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The galaxies that reionized the Universe (2011)
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Raičević, M., Theuns, T., & Lacey, C. (2011). The galaxies that reionized the Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(2), 775-787. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17480.x

The Durham GALFORM semi-analytical galaxy formation model has been shown to reproduce the observed rest-frame 1500-Å luminosity function of galaxies well over the whole redshift range z= 5–10. We show that in this model, this galaxy population also e... Read More about The galaxies that reionized the Universe.

N-body simulations for coupled scalar field cosmology (2011)
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Li, B., & Barrow, J. (2011). N-body simulations for coupled scalar field cosmology. Physical Review D, 83(2), Article 024007. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.83.024007

We describe in detail the general methodology and numerical implementation of consistent N-body simulations for coupled-scalar-field models, including background cosmology and the generation of initial conditions (with the different couplings to diff... Read More about N-body simulations for coupled scalar field cosmology.

Stable Polymorphs Crystallized Directly under Thermodynamic Control in Three-Dimensional Nanoconfinement: A Generic Methodology (2011)
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Nicholson, C., Chen, C., Mendis, B., & Cooper, S. (2011). Stable Polymorphs Crystallized Directly under Thermodynamic Control in Three-Dimensional Nanoconfinement: A Generic Methodology. Crystal Growth and Design, 11(2), 363-366. https://doi.org/10.1021/cg101200f

Thermodynamic control of crystallization has been achieved to produce stable polymorphs directly by using three-dimensional (3D) nanoconfinement in microemulsions. The theoretical basis for thermodynamic control of crystallization using 3D nanoconfin... Read More about Stable Polymorphs Crystallized Directly under Thermodynamic Control in Three-Dimensional Nanoconfinement: A Generic Methodology.

Gauge theories from D7-branes over vanishing 4-cycles (2011)
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Franco, S., & Torroba, G. (2011). Gauge theories from D7-branes over vanishing 4-cycles. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(01), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282011%29017

We study quiver gauge theories on D7-branes wrapped over vanishing holomorphic 4-cycles. We investigate how to incorporate O7-planes and/or flavor D7-branes, which are necessary to cancel anomalies. These theories are chiral, preserve four supercharg... Read More about Gauge theories from D7-branes over vanishing 4-cycles.

Chirality-dependent domain wall pinning in a multinotched planar nanowire and chirality preservation using transverse magnetic fields (2011)
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Eastwood, D., King, J., Bogart, L., Cramman, H., & Atkinson, D. (2011). Chirality-dependent domain wall pinning in a multinotched planar nanowire and chirality preservation using transverse magnetic fields. Journal of Applied Physics, 109(1), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3525733

Chirality-dependent pinning of magnetic domain walls (DWs) has been observed in a planar Ni81Fe19 nanowire with two spatially separated notches on opposite edges of the wire. Using focused magneto-optical Kerr effectmeasurements of field-driven magne... Read More about Chirality-dependent domain wall pinning in a multinotched planar nanowire and chirality preservation using transverse magnetic fields.

The Effect of Coronal Radiation on a Residual Inner Disk in the Low/Hard Spectral State of Black Hole X-ray Binary Systems (2011)
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Liu, B., Done, C., & Taam, R. (2011). The Effect of Coronal Radiation on a Residual Inner Disk in the Low/Hard Spectral State of Black Hole X-ray Binary Systems. Astrophysical Journal, 726(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/726/1/10

Thermal conduction between a cool accretion disk and a hot inner corona can result in either evaporation of the disk or condensation of the hot corona. At low mass accretion rates, evaporation dominates and can completely remove the inner disk. At hi... Read More about The Effect of Coronal Radiation on a Residual Inner Disk in the Low/Hard Spectral State of Black Hole X-ray Binary Systems.

X-Ray Spectral Constraints for z ≈ 2 Massive Galaxies: The Identification of Reflection-dominated Active Galactic Nuclei (2011)
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Alexander, D., Bauer, F., Brandt, W., Daddi, E., Hickox, R., Lehmer, B., …Vignali, C. (2011). X-Ray Spectral Constraints for z ≈ 2 Massive Galaxies: The Identification of Reflection-dominated Active Galactic Nuclei. Astrophysical Journal, 738(1), Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/738/1/44

We use the 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey to place direct constraints on the ubiquity of z 2 heavily obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in K < 22 BzK-selected galaxies. Forty-seven (21%) of the 222 BzK-selected galaxies in the centr... Read More about X-Ray Spectral Constraints for z ≈ 2 Massive Galaxies: The Identification of Reflection-dominated Active Galactic Nuclei.

CANDELS : constraining the AGN-merger connection with host morphologies at z ~ 2 (2011)
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Kocevski, D., Faber, S., Mozena, M., Koekemoer, A., Nandra, K., Rangel, C., …Villforth, C. (2011). CANDELS : constraining the AGN-merger connection with host morphologies at z ~ 2. Astrophysical Journal, 744(2), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/744/2/148

Using Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 imaging taken as part of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey, we examine the role that major galaxy mergers play in triggering active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity at z ~ 2. Our sampl... Read More about CANDELS : constraining the AGN-merger connection with host morphologies at z ~ 2.

Supermassive black hole growth in starburst galaxies over cosmic time : constraints from the deepest Chandra Fields (2011)
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Rafferty, D., Brandt, W., Alexander, D., Xue, Y., Bauer, F., Lehmer, B., …Papovich, C. (2011). Supermassive black hole growth in starburst galaxies over cosmic time : constraints from the deepest Chandra Fields. Astrophysical Journal, 742(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/742/1/3

We present an analysis of deep multiwavelength data for z ≈ 0.3-3 starburst galaxies selected by their 70 μm emission in the Extended-Chandra Deep Field-South and Extended Groth Strip. We identify active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in these infrared sourc... Read More about Supermassive black hole growth in starburst galaxies over cosmic time : constraints from the deepest Chandra Fields.

Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb (2011)
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Haendel, S., Wiles, T., Marchant, A., Hopkins, S., Adams, C., & Cornish, S. (2011). Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb. Physical Review A, 83(5), Article 053633. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.053633

We report the magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of 85Rb and 87Rb by the controlled overlap of two initially spatially separated magnetic traps. We present a detailed analysis of the combined magnetic-field potential as the two traps are brou... Read More about Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb.

Spectroscopy of a cold strontium Rydberg gas (2011)
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Millen, J., Lochead, G., Corbett, G., Potvliege, R., & Jones, M. (2011). Spectroscopy of a cold strontium Rydberg gas. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(18), Article 184001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184001

We present a study of a cold strontium Rydberg gas. The narrowband laser excitation of Rydberg states in the range n = 20–80 from a 6 mK cloud of strontium atoms is detected using the spontaneous ionization of the Rydberg atoms. Using a high-resoluti... Read More about Spectroscopy of a cold strontium Rydberg gas.

Modelling redshift space distortions in hierarchical cosmologies (2011)
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Jennings, E., Baugh, C. M., & Pascoli, S. (2011). Modelling redshift space distortions in hierarchical cosmologies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(3), 2081-2094. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17581.x

The anisotropy of clustering in redshift space provides a direct measure of the growth rate of large-scale structure in the Universe. Future galaxy redshift surveys will make high-precision measurements of these distortions, and will potentially allo... Read More about Modelling redshift space distortions in hierarchical cosmologies.

Clustering properties of high-redshift red galaxies in SA22 from the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey (2011)
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Kim, J., Edge, A., Wake, D., & Stott, J. (2011). Clustering properties of high-redshift red galaxies in SA22 from the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(1), 241-256. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17439.x

Deep, wide, near-infrared imaging surveys provide an opportunity to study the clustering of various galaxy populations at high redshift on the largest physical scales. We have selected 1 < z < 2 extremely red objects (EROs) and 1 < z < 3 distant red... Read More about Clustering properties of high-redshift red galaxies in SA22 from the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey.

Many-body physics with alkaline-earth Rydberg lattices (2011)
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Mukherjee, R., Millen, J., Nath, R., Jones, M., & Pohl, T. (2011). Many-body physics with alkaline-earth Rydberg lattices. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(18), Article 184010. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184010

We explore the prospects for confining alkaline-earth Rydberg atoms in an optical lattice via optical dressing of the secondary core–valence electron. Focussing on the particular case of strontium, we identify experimentally accessible magic waveleng... Read More about Many-body physics with alkaline-earth Rydberg lattices.

Off-resonance laser frequency stabilization using the Faraday effect (2011)
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Marchant, A. L., Haendel, S., Wiles, T. P., Hopkins, S. A., Adams, C. S., & Cornish, S. L. (2011). Off-resonance laser frequency stabilization using the Faraday effect. Optics Letters, 36(1), 64-66. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.36.000064

We present a simple technique for stabilization of a laser frequency off resonance using the Faraday effect in a heated vapor cell with an applied magnetic field. In particular, we demonstrate stabilization of a 780nm laser detuned up to 14GHz from t... Read More about Off-resonance laser frequency stabilization using the Faraday effect.

An analytical model of off-resonant Faraday rotation in hot alkali metal vapours (2011)
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Kemp, S. L., Hughes, I. G., & Cornish, S. L. (2011). An analytical model of off-resonant Faraday rotation in hot alkali metal vapours. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(23), Article 235004. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/23/235004

We report a thorough investigation of the Faraday effect on the 852 nm D2 transition in a hot caesium vapour, culminating in the development of a simple analytical model for off-resonant Faraday rotation. The model, applicable to all hot alkali metal... Read More about An analytical model of off-resonant Faraday rotation in hot alkali metal vapours.

Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending (2011)
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Schuetz, P., Greenall, M. J., Bent, J., Furzeland, S., Atkins, D., Butler, M. F., …Buzza, D. M. A. (2011). Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending. Soft Matter, 7(2), 749-759. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm00938e

We study both experimentally and theoretically the self-assembly of binary polycaprolactone–polyethylene oxide (PCL–PEO) block copolymers in dilute solution, where self-assembly is triggered by changing the solvent from the common good solvent THF to... Read More about Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending.

Interface magnetism in ferromagnetic metal-compound semiconductor hybrid structures (2011)
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Hindmarch, A. (2011). Interface magnetism in ferromagnetic metal-compound semiconductor hybrid structures. SPIN, 1(1), 45-69. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2010324711000069

Interfaces between dissimilar materials present a wide range of fascinating physical phenomena. When a nanoscale thin-film of a ferromagnetic metal is deposited in intimate contact with a compound semiconductor, the properties of the interface exhibi... Read More about Interface magnetism in ferromagnetic metal-compound semiconductor hybrid structures.

A sample holder for measuring the magnetic properties of air-sensitive compounds (2011)
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Berlie, A., Terry, I., & Szablewski, M. (2011). A sample holder for measuring the magnetic properties of air-sensitive compounds. Measurement Science and Technology, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/22/1/017002

A sample holder is reported which has allowed the magnetic characterization of air-sensitive compounds to be made in a Quantum Design Magnetic Properties Measurement System as a function of the applied field (0–5 T), and at temperatures ranging from... Read More about A sample holder for measuring the magnetic properties of air-sensitive compounds.