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Astrophysics at Southampton (Physics A - Consolidated Grant)

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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

LeMMINGs IV
D.R.A. Williams, M. Pahari, R.D. Baldi, I.M. McHardy, S. Mathur, R.J. Beswick, A. Beri, P. Boorman, S. Aalto, A. Alberdi, M.K. Argo, B.T. Dullo, D.M. Fenech, D.A. Green, J.H. Knapen, I. Martí-Vidal, J. Moldon, C.G. Mundell, T.W.B. Muxlow, F. Panessa, M. Pérez-Torres, P. Saikia, F. Shankar, I.R. Stevens & P. Uttley, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(4)
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab3310
Type: article
Soft X-ray emission lines in the X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 observed with XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer: disc atmosphere or wind?
D. J. K. Buisson, D. Altamirano, M. Díaz Trigo, M. Mendez, M. Armas Padilla, N. Castro Segura, N. D. Degenaar, J. van den Eijnden, F. A. Fogantini, P. Gandhi, C. Knigge, T. Muñoz-Darias, M. Özbey Arabacı & F. M. Vincentelli, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 498(1), 68-76
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2258
Type: article
The curious activity in the nucleus of NGC 4151: jet interaction causing variability?
2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(3), 3079-3086
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1152
Type: article
Evidence for variability time-scale-dependent UV/X-ray delay in Seyfert 1 AGN NGC 7469
2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(3), 4057–4068
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1055
Type: article
Accretion disc winds in tidal disruption events: ultraviolet spectral lines as orientation indicators
Edward J. Parkinson, Christian Knigge, Knox S. Long, James H. Matthews, Nick Higginbottom, Stuart A. Sim & Henrietta A. Hewitt, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(4), 4914-4929
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1060
Type: article
Stratified disc wind models for the AGN broad-line region: ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray properties
James H. Matthews, Christian Knigge, Nick Higginbottom, Knox S. Long, Stuart A. Sim, Samuel W. Mangham, Edward J. Parkinson & Henrietta A. Hewitt, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(4), 5540-5560
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa136
Type: article
Thermal and radiation driving can produce observable disc winds in hard-state X-ray binaries
Nick Higginbottom, Christian Knigge, Stuart A. Sim, Knox S. Long, James H. Matthews, Henrietta A. Hewitt, Edward J. Parkinson & Sam W. Mangham, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(4), 5271-5279
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa209
Type: article