Philip Best

Phone+44 (0)131 668 8358, +44 (0)131 6688416
Emailpnbroe.acuk
Websitehttp://www.roe.ac.uk/~pnb

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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The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey. VII. Third Data Release
Shimwell, T. W., Hardcastle, M. J., Tasse, C., Drabent, A., Botteon, A., Williams, W. L., Best, P. N., Röttgering, H. J. A., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Callingham, J. R., Chyży, K. T., Conway, J. E., Gasperin, F. D., Haverkorn, M., Horellou, C., Jackson, N., Miley, G. K., Morabito, L. K. & Morganti, R. & 82 others, O'Sullivan, S. P., Schwarz, D. J., Smith, D. J. B., van Weeren, R. J., Vedantham, H. K., White, G. J., Ahmadi, A., Alegre, L., Arias, M., Asabere, B., Bahr-Kalus, B., Barkus, B., Bilicki, M., Böhme, L., Brentjens, M., Brienza, M., Bomans, D. J., Bonafede, A., Bonato, M., Bonnassieux, E., Boxelaar, J. M., Camera, S., Cassano, R., Chilufya, J., Cianfaglione, M., Croston, J. H., Cuciti, V., Dabhade, P., Rubeis, E. D., de Jong, J. M. G. H. J., Dallacasa, D., Dettmar, R. J., Duncan, K. J., Gennaro, G. D., Edler, H. W., Groeneveld, C., Gürkan, G., Hajduk, M., Hale, C. L., Heesen, V., Hoang, D. N., Hoeft, M., Holties, H., Horton, M. A., Iacobelli, M., Jamrozy, M., Jarvis, M. J., Jelic, V., Kadler, M., Kondapally, R., Kunert-Bajraszewska, M., Loose, M., Magliocchetti, M., Małek, K., Manzano, C., McKean, J. P., Mevius, M., Mingo, B., Miskolczi, A., Misra, A., Moldón, J., Nair, D. G., Nakoneczny, S. J., Orru, E., Pashapour-Ahmadabadi, M., Pasini, T., Petley, J., Pierce, J. C. S., Prandoni, I., Rafferty, D., Rajpurohit, K., Riseley, C. J., Roberts, I. D., Sethi, S., Shulevski, A., Stein, M., Stuardi, C., Sweijen, F., Veen, S. T., Timmerman, R., Vaccari, M. & Wijnholds, S., 6 Mar 2026, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 707, p. 1-22 22 p., A198.
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The JWST Emission Line Survey (JELS): An untargeted search for Hα emission line galaxies at z > 6 and their physical properties
Pirie, C. A., Best, P. N., Duncan, K. J., McLeod, D. J., Cochrane, R. K., Clausen, M., Dunlop, J. S., Flury, S. R., Geach, J. E., Hale, C. L., Ibar, E., Kondapally, R., Li, Z., Matthee, J., McLure, R. J., Ossa-Fuentes, L., Patrick, A. L., Smail, I., Sobral, D. & Stephenson, H. M. O. & 2 others, Stott, J. P. & Swinbank, A. M., 1 Aug 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 541, 2, p. 1348-1376 29 p.
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The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 2 I. The ELAIS-N1 field
Shimwell, T. W., Hale, C. L., Best, P. N., Botteon, A., Drabent, A., Hardcastle, M. J., Jelić, V., De Jong, J. M. G. H. J., Kondapally, R., Röttgering, H. J. A., Tasse, C., Van Weeren, R. J., Williams, W. L., Bonafede, A., Bondi, M., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Callingham, J. R., De Gasperin, F. & Duncan, K. J. & 12 others, Horellou, C., Iyer, S., De Ruiter, I., Małek, K., Nair, D. G., Morabito, L. K., Prandoni, I., Rowlinson, A., Sabater, J., Shulevski, A., Smith, D. J. B. & Sweijen, F., 7 Mar 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 695, p. 1-20 20 p., A80.
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The host galaxies of radio AGN: New views from combining LoTSS and MaNGA observations
Jin, G., Kauffmann, G., Best, P. N., Shenoy, S. & Malek, K., 24 Feb 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694, p. 1-17 17 p., A309.
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A novel Bayesian approach for decomposing the radio emission of quasars – II. Link between quasar radio emission and black hole mass
Yue, B. H., Duncan, K. J., Best, P. N., Arnaudova, M. I., Morabito, L. K., Petley, J. W., Röttgering, H. J. A., Shenoy, S. & Smith, D. J. B., 1 Feb 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 537, 2, p. 858-875 18 p.
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Differential rotation, inertial waves, and magnetism in simulations of the deep Solar interior
Best, P. (Principal Investigator) & Tobias, S. (Principal Investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/06/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
Uniting observations and models to understand galaxy evolution
Best, P. (Principal Investigator)
Leverhulme Trust
1/05/24 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
An unbiased and resolved view of cosmic star formation
Best, P. (Principal Investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
Travel support for Edinburgh PATT observers 2023-2025
Best, P. (Principal Investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/23 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
The UK Square Kilometre Array Regional Centre 2023-2025 (Edinburgh contribution)
Best, P. (Principal Investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research

Philip Best quoted in article on black holes
Best, P.
29/12/13
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The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey. VII. Third Data Release

The JWST Emission Line Survey (JELS): An untargeted search for Hα emission line galaxies at z > 6 and their physical properties

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 2 I. The ELAIS-N1 field

The host galaxies of radio AGN: New views from combining LoTSS and MaNGA observations

A novel Bayesian approach for decomposing the radio emission of quasars – II. Link between quasar radio emission and black hole mass

Differential rotation, inertial waves, and magnetism in simulations of the deep Solar interior

Uniting observations and models to understand galaxy evolution

An unbiased and resolved view of cosmic star formation

Travel support for Edinburgh PATT observers 2023-2025

The UK Square Kilometre Array Regional Centre 2023-2025 (Edinburgh contribution)

Philip Best quoted in article on black holes

Philip Best

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