7... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 CLS UDS field: Physical properties of 707 Sub-millimetre Galaxies.

KASHz: No evidence for ionised outflows instantaneously suppressing star formation in moderate luminosity AGN at z∼1.4–2.6 (2020)
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Scholtz, J., Harrison, C., Rosario, D., Alexander, D., Chen, C., Kakkad, D., …Stach, S. (2020). KASHz: No evidence for ionised outflows instantaneously suppressing star formation in moderate luminosity AGN at z∼1.4–2.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(3), 3194-3216. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa030

As part of our KMOS AGN Survey at High-redshift (KASHz), we present spatially-resolved VLT/KMOS and VLT/SINFONI spectroscopic data and ALMA 870μm continuum imaging of eight z=1.4–2.6 moderate AGN (⁠L 2−10kev L2−10kev = 1042 − 1045 ergs s−1). We map [... Read More about KASHz: No evidence for ionised outflows instantaneously suppressing star formation in moderate luminosity AGN at z∼1.4–2.6.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: High-resolution dust continuum morphologies and the link between sub-millimetre galaxies and spheroid formation (2019)
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Gullberg, B., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Stach, S., Thomson, A., …Weiss, A. (2019). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: High-resolution dust continuum morphologies and the link between sub-millimetre galaxies and spheroid formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(4), 4956-4974. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2835

We present an analysis of the morphology and profiles of the dust continuum emission in 153 bright sub-millimetre galaxies (SMGs) detected with ALMA at signal to noise ratios of >8 in high-resolution 0′′.18 (∼1 kpc) 870 μm maps. We measure sizes, sha... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: High-resolution dust continuum morphologies and the link between sub-millimetre galaxies and spheroid formation.

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., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Arumugam, V., Stach, S., …Wardlow, J. (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

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 MHz, 1.4 GHz, and 6 GHz with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telesco... 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?.

Revealing the Stellar Mass and Dust Distributions of Submillimeter Galaxies at Redshift 2 (2019)
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Lang, P., Schinnerer, E., Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Swinbank, A., Liu, D., …Werf, P. V. D. (2019). Revealing the Stellar Mass and Dust Distributions of Submillimeter Galaxies at Redshift 2. Astrophysical Journal, 879(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1f77

We combine high-resolution ALMA and HST/CANDELS observations of 20 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs), predominantly from the AS2UDS survey at z sime 2, with bright rest-frame optical counterparts (${K}_{{\rm{s}}}\lesssim 22.9$) to investigate the resolve... Read More about Revealing the Stellar Mass and Dust Distributions of Submillimeter Galaxies at Redshift 2.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: Source catalogue and properties (2019)
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Stach, S. M., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Geach, J., Simpson, J., …Werf, P. V. D. (2019). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: Source catalogue and properties. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(4), 4648-4668. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1536

We present the catalogue and basic properties of sources in AS2UDS, an 870-μm continuum survey with the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre Array (ALMA) of 716 single-dish sub-millimetre sources detected in the UKIDSS/UDS field by the SCUBA-2 Cos... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: Source catalogue and properties.

The submillimetre view of massive clusters at z ∼ 0.8–1.6 (2019)
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Cooke, E., Smail, I., Stach, S., Swinbank, A., Bower, R., Chen, C., …Thomson, A. (2019). The submillimetre view of massive clusters at z ∼ 0.8–1.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(3), 3047-3058. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz955

We analyse 850 μm continuum observations of eight massive X-ray detected galaxy clusters at z ∼ 0.8–1.6 taken with SCUBA-2 on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. We find an average overdensity of 850 μm-selected sources of a factor of 4 ± 2 per cluste... Read More about The submillimetre view of massive clusters at z ∼ 0.8–1.6.

A Machine-learning Method for Identifying Multiwavelength Counterparts of Submillimeter Galaxies: Training and Testing Using AS2UDS and ALESS (2018)
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An, F. X., Stach, S., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Almaini, O., Simpson, C., …Coppin, K. (2018). A Machine-learning Method for Identifying Multiwavelength Counterparts of Submillimeter Galaxies: Training and Testing Using AS2UDS and ALESS. Astrophysical Journal, 862(2), Article 101. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aacdaa

We describe the application of supervised machine-learning algorithms to identify the likely multiwavelength counterparts to submillimeter sources detected in panoramic, single-dish submillimeter surveys. As a training set, we employ a sample of 695... Read More about A Machine-learning Method for Identifying Multiwavelength Counterparts of Submillimeter Galaxies: Training and Testing Using AS2UDS and ALESS.

An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: Identifying Candidate z ∼ 4.5 [C II] Emitters (2018)
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Cooke, E., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Stach, S., An, F. X., Gullberg, B., …Werf, P. V. D. (2018). An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: Identifying Candidate z ∼ 4.5 [C II] Emitters. Astrophysical Journal, 861(2), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac6ba

We report the results of a search for serendipitous [C ii] 157.74 μm emitters at z sime 4.4–4.7 using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The search exploits the AS2UDS continuum survey, which covers ~50 arcmin2 of the sky toward... Read More about An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: Identifying Candidate z ∼ 4.5 [C II] Emitters.

An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: Number Counts of Submillimeter Galaxies (2018)
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Stach, S. M., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Geach, J., An, F. X., …Werf, P. V. D. (2018). An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: Number Counts of Submillimeter Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 860(2), Article 161. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac5e5

We report the first results of AS2UDS, an 870 μm continuum survey with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) of a total area of ~50 arcmin2 comprising a complete sample of 716 submillimeter sources drawn from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology L... Read More about An ALMA Survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS Field: Number Counts of Submillimeter Galaxies.

ALMA Pinpoints a Strong Overdensity of U/LIRGs in the Massive Cluster XCS J2215 at z = 1.46 (2017)
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Stach, S. M., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Hilton, M., Simpson, J., & Cooke, E. (2017). ALMA Pinpoints a Strong Overdensity of U/LIRGs in the Massive Cluster XCS J2215 at z = 1.46. Astrophysical Journal, 849(2), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa93f6

We surveyed the core regions of the z = 1.46 cluster XCS J2215.9−1738 with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the MUSE-GALACSI spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We obtained high spatial resolution observations with ALMA of th... Read More about ALMA Pinpoints a Strong Overdensity of U/LIRGs in the Massive Cluster XCS J2215 at z = 1.46.