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: f.shankar@soton.ac.uk

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

accretion phenomena and associated outflows
cataclysmic variables
close binaries

Connect with Christian

Email: c.knigge@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

15-GHz radio emission from nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei

Payaswini Saikia,

Elmar Körding,

Deanne L. Coppejans,

Heino Falcke,

David Williams,

Ranieri D. Baldi,

Ian Mchardy,

& Rob Beswick

, 2018 , Astronomy & Astrophysics , 616

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833233

Type: article

AstroSat and Chandra view of the high soft state of 4U 1630-47 (4U 1630-472)

Mayukh Pahari,

Sudip Bhattacharyya,

A. R. Rao,

Dipankar Bhattacharya,

Santosh V. Vadawale,

Gulab C. Dewangan,

I. M. McHardy,

Poshak Gandhi,

Stéphane Corbel,

Norbert S. Schulz,

& Diego Altamirano

, 2018 , The Astrophysical Journal , 867 (2)

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aae53b

Type: article

X-ray/UV/optical variability of NGC 4593 with Swift: reprocessing of X-rays by an extended reprocessor

Ian Mchardy,

S.D. Connolly,

K. Horne,

E.M. Cackett,

J. Gelbord,

B.M. Peterson,

M. Pahari,

N. Gehrels,

M. Goad,

P. Lira,

P. Arevalo,

R.D. Baldi,

N. Brandt,

E. Breedt,

H. Chand,

G. Dewangan,

C. Done,

M. Elvis,

D. Emmanoulopoulos,

M.M. Fausnaugh,

S. Kaspi,

C.S. Kochanek,

K. Korista,

I.E. Papadakis,

A.R. Roa,

P. Uttley,

M. Vestergaard,

& M.J. Ward

, 2018 , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 480 (3) , 2881--2897

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty1983

Type: article

Accretion disk reverberation with Hubble Space Telescope observations of NGC 4593

Edward M. Cackett,

Chia Ying Chiang,

Ian McHardy,

Rick Edelson,

Michael R. Goad,

Keith Horne,

& Kirk T. Korista

, 2018 , The Astrophysical Journal , 857 (1)

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aab4f7

Type: article

The absence of a thin disc in M81

A.J. Young,

Ian Mchardy,

Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos,

& Samuel, Dominic Connolly

, 2018 , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 476 (4) , 5698--5703

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty509

Type: article