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13CO and C18O emission from a dense gas disc at z = 2.3: abundance variations, cosmic rays and the initial conditions for star formation (2013)
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Danielson, A., Swinbank, A., Smail, I., Bayet, E., van der Werf, P. P., Cox, P., …Ivison, R. (2013). 13CO and C18O emission from a dense gas disc at z = 2.3: abundance variations, cosmic rays and the initial conditions for star formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(3), 2793-2809. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1775

We analyse the spectral line energy distributions of 13CO and C18O for the J = 1→0 up to J = 7→6 transitions in the gravitationally lensed ultraluminous infrared galaxy SMM J2135−0102 at z = 2.3. This is the first detection of 13CO and C18O in a high... Read More about 13CO and C18O emission from a dense gas disc at z = 2.3: abundance variations, cosmic rays and the initial conditions for star formation.

A multiwavelength view of cooling versus AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581 (2013)
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Canning, R., Sun, M., Sanders, J., Clarke, T., Fabian, A., Giacintucci, S., …Sarazin, C. (2013). A multiwavelength view of cooling versus AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(2), 1108-1125. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1345

We report the results of a multiwavelength study of the nearby galaxy group, Abell 3581 (z = 0.0218). This system hosts the most luminous cool core of any nearby group and exhibits active radio mode feedback from the supermassive black hole in its br... Read More about A multiwavelength view of cooling versus AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the Assembly of the Cluster ABELL 1882 (2013)
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Owers, M., Baldry, I., Bauer, A., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brown, M., Cluver, M., …Robotham, A. (2013). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the Assembly of the Cluster ABELL 1882. Astrophysical Journal, 772(2), Article 104. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/2/104

We present a combined optical and X-ray analysis of the rich cluster ABELL 1882 (A1882) with the aim of identifying merging substructure and understanding the recent assembly history of this system. Our optical data consist of spectra drawn from the... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the Assembly of the Cluster ABELL 1882.

Cold fronts and metal anisotropies in the X-ray cool core of the galaxy cluster Zw 1742+3306 (2013)
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Ettori, S., Gastaldello, F., Gitti, M., O'Sullivan, E., Gaspari, M., Brighenti, F., …Edge, A. (2013). Cold fronts and metal anisotropies in the X-ray cool core of the galaxy cluster Zw 1742+3306. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 555, Article A93. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321107

Context. In recent years, our understanding of the cool cores of galaxy clusters has changed. Once thought to be relatively simple places where gas cools and flows towards the centre, now they are believed to be very dynamic places where heating from... Read More about Cold fronts and metal anisotropies in the X-ray cool core of the galaxy cluster Zw 1742+3306.

X-ray selected galaxy clusters in the Pan-STARRS Medium Deep Survey (2013)
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Ebeling, H., Edge, A., Burgett, W., Chambers, K., Hodapp, K., Huber, M., …Tonry, J. (2013). X-ray selected galaxy clusters in the Pan-STARRS Medium Deep Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 62-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt387

We present the results of a pilot study for the extended Massive Cluster Survey (eMACS), a comprehensive search for distant, X-ray luminous galaxy clusters at z > 0.5. Our pilot study applies the eMACS concept to the 71 deg2 area extended by the 10 f... Read More about X-ray selected galaxy clusters in the Pan-STARRS Medium Deep Survey.

Radiative efficiency, variability and Bondi accretion on to massive black holes: the transition from radio AGN to quasars in brightest cluster galaxies (2013)
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Russell, H., McNamara, B., Edge, A., Hogan, M., Main, R., & Vantyghem, A. (2013). Radiative efficiency, variability and Bondi accretion on to massive black holes: the transition from radio AGN to quasars in brightest cluster galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 530-553. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt490

We examine unresolved nuclear X-ray sources in 57 brightest cluster galaxies to study the relationship between nuclear X-ray emission and accretion on to supermassive black holes. The majority of the clusters in our sample have prominent X-ray caviti... Read More about Radiative efficiency, variability and Bondi accretion on to massive black holes: the transition from radio AGN to quasars in brightest cluster galaxies.

An ALMA survey of submillimetre galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South : high-resolution 870 μm source counts (2013)
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Karim, A., Swinbank, A., Hodge, J., Smail, I., Walter, F., Biggs, A., …van der Werf, P. (2013). An ALMA survey of submillimetre galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South : high-resolution 870 μm source counts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 2-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt196

We report the first counts of faint submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) in the 870-μm band derived from arcsecond-resolution observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). We have used ALMA to map a sample of 122 870-μm-selected submillimetre... Read More about An ALMA survey of submillimetre galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South : high-resolution 870 μm source counts.

The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background (2013)
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Geach, J., Chapin, E., Coppin, K., Dunlop, J., Halpern, M., Smail, I., …Zemcov, M. (2013). The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt352

The first deep blank-field 450 μm map (1σ ≈ 1.3 mJy) from the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array-2 SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (S2CLS), conducted with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is presented. Our map covers 140 arcmin2 of the... Read More about The SCUBA-2 cosmology legacy survey : blank-field number counts of 450-μm-selected galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic infrared background.

The rapid evolution of AGN feedback in brightest cluster galaxies: switching from quasar-mode to radio-mode feedback (2013)
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Hlavacek-Larrondo, J., Fabian, A., Edge, A., Ebeling, H., Allen, S., Sanders, J., & Taylor, G. (2013). The rapid evolution of AGN feedback in brightest cluster galaxies: switching from quasar-mode to radio-mode feedback. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 431(2), 1638-1658. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt283

We present an analysis of the 2–10 keV X-ray emission associated with the active galactic nuclei (AGN) in brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). Our sample consists of 32 BCGs that lie in highly X-ray luminous cluster of galaxies (L X−ray (0.1−2.4keV)>3×... Read More about The rapid evolution of AGN feedback in brightest cluster galaxies: switching from quasar-mode to radio-mode feedback.

An ALMA survey of submillimeter galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South : source catalog and multiplicity (2013)
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Hodge, J., Karim, A., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Walter, F., Biggs, A., …van der Werf, P. (2013). An ALMA survey of submillimeter galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South : source catalog and multiplicity. Astrophysical Journal, 768(1), Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/768/1/91

We present an Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Cycle 0 survey of 126 submillimeter sources from the LABOCA ECDFS Submillimeter Survey (LESS). Our 870 μm survey with ALMA (ALESS) has produced maps ~3× deeper and with a beam area ~20... Read More about An ALMA survey of submillimeter galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South : source catalog and multiplicity.

The Nature of Filamentary Cold Gas in the Core of the Virgo Cluster (2013)
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Werner, N., Oonk, J., Canning, R., Allen, S., Simionescu, A., Kos, J., …Ruszkowski, M. (2013). The Nature of Filamentary Cold Gas in the Core of the Virgo Cluster. Astrophysical Journal, 767(2), Article 153. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/767/2/153

We present a multi-wavelength study of the emission-line nebulae located ~38'' (3 kpc in projection) southeast of the nucleus of M87, the central dominant galaxy of the Virgo Cluster. We report the detection of far-infrared (FIR) [C II] line emission... Read More about The Nature of Filamentary Cold Gas in the Core of the Virgo Cluster.

A stacked analysis of brightest cluster galaxies observed with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (2013)
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Dutson, K., White, R., Edge, A., Hinton, J., & Hogan, M. (2013). A stacked analysis of brightest cluster galaxies observed with the Fermi Large Area Telescope. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 429(3), 2069-2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts477

We present the results of a search for high-energy γ-ray emission from a large sample of galaxy clusters sharing the properties of three existing Fermi Large Area Telescope detections (in Perseus, Virgo and A3392), namely a powerful radio source with... Read More about A stacked analysis of brightest cluster galaxies observed with the Fermi Large Area Telescope.

Dust-obscured star formation in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.4 (2013)
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Santos, J., Altieri, B., Popesso, P., Strazzullo, V., Valtchanov, I., Berta, S., …Tanaka, M. (2013). Dust-obscured star formation in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433(2), 1287-1299. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt811

Star formation (SF) in the galaxy populations of local massive clusters is reduced with respect to field galaxies, and tends to be suppressed in the core region. Indications of a reversal of the SF–density relation have been observed in a few z > 1.4... Read More about Dust-obscured star formation in the outskirts of XMMU J2235.3-2557, a massive galaxy cluster at z = 1.4.

Herschel observations of extended atomic gas in the core of the Perseus cluster (2012)
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Mittal, R., Oonk, J. R., Ferland, G. J., Edge, A. C., O'Dea, C. P., Baum, S. A., …Russell, H. (2012). Herschel observations of extended atomic gas in the core of the Perseus cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 426(4), 2957-2977. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21891.x

We present Herschel observations of the core of the Perseus cluster of galaxies. Especially intriguing is the network of filaments that surround the brightest cluster galaxy, NGC 1275, previously imaged extensively in Hα and CO. In this work, we repo... Read More about Herschel observations of extended atomic gas in the core of the Perseus cluster.

Discovery of radio haloes and double relics in distant MACS galaxy clusters: clues to the efficiency of particle acceleration (2012)
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Bonafede, A., Brüggen, M., van Weeren, R., Vazza, F., Giovannini, G., Ebeling, H., …Klein, U. (2012). Discovery of radio haloes and double relics in distant MACS galaxy clusters: clues to the efficiency of particle acceleration. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 426(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21570.x

We have performed 323 MHz observations with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope of the most promising candidates selected from the MACS catalogue. The aim of the work is to extend our knowledge of the radio halo and relic populations to z > 0.3, the... Read More about Discovery of radio haloes and double relics in distant MACS galaxy clusters: clues to the efficiency of particle acceleration.

Diffuse radio emission in MACS J1752.0+4440 (2012)
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van Weeren, R., Bonafede, A., Ebeling, H., Edge, A., Brüggen, M., Giovannini, G., …Röttgering, H. (2012). Diffuse radio emission in MACS J1752.0+4440. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 425(1), L36-L40. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01301.x

We report the discovery of large-scale diffuse radio emission in the galaxy cluster MACS J1752.0+4440 (z = 0.366). Using Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) observations we find that the cluster hosts a double radio relic system as well as a... Read More about Diffuse radio emission in MACS J1752.0+4440.

Multiphase signatures of active galactic nucleus feedback in Abell 2597 (2012)
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Tremblay, G., O'Dea, C., Baum, S., Clarke, T., Sarazin, C., Bregman, J., …Wise, M. (2012). Multiphase signatures of active galactic nucleus feedback in Abell 2597. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 424(2), 1026-1041. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21281.x

We present new Chandra X-ray observations of the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) in the cool-core cluster Abell 2597 (z= 0.0821). The data reveal an extensive kpc-scale X-ray cavity network as well as a 15-kpc filament of soft-excess gas exhibiting st... Read More about Multiphase signatures of active galactic nucleus feedback in Abell 2597.