Discovery of ß Cep pulsations in the eclipsing binary V453 Cygni (2020)
Journal Article
Southworth, J., Bowman, D. M., Tkachenko, A., & Pavlovski, K. (2020). Discovery of ß Cep pulsations in the eclipsing binary V453 Cygni. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 497(1), L19–L23. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa091

V453 Cyg is an eclipsing binary containing 14 and 11 $\, \rm M_ødot$ stars in an eccentric short-period orbit. We have discovered ß Cep-type pulsations in this system using Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data. We identify seven significant pul... Read More about Discovery of ß Cep pulsations in the eclipsing binary V453 Cygni.

Evolutionary roads leading to low effective spins, high black hole masses, and O1/O2 rates for LIGO/Virgo binary black holes (2020)
Journal Article
Belczynski, K., Klencki, J., Fields, C., Olejak, A., Berti, E., Meynet, G., Fryer, C., Holz, D., O’Shaughnessy, R., Brown, D., Bulik, T., Leung, S., Nomoto, K., Madau, P., Hirschi, R., Kaiser, E., Jones, S., Mondal, S., Chruslinska, M., Drozda, P., …Lasota, J.-P. (2020). Evolutionary roads leading to low effective spins, high black hole masses, and O1/O2 rates for LIGO/Virgo binary black holes. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 636, Article A104. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936528

All ten LIGO/Virgo binary black hole (BH-BH) coalescences reported following the O1/O2 runs have near-zero effective spins. There are only three potential explanations for this. If the BH spin magnitudes are large, then: (i) either both BH spin vecto... Read More about Evolutionary roads leading to low effective spins, high black hole masses, and O1/O2 rates for LIGO/Virgo binary black holes.

Detection of Na, K, and H2O in the hazy atmosphere of WASP-6b (2020)
Journal Article
Smalley. (2020). Detection of Na, K, and H2O in the hazy atmosphere of WASP-6b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 5449 - 5472. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1078

We present new observations of the transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-6b both from the ground with the Very Large Telescope FOcal Reducer and Spectrograph (FORS2) from 0.45 to 0.83 µm, and space with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satelli... Read More about Detection of Na, K, and H2O in the hazy atmosphere of WASP-6b.

A hot terrestrial planet orbiting the bright M dwarf L 168-9 unveiled by TESS (2020)
Journal Article
Hellier. (2020). A hot terrestrial planet orbiting the bright M dwarf L 168-9 unveiled by TESS. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937179

We report the detection of a transiting super-Earth-sized planet (R = 1.39 ± 0.09 R?) in a 1.4-day orbit around L 168-9 (TOI-134), a bright M1V dwarf (V = 11, K = 7.1) located at 25.15 ± 0.02 pc. The host star was observed in the first sector of the... Read More about A hot terrestrial planet orbiting the bright M dwarf L 168-9 unveiled by TESS.

The VMC Survey - XXXVII. Pulsation periods of dust-enshrouded AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds (2020)
Journal Article
Groenewegen, M. A. T., Nanni, A., Cioni, M.-R. L., Girardi, L., de Grijs, R., Ivanov, V. D., Marconi, M., Moretti, M.-., Oliveira, J. M., Petr-Gotzens, M. G., Ripepi, V., & Van Loon, J. T. (2020). The VMC Survey - XXXVII. Pulsation periods of dust-enshrouded AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 636, Article A48. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937271

Context. Variability is a key property of stars on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). Their pulsation period is related to the luminosity and mass-loss rate of the star. Long-period variables (LPVs) and Mira variables are the most prominent of all ty... Read More about The VMC Survey - XXXVII. Pulsation periods of dust-enshrouded AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: detection and characterisation of single-line spectroscopic binaries (2020)
Journal Article
Merle, T., Van der Swaelmen, M., Van Eck, S., Jorissen, A., Jackson, R. J., Traven, G., Zwitter, T., Pourbaix, D., Klutsch, A., Sacco, G., Blomme, R., Masseron, T., Gilmore, G., Randich, S., Badenes, C., Bayo, A., Bensby, T., Bergemann, M., Biazzo, K., Damiani, F., …Prisinzano, L. (2020). The Gaia-ESO Survey: detection and characterisation of single-line spectroscopic binaries. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935819

Context. Multiple stellar systems play a fundamental role in the formation and evolution of stellar populations in galaxies. Recent and ongoing large ground-based multi-object spectroscopic surveys significantly increase the sample of spectroscopic b... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: detection and characterisation of single-line spectroscopic binaries.

Spectroscopy of hot ? Doradus and A–F hybrid Kepler candidates close to the hot border of the d Scuti instability strip (2020)
Journal Article
Smalley. (2020). Spectroscopy of hot ? Doradus and A–F hybrid Kepler candidates close to the hot border of the d Scuti instability strip. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4518 - 4532. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa399

If ? Dor-type pulsations are driven by the convective blocking mechanism, a convective envelope at a sufficient depth is essential. There are several hot ? Dor and hybrid star candidates in which there should not be an adequate convective envelope to... Read More about Spectroscopy of hot ? Doradus and A–F hybrid Kepler candidates close to the hot border of the d Scuti instability strip.

Nanostructured large-pore zeolite: the enhanced accessibility of active sites and its effect on the catalytic performance (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Nanostructured large-pore zeolite: the enhanced accessibility of active sites and its effect on the catalytic performance. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109805

Zeolites Y, ZSM-5, beta, mordenite and LTL were converted into hierarchical meso-microporous catalysts applying the surfactant templating strategy and the resulting materials were utilised as catalysts for esterification and aldol condensation reacti... Read More about Nanostructured large-pore zeolite: the enhanced accessibility of active sites and its effect on the catalytic performance.

Production and processing of graphene and related materials (2020)
Journal Article
Backes, C., Abdelkader, A. M., Alonso, C., Andrieux-Ledier, A., Arenal, R., Azpeitia, J., Balakrishnan, N., Banszerus, L., Barjon, J., Bartali, R., Bellani, S., Berger, C., Berger, R., Bernal Ortega, M. M., Bernard, C., Beton, P. H., Beyer, A., Bianco, A., Bøggild, P., Bonaccorso, F., …Garcia-Hernandez, M. (2020). Production and processing of graphene and related materials. 2D Materials, 7(2), Article 022001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ab1e0a

We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt a 'hands-on' approach, providing practical details and procedures as derive... Read More about Production and processing of graphene and related materials.

Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi (2020)
Journal Article
J. Chaplin, W., M. Serenelli, A., Miglio, A., Morel, T., Mackereth, J. T., Vincenzo, F., Kjeldsen Sarbani Basu, H., H. Ball, W., Stokholm, A., Verma, K., Rørsted Mosumgaard, J., Silva Aguirre, V., Mazumdar, A., Ranadive, P., M. Antia, H., Lebreton, Y., Ong, J., Appourchaux, T., R. Bedding, T., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., …Yıldız, M. (2020). Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi. Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0975-9

Over the course of its history, the Milky Way has ingested multiple smaller satellite galaxies. While these accreted stellar populations can be forensically identified as kinematically distinct structures within the Galaxy, it is difficult in general... Read More about Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi.

Surface structural phase transition induced by the formation of metal–organic networks on the Si(111)-v7×v3-In surface (2019)
Journal Article
Suzuki, T., Lawrence, J., Morbec, J., Kratzer, P., & Costantini, G. (2019). Surface structural phase transition induced by the formation of metal–organic networks on the Si(111)-v7×v3-In surface. Nanoscale, 21790-21798. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR07074E

We studied the adsorption of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) on the Si(111)v7×v3 In surface, a known surface superconductor. Scanning tunneling microscopy shows the development of a surface-confined metal–organic network (SMON) where TCNQ mol... Read More about Surface structural phase transition induced by the formation of metal–organic networks on the Si(111)-v7×v3-In surface.

The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968 (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 655 - 679. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2960

We present a comprehensive review of all observations of the eclipsing recurrent Nova LMC 1968 in the Large Magellanic Cloud which was previously observed in eruption in 1968, 1990, 2002, 2010, and most recently in 2016. We derive a probable recurren... Read More about The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968.

Towards a molecular understanding of the water purification properties of Moringa seed proteins (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Towards a molecular understanding of the water purification properties of Moringa seed proteins. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 296-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.071

Seed extracts from Moringa oleifera are of wide interest for use in water purification where they can play an important role in flocculation; they also have potential as anti-microbial agents. Previous work has focused on the crude protein extract. H... Read More about Towards a molecular understanding of the water purification properties of Moringa seed proteins.

Equality, diversity and inclusion perspectives (2019)
Journal Article
Van Loon. (2019). Equality, diversity and inclusion perspectives. Astronomy and Geophysics, 5.40 - 5.42. https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atz182

An overview of the developments arising from equality, diversity and inclusion events at this year’s National Astronomy Meeting, by Vinesh Maguire-Rajpaul on behalf of the organizers.

Detection and characterisation of stellar companions to transiting extrasolar planets through high resolution imaging (2019)
Thesis
Evans, D. F. Detection and characterisation of stellar companions to transiting extrasolar planets through high resolution imaging. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413806

Since the discovery over two decades ago of the first `hot Jupiter', there has been persistent debate regarding the formation and origins of this class of planets. Some of the many `migration' theories for hot Jupiters suggest that these planets form... Read More about Detection and characterisation of stellar companions to transiting extrasolar planets through high resolution imaging.

Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites (2019)
Journal Article
Eissa, R., Cassidy, N., Pringle, J., & Stimpson, I. (2019). Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 53(1), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-192

Electrical resistivity surveys are commonly used to detect and characterise near-surface buried objects in commercial developments of brownfield sites. 2D ERT profiles arrays predominate in such surveys due to their relatively rapid deployment, good... Read More about Electrical resistivity tomography array comparisons to detect cleared-wall foundations in brownfield sites.

Advances by the Marie Curie project TANGO in thermoacoustics (2019)
Journal Article
Heckl. (2019). Advances by the Marie Curie project TANGO in thermoacoustics. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1177/1756827719830950

This paper gives an overview of the research performed by the project TANGO – an Initial Training Network (ITN) with an international consortium of seven academic and five industrial partners. TANGO is the acronym for ‘Thermoacoustic and Aeroacoustic... Read More about Advances by the Marie Curie project TANGO in thermoacoustics.

The structure of the Magellanic Clouds traced by red clump stars at near-infrared wavelengths (2018)
Thesis
Tatton, B. The structure of the Magellanic Clouds traced by red clump stars at near-infrared wavelengths. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412303

This thesis is about the Red Clump (RC) star population within the Magellanic Clouds. These are observed in the near-infrared Y JKs wavelengths using data obtained by the ESO public VMC survey. These were studied to shed more light on the internal st... Read More about The structure of the Magellanic Clouds traced by red clump stars at near-infrared wavelengths.

Passive control of instabilities in combustion systems with heat exchanger (2018)
Journal Article
Surendran, A., Heckl, M. A., Hosseini, N., & Jan Teerling, O. (2018). Passive control of instabilities in combustion systems with heat exchanger. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, 10(4), 362 -379. https://doi.org/10.1177/1756827717731486

One of the major concerns in the operability of power generation systems is their susceptibility to combustion instabilities. In this work, we explore whether a heat exchanger, an integral component of a domestic boiler, can be made to act as a passi... Read More about Passive control of instabilities in combustion systems with heat exchanger.

Single-atom vacancy in monolayer phosphorene: A comprehensive study of stability and magnetism under applied strain (2018)
Journal Article
Abreu Da Silva Morbec, J. M., Rahman, G., & Kratzer, P. (2018). Single-atom vacancy in monolayer phosphorene: A comprehensive study of stability and magnetism under applied strain. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 546 -553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.06.016

Using first-principles calculations based on density-functional theory we systematically investigate the effect of applied strain on the stability and on the electronic and magnetic properties of monolayer phosphorene with single-atom vacancy. We con... Read More about Single-atom vacancy in monolayer phosphorene: A comprehensive study of stability and magnetism under applied strain.