Tom Shanks

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: the QSO luminosity function at 0.4 (2009)

Croom, Scott M., Richards, Gordon T., Shanks, Tom, Boyle, Brian J., Strauss, Michael A., Myers, Adam D., ...

We present the QSO luminosity function of the completed 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) survey, based on QSOs photometrically selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging data and then observed...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: the spectroscopic QSO catalogue (2009)

Croom, Scott M., Richards, Gordon T., Shanks, Tom, Boyle, Brian J., Sharp, Robert G., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, ...

We present the final spectroscopic QSO catalogue from the 2dF-SDSS LRG (luminous red galaxy) and QSO (2SLAQ) survey. This is a deep, 18 < g < 21.85 (extinction corrected), sample aimed at probing in...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The spectroscopic QSO catalogue (2008)

Croom, Scott M., Richards, Gordon T., Shanks, Tom, Boyle, Brian J., Sharp, Robert G., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, ...

We present the final spectroscopic QSO catalogue from the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) Survey. This is a deep, 18

Extreme multiplex spectroscopy at wide-field 4-m telescopes (2008)

Content, Robert, Shanks, Tom

We describe the design and science case for a spectrograph for the prime focus of classical 4-m wide-field telescopes that can deliver at least 4000 MOS slits over a 1 degree field. This extreme...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO survey: evolution of the clustering of luminous red galaxies since z = 0.6 (2008)

Wake, David A., Sheth, Ravi K., Nichol, Robert C., Baugh, Carlton M., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Cannon, Russell, ...

We present an analysis of the small-to-intermediate scale clustering of samples of Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) survey carefully...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO survey : QSO clustering and the L-z degeneracy (2008)

Da Angela, Jose A., Shanks, Tom, Croom, Scott M., Weilbacher, Peter M., Brunner, Robert J., Couch, Warrick J., ...

We combine the quasi-stellar object (QSO) samples from the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) and the 2dF-Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxy (LRG) and QSO Survey (2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO, hereafter...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO survey : QSO clustering and the L-z degeneracy (2008)

Da Angela, Jose A., Shanks, Tom, Croom, Scott M., Weilbacher, Peter M., Brunner, Robert J., Couch, Warrick J., ...

We combine the quasi-stellar object (QSO) samples from the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) and the 2dF-Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxy (LRG) and QSO Survey (2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO, hereafter...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: evolution of the clustering of luminous red galaxies since z = 0.6 (2008)

Wake, David A., Sheth, Ravi K., Nichol, Robert C., Baugh, Carlton, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Colless, Matthew, ...

We present an analysis of the small-to-intermediate scale clustering of samples of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey (2SLAQ)...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: evolution of the clustering of luminous red galaxies since z = 0.6 (2008)

Wake, David A., Sheth, Ravi K., Nichol, Robert C., Baugh, Carlton, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Colless, Matthew, ...

We present an analysis of the small-to-intermediate scale clustering of samples of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey (2SLAQ)...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO survey : QSO clustering and the L-z degeneracy (2008)

Da Angela, Jose A., Shanks, Tom, Croom, Scott M., Weilbacher, Peter M., Brunner, Robert J., Couch, Warrick J., ...

We combine the quasi-stellar object (QSO) samples from the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) and the 2dF-Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxy (LRG) and QSO Survey (2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO, hereafter...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: evolution of the clustering of luminous red galaxies since z = 0.6 (2008)

Wake, David A., Sheth, Ravi K., Nichol, Robert C., Baugh, Carlton, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Colless, Matthew, ...

We present an analysis of the small-to-intermediate scale clustering of samples of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey (2SLAQ)...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO survey : QSO clustering and the L-z degeneracy (2008)

Da Angela, Jose A., Shanks, Tom, Croom, Scott M., Weilbacher, Peter M., Brunner, Robert J., Couch, Warrick J., ...

We combine the quasi-stellar object (QSO) samples from the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) and the 2dF-Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxy (LRG) and QSO Survey (2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO, hereafter...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: evolution of the clustering of luminous red galaxies since z = 0.6 (2008)

Wake, David A., Sheth, Ravi K., Nichol, Robert C., Baugh, Carlton, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Colless, Matthew, ...

We present an analysis of the small-to-intermediate scale clustering of samples of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey (2SLAQ)...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: the spectroscopic QSO catalogue (2008)

Croom, Scott M., Richards, Gordon T., Shanks, Tom, Boyle, Brian J., Sharp, Robert G., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, ...

We present the final spectroscopic QSO catalogue from the 2dF-SDSS LRG (luminous red galaxy) and QSO (2SLAQ) survey. This is a deep, 18 < g < 21.85 (extinction corrected), sample aimed at...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO survey : QSO clustering and the L-z degeneracy (2008)

Da Angela, Jose A., Shanks, Tom, Croom, Scott M., Weilbacher, Peter M., Brunner, Robert J., Couch, Warrick J., ...

We combine the quasi-stellar object (QSO) samples from the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) and the 2dF-Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxy (LRG) and QSO Survey (2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO, hereafter...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: evolution of the clustering of luminous red galaxies since z = 0.6 (2008)

Wake, David A., Sheth, Ravi K., Nichol, Robert C., Baugh, Carlton, Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Colless, Matthew, ...

We present an analysis of the small-to-intermediate scale clustering of samples of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey (2SLAQ)...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: the spectroscopic QSO catalogue (2008)

Croom, Scott M., Richards, Gordon T., Shanks, Tom, Boyle, Brian J., Sharp, Robert G., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, ...

We present the final spectroscopic QSO catalogue from the 2dF-SDSS LRG (luminous red galaxy) and QSO (2SLAQ) survey. This is a deep, 18 < g < 21.85 (extinction corrected), sample aimed at...

Clustering of 2PIGG galaxy groups with 2dFGRS galaxies (2007)

Mountrichas, Georgios, Shanks, Tom

Prompted by indications from QSO lensing that there may be more mass associated with galaxy groups than expected, we have made new dynamical infall estimates of the masses associated with 2PIGG...

MegaZ-LRG : a photometric redshift catalogue of one million SDSS luminous red galaxies (2007)

Collister, Adrian A., Lahav, Ofer, Blake, Christopher A., Cannon, Russell D., Croom, Scott M., Drinkwater, Michael J., ...

We describe the construction of MegaZ-LRG, a photometric redshift catalogue of over one million luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 0.7 with limiting magnitude i < 20. The...

MegaZ-LRG: a photometric redshift catalogue of one million SDSS luminous red galaxies (2007)

Collister, Adrian, Lahav, Ofer, Blake, Chris, Cannon, Russell D., Croom, Scott M., Drinkwater, Michael J., ...

We describe the construction of MegaZ-LRG, a photometric redshift catalogue of over one million luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 0.7 with limiting magnitude i < 20. The...

MegaZ-LRG : a photometric redshift catalogue of one million SDSS luminous red galaxies (2007)

Collister, Adrian A., Lahav, Ofer, Blake, Christopher A., Cannon, Russell D., Croom, Scott M., Drinkwater, Michael J., ...

We describe the construction of MegaZ-LRG, a photometric redshift catalogue of over one million luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 0.7 with limiting magnitude i < 20. The...

MegaZ-LRG : a photometric redshift catalogue of one million SDSS luminous red galaxies (2007)

Collister, Adrian A., Lahav, Ofer, Blake, Christopher A., Cannon, Russell D., Croom, Scott M., Drinkwater, Michael J., ...

We describe the construction of MegaZ-LRG, a photometric redshift catalogue of over one million luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 0.7 with limiting magnitude i < 20. The...

MegaZ-LRG: a photometric redshift catalogue of one million SDSS luminous red galaxies (2007)

Collister, Adrian, Lahav, Ofer, Blake, Chris, Cannon, Russell D., Croom, Scott M., Drinkwater, Michael J., ...

We describe the construction of MegaZ-LRG, a photometric redshift catalogue of over one million luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 0.7 with limiting magnitude i < 20. The...

Radio galaxies in the 2SLAQ Luminous Red Galaxy Survey: I. The evolution of low-power radio galaxies to z~0.7 (2006)

Sadler, Elaine M., Cannon, Russell D., Mauch, Tom, Hancock, Paul J., Wake, David A., Ross, Nic, ...

We have combined optical data from the 2dF-SDSS Luminous Red Galaxy and QSO (2SLAQ) redshift survey with radio measurements from the 1.4 GHz VLA FIRST and NVSS surveys to identify a volume-limited...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: The Star Formation Histories of Luminous Red Galaxies (2006)

Roseboom, Isaac G., Pimbblet, Kevin A., Drinkwater, Michael J., Cannon, Russell D., De Propris, Roberto, Edge, Alastair C., ...

We present a detailed investigation into the recent star formation histories of 5,697 Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) based on the Hdelta (4101A) and [OII] (3727A) lines. LRGs are luminous (L>3L*),...

MegaZ-LRG: A photometric redshift catalogue of one million SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies (2006)

Collister, Adrian, Lahav, Ofer, Blake, Chris, Cannon, Russell, Croom, Scott, Drinkwater, Michael, ...

We describe the construction of MegaZ-LRG, a photometric redshift catalogue of over one million luminous red galaxies (LRGs) in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 0.7 with limiting magnitude i < 20. The...

The 2df SDSS LRG and QSO survey: evolution of the luminosity function of luminous red galaxies to z = 0.6 (2006)

Wake, David A., Nichol, Robert C., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Loveday, Jon, Edge, Alastair C., Cannon, Russell, ...

We present new measurements of the luminosity function (LF) of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF SDSS LRG and Quasar (2SLAQ) survey. We have carefully...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) luminous red galaxy survey (2006)

Cannon, Russell, Drinkwater, Michael, Edge, Alastair, Eisenstein, Daniel, Nichol, Robert, Outram, Phillip, ...

We present a spectroscopic survey of almost 15 000 candidate intermediate-redshift luminous red galaxies (LRGs) brighter than i = 19.8, observed with 2dF on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: the star formation histories of luminous red galaxies (2006)

Roseboom, Isaac G., Pimbblet, Kevin A., Drinkwater, Michael J., Cannon, Russell D., De Propris, Roberto, Edge, Alastair C., ...

We present a detailed investigation into the recent star formation histories of 5697 luminous red galaxies (LRGs) based on the Hδa (4101 Å), and [O II] (3727 Å) lines and the D4000...

The 2df SDSS LRG and QSO survey: evolution of the luminosity function of luminous red galaxies to z = 0.6 (2006)

Wake, David A., Nichol, Robert C., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Loveday, Jon, Edge, Alastair C., Cannon, Russell, ...

We present new measurements of the luminosity function (LF) of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF SDSS LRG and Quasar (2SLAQ) survey. We have carefully...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) luminous red galaxy survey (2006)

Cannon, Russell, Drinkwater, Michael, Edge, Alastair, Eisenstein, Daniel, Nichol, Robert, Outram, Phillip, ...

We present a spectroscopic survey of almost 15 000 candidate intermediate-redshift luminous red galaxies (LRGs) brighter than i = 19.8, observed with 2dF on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The...

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: the star formation histories of luminous red galaxies (2006)

Roseboom, Isaac G., Pimbblet, Kevin A., Drinkwater, Michael J., Cannon, Russell D., De Propris, Roberto, Edge, Alastair C., ...

We present a detailed investigation into the recent star formation histories of 5697 luminous red galaxies (LRGs) based on the Hδa (4101 Å), and [O II] (3727 Å) lines and the D4000...

The 2df SDSS LRG and QSO survey: evolution of the luminosity function of luminous red galaxies to z = 0.6 (2006)

Wake, David A., Nichol, Robert C., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Loveday, Jon, Edge, Alastair C., Cannon, Russell, ...

We present new measurements of the luminosity function (LF) of luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the 2dF SDSS LRG and Quasar (2SLAQ) survey. We have carefully...

QSO lensing magnification associated with galaxy groups (2004)

GuimarĂ£es, Antonio C. C., Myers, Adam D., Shanks, Tom

We simulated both the matter and light (galaxy) distributions in a wedge of the universe and calculated the gravitational lensing magnification caused by the mass along the line of sight of galaxies...

Calibrating Photometric Redshifts of Luminous Red Galaxies (2004)

Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Budavari, Tamas, Schlegel, David J., Bridges, Terry, Brinkmann, Jonathan, Cannon, Russell, ...

We discuss the construction of a photometric redshift catalogue of Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), emphasizing the principal steps necessary for constructing...

Gemini imaging of QSO host galaxies at z~2 (2004)

Croom, Scott, Schade, David, Boyle, Brian, Shanks, Tom, Miller, Lance, Smith, Robert

We present results of a Gemini adaptive optics (AO) imaging program to investigate the host galaxies of typical QSOs at z~2. Our aim is to study the host galaxies of typical, L*_qso QSOs at the epoch...

AGN Physics from QSO Clustering (2003)

Croom, Scott, Boyle, Brian, Shanks, Tom, Outram, Phil, Smith, Robert, Miller, Lance, ...

We review the current status of QSO clustering measurements, particular with respect to their relevance in understanding AGN physics. Measurements based on the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) find a...

Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Post-Starburst Quasar UN 1025-0040: Evidence for Recent Star Formation (2002)

Brotherton, Michael S., Grabelsky, Matthew, Canalizo, Gabriela, Van Breugel, Wil, Filippenko, Alexei V., Croom, Scott, ...

We present new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC2 images of the post-starburst quasar UN J1025-0040, which contains both an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and a 400-Myr-old nuclear starburst of...

The Effects of Metallicity on the Cepheid P-L Relation and the Consequences for the Extragalactic Distance Scale (2001)

Allen, Paul D., Shanks, Tom

Using published HST Cepheid data from 25 galaxies, we have found a correlation between the P-L dispersion and host galaxy metallicity which is significant at the ~3sigma level in the V band. This...

The Contribution of Faint Blue Galaxies to the Sub-mm Counts and Background (2000)

Busswell, Geoff S., Shanks, Tom

Observations in the submillimetre waveband have recently revealed a new population of luminous, sub-mm sources. These are proposed to lie at high redshift and to be optically faint due to their high...

A deep ROSAT Survey - XII. The X-ray spectra of faint ROSAT sources (1996)

Almaini, Omar, Shanks, Tom, Boyle, Brian J., Griffiths, Richard E., Roche, Nathan, Stewart, Gordon C., ...

Optical spectroscopy has enabled us to identify the optical counterparts to over 200 faint X-ray sources to a flux limit of S_(0.5-2keV)=4x10^-15 erg s^-1 cm^-2 on 5 deep ROSAT fields. Here we...

A deep ROSAT Survey X: X-ray Luminous Narrow Emission Line Galaxies (1996)

Griffiths, Richard E., Della Ceca, Roberto, Georgantopoulos, Ioannis, Boyle, Brian J., Stewart, Gordon C., Shanks, Tom, ...

X-ray luminous narrow emision-line galaxies (NELG) have been previously identified and proposed as an important class of extragalactic X-ray sources, with a potentially significant contribution to...