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The Missing Satellite Problem Outside of the Local Group. I. Pilot Observation (2018)
Journal Article
Tanaka, M., Chiba, M., Hayashi, K., Komiyama, Y., Okamoto, T., Cooper, A. P., …Spitler, L. (2018). The Missing Satellite Problem Outside of the Local Group. I. Pilot Observation. Astrophysical Journal, 865(2), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad9fe

We present results from a pilot observation of nearby (~20 Mpc) galaxies with masses similar to that of the Milky Way (MW) to address the missing satellite problem. This is the first paper from an ongoing project to address the problem with a statist... Read More about The Missing Satellite Problem Outside of the Local Group. I. Pilot Observation.

Systematic search for tidal features around nearby galaxies (2018)
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Morales, G., Martínez-Delgado, D., Grebel, E. K., Cooper, A. P., Javanmardi, B., & Miskolczi, A. (2018). Systematic search for tidal features around nearby galaxies. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 614, Article A143. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732271

Context. In hierarchical models of galaxy formation, stellar tidal streams are expected around most, if not all, galaxies. Although these features may provide useful diagnostics of the Λ CDM model, their observational properties remain poorly constra... Read More about Systematic search for tidal features around nearby galaxies.

xGASS: total cold gas scaling relations and molecular-to-atomic gas ratios of galaxies in the local Universe (2018)
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Catinella, B., Saintonge, A., Janowiecki, S., Cortese, L., Davé, R., Lemonias, J. J., …Wang, J. (2018). xGASS: total cold gas scaling relations and molecular-to-atomic gas ratios of galaxies in the local Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476(1), 875-895. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty089

We present the extended GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey (xGASS), a gas fraction-limited census of the atomic hydrogen (H I) gas content of 1179 galaxies selected only by stellar mass (M⋆ = 109–1011.5 M⊙) and redshift (0.01 < z < 0.05). This includes new Ar... Read More about xGASS: total cold gas scaling relations and molecular-to-atomic gas ratios of galaxies in the local Universe.

Two Directions for Teleology: Naturalism and Idealism (2017)
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Cooper, A. (2018). Two Directions for Teleology: Naturalism and Idealism. Synthese, 195(7), 3097-3119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1364-5

Philosophers of biology claim that function talk is consistent with naturalism. Yet recent work in biology places new pressure on this claim. An increasing number of biologists propose that the existence of functions depends on the organisation of sy... Read More about Two Directions for Teleology: Naturalism and Idealism.

Kant and Experimental Philosophy (2017)
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Cooper, A. (2017). Kant and Experimental Philosophy. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 25(2), 265-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2016.1268996

While Kant introduces his critical philosophy in continuity with the experimental tradition begun by Francis Bacon, it is widely accepted that his Copernican revolution places experimental physics outside the bounds of science. Yet scholars have rece... Read More about Kant and Experimental Philosophy.

The cosmic assembly of stellar haloes in massive Early-Type Galaxies (2017)
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Buitrago, F., Trujillo, I., Curtis-Lake, E., Montes, M., Cooper, A. P., Bruce, V. A., …Cirasuolo, M. (2017). The cosmic assembly of stellar haloes in massive Early-Type Galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(4), 4888-4903. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3382

Using the exquisite depth of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF12 programme) data set, we explore the ongoing assembly of the outermost regions of the most massive galaxies (Mstellar ≥ 5× 1010 M⊙) at z ≤ 1. The outskirts of massive objects, particular... Read More about The cosmic assembly of stellar haloes in massive Early-Type Galaxies.

For the (Philosophical) Love of Poetic Beauty: Plato’s hope in Republic (2017)
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Cooper, A. (2017). For the (Philosophical) Love of Poetic Beauty: Plato’s hope in Republic. Philosophical Inquiry, 41(1), 111-126. https://doi.org/10.5840/philinquiry20174118

It is a well-worn trope to view Plato’s banishment of the poets in Republic as a crude form of philistinism. In this paper I defend Plato against this charge. I argue that Republic does not present a final view of poetry, for it leaves room for a phi... Read More about For the (Philosophical) Love of Poetic Beauty: Plato’s hope in Republic.

The Representation of an Action: Tragedy between Kant and Hegel (2016)
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Cooper, A. (2017). The Representation of an Action: Tragedy between Kant and Hegel. European Journal of Philosophy, 25(3), 573-594. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12166

Hegel's theory of tragedy has polarized critics. In the past, many philosophers have claimed that Hegel's theory of tragedy removes Kant's critical insights and returns to pre-critical metaphysics. More recently, several have argued that Hegel does n... Read More about The Representation of an Action: Tragedy between Kant and Hegel.

Formation of in situ stellar haloes in Milky Way-mass galaxies (2015)
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Cooper, A. P., Parry, O. H., Lowing, B., Cole, S., & Frenk, C. (2015). Formation of in situ stellar haloes in Milky Way-mass galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(3), 3185-3199. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2057

We study the formation of stellar haloes in three Milky Way-mass galaxies using cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations, focusing on the subset of halo stars that form in situ, as opposed to those accreted from satellites. In situ st... Read More about Formation of in situ stellar haloes in Milky Way-mass galaxies.