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ATLAS lifts the Cup: discovery of a new Milky Way satellite in Crater (2014)
Journal Article
Belokurov, V., Irwin, M., Koposov, S., Evans, N., Gonzalez-Solares, E., Metcalfe, N., & Shanks, T. (2014). ATLAS lifts the Cup: discovery of a new Milky Way satellite in Crater. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(3), 2124-2133. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu626

We announce the discovery of a new Galactic companion found in data from the ESO VST ATLAS survey, and followed up with deep imaging on the 4-m William Herschel Telescope. The satellite is located in the constellation of Crater (the Cup) at a distanc... Read More about ATLAS lifts the Cup: discovery of a new Milky Way satellite in Crater.

Search for primordial non-Gaussianity in the quasars of SDSS-III BOSS DR9 (2014)
Journal Article
Karagiannis, D., Shanks, T., & Ross, N. (2014). Search for primordial non-Gaussianity in the quasars of SDSS-III BOSS DR9. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441(1), 486-502. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu590

We analyse the clustering of 22 361 quasars between redshift 2.2 < z < 2.9 observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), which are included in the ninth data release (DR9). We fit the clustering... Read More about Search for primordial non-Gaussianity in the quasars of SDSS-III BOSS DR9.

The local hole revealed by galaxy counts and redshifts (2014)
Journal Article
Whitbourn, J., & Shanks, T. (2014). The local hole revealed by galaxy counts and redshifts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(3), 2146-2162. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2024

The redshifts of ≈250 000 galaxies are used to study the local hole and its associated peculiar velocities. The sample, compiled from the 6dF Galaxy Redshift Survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey, provides wide sky coverage to a depth of ≈300 h−1 Mpc.... Read More about The local hole revealed by galaxy counts and redshifts.

VST ATLAS First Science Results (2013)
Journal Article
Shanks, T., Belokurov, V., Chehade, B., Croom, S., Findlay, J., Gonzalez-Solares, E., …Worseck, G. (2013). VST ATLAS First Science Results. Messenger (Los Angeles, Calif. Online), 154, 38-40

Testing WMAP data via Planck radio and SZ catalogues (2013)
Journal Article
Whitbourn, J., Shanks, T., & Sawangwit, U. (2013). Testing WMAP data via Planck radio and SZ catalogues. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(1), 622-640. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1912

The prime evidence underpinning the standard Λ cold dark matter cosmological model is the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum as observed by Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and other microwave experiments. But Sawangwit and S... Read More about Testing WMAP data via Planck radio and SZ catalogues.

Stacked reverberation mapping (2013)
Journal Article
Fine, S., Shanks, T., Green, P., Kelly, B., Croom, S., Webster, R., …Price, P. (2013). Stacked reverberation mapping. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 434(1), L16-L20. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slt069

Over the past 20 years reverberation mapping has proved one of the most successful techniques for studying the local (<1 pc) environment of supermassive black holes that drive active galactic nuclei. Key successes of reverberation mapping have been d... Read More about Stacked reverberation mapping.

The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - III. The clustering and dynamics of Lyman-break galaxies at z~3 (2013)
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Bielby, R., Hill, M., Shanks, T., Crighton, N., Infante, L., Bornancini, C., …Weilbacher, P. (2013). The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - III. The clustering and dynamics of Lyman-break galaxies at z~3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430(1), 425-449. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts639

We present a catalogue of 2135 galaxy redshifts from the VLT LBG Redshift Survey (VLRS), a spectroscopic survey of z ≈ 3 galaxies in wide fields centred on background quasi-stellar objects. We have used deep optical imaging to select galaxies via the... Read More about The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - III. The clustering and dynamics of Lyman-break galaxies at z~3.

Clustering analysis of high-redshift luminous red galaxies in Stripe 82 (2013)
Journal Article
Nikoloudakis, N., Shanks, T., & Sawangwit, U. (2013). Clustering analysis of high-redshift luminous red galaxies in Stripe 82. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 429(3), 2032-2051. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts475

We present a clustering analysis of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in Stripe 82 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We study the angular two-point autocorrelation function, w(θ), of a selected sample of over 130 000 LRG candidates via colour-cut... Read More about Clustering analysis of high-redshift luminous red galaxies in Stripe 82.

Sub-millimetre source identifications and the microjansky source population at 8.4 GHz in the William Herschel Deep Field (2013)
Journal Article
Heywood, I., Bielby, R., Hill, M., Metcalfe, N., Rawlings, S., Shanks, T., & Smirnov, O. (2013). Sub-millimetre source identifications and the microjansky source population at 8.4 GHz in the William Herschel Deep Field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(2), 935-951. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts046

Sub-millimetre observations of the William Herschel Deep Field (WHDF) using the Large Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA) revealed possible sub-mm counterparts for two X-ray-absorbed quasars. The primary aim here is to exploit Expanded Very Large Array (E... Read More about Sub-millimetre source identifications and the microjansky source population at 8.4 GHz in the William Herschel Deep Field.

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.

Angular correlation function of 1.5 million luminous red galaxies: clustering evolution and a search for baryon acoustic oscillations (2011)
Journal Article
Sawangwit, U., Shanks, T., Abdalla, F., Cannon, R., Croom, S., Edge, A., Ross, N., & Wake, D. (2011). Angular correlation function of 1.5 million luminous red galaxies: clustering evolution and a search for baryon acoustic oscillations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416(4), 3033-3056. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19251.x

We present the angular correlation function measured from photometric samples comprising 1562 800 luminous red galaxies (LRGs). Three LRG samples were extracted from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data, based on colour-cut selections at... Read More about Angular correlation function of 1.5 million luminous red galaxies: clustering evolution and a search for baryon acoustic oscillations.