Publications
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Below are the papers that I have published in refereed journals, and
those currently submitted. They are in pdf or ps format. Last updated,
April 2011.
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ADS Abstracts
Recent preprints can be found on astro-ph
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2011
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'Star formation at z=1.47
from HiZELS: An H-alpha+ [OII] double-blind study'
Sobral D., Best P.N., Matsuda Y., Smail I., Geach J.G., Cirasuolo M.,
2011, MNRAS, in press (arXiv:1109.1830)
'Optimized Trigger
for Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic-Ray and Neutrino Observations with the
Low Frequency Radio Array'
Singh K., et al. (103 authors, including Best P.N.), 2011,
Nuc. Inst. & Meth. in Phys. Res. Sec. A, submitted (arXiv:1108.5745)
'Ultra Steep Spectrum radio
sources in the Lockman Hole: SERVS identifications and redshift
distribution at the faintest radio fluxes'
Afonso J. et al. (29 authors, including Best P.N.), 2011, MNRAS,
in press (arXiv:1108.4037)
'An H-alpha
search for over-dense regions at z=2.23'
Matsuda Y., Smail I., Geach J.E., Best P.N., et al. (19
authors), MNRAS, 416, 2041
'The
luminosity-dependent high-redshift turnover in the steep
spectrum radio luminosity function: clear evidence for
downsizing in the radio-AGN population'
Rigby E.E., Best P.N., Brookes M.H., Peacock J.A., Dunlop
J.S., Rottgering H.J.A., Wall J.V., Ker L., MNRAS, 416, 1900
'Testing black hole jet scaling
relations in low luminosity AGN'
de Gasperin F., Merloni A., Sell P., Best P.N., Heinz S., Kauffmann G.,
2011, MNRAS, 415, 2910
'The Na D profiles
of nearby low-power radio sources: jets powering outflows'
Lehnert M.D., Tasse C., Nesvadba N.P.H., Best P.N., van Driel W., 2011,
A&A, 532, L3
'Observing pulsars and fast
transients with LOFAR'
Stappers B. et al. (94 authors, including Best P.N.), 2011, A&A, 530, 80
'A near-infrared morphological comparison of high-redshift
submm and radio galaxies: massive star-forming discs vs
relaxed spheroids'
Targett T.A., Dunlop J.S., McLure R.J., Best P.N.,
Cirasuolo M., Almaini O., 2011, MNRAS, 412, 295
'The dependence of star formation activity on environment and
stellar-mass at z 1 from the HiZELS H-alpha survey'
Sobral D., Best P.N., Smail I., Geach J., Cirasuolo M., Garn T.,
Dalton G.B., 2011, 411, 675
'The dependence of X-ray AGN activity on host galaxy
properties and environment'
Tasse C., Rottgering H., Best P.N., 2011, A&A, 525, 127
'The black holes of radio galaxies during the Quasar Era:
masses, accretion rates, and evolutionary stage'
Nesvadba N.P.H., De Breuck C., Lehnert M.D., Best P.N.,
Binette L., Proga D., 2011, A&A, 525, 43
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2010
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'Predicting dust extinction from the stellar mass of a
galaxy'
Garn T., Best P.N., 2010, MNRAS, 409, 421
'Clustering of Radio Galaxies and Quasars'
Donoso E., Li, C., Kauffmann G., Best P.N., Heckman T., 2010,
MNRAS, 407, 1078
'The Combined NVSS-FIRST Galaxies (CoNFIG) sample - II. Comparison
of space densities in the Fanaroff-Riley dichotomy'
Gendre M.A., Best P.N., Wall J.V., 2010, MNRAS, 404, 1719
'The clustering and evolution of H-alpha emitters at z~1 from
HiZELS'
Sobral D., Best P.N., Geach J.E., Smail I., Cirasuolo M., Garn
T., Dalton G.B., Kurk J., 2010, MNRAS, 404, 1551
'Obscured star formation at z=0.84 with HiZELS: the
relationship between star formation rate and H-alpha or
ultraviolet dust extinction'
Garn T., Sobral D., Best P.N., Geach J.E., Smail I., Cirasuolo
M., Dalton G.B., Dunlop J.S., McLure R.J., Farrah D., 2010,
MNRAS, 402, 2017
'Deep multi-frequency radio imaging in the Lockman Hole -
II. The spectral index of submillimetre galaxies'
Ibar E., Ivison R.J., Best P.N., Coppin K., Pope A., Smail I.,
Dunlop J.S., 2010, MNRAS, 401, L53
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2009
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'Photometric redshifts and cluster tomography in the ESO Distant
Cluster Survey'
Pello R. et al (20 authors, including Best P.N.), 2009, A&A,
508, 1173
'Bright Ly-alpha emitters at z~9: constraints on the LF from
HiZELS'
Sobral D., Best P.N., Geach J.E., Smail Ian, Kurk J., Cirasuolo
M., Casali M., Ivison R.J., Coppin K., Dalton G.B., 2009, MNRAS,
398, L68
'HiZELS: a high redshift survey of H-alpha emitters. II: the
nature of star-forming galaxies at z=0.84'
Sobral D., Best P.N., Geach J.E., Smail Ian, Kurk J., Cirasuolo
M., Casali M., Ivison R.J., Coppin K., Dalton G.B., 2009, MNRAS,
398, 75
'The role of black holes in galaxy formation and evolution'
Cattaneo A., Faber S.M., Binney J., Dekel A., Kormendy J.,
Mushotzky R., Babul A., Best P.N., and 9 coauthors, 2009, Nature,
460, 213
'Deep multi-frequency radio imaging in the Lockman Hole using the
GMRT and VLA: I. The nature of the sub-mJy radio population'
Ibar E., Ivison R.J., Biggs A., Lal D.V., Best P.N., Green D.A.,
2009, MNRAS, 397, 281
'On the jet contribution to the AGN cosmic energy budget'
Cattaneo A., Best P.N., 2009, MNRAS, 395, 518
'Radio source populations: Results from SDSS'
Best P.N., 2009, AN, 330, 184
'The environments of starburst and post-starburst galaxies at
z=0.4-0.8'
Poggianti B., et al (19 authors, including Best P.N.), 2009, ApJ,
693, 112
'The distribution of active galactic nuclei in a large sample of
galaxy clusters'
Gilmour R., Best P.N., Almaini O., 2009, MNRAS, 392, 1509
'Evolution of the radio-loud galaxy population'
Donoso E., Best P.N., Kauffmann G., 2009, MNRAS, 392, 617
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2008
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'Radio-loud AGN in the XMM-LSS field. II. A dichotomy in environment
and accretion mode?'
Tasse C., Best P.N., Rottgering H., Le Borgne D., 2008, A&A, 490,
893
'Radio-loud AGN in the XMM-LSS field. I. Optical identification
and sample selection'
Tasse C., Le Borgne D., Rottgering H., Best P.N., Pierre M.,
Rocca-Volmerange B., 2008, A&A, 490, 879
'Radio loud AGN and the L_X - sigma relation of galaxy groups
and clusters'
Shen S., Kauffmann G., von der Linden A., White S.D.M., Best P.N.,
2008, MNRAS, 389, 1074
'The relation between star formation, morphology, and local
density in high-redshift clusters and groups'
Poggianti B., et al (20 authors, including Best P.N.), 2008, ApJ,
684, 888
'HiZELS: a high redshift survey of H emitters. I: the cosmic star
formation rate and clustering at z=2.23'
Geach J., Smail I., Best P.N., Kurk J., Casali M., Ivison R.,
Coppin K., 2008, MNRAS, 388, 1473
'Exploring the infrared/radio correlation at high redshift'
Ibar E., Cirasuolo M., Ivison R., Best P.N., Smail I., Biggs A.,
Simpson C., Dunlop J., Almaini O., McLure R.J., Foucard S., Rawlings
S., 2008, MNRAS, 386, 953
'A Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources (CENSORS) III:
Spectroscopic observations'
Brookes M.H., Best P.N., Peacock J.A., Rottgering H.J.A., Dunlop J.S.,
2008, MNRAS, 385, 1297
'A sample of mJy radio sources at 1.4GHz in the Lynx and Hercules
fields - II. Cosmic evolution of the space density of FR I radio
sources'
Rigby E.E., Best P.N., Snellen I.A.G., 2008, MNRAS, 385, 310
'Radio jets in galaxies with actively accreting black holes: new
insights from the SDSS'
Kauffmann G., Heckman T.M., Best P.N., 2008, MNRAS, 384, 953
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2007
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'Luminosity function, sizes and FR dichotomy of radio-loud
AGN'
Kaiser C.R., Best P.N., 2007, MNRAS, 381, 1548
'GMRT observations of the XMM-LSS Survey field'
Tasse C., Rottgering H.J.A., Best P.N., Cohen A.S., Pierre M., Wilman
R., 2007, A&A, 471, 1105
'Environmental dependence of AGN activity in the supercluster
A901/2'
Gilmour R., Gray M.E., Almaini O., Best P., Wolf C., Meisenheimer K.,
Papovich C., Bell E., 2007, MNRAS, 380, 1467
'A sample of mJy radio sources at 1.4GHz in the Lynx and Hercules
fields - I. Radio imaging, multicolour photometry and
spectroscopy'
Rigby E.E., Snellen I.A.G., Best P.N., 2007, MNRAS, 380, 1449
'On the prevalence of radio-loud AGN in brightest cluster
galaxies: implications for AGN heating of cooling flows'
Best P.N., von der Linden A., Kauffmann G., Heckman T., Kaiser
C.R., 2007, MNRAS, 379, 894
'How special are brightest group and cluster galaxies'
von der Linden A., Best P.N., Kauffmann G., White S.D.M., 2007,
MNRAS, 379, 867
'0.5 Mpc-scale extended X-ray emission in 4C 23.56'
Johnson O., Almaini O., Best P.N., Dunlop J., 2007, MNRAS, 376,
151
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2006
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'The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey - II. Submillimetre maps,
catalogue and number counts'
Coppin K., et al (57 authors, including Best P.N.), 2006, MNRAS,
372, 1621
'New results from the low-frequency counterpart of the XMM
large scale structure survey'
Tasse C., Cohen A.S., Rottgering H.J.A., Kassim N.E., Pierre M.,
Perley R., Best P.N., Birkinshaw M., Bremer M., Liang H., 2006,
A&A, 456, 791
'The X-ray properties of optically selected z > 0.6 clusters in the
European Southern Observatory Distant Cluster Survey'
Johnson O., Best P.N., Zaritsky D., Clowe D., Aragon-Salamanca A.,
Halliday C., Jablonka P., Milvang-Jensen B., Pello R., Poggianti B.M.,
Rudnick G., Saglia R., Simard L., White S.D.M., 2006, MNRAS, 371,
1777
'Panchromatic properties of 99000 galaxies detected by SDSS, and
(some by) ROSAT, GALEX, 2MASS, IRAS, GB6, FIRST, NVSS and WENSS
surveys'
Obric M., Ivezic Z., Best P.N. and 19 more co-authors, 2006, MNRAS,
370, 1677
'AGN-controlled cooling in elliptical galaxies'
Best P.N., Kaiser C.R., Heckman T.M., Kauffmann G., 2006, MNRAS,
368, L67
'On the evolution of the black hole: spheroid mass ratio'
McLure R.J., Jarvis M.J., Targett T.A., Dunlop J.S., Best P.N.,
2006, MNRAS, 368, 1395
'Deviations from passive evolution - star formation and the
ultraviolet excess in z~1 radio galaxies'
Inskip K.J., Best P.N., Longair M.S., 2006, MNRAS, 367, 693
'A combined EIS-NVSS survey of radio sources, II: Infrared imaging and
the K-z relation'
Brookes M.H., Best P.N., Rengelink R., Rottgering H.J.A., 2006,
MNRAS, 366, 1265
'The evolution of the star formation activity in galaxies and its
dependence on environment'
Poggianti B., et al (19 authors, including Best P.N.), 2006, ApJ,
642, 188
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2005
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'EDisCS: the ESO Distant Cluster Survey - Sample Definition and
Optical Photometry'
White S.D.M., et al (26 authors, including Best P.N.), 2005, A&A,
444, 365
'The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - I. Survey
motivation, design and data processing'
Mortier A.M.J., et al (78 authors, including Best P.N.), 2005,
MNRAS, 363, 563
'A sample of radio-loud AGN in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey'
Best P.N., Kauffmann G., Heckman T.M., Ivezic Z., 2005,
MNRAS, 362, 9
The associated table of radio sources and their properties can
be found here.
'The host galaxies of radio-loud AGN: mass dependencies, gas cooling
and AGN feedback'
Best P.N., Kauffmann G., Heckman T.M., Brinchmann J., Charlot S.,
Ivezic Z., White S.D.M., 2005, MNRAS, 362, 25
'HST and UKIRT imaging observations of z~1 6C radio galaxies -
II. Galaxy morphologies and the alignment effect'
Inskip K.J., Best P.N., Longair M.S., Rottgering H.J.A, 2005,
MNRAS, 359, 1393
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2004
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'VLT spectropolarimetry of two powerful radio galxaies at z~1.4:
UV continuum, emission line properties and the nature of high-redshift
dust'
Solorzano Inarrea C., Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A., Cimatti A., 2004,
MNRAS, 351, 997
'The environmental dependence of radio-loud AGN activity and star
formation in the 2dFGRS'
Best P.N., 2004, MNRAS, 351, 70
`The depolarisation properties of powerful radio sources: breaking the
redshift vs radio power degeneracy'
Goodlet J.A., Kaiser C.R., Best P.N., Dennett-Thorpe J., 2004,
MNRAS, 347, 508
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2003
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`The final two redshifts for radio sources from the equatorial BRL
sample'
Best P.N., Peacock J.A., Brookes M.H., Dowsett R.E., Rottgering
H.J.A., Dunlop J.S., Lehnert M.D., 2003, MNRAS, 346, 1021
`CENSORS: A Combined EIS-NVSS Survey Of Radio Sources. I - Sample
definition, radio data, and optical identifications'
Best P.N., Arts J.N., Rottgering H.J.A., Rengelink R., Brookes
M.H., Wall J., 2003, MNRAS, 346, 627
`HST and UKIRT imaging
observations of z~1 6C radio galaxies - I. The data'
Inskip K.J., Best P.N., Longair M.S., Rawlings S., Rottgering
H.J.A, Eales S., 2003, MNRAS, 345, 1365
`Preliminary results from the low frequency radio counterpart of the
XMM Large Scale Structure survey'
Cohen A.S., Rottgering H.J.A., Kassim N.E., Cotton W.C., Perley R.A.,
Wilman R., Best P.N., Pierre M., Refregier A., Schoenmakers A.,
Birkinshaw M., Bremer M., Liang H., Zanichelli A., 2003, ApJ, 591,
640
`The AGN content of the z=0.83 cluster MS1054-03'
Johnson O., Best P.N., Almaini O., 2003, MNRAS, 343, 924
`Red galaxy overdensities and the
varied cluster environments of powerful radio sources with
z~1.6'
Best P.N., Lehnert M.D., Miley G.K., Rottgering H.J.A., 2003,
MNRAS, 343, 1
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2002
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`Deep spectroscopy of z~1 6C
radio galaxies - II. Breaking the redshift -- radio power
degeneracy'
Inskip K.J., Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A, Rawlings S., Longair M.S.,
Cotter G., Eales S., 2002, MNRAS, 337, 1407
`Deep spectroscopy of z~1 6C
radio galaxies - I. The effects of radio power and size on the
properties of the emission line gas'
Inskip K.J., Best P.N., Rawlings S., Longair M.S., Cotter G.,
Rottgering H.J.A., Eales S., 2002, MNRAS, 337, 1381
`An excess of sub-millimetre sources
towards z~1 clusters'
Best P.N., 2002, MNRAS, 336, 1293
`Micro-Jy radio sources in the z=0.83
cluster MS1054-03'
Best P.N., van Dokkum P., Franx M., Rottgering H.J.A., 2002, MNRAS,
330, 17
`Infrared magnitude-redshift
relations for luminous radio galaxies'
Inskip K.J., Best P.N., Longair M.S., MacKay D.J.C., 2002, MNRAS,
329, 277
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2001
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`Distant FRI radio galaxies in the
Hubble Deep Field: Implications for the cosmological evolution of
radio-loud AGN'
Snellen I. and Best P.N., 2001, MNRAS, 328, 897
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2000
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`The cluster environments of the z~1
3CR radio galaxies'
Best P.N., 2000, MNRAS, 317, 720
`A statistical study of emission
lines from high redshift radio galaxies'
De Breuck C., Rottgering H., Miley G., van Breugel W., Best P.N.,
2000, A&A, 362, 519
`The dust-radio connection in 3CR radio
galaxies'
De Koff S., Best P.N., Baum S., Sparks W., Rottgering H., Miley G.,
Golumbek D., Macchetto F., Martel A., 2000, ApJS, 129, 33
`More redshifts of powerful
equatorial radio sources from the BRL sample'
Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A., Lehnert M.D., 2000, MNRAS, 315,
21
`Ionisation, shocks, and evolution
of the emission line gas of distant 3CR radio galaxies'
Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A., Longair M.S., 2000, MNRAS, 311,
23
`Deep spectroscopy of distant 3CR
radio galaxies: the data'
Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A., Longair M.S., 2000, MNRAS, 311, 1
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1999
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`A 98% spectroscopically complete
sample of the most powerful equatorial radio sources at 408
MHz'
Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A., Lehnert M.D., 1999, MNRAS, 310,
223
`Studies of a sample of 6C radio
galaxies at redshift one, I - Deep multi-frequency radio
observations'
Best P.N., Eales S.A., Longair M.S., Rawlings S., Rottgering H.J.A.,
1999, MNRAS, 303, 616
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1998
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`Dust in 3C324'
Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A., Bremer M.N., Cimatti A., Mack K.H.,
Miley G.K., Pentericci L., Tilanus R.P.J., van der Werf P.P., MNRAS,
1998, 301, L15.
`Deep radio observations of 3C324
and 3C368: evidence for jet-cloud interactions'
Best P.N., Carilli C.L., Garrington S.T., Longair M.S., Rottgering
H.J.A., 1998, MNRAS, 299, 357
`HST, radio and infrared observations
of 28 3CR radio galaxies at redshift z = 1 - II. Old stellar
populations'
Best P.N., Longair M.S., Rottgering H.J.A., 1998, MNRAS, 295, 549
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1997
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`HST, radio and infrared observations
of 28 3CR radio galaxies at redshift z = 1 - I. The observations'
Best P.N., Longair M.S., Rottgering H.J.A., 1997, MNRAS, 292,
758
`A jet-cloud interaction in 3C34 at
z=0.69'
Best P.N., Longair M.S., Rottgering H.J.A., 1997, MNRAS, 286, 785.
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1996
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`Evolution of the Aligned Structures
of z ~ 1 Radio Galaxies'
Best P.N., Longair M.S., Rottgering H.J.A., 1996, MNRAS, 280, L9
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1995
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`HST Observations of 3 Radio Galaxies
at Redshift z=1'
Longair M.S., Best P.N., Rottgering H.J.A., 1995, MNRAS, 275,
L47
`Radio Source Asymmetries and Unified
Schemes'
Best P.N., Bailer D.M., Longair M.S., Riley J.M., 1995, MNRAS, 275,
1171
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