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Thomas Shanks' Outputs (7)

Composite reverberation mapping (2012)
Journal Article
Fine, S., Shanks, T., Croom, S., Green, P., Kelly, B., Berger, E., …Price, P. (2012). Composite reverberation mapping. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427(4), 2701-2710. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21248.x

Reverberation mapping offers one of the best techniques for studying the inner regions of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). It is based on cross-correlating continuum and emission-line light curves. New time-resolved optical surveys will produce well-sam... Read More about Composite reverberation mapping.

VST ATLAS: Science Goals and Status (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shanks, T., & Metcalfe, N. (2012, October). VST ATLAS: Science Goals and Status. Presented at Science from the Next Generation Imaging and Spectroscopic Surveys, Garching

CEOI microslice spectrograph (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Content, R., Blake, S., Dunlop, C., Nandi, D., Sharples, R., Talbot, G., Shanks, T., Donoghue, D., Galiatsatos, N., & Luke, P. (2012, September). CEOI microslice spectrograph. Presented at Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series

VXMS: the VISTA extreme multiplex spectrograph (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Content, R., Shanks, T., Sharples, R., Bramall, D., & Percival, W. (2012, September). VXMS: the VISTA extreme multiplex spectrograph. Presented at Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series

Measuring BAO and non-Gaussianity via QSO clustering (2012)
Journal Article
Sawangwit, U., Shanks, T., Croom, S., Drinkwater, M., Fine, S., Parkinson, D., & Ross, N. (2012). Measuring BAO and non-Gaussianity via QSO clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420(3), 1916-1925. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19848.x

Our goals are (i) to search for BAO and large-scale structure in current quasi-stellar object (QSO) survey data and (ii) to use these and simulation/forecast results to assess the science case for a new, ≳10 times larger, QSO survey. We first combine... Read More about Measuring BAO and non-Gaussianity via QSO clustering.

Submillimetre observations of X-ray active galactic nuclei in the William Herschel Deep Field (2012)
Journal Article
Bielby, R., Hill, M., Metcalfe, N., & Shanks, T. (2012). Submillimetre observations of X-ray active galactic nuclei in the William Herschel Deep Field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419(2), 1315-1323. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19787.x

We investigate the contribution made by active galactic nuclei (AGN) to the high-redshift, luminous, submillimetre (submm) source population using deep (≤2 mJy beam−1) Large Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA) 870 Graphicm observations within the William... Read More about Submillimetre observations of X-ray active galactic nuclei in the William Herschel Deep Field.