Research project

Astrophysics at Southampton (Physics A - Consolidated Grant)

Other researchers:

Professor Francesco Shankar,

Professor Christian Knigge
Research funder:

Science And Technology Facilities Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Other researchers

Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei

Connect with Francesco

Email: [email protected]

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

accretion phenomena and associated outflows
cataclysmic variables
close binaries

Connect with Christian

Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

The high mass end of the stellar mass function: dependence on stellar population models and agreement between fits to the light profile

M. Bernardi, A. Meert, R. K. Sheth, J.-L. Fischer, M. Huertas-Company, C. Maraston, F. Shankar & V. Vikram, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(2), 2217-2233

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx176

Type: article

Constraining the UV emissivity of AGN throughout cosmic time via X-ray surveys

Federica Ricci, Stefano Marchesi, Francesco Shankar, Fabio La Franca & Francesca Civano, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(2), 1915-1925

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2909

Type: article

Thermal disk winds in x-ray binaries: realistic heating and cooling rates give rise to slow, but massive, outflows

N. Higginbottom, D. Proga, C. Knigge & K.S. Long, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 836(1)

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/42

Type: article

A comprehensive long term study of the radio and X-ray Variability of NGC 4051 Paper II

S. Jones, I. Mchardy & T.J. Maccarone, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(2), 1336-1347

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2810

Type: article

Quasar emission lines as probes of orientation: implications for disc wind geometries and unification

J.H Matthews, C. Knigge & K.S. Long, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(3), 2571-2584

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx231

Type: article