Itziar Aretxaga, B. J. Boyle, Roberto J. Terlevich
We present results of the hosts of four high-redshift (z 2) and high luminosity (MB \Gamma28 mag) QSOs, three radio-quiet one radio-loud, imaged in R and K bands. The extensions to the nuclear...
CCD sequences for wide-field surveys -- II. (2007)
Ubv Sequences At, Scott M. Croom, T. Shanks, B. J. Boyle, R. J. Smith
We present results from a continuing campaign to secure deep multi-colour CCD sequences for photometric calibration in UK Schmidt fields with galactic latitudes jbj ? 50 ffi . In this paper we...
M. S. Brotherton, Wil Van Breugel, R. J. Smith, B. J. Boyle, T. Shanks, S. M. Croom, ...
We report the discovery of five broad-absorption-line (BAL) QSOs in a complete sample of 111 ultraviolet excess (UVX) QSO candidates also detected in the NRAO VLA Sky Survey. All five BAL QSOs, which...
The AAO 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2007)
R. J. Smith, B. J. Boyle, T. Shanks, S. M. Croom
Introduction The study of large-scale structure through QSO clustering provides a potentially powerful route to determining the fundamental cosmological parameters of the Universe (see Croom &...
A Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar (2007)
Brotherton Wil Van, M. S. Brotherton, S. A. Stanford, R. J. Smith, B. J. Boyle, Lance Miller, ...
We report the discovery of a spectacular "post-starburst quasar" UN J1025\Gamma0040 (B = 19; z = 0:634). The optical spectrum is a chimera, displaying the broad Mg II 2800 emission line and...
QSO clustering and the AAT 2dF QSO redshift survey (2007)
B.J. Boyle, S.M. Croom, R.J. Smith, T. Shanks, L. Miller, N. Loaring
this paper we use comoving distances, r comoving = (1+z)rproper , and define the Hubble constant as H 0 = 100h km s
Input Catalogue for the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2007)
R. J. Smith, B. J. Boyle, T. Shanks, S. M. Croom, L. Miller, M. Read
We discuss the construction of a homogeneous catalogue containing ¸ 46 000 ultra-violet excess (UVX) selected QSO candidates. These objects will be observed with the 2-degree field (2dF) facility at...
Adaptive Optics observations of LBQS 0108+0028: (2007)
Band Detection, Itziar Aretxaga, D. Le Mignant, J. Melnick, R. J. Terlevich, B. J. Boyle
We report the first unambiguous detection of the host galaxy of a normal radio-quiet QSO at high-redshift in K-band. The luminosity of the host comprises about 35% of the total K-band luminosity....
P. J. Outram, B. J. Boyle, R. F. Carswell, P. C. Hewett, R. E. Williams, R. P. Norris
We report on high resolution observations (R = 35000) of the Hubble Deep Field South QSO J2233-606 obtained with the University College London Echelle Spectrograph at the AAT. We present spectral...
The variability of optically selected quasars I. M. Hook, 1 (2007)
R. G. Mcmahon, B. J. Boyle, M. J. Irwin
The variability properties of a sample of 300 optically selected quasars near the South Galactic Pole (SGP) have been studied over a baseline of 16 years using a series of twelve UK Schmidt Telescope...
Radio Observations of the Hubble Deep Field (2007)
South Norris Hopkins, R. P. Norris, A. Hopkins, R. J. Sault, D. A. Mitchell, R. D. Ekers, ...
We have observed the Hubble Deep Field South and its anking elds with the Australia Telescope Compact Array down to an rms sensitivity of about 10 Jy at each of four radio bands (20, 13, 6, and 3...
Extending the infrared radio correlation (2007)
Boyle, B. J., Cornwell, T. J., Middelberg, E., Norris, R. P., Appleton, P. N., Smail , Ian
Co-addition of deep (rms ∼ 30 μJy) 20-cm data obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array at the location of Spitzer Wide Field Survey (SWIRE) sources has yielded statistics of radio...
Extending the infrared radio correlation (2007)
Boyle, B. J., Cornwell, T. J., Middelberg, E., Norris, R. P., Appleton, P. N., Smail, Ian
Co-addition of deep (rms about 30 microJy) 20 cm data obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array at the location of Spitzer Wide field survey (SWIRE) sources has yielded statistics of radio...
The 2dF BL Lac Survey II (2006)
Londish, D., Croom, S. M., Heidt, J., Boyle, B. J., Sadler, E. M., Whiting, M., ...
We report on our further analysis of the expanded and revised sample of potential BL Lac objects (the 2BL) optically identified from two catalogues of blue-selected (UV excess) point sources, the 2dF...
The evolution of host mass and black hole mass in QSOs from the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2006)
Fine, S., Croom, S. M., Miller, L., Babic, A., Moore, D., Brewer, B., ...
We investigate the relation between the mass of super-massive black holes (Mbh) in QSOs and the mass of the dark matter halos hosting them (Mdh). We measure the widths of broad emission lines (Mgii...
The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): first data release (2006)
Steinmetz, M., Zwitter, T., Siebert, A., Watson, F. G., Freeman, K. C., Munari, U., ...
We present the first data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an ambitious spectroscopic survey to measure radial velocities and stellar atmosphere parameters (temperature, metallicity,...
The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) : first data release (2006)
Steinmetz, M, Zwitter, T, Parker, Q. A, Bienayme, O, Roeser, S, Gibson, B. K, ...
We present the first data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an ambitious spectroscopic survey to measure radial velocities and stellar atmosphere parameters (temperature, metallicity,...
The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) : first data release (2006)
Steinmetz, M, Zwitter, T, Parker, Q. A, Bienayme, O, Roeser, S, Gibson, B. K, ...
We present the first data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an ambitious spectroscopic survey to measure radial velocities and stellar atmosphere parameters (temperature, metallicity,...
The XMM-Newton/2dF survey - II. The nature of X-ray - faint optically bright X-ray sources (2004)
Georgakakis, A., Georgantopoulos, I., Vallbe, M., Kolokotronis, V., Basilakos, S., Plionis, S.M., ...
XMM-Newton observations of an absorbed z=0.67 QSO: no dusty torus? (2003)
Georgantopoulos, I., Georgakakis, A., Stewart, G. C., Akylas, A., Boyle, B. J., Shanks, T., ...
We present XMM-Newton observations of AXJ0341.4-4453, a mildly reddened A_V0.25pc scales.
The XMM-Newton/2dF survey-I. X-ray properties of normal galaxies (2003)
Georgakakis, A., Georgantopoulos, I., Stewart, G.C., Shanks, T., Boyle, B.J.
The correlation of line strength with luminosity and redshift from composite QSO spectra (2002)
Croom, S. M., Rhook, K., Corbett, E. A., Boyle, B. J., Netzer, H., Loaring, N. S., ...
We have generated a series of composite QSO spectra using over 22000 individual low resolution (~8A) QSO spectra obtained from the 2dF (18.25
Spectral evolution of the peculiar Ic supernova 1998bw (2000)
Stathakis, R. A., Boyle, B. J., Jones, D. H., Bessell, M. S., Galama, T. J., Germany, L. M., ...
Supernova 1998bw holds the record for the most energetic Type Ic explosion, one of the brightest radio supernovae and probably the first supernova associated with a y-ray burst. In this paper we...
Spectral evolution of the peculiar Ic supernova 1998bw (2000)
Stathakis, R. A., Boyle, B. J., Jones, D. H., Bessell, M. S., Galama, T. J., Germany, L. M., ...
Supernova 1998bw holds the record for the most energetic Type Ic explosion, one of the brightest radio supernovae and probably the first supernova associated with a y-ray burst. In this paper we...
Spectral evolution of peculiar Ic Supernova 1998bw (2000)
Stathakis, R.A., Boyle, B.J., Jones, D.H., Bessell, M.S., Germany, Lisa M. (et Al.)
Supernova 1998bw holds the record for the most energetic Type Ic explosion, one of the brightest radio supernovae and probably the first supernova associated with a -ray burst. In this paper we...
Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae (1998)
Perlmutter, S., Aldering, G., Goldhaber, G., Knop, R. A., Nugent, P., Castro, P. G., ...
We report measurements of the mass density, Omega_M, and cosmological-constant energy density, Omega_Lambda, of the universe based on the analysis of 42 Type Ia supernovae discovered by the Supernova...
Cosmology from Type Ia Supernovae (1998)
Perlmutter, S., Aldering, G., Deustua, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, D.E., Kim, A.G., ...
This presentation reports on first evidence for a low-mass-density/positive-cosmological-constant universe that will expand forever, based on observations of a set of 40 high-redshift supernovae. The...
The cosmological evolution of the QSO luminosity density and of the star formation rate. (1998)
B.J. Boyle, Roberto J. Terlevich
We demonstrate that the evolution of the QSO luminosity density with epoch displays a striking similarity to the cosmological evolution of the field galaxy star formation rate, recently derived from...
Implications For The Hubble Constant from the First Seven Supernovae at z >= 0.35 (1997)
Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, D. E., Hook, I. M., Kim, M. Y., ...
The Supernova Cosmology Project has discovered over twenty-eight supernovae (SNe) at 0.35
ASCA observations of deep ROSAT fields I. the nature of the X-ray source populations (1997)
I. Georgantopoulos, G. C. Stewart, A. J. Blair, T. Shanks, R. E. Griffiths, B. J. Boyle, ...
We present ASCA GIS observations (total exposure 100-200 ksec) of three fields which form part of our deep ROSAT survey. We detect 26 sources down to a limiting flux (2-10 keV) of 5 \Theta 10...
Multicolour imaging of z=2 QSO hosts (1997)
Qso Hosts, Itziar Aretxaga, Roberto J. Terlevich, B.J. Boyle
We present multicolour images of the hosts of three z = 2 QSOs previously detected in R-band by our group. The luminosities, colours and sizes of the hosts overlap with those of actively star-forming...
Perlmutter, S., Gabi, S., Goldhaber, G., Groom, D. E., Hook, I. M., Kim, A. G., ...
We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven...