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The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK (2013)
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Pringle, J. K., & Stimpson, I. G. (2013). The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK. Geology Today, 29(5), 195 - 199 (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12023

The Precambrian–Cambrian boundary is iconic, marking the first appearance of shelly fauna in the fossil record, and opening the Phanerozoic Eon. In England and Wales, the transition from predominantly Precambrian igneous rocks to Cambrian sedimentary... Read More about The Precambrian–Cambrian nonconformity at the Ercall Quarries, The Wrekin, Shropshire, UK.

The solar-type eclipsing binary system LL Aquarii (2013)
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Southworth, J. (2013). The solar-type eclipsing binary system LL Aquarii. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 557, Article A119. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322195

The eclipsing binary LL Aqr consists of two late-type stars in an eccentric orbit with a period of 20.17 d. We use an extensive light curve from the SuperWASP survey augmented by published radial velocities and UBV light curves to measure the physica... Read More about The solar-type eclipsing binary system LL Aquarii.

The competition between halogen bonds (Br⋯O) and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds: the structure of the acetone–bromine complex revisited (2013)
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Jones, R. H., Knight, K. S., Marshall, W. G., Coles, S. J., Horton, P. N., & Pitak, M. B. (2013). The competition between halogen bonds (Br⋯O) and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds: the structure of the acetone–bromine complex revisited. CrystEngComm, 15(42), 8572. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce41472h

A combination of single-crystal X-ray (at 110 and 200 K) and high-resolution neutron powder diffraction (110 K only) using perdeuterated samples has been used to re-determine the crystal structure of the well-known acetone–Br2 complex. The results in... Read More about The competition between halogen bonds (Br⋯O) and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds: the structure of the acetone–bromine complex revisited.

Physical properties of the eclipsingδ Scuti star KIC 10661783 (2013)
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Lehmann, H., Southworth, J., Tkachenko, A., & Pavlovski, K. (2013). Physical properties of the eclipsingδ Scuti star KIC 10661783. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 557, Article A79. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321400

Context. KIC 10661783 is an eclipsing binary that shows δ Scuti-like oscillations. More than 60 pulsation frequencies have been detected in its light curve as observed by the Kepler satellite. Aims. We want to determine the fundamental stellar and... Read More about Physical properties of the eclipsingδ Scuti star KIC 10661783.

Analysis and Control of an Unstable Mode in a Combustor with Tuneable End Condition (2013)
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Heckl, M., & Kosztin, B. (2013). Analysis and Control of an Unstable Mode in a Combustor with Tuneable End Condition. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, 5(3), 243-271. https://doi.org/10.1260/1756-8277.5.3.243

A major problem in the development of low-pollution combustion systems are thermo-acoustic instabilities, i.e. large-amplitude oscillations generated by a feedback between the unsteady heat release and acoustic waves. In order to develop robust contr... Read More about Analysis and Control of an Unstable Mode in a Combustor with Tuneable End Condition.

Spectroscopic survey of Kepler stars: high-resolution observations of A- and F-type stars (2013)
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Niemczura, E., Smalley, B., Murphy, S., Catanzaro, G., Uytterhoeven, K., Drobek, D., …Gameiro, J. F. S. (2013). Spectroscopic survey of Kepler stars: high-resolution observations of A- and F-type stars. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 9(S301), 467-468. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921313015081

Basic stellar parameters such as effective temperature, surface gravity, chemical composition, and projected rotational velocity, are important to classify stars and are crucial for successful asteroseismic modelling. However, the Kepler space data d... Read More about Spectroscopic survey of Kepler stars: high-resolution observations of A- and F-type stars.

Stellar Magnetism and starspots: the implications for exoplanets (2013)
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Vilela, C., Southworth, J., & del Burgo, C. (2013). Stellar Magnetism and starspots: the implications for exoplanets. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 9(S302), 247-250. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921314002208

Stellar variability induced by starspots can hamper the detection of exoplanets and bias planet property estimations. These features can also be used to study star-planet interactions as well as inferring properties from the underlying stellar dynamo... Read More about Stellar Magnetism and starspots: the implications for exoplanets.

Scaling Up of Continuous Flow Processes with Gases Using a Tube-in-Tube Reactor: Inline Titrations and Fanetizole Synthesis with Ammonia (2013)
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Pastre, J. C., Browne, D. L., O’Brien, M., & Ley, S. V. (2013). Scaling Up of Continuous Flow Processes with Gases Using a Tube-in-Tube Reactor: Inline Titrations and Fanetizole Synthesis with Ammonia. Organic Process Research and Development, 17(9), 1183-1191. https://doi.org/10.1021/op400152r

The development of a tube-in-tube reactor based on a semipermeable polymer membrane has enabled the efficient transfer of gases into liquid flow streams. In this work we describe the scalability and throughput of this reactor when applied to ammonia... Read More about Scaling Up of Continuous Flow Processes with Gases Using a Tube-in-Tube Reactor: Inline Titrations and Fanetizole Synthesis with Ammonia.

ALMA RESOLVES 30 DORADUS: SUB-PARSEC MOLECULAR CLOUD STRUCTURE NEAR THE CLOSEST SUPER STAR CLUSTER (2013)
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Indebetouw, R., Brogan, C., Chen, C. R., Leroy, A., Johnson, K., Muller, E., …Vasyunina, T. (in press). ALMA RESOLVES 30 DORADUS: SUB-PARSEC MOLECULAR CLOUD STRUCTURE NEAR THE CLOSEST SUPER STAR CLUSTER. Astrophysical Journal, 774(1), Article 73. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/774/1/73

We present Atacama Large (sub)Millimeter Array observations of 30 Doradus—the highest resolution view of molecular gas in an extragalactic star formation region to date (∼0.4 pc × 0.6 pc). The 30Dor-10 cloud north of R136 was mapped in 12CO 2–1, 13CO... Read More about ALMA RESOLVES 30 DORADUS: SUB-PARSEC MOLECULAR CLOUD STRUCTURE NEAR THE CLOSEST SUPER STAR CLUSTER.

Simultaneous follow-up of planetary transits: revised physical properties for the planetary systems HAT-P-16 and WASP-21 (2013)
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Ciceri, S., Mancini, L., Southworth, J., Nikolov, N., Bozza, V., Bruni, I., …Henning, T. (2013). Simultaneous follow-up of planetary transits: revised physical properties for the planetary systems HAT-P-16 and WASP-21. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 557, Article A30. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321669

Context. By now, more than 300 planets transiting their host star have been found, and much effort is being put into measuring the properties of each system. Light curves of planetary transits often contain deviations from a simple transit shape, and... Read More about Simultaneous follow-up of planetary transits: revised physical properties for the planetary systems HAT-P-16 and WASP-21.

The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program (2013)
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Meixner, M., Panuzzo, P., Roman-Duval, J., Engelbracht, C., Babler, B., Seale, J., …Whitney, B. (2013). The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program. Astronomical Journal, 146(3), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/146/3/62

We present an overview of the HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE) in the Magellanic Clouds project, which is a Herschel Space Observatory open time key program. We mapped the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellan... Read More about The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program.

KIC 8410637: a 408-day period eclipsing binary containing a pulsating giant star (2013)
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Frandsen, S., Lehmann, H., Hekker, S., Southworth, J., Debosscher, J., Beck, P., …Elsworth, Y. (2013). KIC 8410637: a 408-day period eclipsing binary containing a pulsating giant star. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 556, Article A138. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321817

Context. Detached eclipsing binaries (dEBs) are ideal targets for accurately measuring the masses and radii of their component stars. If at least one of the stars has evolved off the main sequence (MS), the masses and radii give a strict constraint o... Read More about KIC 8410637: a 408-day period eclipsing binary containing a pulsating giant star.

CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A (2013)
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Kamenetzky, J., McCray, R., Indebetouw, R., Barlow, M. J., Matsuura, M., Baes, M., …Zanardo, G. (in press). CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 773(2), L34. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/773/2/l34

We report spectroscopic and imaging observations of rotational transitions of cold CO and SiO in the ejecta of SN1987A, the first such emission detected in a supernova remnant. In addition to line luminosities for the CO J = 1–0, 2–1, 6–5, and 7–6 tr... Read More about CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A.

ENIGMATIC RECURRENT PULSATIONAL VARIABILITY OF THE ACCRETING WHITE DWARF EQ LYN (SDSS J074531.92+453829.6) (2013)
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Mukadam, A. S., Townsley, D. M., Szkody, P., Gänsicke, B. T., Southworth, J., Brockett, T., …Qian, S. (2013). ENIGMATIC RECURRENT PULSATIONAL VARIABILITY OF THE ACCRETING WHITE DWARF EQ LYN (SDSS J074531.92+453829.6). Astronomical Journal, 146(3), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/146/3/54

Photometric observations of the cataclysmic variable EQ Lyn (SDSS J074531.92+453829.6), acquired from 2005 October to 2006 January, revealed high-amplitude variability in the range 1166–1290 s. This accreting white dwarf underwent an outburst in 2006... Read More about ENIGMATIC RECURRENT PULSATIONAL VARIABILITY OF THE ACCRETING WHITE DWARF EQ LYN (SDSS J074531.92+453829.6).

THE PROTOPLANETARY DISKS IN THE NEARBY MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGION CYGNUS OB2 (2013)
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Guarcello, M. G., Drake, J. J., Wright, N. J., Drew, J. E., Gutermuth, R. A., Hora, J. L., …King, R. (in press). THE PROTOPLANETARY DISKS IN THE NEARBY MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGION CYGNUS OB2. Astrophysical Journal, 773(2), 135. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/773/2/135

The formation of stars in massive clusters is one of the main modes of the star formation process. However, the study of massive star-forming regions is hampered by their typically large distances to the Sun. One exception to this is the massive star... Read More about THE PROTOPLANETARY DISKS IN THE NEARBY MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGION CYGNUS OB2.

A lithium depletion boundary age of 22 Myr for NGC 1960 (2013)
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Jeffries, R. D., Naylor, T., Mayne, N. J., Bell, C. P. M., & Littlefair, S. P. (2013). A lithium depletion boundary age of 22 Myr for NGC 1960. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434(3), 2438-2450. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1180

We present a deep Cousins RI photometric survey of the open cluster NGC 1960, complete to RC ≃ 22, IC ≃ 21, that is used to select a sample of very low mass cluster candidates. Gemini spectroscopy of a subset of these is used to confirm membership an... Read More about A lithium depletion boundary age of 22 Myr for NGC 1960.

KIC 11285625: A double-lined spectroscopic binary with a γ Doradus pulsator discovered from Kepler space photometry (2013)
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Debosscher, J., Aerts, C., Tkachenko, A., Pavlovski, K., Maceroni, C., Kurtz, D., …Southworth, J. (2013). KIC 11285625: A double-lined spectroscopic binary with a γ Doradus pulsator discovered from Kepler space photometry. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 556, Article A56. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321702

Aims. We present the first binary modelling results for the pulsating, eclipsing binary KIC 11285625 that was discovered by the Kepler mission. An automated method to disentangle the pulsation spectrum and the orbital variability in high quality ligh... Read More about KIC 11285625: A double-lined spectroscopic binary with a γ Doradus pulsator discovered from Kepler space photometry.

Small-Molecule-Induced Clustering of Heparan Sulfate Promotes Cell Adhesion (2013)
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Takemoto, N., Suehara, T., Frisco, H. L., Sato, S., Sezaki, T., Kusamori, K., …Uesugi, M. (2013). Small-Molecule-Induced Clustering of Heparan Sulfate Promotes Cell Adhesion. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(30), 11032 -11039. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4018682

Adhesamine is an organic small molecule that promotes adhesion and growth of cultured human cells by binding selectively to heparan sulfate on the cell surface. The present study combined chemical, physicochemical, and cell biological experiments, us... Read More about Small-Molecule-Induced Clustering of Heparan Sulfate Promotes Cell Adhesion.

ADVANCED BURNING STAGES AND FATE OF 8-10M☉STARS (2013)
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Jones, S., Hirschi, R., Nomoto, K., Fischer, T., Timmes, F. X., Herwig, F., …Bertolli, M. G. (in press). ADVANCED BURNING STAGES AND FATE OF 8-10M☉STARS. Astrophysical Journal, 772(2), 150. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/2/150

The reaction of either 4,4′,6,6′-tetramethyl-2,2′-bipyridine, L, or 4,4′,6,6′-tetracarboxy-2,2′-bipyridine, H4L, with Cu(OAc)2·H2O under acidic hydrothermal conditions (50:1 H2O/HNO3; 160 °C) led to the formation of crystalline {[Cu(HL′)(H2O)]·H2O},... Read More about ADVANCED BURNING STAGES AND FATE OF 8-10M☉STARS.