Biography
I obtained my first degree, in Physics, from the University of Wales in 1968, and my PhD in Astrophysics (also University of Wales) in 1972.
Research and scholarship
My main research interest is in dust in various cosmic environments, particularly evolved stars and exploding stars such as novae. The dust particles from which the planets in the Solar System, and exoplanets, formed originated some five billion years ago in the winds of dying stars. In addition, complex organic molecules are also formed in these winds, and these are likely the precursors to the biotic material that ultimately led to us. These studies are carried out primarily using infrared telescopes, on the ground and in space.
These studies have been complemented by laboratory studies using the x-ray diffraction facility at the Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility. I have been studying the way in which cosmic dust analogues anneal with increasing temperature, and how various solvents affect the freezing of water. This has relevance to the way ices behave on icy moons, such as Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus, both possible habitats for extra-terrestrial life.
Publications
Publications
Banerjee, D. P. K.; Woodward, C. E.; Joshi, V.; Evans, A.; Walter, F. M.; Marion, G. H.; Hsiao, E. Y.; Ashok, N. M.; Gehrz, R. D.; Starrfield, S. 2023. ‘Snowflakes in a Furnace: Formation of CO and Dust in a Recurrent Nova Eruption’, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 954, L16
Banerjee, D. P. K.; Evans, A.; Woodward, C. E.; Starrfield, S.; Su, K. Y. L.; Ashok, N. M.; Wagner, R. M. 2023. ‘V445 Puppis: Dustier than a Thousand Novae’, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 952, L26
Evans, A.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Woodward, C. E.; Geballe, T. R.; Gehrz, R. D.; Page, K. L.; Starrfield, S. 2023. ‘Infrared spectroscopy of the 2022 eruption of the recurrent nova U Sco’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 522, 4841
Evans, A.; Geballe, T. R.; Woodward, C. E.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Gehrz, R. D.; Starrfield, S.; Shahbandeh, M. 2022. ‘Infrared spectroscopy of the 2019 eruption of the recurrent nova V3890 Sgr: Separation into equatorial and polar winds revealed’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 517, 6077
Kaminsky, B.; Evans, A.; Pavlenko, Ya V.; Woodward, C. E.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Gehrz, R. D.; Walter, F.; Starrfield, S.; Ilyin, I.; Strassmeier, K. G.; Wagner, R. M. 2022. ‘The recurrent nova V3890 Sgr: a near-infrared and optical study of the red giant component and its environment’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 517, 6064
Rushton, M. T.; Woodward, C. E.; Gehrz, R. D.; Evans, A.; Kaminsky, B.; Pavlenko, Ya V.; Eyres, S. P. S. 2022. ‘Rise and fall of silicate dust in RS Ophiuchi following the 2006 eruption’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 517, 2526
Aydi, E.; Sokolovsky, K. V.; Bright, J. S.; Tremou, E.; Nyamai, M. M.; Evans, A.; Strader, J.; Chomiuk, L.; Myers, G.; Hambsch, F. -J.; Page, K. L.; Buckley, D. A. H.; Woodward, C. E.; Walter, F. M.; Mróz, P.; Vallely, P. J.; Geballe, T. R.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Gehrz, R. D.; Fender, R. P.; Gromadzki, M.; Kawash, A.; Knigge, C.; Mukai, K.; Munari, U.; Orio, M.; Ribeiro, V. A. R. M.; Sokoloski, J. L.; Starrfield, S.; Udalski, A.; Woudt, P. A. 2022. ‘The 2019 Outburst of the 2005 Classical Nova V1047 Cen: A Record Breaking Dwarf Nova Outburst or a New Phenomenon?’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 939, 6
Evans, A.; Pimpanuwat, B.; Richards, A. M. S.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Munari, U.; Gray, M. D.; Hutawarakorn Kramer, B.; Kraus, A. 2022. ‘Stringent limits on 28SiO maser emission from the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 514, 4894
Evans, A.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Geballe, T. R.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Hinkle, K.; Joyce, R. R.; Shahbandeh, M. 2022. ‘V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object): still churning out the dust’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 511, 713
Kumar, Vipin; Srivastava, Mudit K.; Banerjee, Dipankar P. K.; Woodward, C. E.; Munari, Ulisse; Evans, Aneurin; Joshi, Vishal; Dallaporta, Sergio; Page, Kim L. 2022. ‘Optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of Nova V2891 Cygni: evidence for shock-induced dust formation’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 510, 4265
Woodward, C. E.; Evans, A.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Liimets, T.; Djupvik, A. A.; Starrfield, S.; Clayton, G. C.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Gehrz, R. D.; Wagner, R. M. 2021. ‘The Infrared Evolution of Dust in V838 Monocerotis’, Astronomical Journal, Volume 162, 183
Thompson, S. P.; Kennedy, H.; Butler, B. M.; Day, S. J.; Safi, E.; Evans, A. 2021 ‘Laboratory exploration of mineral precipitates from Europa’s subsurface ocean’, Journal of Applied Crystallography, Volume 54, 1455
Rho, J.; Evans, A.; Geballe, T. R.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Hoeflich, P.; Shahbandeh, M.; Valenti, S.; Yoon, S. -C.; Jin, H.; Williamson, M.; Modjaz, M.; Hiramatsu, D.; Howell, D. A.; Pellegrino, C.; Vinkó, J.; Cartier, R.; Burke, J.; McCully, C.; An, H.; Cha, H.; Pritchard, T.; Wang, X.; Andrews, J.; Galbany, L.; Van Dyk, S.; Graham, M. L.; Blinnikov, S.; Joshi, V.; Pál, A.; Kriskovics, L.; Ordasi, A.; Szakats, R.; Vida, K.; Chen, Z.; Li, X.; Zhang, J.; Yan, S. 2021. ‘Near-infrared and Optical Observations of Type Ic SN 2020oi and Broad-lined Type Ic SN 2020bvc: Carbon Monoxide, Dust, and High-velocity Supernova Ejecta’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 908, 232
Banerjee, D. P. K.; Geballe, T. R.; Evans, A.; Shahbandeh, M.; Woodward, C. E.; Gehrz, R. D.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Starrfield, S.; Zijlstra, A. 2020. ‘Near-infrared Spectroscopy of CK Vulpeculae: Revealing a Remarkably Powerful Blast from the Past’, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 904, L23
Pavlenko, Y. V.; Evans, A.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Geballe, T. R.; Munari, U.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Starrfield, S. 2020. ‘Isotopic ratios in the red giant component of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 498, 4853
Woodward, C. E.; Pavlenko, Ya. V.; Evans, A.; Wagner, R. M.; IIyin, I.; Strassmeier, K. G.; Starrfield, S.; Munari, U. 2020. ‘Lithium in T Coronae Borealis’, Astronomical Journal, Volume 159, 231
Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Geballe, T. R.; Clayton, G. C.; Sarre, P. J.; Starrfield, S.; Hinkle, K.; Joyce, R. R.; Lykou, Foteini; Helton, L. A.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Worters, H.; Montiel, E. J.; Liimets, T.; Zijlstra, A.; Richter, M.; Krautter, J. 2020. ‘The infrared view of dust and molecules around V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's object): a 20-yr retrospective’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 493, 1277
Woodward, C. E.; Evans, A.; Richter, M.; DeWitt, C. N.; Montiel, E.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Clayton, G. C.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Gehrz, R. D.; Hinkle, K. H.; Joyce, R. R.; Liimets, T.; Starrfield, S.; Wagner, R. M.; Worters, H. 2020. ‘Benzyne in V4334 Sqr: A Quest for the Ring with SOFIA/EXES’, Astronomical Journal, Volume 159, 87
Kuin, N. P. M.; Page, K. L.; Mróz, P.; Darnley, M. J.; Shore, S. N.; Osborne, J. P.; Walter, F.; Di Mille, F.; Morrell, N.; Munari, U.; Bohlsen, T.; Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Starrfield, S.; Henze, M.; Williams, S. C.; Schwarz, G. J.; Udalski, A.; Szymański, M. K.; Poleski, R.; Soszyński, I.; Ribeiro, V. A. R. M.; Angeloni, R.; Breeveld, A. A.; Beardmore, A. P.; Skowron, J. 2020. ‘The 2016 January eruption of recurrent Nova LMC 1968’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 491, 655
Geballe, T. R.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Mróz, P.; Udalski, A.; Munari, U.; Starrfield, S.; Page, K. L.; Sokolovsky, K.; Hambsch, F. -J.; Myers, G.; Aydi, E.; Buckley, D. A. H.; Walter, F.; Wagner, R. M. 2019. ‘Infrared Spectroscopy of the Recent Outburst in V1047 Cen (Nova Centauri 2005)’, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 886, L14
Evans, A.; Pavlenko, Ya V.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Munari, U.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Starrfield, S.; Helton, L. A.; Shahbandeh, M.; Davis, S.; Dallaporta, S.; Cherini, G. 2019. ‘Gas phase SiO in the circumstellar environment of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, 3498
Safi, Emmal; Thompson, Stephen P.; Evans, Aneurin; Day, Sarah J.; Murray, Claire A.; Baker, Annabelle R.; Oliveira, Joana M.; van Loon, Jacco Th. 2019. ‘X-ray powder diffraction study of the stability of clathrate hydrates in the presence of salts with relevance to the Martian cryosphere’, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 245, 304
Eyres, S. P. S.; Evans, A.; Zijlstra, A.; Avison, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Hajduk, M.; Starrfield, S.; Mohamed, S.; Woodward, C. E.; Wagner, R. M. 2019. ‘ALMA reveals the aftermath of a white dwarf-brown dwarf merger in CK Vulpeculae’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 481, 4931
Banerjee, D. P. K.; Joshi, Vishal; Evans, A.; Srivastava, Mudit; Ashok, N. M.; Gehrz, R. D.; Connelley, M. S.; Geballe, T. R.; Spyromilio, J.; Rho, J.; Roy, R. 2018. ‘Early formation of carbon monoxide in the Centaurus A supernova SN 2016adj’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 481, 806
Montiel, Edward J.; Clayton, Geoffrey C.; Sugerman, B. E. K.; Evans, A.; Garcia-Hernández, D. A.; Kameswara Rao, N.; Matsuura, M.; Tisserand, P. 2018. ‘The Double Dust Envelopes of R Coronae Borealis Stars’, Astronomical Journal, Volume 156, 148
Rho, J.; Geballe, T. R.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Dessart, L.; Evans, A.; Joshi, V. 2018. ‘Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Supernova 2017eaw in 2017: Carbon Monoxide and Dust Formation in a Type II-P Supernova’, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 864, L20
Pavlenko, Ya. V.; Evans, A.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Southworth, J.; Shahbandeh, M.; Davis, S. 2018. ‘Infrared spectroscopy of the merger candidate KIC 9832227’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 615, A120
Thompson, S. P.; Kennedy, H.; Day, S. J.; Baker, A. R.; Butler, B. M.; Safi, E.; Kelly, J.; Male, A.; Potter, J.; Cobb, T.; Murray, C. A.; Tang, C. C.; Evans, A.; Mercado, R. 2018. ‘A slow cooling-rate in situ cell for long duration studies of mineral precipitation in cold aqueous environments on Earth and other planetary bodies’, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 1197
Gehrz, R. D.; Evans, A.; Woodward, C. E.; Helton, L. A.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Srivastava, M. K.; Ashok, N. M.; Joshi, V.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Krautter, Joachim; Kuin, N. P. M.; Page, K. L.; Osborne, J. P.; Schwarz, G. J.; Shenoy, D. P.; Shore, S. N.; Starrfield, S. G.; Wagner, R. M. 2018. ‘The Temporal Development of Dust Formation and Destruction in Nova Sagittarii 2015#2 (V5668 SGR): A Panchromatic Study’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 858, 78
Eden, D. J.; Moore, T. J. T.; Plume, R.; Urquhart, J. S.; Thompson, M. A.; Parsons, H.; Dempsey, J. T.; Rigby, A. J.; Morgan, L. K.; Thomas, H. S.; Berry, D.; Buckle, J.; Brunt, C. M.; Butner, H. M.; Carretero, D.; Chrysostomou, A.; Currie, M. J.; deVilliers, H. M.; Fich, M.; Gibb, A. G.; Hoare, M. G.; Jenness, T.; Manser, G.; Mottram, J. C.; Natario, C.; Olguin, F.; Peretto, N.; Pestalozzi, M.; Polychroni, D.; Redman, R. O.; Salji, C.; Summers, L. J.; Tahani, K.; Traficante, A.; diFrancesco, J.; Evans, A.; Fuller, G. A.; Johnstone, D.; Joncas, G.; Longmore, S. N.; Martin, P. G.; Richer, J. S.; Weferling, B.; White, G. J.; Zhu, M. 2017. ‘The JCMT Plane Survey: first complete data release - emission maps and compact source catalogue’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 469, 2163
Arneson, R. A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Helton, L. A.; Shenoy, D.; Evans, A.; Keller, L. D.; Hinkle, K. H.; Jura, M.; Lebzelter, T.; Lisse, C. M.; Rushton, M. T.; Mizrachi, J. 2017. ‘A SOFIA FORCAST Grism Study of the Mineralogy of Dust in the Winds of Proto-planetary Nebulae: RV Tauri Stars and SRd Variables’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 843, 51
Nettke, Will; Scott, Douglas; Gibb, Andy G.; Thompson, Mark; Chrysostomou, Antonio; Evans, A.; Hill, Tracey; Jenness, Tim; Joncas, Gilles; Moore, Toby; Serjeant, Stephen; Urquhart, James; Vaccari, Mattia; Weferling, Bernd; White, Glenn; Zhu, Ming. 2017. ‘The SCUBA-2 Ambitious Sky Survey: a catalogue of beam-sized sources in the Galactic longitude range 120°-140°’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 468, 250
Eyres, S. P. S.; Bewsher, D.; Hillman, Y.; Holdsworth, D. L.; Rushton, M. T.; Bresnahan, D.; Evans, A.; Mróz, P. 2017. ‘Temporal resolution of a pre-maximum halt in a classical nova: V5589 Sgr observed with STEREO HI-1B’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 467, 2684
Evans, A.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Gehrz, R. D.; Joshi, V.; Ashok, N. M.; Ribeiro, V. A. R. M.; Darnley, M. J.; Woodward, C. E.; Sand, D.; Marion, G. H.; Diamond, T. R.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Wagner, R. M.; Helton, L. A.; Starrfield, S.; Shenoy, D. P.; Krautter, J.; Vacca, W. D.; Rushton, M. T. 2017. ‘Rise and fall of the dust shell of the classical nova V339 Delphini’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 466, 4221
Thompson, S. P.; Demyk, K.; Day, S. J.; Evans, A.; Leroux, H., Depecker, C., Parker, J. E.; Connor, L.; Wilhelm, H.; Cibin, G. 2016. ‘Amorphous silicate nanoparticles with controlled Fe-Mg pyroxene compositions’, Journal of non-crystalline solids, Volume 447, 255
Safi, E.; Thompson, S. P.; Evans, A.; Day, S. J.; Murray, C. A.; Parker, J. E.; Baker, A. R.; Oliveira, J. M.; van Loon, J. Th. 2017. ‘Properties of CO2 clathrate hydrates formed in the presence of MgSO4 solutions with implications for icy moons’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 600, A88
Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Sarre, P. J.; van Loon, J. T.; Helton, L. A.; Starrfield, S.; Eyres, S. P. S. 2016. ‘CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides)’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 457, 2871
Pavlenko, Ya. V.; Kaminsky, B.; Rushton, M. T.; Evans, A.; Woodward, C. E.; Helton, L. A.; O'Brien, T. J.; Jones, D.; Elkin, V. 2016. ‘Modelling the spectral energy distribution of the red giant in RS Ophiuchi: evidence for irradiation’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 456, 181
Moore, T. J. T.; Plume, R.; Thompson, M. A.; Parsons, H.; Urquhart, J. S.; Eden, D. J.; Dempsey, J. T.; Morgan, L. K.; Thomas, H. S.; Buckle, J.; Brunt, C. M.; Butner, H.; Carretero, D.; Chrysostomou, A.; deVilliers, H. M.; Fich, M.; Hoare, M. G.; Manser, G.; Mottram, J. C.; Natario, C.; Olguin, F.; Peretto, N.; Polychroni, D.; Redman, R. O.; Rigby, A. J.; Salji, C.; Summers, L. J.; Berry, D.; Currie, M. J.; Jenness, T.; Pestalozzi, M.; Traficante, A.; Bastien, P.; diFrancesco, J.; Davis, C. J.; Evans, A.; Friberg, P.; Fuller, G. A.; Gibb, A. G.; Gibson, S.; Hill, T.; Johnstone, D.; Joncas, G.; Longmore, S. N.; Lumsden, S. L.; Martin, P. G.; Nguyen Lu'o'ng, Q.; Pineda, J. E.; Purcell, C.; Richer, J. S.; Schieven, G. H.; Shipman, R.; Spaans, M.; Taylor, A. R.; Viti, S.; Weferling, B.; White, G. J.; Zhu, M. 2015. ‘The JCMT Plane Survey: early results from the ℓ = 30° field’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 453, 4264
Gehrz, R. D.; Evans, A.; Helton, L. A.; Shenoy, D. P.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Woodward, C. E.; Vacca, W. D.; Dykhoff, D. A.; Ashok, N. M.; Cass, A. C.; Carlon, R. L.; Corgan, D. T.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Joshi, V.; Keller, Luke D.; Krautter, J.; Liimets, T.; Rushton, M.; Starrfield, S. 2015. ‘The Early Infrared Temporal Development of Nova Delphini 2013 (V339 DEL) Observed with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and from the Ground’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 812, 132
Vacca, William D.; Hamilton, Ryan T.; Savage, Maureen; Shenoy, Sachindev; Becklin, E.E.; McLean, Ian S.; Logsdon, Sarah E.; Marion, G. H.; Ashok, N. M.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Evans,A.; Fox, O. D.; Garnavich, P.; Gehrz, R. D.; Greenhouse, M.; Helton, L. A.; Kirshner, R. P.; Shenoy, D.; Smith, Nathan; Spyromilio, J.; Starrfield, S.; Wooden, D. H.; Woodward, C. E. 2015. ‘Observations of Type Ia Supernova 2014J with FLITECAM/SOFIA’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 804, 66
Day, Sarah J.; Thompson, Stephen P.; Evans, Aneurin; Parker, Julia E. 2015. ‘In situ apparatus for the study of clathrate hydrates relevant to solar system bodies using synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 574, A91
Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Helton, L. A. 2014. ‘A WISE view of novae - I. The data’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 444,1683
Williams, S. C.; Bode, M. F.; Darnley, M. J.; Evans, A.; Zubko, V.; Shafter, A. W. 2014. ‘Rapid Dust Formation in Novae: The Speed Class–Formation Timescale Correlation Explained’, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 777, L32
Anupama, G. C.; Kamath, U. S.; Ramaprakash, A. N.; Kantharia, N. G.; Hegde, M.; Mohan,V.; Kulkarni, M.; Bode, M. F.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Evans, A.; O'Brien, T. J. 2013. ‘The 2010 outburst and pre-outburst optical spectrum of the recurrent nova U Scorpii’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 559, A121
Thompson, S. P.; Parker, J. E.; Day, S. J.; Connor, L. D.; Evans, A. 2013. ‘Photoluminescence in amorphous MgSiO3 silicate’, sMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 434, 2582
Day, Sarah J.; Thompson, Stephen P.; Evans, Aneurin; Parker, Julia E.; Connor, Leigh D.; Tang, Chiu C. 2013. ‘Thermal processing and crystallization of amorphous Mg-Ca silicates’,Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 48, 1459
Day, S. J.; Thompson, S. P.; Parker, J. E.; Evans, A. 2013. ‘Non-aqueous formation of the calcium carbonate polymorph vaterite: astrophysical implications’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 553, A68
Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D. 2012. ‘Infrared emission from novae’, Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, Vol. 40, 213
Chesneau, O.; Lagadec, E.; Otulakowska-Hypka, M.; Banerjee, D. P. K.; Woodward, C. E.; Harvey, E.; Spang, A.; Kervella, P.; Millour, F.; Nardetto, N.; Ashok, N. M.; Barlow, M. J.; Bode, M.; Evans, A.; Lynch, D. K.; O'Brien, T. J.; Rudy, R. J.; Russell, R. W. 2012. ‘The expanding dusty bipolar nebula around the nova V1280 Scorpi’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 545, A63
Helton, L. Andrew; Gehrz, Robert D.; Woodward, Charles E.; Wagner, R. Mark; Vacca,William D.; Evans, Aneurin; Krautter, Joachim; Schwarz, Greg J.; Shenoy, Dinesh P.; Starrfield, Sumner. 2012 ‘Elemental Abundances in the Ejecta of Old Classical Novae from Late-Epoch Spitzer Spectra’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 755, 37
Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Helton, L. A.; Starrfield, S.; Bode, M. F.; Osborne, J. P.; Banerjee,D. P. K.; Ness, J. -U.; Walter, F. M.; Woodward, C. E.; Kuulkers, E.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Oliveira, J. M.; Ashok, N. M.; Krautter, J.; O'Brien, T. J.; Page, K. L.; Rushton, M. T. 2012. ‘Infrared observations of the recurrent nova T Pyxidis: ancient dust basks in the warm glow of the 2011 outburst’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, Volume 424, L69
Evans, A.; van Loon, J. Th.; Woodward, C. E.; Gehrz, R. D.; Clayton, G. C.; Helton, L. A.; Rushton, M. T.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Krautter, J.; Starrfield, S.; Wagner, R. M. 2012. ‘Solid-phase C60 in the peculiar binary XX Oph?’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, Volume 421, L92
Thompson, S. P.; Day, S. J.; Parker, J. E.; Evans, A.; Tang, C. C. 2012. ‘Fine-grained amorphous calcium silicate CaSiO 3 from vacuum dried sol-gel – production, characterisation and thermal behaviour’, Journal of non-crystalline solids, 358, 885
Maxwell, M. P.; Rushton, M. T.; Darnley, M. J.; Worters, H. L.; Bode, M. F.; Evans, A.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Kouwenhoven, M. B. N.; Walter, F. M.; Hassall, B. J. M. 2012. ‘The helium abundance in the ejecta of U Scorpii’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 419, 1465
McQuillin, Rachael; Evans, A.; Wilson, D.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pollacco, D.; West, R. G.; Hounsell, R. A.; Bode, M. F. 2012. ‘Novae in the SuperWASP data base’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 419, 330
McDonald, I.; van Loon, J. Th.; Sloan, G. C.; Dupree, A. K.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L.; Gehrz, R. D.; Evans, A.; Woodward, C. E.; Johnson, C. I. 2011. ‘Spitzer spectra of evolved stars in ω Centauri and their low-metallicity dust production’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 417, 20
MacKenzie, Todd; Braglia, Filiberto G.; Gibb, Andy G.; Scott, Douglas; Jenness, Tim; Serjeant, Stephen; Thompson, Mark; Berry, David; Brunt, Christopher M.; Chapin, Edward; Chrysostomou, Antonio; Clements, Dave; Coppin, Kristen; Economou, Frossie; Evans, A.; Friberg, Per; Greaves, Jane; Hill, T.; Holland, Wayne; Ivison, R. J.; Knapen, Johan H.; Jackson, Neal; Joncas, Gilles; Morgan, Larry; Mortier, Angela; Pearson, Chris; Pestalozzi, Michele; Pope, Alexandra; Richer, John; Urquhart, J. S.; Vaccari, Mattia; Weferling, Bernd; White, Glenn; Zhu, Ming. 2011. ‘A pilot study for the SCUBA-2 ‘All-Sky’ Survey’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 415,1950
Osborne, J. P.; Page, K. L.; Beardmore, A. P.; Bode, M. F.; Goad, M. R.; O'Brien, T. J.; Starrfield, S.; Rauch, T.; Ness, J. -U.; Krautter, J.; Schwarz, G.; Burrows, D. N.; Gehrels, N.; Drake, J. J.; Evans, A.; Eyres, S. P. S. 2011. ‘The Supersoft X-ray Phase of Nova RS Ophiuchi 2006’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 727, Issue 2,124
Hounsell, R.; Bode, M. F.; Hick, P. P.; Buffington, A.; Jackson, B. V.; Clover, J. M.; Shafter, A. W.; Darnley, M. J.; Mawson, N. R.; Steele, I. A.; Evans, A.; Eyres, S. P. S.; O'Brien, T. J. 2010. ‘Exquisite Nova Light Curves from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 724, 480
Helton, L. Andrew; Woodward, Charles E.; Walter, Frederick M.; Vanlandingham, Karen; Schwarz, Greg J.; Evans, Aneurin; Ness, Jan-Uwe; Geballe, Thomas R.; Gehrz, Robert D.; Greenhouse, Matthew; Krautter, Joachim; Liller, William; Lynch, David K.; Rudy, Richard J.; Shore, Steven N.; Starrfield, Sumner; Truran, Jim. 2010. ‘The Dusty Nova V1065 Centauri (Nova Cen 2007): a Spectroscopic Analysis of Abundances and Dust Properties’, Astronomical Journal, Volume 140, 1347
Banerjee, D. P. K.; Das, R. K.; Ashok, N. M.; Rushton, M. T.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Maxwell, M. P.; Worters, H. L.; Evans, A.; Schaefer, B. E. 2010. ‘Near-infrared studies of the 2010 outburst of the recurrent nova U Scorpii’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, Volume 408, L71
Evans, A.; Gehrz, R. D.; Woodward, C. E.; Helton, L. A.; Rushton, M. T.; Bode, M. F.; Krautter, J.; Lyke, J.; Lynch, D. K.; Ness, J. -U.; Starrfield, S.; Truran, J. W.; Wagner, R. M. 2010. ‘The peculiar dust shell of Nova DZ Cru (2003)’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 406, L85
Pavlenko, Ya. V.; Woodward, Charles E.; Rushton, M. T.; Kaminsky, B.; Evans, A. 2010. ‘First overtone CO bands in the giant component of RS Ophiuchi: the 12C/13C ratio in 2008’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 404, 206
Rushton, M. T.; Kaminsky, B.; Lynch, D. K.; Pavlenko, Ya. V.; Evans, A.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Woodward, C. E.; Russell, Ray W.; Rudy, Richard J.; Sitko, Michael L.; Kerr, T. 2010. ‘Changes in the red giant and dusty environment of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi following the 2006 eruption’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 401, 99
Matthews, Henry; Kirk, Helen; Johnstone, Doug; Weferling, Bernd; Cohen, Martin; Jenness,Tim; Evans, Aneurin; Davis, Gary; Dent, William R. F.; Fuller, Gary; Jackson, James M.; Rathborne, Jill; Richer, John; Simon, Robert. 2009. ‘Looking Through the Galactic Plane: Imaging Cold Dust Toward ℓ = 44°’, Astronomical Journal, Volume 138, 1380
Ribeiro, V. A. R. M.; Bode, M. F.; Darnley, M. J.; Harman, D. J.; Newsam, A. M.; O'Brien, T. J.; Bohigas, J.; Echevarría, J. M.; Bond, H. E.; Chavushyan, V. H.; Costero, R.; Coziol, R.; Evans, A.; Eyres, S. P. S.; León-Tavares, J.; Richer, M. G.; Tovmassian, G.; Starrfield, S.; Zharikov, S. V. 2009. ‘The Expanding Nebular Remnant of the Recurrent Nova RS Ophiuchi (2006). II. Modeling of Combined Hubble Space Telescope Imaging and Ground-based Spectroscopy’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 703,1955
Eyres, S. P. S.; O'Brien, T. J.; Beswick, R.; Muxlow, T. W. B.; Anupama, G. C.; Kantharia, N. G.; Bode, M. F.; Gawroński, M. P.; Feiler, R.; Evans, A.; Rushton, M. T.; Davis, R. J.; Prabhu, T.; Porcas, R.; Hassall, B. J. M. 2009. ‘Double radio peak and non-thermal collimated ejecta in RS Ophiuchi following the 2006 outburst’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 395,1533
McDonald, Iain; van Loon, Jacco Th.; Decin, Leen; Boyer, Martha L.; Dupree, Andrea K.; Evans, Aneurin; Gehrz, Robert D.; Woodward, Charles E, 2009. ‘Giants in the globular cluster ω Centauri: dust production, mass-loss and distance’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 394, 831
Worters, H. L.; Rushton, M. T.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Geballe, T. R.; Evans, A. 2009. ‘Sakurai's Object: characterizing the near-infrared CO ejecta between 2003 and 2007’, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 393, 108
Ness, J. -U.; Drake, J. J.; Starrfield, S.; Bode, M. F.; O'Brien, T. J.; Evans, A.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Helton, L. A.; Osborne, J. P.; Page, K. L.; Schneider, C.; Woodward, C. E. 2009. ‘High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Evolving Shock in the 2006 Outburst of RS Ophiuchi’, Astronomical Journal, Volume 137, 3414
Drake, Jeremy J.; Laming, J. M.; Ness, J. -U.; Orlando, S.; Starrfield, S.; Beardmore, A. P.; Bode, M. F.; Evans, A.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Gehrz, R. D.; Goad, M. R.; Gonzalez-Riestra, R.; Krautter, J.; O'Brien, T. J.; Osborne, J. P.; Page, K. L.; Schwarz, G.; Woodward, C. E. 2009. ‘X-Ray Spectroscopic Diagnosis of a Wind-Collimated Blast Wave and Metal-Rich Ejecta from the 2006 Explosion of RS Ophiuchi’, Astrophysical Journal, Volume 691, 418
Chesneau, O.; Clayton, G. C.; Lykou, F.; De Marco, O.; Hummel, C. A.; Kerber, F.; Lagadec, E.; Nordhaus, J.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Evans, A. 2009. ‘A dense disk of dust around the born-again Sakurai's object’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 493, L17
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