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    • The 6-GHz multibeam maser survey – I. Techniques 

      Green, J.A.; Caswell, J.L.; Fuller, G.A.; Avison, A.; Breen, S.L.; Brooks, K.; Burton, M.; Chrysostomou, A.; Cox, J.; Diamond, P.J.; Ellingsen, S.; Gray, M.D.; Hoare, M.G.; Masheder, M.R.W.; McClure-Griffiths, N.; Pestalozzi, M.; Phillips, C.; Quinn, L.; Thompson, M.A.; Voronkov, M.; Walsh, A.; Ward-Thompson, D.; Wong-McSweeney, D.; Yates, J.A.; Cohen, R.J. (2009)
      A new 7-beam 6−7 GHz receiver has been built to survey the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds for newly forming high-mass stars that are pinpointed by strong methanol maser emission at 6668 MHz. The receiver was jointly ...

    • 6.7-GHz methanol maser associated outflows : an evolutionary sequence 

      De Villiers, Helena Maria; Chrysostomou, A.; Thompson, M.A.; Urquhart, J.S.; Breen, S.L.; Burton, M.G.; Ellingsen, S.P.; Fuller, G.A.; Pestalozzi, Michele; Voronkov, M. A.; Ward-Thompson, D. (2015-05-01)
      We present a continuing study of a sample 44 molecular outflows, observed in 13CO lines, closely associated with 6.7-GHz methanol masers, hence called methanol maser associated outflows (MMAOs). We compare MMAO properties ...

    • The 6C** sample of steep-spectrum radio sources: I - Radio data, near-infrared imaging and optical spectroscopy 

      Cruz, M.J.; Jarvis, M.J.; Blundell, K.M.; Rawlings, S.; Croft, S.; Kloeckner, H-R.; McLure, R.J.; Simpson, C.; Targett, T.A.; Willott, C.J. (2006)
      We present basic observational data on the 6C** sample. This is a new sample of radio sources drawn from the 151MHz 6C survey, which was filtered with radio criteria chosen to optimize the chances of finding radio galaxies ...

    • The 6C** sample of steep-spectrum radio sources: II - Redshift distribution and the space density of high-redshift radio galaxies 

      Cruz, M.J.; Jarvis, M.J.; Rawlings, S.; Blundell, K.M. (2007)
      We use the 6C** sample to investigate the co-moving space density of powerful, steep- spectrum radio sources. This sample, consisting of 68 objects, has virtually complete K-band photometry and spectroscopic redshifts for ...

    • The 6dF Galaxy Survey: : Stellar Population Trends Across and Through the Fundamental Plane 

      Springob, Christopher M.; Magoulas, Christina; Proctor, Rob; Colless, Matthew; Jones, D. Heath; Kobayashi, Chiaki; Campbell, Lachlan; Lucey, John; Mould, Jeremy (2012-03-11)
      We present results from an analysis of stellar population parameters for 7132 galaxies in the 6dFGS Fundamental Plane (FP) sample. We bin the galaxies along the axes, $v_1$, $v_2$, and $v_3$, of the tri-variate Gaussian ...

    • 6G secure quantum communication: a success probability prediction model 

      Akbar, Muhammad Azeem; Khan, Arif Ali; Hyrynsalmi, Sami; Khan, Javed Ali (2024-05)
      The emergence of 6G networks initiates significant transformations in the communication technology landscape. Yet, the melding of quantum computing (QC) with 6G networks although promising an array of benefits, particularly ...

    • 6Li/7Li estimates for metal-poor stars 

      Garcia Perez, A.E.; Aoki, W.; Inoue, S.; Ryan, Sean G.; Suzuki, T.K.; Chiba, M. (2009-09)
      Context. The presence of the lithium-6 isotope in some metal-poor stars is a matter of surprise because of the high values observed. Non-standard models of Big Bang nucleosynthesis and pre-Galactic cosmic ray fusion and ...

    • A 7-day high protein hypocaloric diet promotes cellular metabolic adaptations and attenuates lean mass loss in healthy males 

      Furber, Matt; Anton-Solanas, Ana; Koppe, Emma; Ashby, Charlotte; Roberts, Michael; Roberts, Justin (2017-08-31)
      Mitochondrial quantity and density are associated with increased oxidative metabolism. It has been demonstrated that a hypocaloric high fat/low carbohydrate (HF/LC) diet can up-regulate transcriptional markers of mitochondrial ...

    • (70)Ge(p,gamma)(71)As and (76)Ge(p,n)(76)As cross sections for the astrophysical p process : Sensitivity of the optical proton potential at low energies 

      Kiss, G. G.; Gyuerky, Gy.; Elekes, Z.; Fueloep, Zs.; Somorjai, E.; Rauscher, T. (2007-11)
      The cross sections of the (70)Ge(p,gamma)(71)As and (76)Ge(p,n)(76)As reactions have been measured with the activation method in the Gamow window for the astrophysical p process. The experiments were carried out at the Van ...

    • 74 Ge( n, γ ) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN 

      Lederer-Woods, C.; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, L.; Bécares, V.; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Barros, S.; Battino, U.; Bečvář, F.; Beinrucker, C.; Berthoumieux, E.; Billowes, J.; Bosnar, D.; Brugger, M.; Caamaño, M.; Calviño, F.; Calviani, M.; Cano-Ott, D.; Cardella, R.; Casanovas, A.; Castelluccio, D. M.; Cerutti, F.; Chen, Y. H.; Chiaveri, E.; Colonna, N.; Cortés, G.; Cortés-Giraldo, M. A.; Cosentino, L.; Damone, L. A.; Diakaki, M.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Dressler, R.; Dupont, E.; Durán, I.; Fernández-Domínguez, B.; Ferrari, A.; Ferreira, P.; Finocchiaro, P.; Furman, V.; Göbel, K.; García, A. R.; Gawlik-Ramięga, A.; Glodariu, T.; Rauscher, T.; Ryan, J. A.; Smith, A. G.; Wolf, C.; Woods, P. J. (2022-12-09)
      Neutron capture reaction cross sections on 74Ge are of importance to determine 74Ge production during the astrophysical slow neutron capture process. We present new resonance data on 74Ge(n, γ) reactions below 70 keV neutron ...

    • 76 T dwarfs from the UKIDSS LAS : benchmarks, kinematics and an updated space density 

      Burningham, B.; Cardoso, C. V.; Smith, Leigh; Leggett, S.K.; Smart, R.L.; Mann, A. W.; Dhital, S.; Lucas, P.W.; Tinney, C.G.; Pinfield, D.J.; Zhang, Z.; Morley, C.; Saumon, D.; Aller, K.; Littlefair, S. P.; Homeier, D.; Lodieu, N.; Deacon, Niall; Marley, M. S.; van Spaandonk, L.; Baker, D.; Allard, F.; Andrei, A.H.; Canty, J.; Clarke, J.; Day-Jones, A. C.; Dupuy, T.; Fortney, J. J.; Gomes, J.; Ishii, M.; Jones, H.R.A.; Liu, M.; Magazzu, A.; Marocco, F.; Murray, D. N.; Rojas-Ayala, B.; Tamura, M. (2013-07)
      We report the discovery of 76 new T dwarfs from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Large Area Survey (LAS). Near-infrared broad- and narrow-band photometry and spectroscopy are presented for the new objects, along ...

    • 7Be(n,α) and 7Be(n,p) cross-section measurement for the cosmological lithium problem at the n-TOF facility at CERN 

      Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, N.; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, L.; Bécares, V.; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barros, S.; Bečvář, F.; Beinrucker, C.; Berthoumieux, E.; Billowes, J.; Bosnar, D.; Brugger, M.; Caamaño, M.; Calviño, F.; Calviani, M.; Cano-Ott, D.; Cardella, R.; Casanovas, A.; Castelluccio, D. M.; Cerutti, F.; Chen, Y. H.; Chiaveri, E.; Cortés, G.; Cortés-Giraldo, M. A.; Cosentino, L.; Damone, L. A.; Diakaki, M.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Dressler, R.; Dupont, E.; Durán, I.; Fernández-Domínguez, B.; Ferrari, A.; Ferreira, P.; Finocchiaro, P.; Furman, V.; Göbel, K.; García, A. R.; Gawlik, A.; Glodariu, T.; Gonçalves, I. F.; González, E.; Goverdovski, A.; Griesmayer, E.; Guerrero, C.; Gunsing, F.; Harada, H.; Heftrich, T.; Heinitz, S.; Heyse, J.; Jenkins, D. G.; Jericha, E.; Käppeler, F.; Kadi, Y.; Katabuchi, T.; Kavrigin, P.; Ketlerov, V.; Khryachkov, V.; Kimura, A.; Kivel, N.; Kokkoris, M.; Krtička, M.; Leal-Cidoncha, E.; Lederer, C.; Leeb, H.; Lerendegui-Marco, J.; Meo, S. Lo; Lonsdale, S. J.; Losito, R.; Macina, D.; Marganiec, J.; Martínez, T.; Massimi, C.; Mastinu, P.; Mastromarco, M.; Matteucci, F.; Maugeri, E. A.; Mendoza, E.; Mengoni, A.; Milazzo, P. M.; Mingrone, F.; Mirea, M.; Montesano, S.; Musumarra, A.; Nolte, R.; Oprea, A.; Patronis, N.; Pavlik, A.; Perkowski, J.; Porras, J. I.; Praena, J.; Quesada, J. M.; Rajeev, K.; Rauscher, T.; Reifarth, R.; Riego-Perez, A.; Rout, P. C.; Rubbia, C.; Ryan, J. A.; Sabaté-Gilarte, M.; Saxena, A.; Schillebeeckx, P.; Schmidt, S.; Schumann, D.; Sedyshev, P.; Smith, A. G.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Tagliente, G.; Tain, J. L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.; Tassan-Got, L.; Tsinganis, A.; Valenta, S.; Vannini, G.; Variale, V.; Vaz, P.; Ventura, A.; Vlachoudis, V.; Vlastou, R.; Wallner, A.; Warren, S.; Weigand, M.; Weiss, C.; Wolf, C.; Woods, P. J.; Wright, T.; Ugec, P.; Ugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2017-09-13)
      The Cosmological Lithium Problem refers to the large discrepancy between the abundance of primordial 7Li predicted by the standard theory of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the value inferred from the so-called "Spite plateau" ...

    • An 8 to 10 year review of the rotaglide total knee replacement 

      Horwitz, M.D.; Awan, S.; Chatoo, M.B.; Stott, D.; Powles, D.P. (2009)
      Mobile-bearing knee arthroplasty (MBKA) is an alternative to fixed-bearing knee arthroplasty. This was a retrospective study of the Rotaglide Total Knee System. We present the results of the monitoring of 77 patients (85 ...

    • 8-13 micron dust emission features in Galactic bulge planetary nebulae 

      Casassus, S.; Roche, P.F.; Aitken, D.; Smith, C.H. (2001)
      A sample of 25 IR-bright planetary nebulae (PNe) towards the Galactic bulge is analysed through 8–13μm spectroscopy. The classification of the warm-dust emission features provides a measure of the C/O chemical balance, and ...

    • An 8.56 keV absorption line in the hyperluminous X-ray source in NGC 4045: Ultra-fast outflow or cyclotron line? 

      Brightman, Murray; Kosec, Peter; Fürst, Felix; Earnshaw, Hannah; Heida, Marianne; Middleton, Matthew J; Stern, Daniel; Walton, Dominic J (2022-04-21)
      We report on the discovery of an absorption line at $E=8.56^{+0.05}_{-0.11}$ keV detected with a significance of $>3.3\sigma$ in the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton spectra of a newly discovered hyperluminous X-ray source (HLX, ...

    • An 8.56 keV Absorption Line in the Hyperluminous X-Ray Source in NGC 4045: Ultrafast Outflow or Cyclotron Line? 

      Brightman, Murray; Kosec, Peter; Fürst, Felix; Earnshaw, Hannah; Heida, Marianne; Middleton, Matthew J; Stern, Daniel; Walton, Dominic J (2022-04-21)
      We report on the discovery of an absorption line at E=8.56−0.11+0.05 keV detected with a significance of >3.3σ in the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton spectra of a newly discovered hyperluminous X-ray source (L X > 1041 erg s−1) in ...

    • An 80-kpc Ly alpha halo around a high-redshift type-2 quasi-stellar object 

      Smith, Daniel; Jarvis, M.J.; Simpson, C.; Martinez-Sansigre, A. (2009)
      We announce the discovery of an extended emission line region associated with a high redshift type-2 QSO. The halo, which was discovered in our new wide-field narrow-band survey, resides at z = 2.85 in the Spitzer First ...

    • The (85)Rb(p,n)(85)Sr reaction and the modified proton optical potential 

      Kiss, G. G.; Gyuerky, Gy.; Simon, A.; Fueloep, Zs.; Somorjai, E.; Rauscher, T. (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2009)
      The cross sections of the astrophysically relevant (85)Rb(p,n)(85)Sr(g,m) reaction have been measured between E(c.m). = 2.16 and 3.96 MeV. The cross sections have been derived by measuring the gamma radiation following the ...

    • 85- GHz BIMA observations of the double-hotspots radio galaxy 3C 20 

      Hardcastle, M.J.; Looney, L.W. (2001-01)
      We present 85-GHz observations of the archetypal double-hotspot radio source 3C20 made with the BIMA millimetre array. The resolution of BIMA allows us to separate the two components of the eastern hotspot. By comparing ...

    • An 850-μ SCUBA map of the Groth Strip and reliable source extraction 

      Coppin, Kristen; Halpern, M.; Scott, D.; Borys, C.; Chapman, S. (2005-03-01)
      We present an 850-μm map and list of candidate sources in a subarea of the Groth Strip observed using the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA). The map consists of a long strip of adjoining jiggle-maps covering ...