Astrophysical: Cosmology

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    First results from the Very Small Array - III. The cosmic microwave background power spectrum
    We present the power spectrum of the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background detected by the Very Small Array (VSA) in its first season of observations...
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    First results from the Very Small Array - IV. Cosmological parameter estimation
    We investigate the constraints on basic cosmological parameters set by the first compact-configuration observations of the Very Small Array (VSA), and other...
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    First stars XI. Chemical composition of the extremely metal-poor dwarfs in the binary CS 22876-032
    Context: Unevolved metal-poor stars constitute a fossil record of the early Galaxy, and can provide invaluable information on the properties of the first...
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    Fitting of supernovae without dark energy
    With data from Pantheon, we have at our disposal a sample of more than a 1000 supernovae Ia covering a wide range of redshifts with good precision. Here, we...
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    Fluctuations of K-band galaxy counts
    We measure the variance in the distribution of off-plane (|b|>20o ) galaxies with m_K
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    Follow-up observations at 16 and 33GHz of extragalactic sources from WMAP 3-yr data: I - Spectral properties
    We present follow-up observations of 97 point sources from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 3-yr data, contained within the New Extragalactic...
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    Follow-up observations at 16 and 33GHz of extragalactic sources from WMAP 3-yr data: II - Flux density variability
    Using the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) at 16GHz and the Very Small Array (VSA) at 33GHz to make follow-up observations of sources in the New Extragalactic...
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    Formation and Evolution of Structures in the Universe
    We summarize our work on structures in different stages of aggregation, and spanning a wide range in redshift. We emphasize our work on high resdhift clusters...
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    Fossil group origins. III. The relation between optical and X-ray luminosities
    Aims: This study is part of the Fossil group origins (FOGO) project which aims to carry out a systematic and multiwavelength study of a large sample of fossil...