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Robert C. Nichol
Researcher at Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth
Publications - 860
Citations - 176885
Robert C. Nichol is an academic researcher from Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth. The author has contributed to research in topics: Galaxy & Redshift. The author has an hindex of 187, co-authored 851 publications receiving 162994 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert C. Nichol include University of Chicago & South East Physics Network.
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Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): The input catalogue and star-galaxy separation
Ivan K. Baldry,Aaron S. G. Robotham,David T. Hill,Simon P. Driver,Jochen Liske,Peder Norberg,Steven P. Bamford,Andrew M. Hopkins,Jon Loveday,John A. Peacock,Ewan Cameron,Ewan Cameron,Scott M. Croom,Nicholas Cross,I Doyle,Simon Dye,Carlos S. Frenk,David Heath Jones,E. van Kampen,Lee S. Kelvin,Robert C. Nichol,H Parkinson,Cristina Popescu,Matthew Prescott,Rob Sharp,William J. Sutherland,Daniel Thomas,Richard J. Tuffs +27 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the spectroscopic target selection for the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey and present some of the global statistical properties of the survey, including K-band galaxy counts, colour-redshift relations and preliminary n(z).
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The XMM Cluster Survey: X-ray analysis methodology
E. J. Lloyd-Davies,A. Kathy Romer,Nicola Mehrtens,Mark Hosmer,Michael Davidson,Kivanc Sabirli,Robert G. Mann,Matt Hilton,Matt Hilton,Andrew R. Liddle,Pedro T. P. Viana,Heather Campbell,Heather Campbell,Chris A. Collins,E. Naomi Dubois,Peter E. Freeman,Craig D. Harrison,Ben Hoyle,Scott T. Kay,Emma Kuwertz,Christopher J. Miller,Robert C. Nichol,Martin Sahlén,Spencer A. Stanford,Spencer A. Stanford,John P. Stott +25 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the data processing methodology applied to the 5,776 XMM observations used to construct the current XCS source catalogue, and demonstrate that robust temperature measurements can be obtained down to this count limit.
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The Core Collapse Supernova Rate from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey
Matthew D. Taylor,D. Cinabro,Ben Dilday,Lluís Galbany,Ravi R. Gupta,Richard Kessler,John Marriner,Robert C. Nichol,Michael Richmond,Donald P. Schneider,Jesper Sollerman +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II Supernova Survey (SDSS-II SNS) data to measure the volumetric core collapse supernova (CCSN) rate in the redshift range (0.03
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Rates and delay times of Type Ia supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey
P. Wiseman,Mark Sullivan,M. Smith,M. Smith,Chris Frohmaier,Chris Frohmaier,M. Vincenzi,O. Graur,Brodie Popovic,P. Armstrong,D. J. Brout,Tamara M. Davis,Lluís Galbany,Samuel Hinton,L. Kelsey,Richard Kessler,C. Lidman,Anais Möller,Robert C. Nichol,Benjamin Rose,Daniel Scolnic,M. Toy,Zoe Zontou,Jacobo Asorey,Daniela Carollo,Karl Glazebrook,Geraint F. Lewis,B. E. Tucker,T. M. C. Abbott,Michel Aguena,S. Allam,F. Andrade-Oliveira,J. Annis,David Bacon,E. Bertin,David J. Brooks,E. Buckley-Geer,E. Buckley-Geer,D. L. Burke,D. L. Burke,A. Carnero Rosell,A. Carnero Rosell,M. Carrasco Kind,M. Carrasco Kind,J. Carretero,M. Costanzi,M. Costanzi,L. N. da Costa,Maria E. S. Pereira,S. Desai,H. T. Diehl,Peter Doel,S. Everett,I. Ferrero,B. Flaugher,Pablo Fosalba,Josh Frieman,Josh Frieman,Juan Garcia-Bellido,Enrique Gaztanaga,Tommaso Giannantonio,Daniel Gruen,Daniel Gruen,Robert A. Gruendl,Robert A. Gruendl,J. Gschwend,G. Gutierrez,D. L. Hollowood,K. Honscheid,Ben Hoyle,Ben Hoyle,David J. James,Elisabeth Krause,Kyler Kuehn,Kyler Kuehn,N. Kuropatkin,M. A. G. Maia,Jennifer L. Marshall,Paul Martini,Paul Martini,Felipe Menanteau,Felipe Menanteau,Ramon Miquel,Ramon Miquel,Robert Morgan,R. L. C. Ogando,Antonella Palmese,Antonella Palmese,F. Paz-Chinchón,F. Paz-Chinchón,Don Petravick,Adriano Pieres,A. A. Plazas Malagón,A. K. Romer,E. J. Sanchez,V. Scarpine,Michael Schubnell,S. Serrano,I. Sevilla-Noarbe,M. Soares-Santos,E. Suchyta,M. E. C. Swanson,G. Tarle,Daniel Thomas,Chun-Hao To,Chun-Hao To,T. N. Varga,T. N. Varga,A. R. Walker +108 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a sample of 809 photometrically classified Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) along with 40 415 field galaxies was used to calculate the rate of SN Ia per galaxy in the redshift range 0.2 < z < 0.6.
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Euclid preparation: VI. Verifying the Performance of Cosmic Shear Experiments
P. Paykari,T. Kitching,Henk Hoekstra,Ruyman Azzollini,V. F. Cardone,Mark Cropper,C. A. J. Duncan,Arun Kannawadi,Lance Miller,H. Aussel,Ian Fenech Conti,Natalia Auricchio,Marco Baldi,S. Bardelli,Andrea Biviano,D. Bonino,E. Borsato,Enrico Bozzo,E. Branchini,S. Brau-Nogue,Massimo Brescia,Jarle Brinchmann,Carlo Burigana,Stefano Camera,V. Capobianco,Carmelita Carbone,J. Carretero,F. J. Castander,Marco Castellano,Stefano Cavuoti,Y. Charles,R. Cledassou,C. Colodro-Conde,G. Congedo,C. J. Conselice,L. Conversi,Y. Copin,Jean Coupon,Hélène M. Courtois,A. Da Silva,X. Dupac,Giulio Fabbian,S. Farrens,Pedro G. Ferreira,P. Fosalba,N. Fourmanoit,M. Frailis,M. Fumana,S. Galeotta,B. Garilli,W. Gillard,B. Gillis,C. Giocoli,Javier Graciá-Carpio,Frank Grupp,Felix Hormuth,S. Ilić,H. Israel,Knud Jahnke,E. Keihänen,S. Kermiche,M. Kilbinger,C. C. Kirkpatrick,B. Kubik,M. Kunz,Hannu Kurki-Suonio,F. Lacasa,R. J. Laureijs,D. Le Mignant,Sebastiano Ligori,P. B. Lilje,I. Lloro,Thierry Maciaszek,Elisabetta Maiorano,Ole Marggraf,M. Martinelli,N. Martinet,F. Marulli R. Massey,N. Mauri,E. Medinaceli,Simona Mei,Yannick Mellier,Massimo Meneghetti,R. B. Metcalf,Michele Moresco,Lauro Moscardini,E. Munari,C. Neissner,Robert C. Nichol,S. Niemi,T. Nutma,C. Padilla,S. Paltani,Fabio Pasian,V. Pettorino,S. Pires,G. Polenta,Alkistis Pourtsidou,F. Raison,A. Renzi,Jason Rhodes,E. Romelli,Mauro Roncarelli,Emanuel Rossetti,Roberto P. Saglia,Ariel G. Sánchez,Domenico Sapone,R. Scaramella,Peter Schneider,Tim Schrabback,V. Scottez,A. Secroun,S. Serrano,Chiara Sirignano,G. Sirri,L. Stanco,Jean-Luc Starck,F. Sureau,P. Tallada-Crespí,Angela C. Taylor,M. Tenti,Ismael Tereno,Rafael Toledo-Moreo,F. Torradeflot,Isaac Tutusaus,Luca Valenziano,Martin Vannier,T. Vassallo,Julien Zoubian,E. Zucca +129 more
TL;DR: In this article, an end-to-end approach that introduces sources of bias in a modelled weak lensing survey on a galaxy-by-galaxy level is presented.