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Philip Best

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5081-4801

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Research Interests

  • Observational cosmology, studies of galaxy formation, and the high redshift Universe.
  • Active galactic nuclei (AGN), in particular their host galaxies, and their influence on galaxy evolution.
  • Radio astronomy, the cosmic evolution of radio sources, their growth, and radio source shocks
  • Star-forming galaxies at high redshift, and the star-formation history of the Universe
  • Clusters and groups of galaxies, and the effect of environment on the nature and properties of galaxies.

Teaching

I have designed, organised and lectured a number of different courses, from pre-honours to Masters level, as well as serving on the School's Teaching Committee for five years, and being Senior Director of Studies of four years. Currently, I organise and lecture the SH/IM level course "High Energy Astrophysics" as well as leading the "Telescope Group Project" and supervising Senior Honours and Integrated Masters projects.

Administrative Roles

I am currently Head of the Institute for Astronomy

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  • Widespread AGN feedback in a forming brightest cluster galaxy at z = 4.1, unveiled by JWST

    Saxena, A., Overzier, R. A., Villar-Martín, M., Heckman, T., Roy, N., Duncan, K. J., Röttgering, H., Miley, G., Aydar, C., Best, P., Bosman, S. E. I., Cameron, A. J., Gabányi, K. É., Humphrey, A., Morais, S., Onoue, M., Pentericci, L., Reynaldi, V. & Venemans, B., 1 Jul 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531, 4, p. 4391-4407 17 p.

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  • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: The nature of the faint source population and SFR-radio luminosity relation using Prospector

    Das, S., Smith, D. J. B., Haskell, P., Hardcastle, M. J., Best, P. N., Duncan, K. J., Arnaudova, M. I., Shenoy, S., Kondapally, R., Cochrane, R. K., Drake, A. B., Gürkan, G., Małek, K., Morabito, L. K. & Prandoni, I., 1 Jun 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 531, 1, p. 977-996 20 p.

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  • The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation

    WEAVE Collaboration, Jin, S., Trager, S. C., Dalton, G. B., Aguerri, J. A. L., Drew, J. E., Falcón-Barroso, J., Gänsicke, B. T., Hill, V., Iovino, A., Pieri, M. M., Poggianti, B. M., Smith, D. J. B., Vallenari, A., Abrams, D. C., Aguado, D. S., Antoja, T., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Ascasibar, Y., Babusiaux, C., & 196 othersBalcells, M., Barrena, R., Battaglia, G., Belokurov, V., Bensby, T., Bonifacio, P., Bragaglia, A., Carrasco, E., Carrera, R., Cornwell, D. J., Domínguez-Palmero, L., Duncan, K. J., Famaey, B., Fariña, C., Gonzalez, O. A., Guest, S., Hatch, N. A., Hess, K. M., Hoskin, M. J., Irwin, M., Knapen, J. H., Koposov, S. E., Kuchner, U., Laigle, C., Lewis, J., Longhett, M., Lucatello, S., Méndez-Abreu, J., Mercurio, A., Molaeinezhad, A., Monguió, M., Morrison, S., Murphy, D. N. A., Arriba, L. P. D., Pérez, I., Pérez-Ràfols, I., Picó, S., Raddi, R., Romero-Gómez, M., Royer, F., Siebert, A., Seabroke, G. M., Som, D., Terrett, D., Thomas, G., Wesson, R., Worley, C. C., Alfaro, E. J., Prieto, C. A., Alonso-Santiago, J., Amos, N. J., Ashley, R. P., Balaguer-Núñez, L., Balbinot, E., Bellazzini, M., Benn, C. R., Berlanas, S. R., Bernard, E. J., Best, P., Bettoni, D., Bianco, A., Bishop, G., Blomqvist, M., Boeche, C., Bolzonella, M., Bonoli, S., Bosma, A., Britavskiy, N., Busarello, G., Caffau, E., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Castro-Ginard, A., Couto, G., Carbajo-Hijarrubia, J., Carter, D., Casamiquela, L., Conrado, A. M., Corcho-Caballero, P., Costantin, L., Deason, A., Burgos, A. D., Grandi, S. D., Matteo, P. D., Domínguez-Gómez, J., Dorda, R., Drake, A., Dutta, R., Erkal, D., Feltzing, S., Ferré-Mateu, A., Feuillet, D., Figueras, F., Fossat, M., Franciosin, E., Frasca, A., Fumagalli, M., Gallazzi, A., García-Benito, R., Fusillo, N. G., Gebran, M., Gilbert, J., Gledhill, T. M., Delgado, R. M. G., Greimel, R., Guarcello, M. G., Guerra, J., Gullieuszik, M., Haines, C. P., Hardcastle, M. J., Harris, A., Haywood, M., Helmi, A., Hernandez, N., Herrero, A., Hughes, S., Irsic, V., Jablonka, P., Jarvis, M. J., Jordi, C., Kondapally, R., Kordopatis, G., Krogager, J-K., Barbera, F. L., Lam, M. I., Larsen, S. S., Lemasle, B., Lewis, I. J., Lhomé, E., Lind, K., Lodi, M., Longobardi, A., Lonoce, I., Magrin, L., Apellániz, J. M., Marchal, O., Marco, A., Martin, N. F., Matsuno, T., Maurogordato, S., Merluzzi, P., Miralda-Escudé, J., Molinari, E., Monari, G., Morelli, L., Mottram, C. J., Naylor, T., Negueruela, I., Oñorbe, J., Pancino, E., Peirani, S., Peletier, R. F., Pozzetti, L., Rainer, M., Ramos, P., Read, S. C., Rossi, E. M., Röttgering, H. J. A., Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Montes, J. S., Juan, J. S., Sanna, N., Schallig, E., Schiavon, R. P., Schultheis, M., Serra, P., Shimwell, T. W., Simón-Díaz, S., Smith, R. J., Sordo, R., Sorini, D., Soubiran, C., Starkenburg, E., Steele, I. A., Stott, J., Stuik, R., Tolstoy, E., Tortora, C., Tsantaki, M., Swaelmen, M. V. D., Weeren, R. J. V., Vergani, D., Verheijen, M. A. W., Verro, K., Vink, J. S., Vioque, M., Walcher, C. J., Walton, N. A., Wegg, C., Weijmans, A-M., Williams, W. L., Wilson, A. J., Wright, N. J., Xylakis-Dornbusch, T., Youakim, K., Zibetti, S. & Zurita, C., 1 May 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 530, 3, p. 2688-2730 13 p.

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  • A novel Bayesian approach for decomposing the radio emission of quasars: I. Modelling the radio excess in red quasars

    Yue, B. H., Best, P. N., Duncan, K. J., Calistro-Rivera, G., Morabito, L. K., Petley, J. W., Prandoni, I., Röttgering, H. J. A. & Smith, D. J. B., 1 Apr 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529, 4, p. 3939-3957 19 p.

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  • How does the radio enhancement of broad absorption line quasars relate to colour and accretion rate?

    Petley, J. W., Morabito, L. K., Rankine, A. L., Richards, G. T., Thomas, N. L., Alexander, D. M., Fawcett, V. A., Rivera, G. C., Prandoni, I., Best, P. N. & Kolwa, S., 1 Apr 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 529, 3, p. 1995-2007 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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