
Dr Nick Wright
- Title
- Ernest Rutherford Fellow and Lecturer
- Location
- Lennard-Jones: 2.03
- Role
- Lecturer
- Contact me
- Try my office or email me
- Phone
- +44(0)1782 734997
- n.j.wright@keele.ac.uk
Biography
Biography
I completed an MSc in Physics and Astronomy from Bristol University in 2003 and a PhD in Astrophysics from University College London in 2009. After my PhD I worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before taking up first a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellowship at the University of Hertfordshire in 2012. I moved to Keele University in 2015 as an Ernest Rutherford Fellow and was awarded a lectureship the following year.
Research and scholarship
Research and scholarship
My research concerns the formation and dynamics of star clusters and what this can tell us about how stars and star clusters form and evolve. I use observations at a range of wavelengths from both ground and space-based observatories to study young stars in a number of different clusters and associations. In particular I use high-precision imaging and spectroscopic observations to acquire radial velocities and proper motions for young stars to expose their kinematics and the dynamical processes at work in star clusters. I am also interested in how stars generate a magnetic dynamo and emit X-rays.
See my personal webpage for more information: http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~njw/
Teaching
Teaching
"Stars and the Universe" (PHY-10026)
Publications
Publications
Journal Articles
- Viscasillas Vázquez, C.; Magrini, L.; Miret-Roig, N.; Wright, N.J.; Alves, J.; Spina, L.; Church, R.P.; Tautvaišienė, G.; Randich, S.. 20-09-2024. 'Gaia DR3 reveals the complex dynamical evolution within star clusters'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J; Jeffries, R D; Jackson, R J; Sacco, G G; Arnold, Becky; Franciosini, E; Gilmore, G; Gonneau, A; Morbidelli, L; Prisinzano, L; Randich, S; Worley, Clare C. 01-09-2024. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: 3D dynamics of young groups and clusters from GES and Gaia EDR3'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Arnold, Becky; Wright, Nicholas J. 01-06-2024. 'Kinematic substructure in star clusters constrains star cluster formation'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Jin, Shoko; Trager, Scott C; Dalton, Gavin B; Aguerri, J Alfonso L; Drew, J E; Falcón-Barroso, Jesús; Gänsicke, Boris T; Hill, Vanessa; Iovino, Angela; Pieri, Matthew M; Poggianti, Bianca M; Smith, D J B; Vallenari, Antonella; Abrams, Don Carlos; Aguado, David S; Antoja, Teresa; Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso; Ascasibar, Yago; Babusiaux, Carine; Balcells, Marc; Barrena, R; Battaglia, Giuseppina; Belokurov, Vasily; Bensby, Thomas; Bonifacio, Piercarlo; Bragaglia, Angela; Carrasco, Esperanza; Carrera, Ricardo; Cornwell, Daniel J; Domínguez-Palmero, Lilian; Duncan, Kenneth J; Famaey, Benoit; Fariña, Cecilia; Gonzalez, Oscar A; Guest, Steve; Hatch, Nina A; Hess, Kelley M; Hoskin, Matthew J; Irwin, Mike; Knapen, Johan H; Koposov, Sergey E; Kuchner, Ulrike; Laigle, Clotilde; Lewis, Jim; Longhetti, Marcella; Lucatello, Sara; Méndez-Abreu, Jairo; Mercurio, Amata; Molaeinezhad, Alireza; Monguió, Maria; Morrison, Sean; Murphy, David N A; Peralta de Arriba, Luis; Pérez, Isabel; Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi; Picó, Sergio; Raddi, Roberto; Romero-Gómez, Mercè; Royer, Frédéric; Siebert, Arnaud; Seabroke, George M; Som, Debopam; Terrett, David; Thomas, Guillaume; Wesson, Roger; Worley, C Clare; Alfaro, Emilio J; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Alonso-Santiago, Javier; Amos, Nicholas J; Ashley, Richard P; Balaguer-Núñez, Lola; Balbinot, Eduardo; Bellazzini, Michele; Benn, Chris R; Berlanas, Sara R; Bernard, Edouard J; Best, Philip; Bettoni, Daniela; Bianco, Andrea; Bishop, Georgia; Blomqvist, Michael; Boeche, Corrado; Bolzonella, Micol; Bonoli, Silvia; Bosma, Albert; Britavskiy, Nikolay; Busarello, Gianni; Caffau, Elisabetta; Cantat-Gaudin, Tristan; Castro-Ginard, Alfred; Couto, Guilherme; Carbajo-Hijarrubia, Juan; Carter, David; Casamiquela, Laia; Conrado, Ana M; Corcho-Caballero, Pablo; Costantin, Luca; Deason, Alis; de Burgos, Abel; De Grandi, Sabrina; Di Matteo, Paola; Domínguez-Gómez, Jesús; Dorda, Ricardo; Drake, Alyssa; Dutta, Rajeshwari; Erkal, Denis; Feltzing, Sofia; Ferré-Mateu, Anna; Feuillet, Diane; Figueras, Francesca; Fossati, Matteo; Franciosini, Elena; Frasca, Antonio; Fumagalli, Michele; Gallazzi, Anna; García-Benito, Rubén; Gentile Fusillo, Nicola; Gebran, Marwan; Gilbert, James; Gledhill, T M; González Delgado, Rosa M; Greimel, Robert; Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe; Guerra, Jose; Gullieuszik, Marco; Haines, Christopher P; Hardcastle, Martin J; Harris, Amy; Haywood, Misha; Helmi, Amina; Hernandez, Nauzet; Herrero, Artemio; Hughes, Sarah; Iršič, Vid; Jablonka, Pascale; Jarvis, Matt J; Jordi, Carme; Kondapally, Rohit; Kordopatis, Georges; Krogager, Jens-Kristian; La Barbera, Francesco; Lam, Man I; Larsen, Søren S; Lemasle, Bertrand; Lewis, Ian J; Lhomé, Emilie; Lind, Karin; Lodi, Marcello; Longobardi, Alessia; Lonoce, Ilaria; Magrini, Laura; Maíz Apellániz, Jesús; Marchal, Olivier; Marco, Amparo; Martin, Nicolas F; Matsuno, Tadafumi; Maurogordato, Sophie; Merluzzi, Paola; Miralda-Escudé, Jordi; Molinari, Emilio; Monari, Giacomo; Morelli, Lorenzo; Mottram, Christopher J; Naylor, Tim; Negueruela, Ignacio; Oñorbe, Jose; Pancino, Elena; Peirani, Sébastien; Peletier, Reynier F; Pozzetti, Lucia; Rainer, Monica; Ramos, Pau; Read, Shaun C; Rossi, Elena Maria; Röttgering, Huub J A; Rubiño-Martín, Jose Alberto; Sabater, Jose; San Juan, José; Sanna, Nicoletta; Schallig, Ellen; Schiavon, Ricardo P; Schultheis, Mathias; Serra, Paolo; Shimwell, Timothy W; Simón-Díaz, Sergio; Smith, Russell J; Sordo, Rosanna; Sorini, Daniele; Soubiran, Caroline; Starkenburg, Else; Steele, Iain A; Stott, John; Stuik, Remko; Tolstoy, Eline; Tortora, Crescenzo; Tsantaki, Maria; Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu; van Weeren, Reinout J; Vergani, Daniela; Verheijen, Marc A W; Verro, Kristiina; Vink, Jorick S; Vioque, Miguel; Walcher, C Jakob; Walton, Nicholas A; Wegg, Christopher; Weijmans, Anne-Marie; Williams, Wendy L; Wilson, Andrew J; Wright, Nicholas J; Xylakis-Dornbusch, Theodora; Youakim, Kris; Zibetti, Stefano; Zurita, Cristina. 01-05-2024. 'The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Douglas, S. T.; Cargile, P. A.; Matt, S. P.; Breimann, A. A.; Pérez Chávez, J. A.; Huang, C. X.; Wright, N. J.; Zhou, G.. 01-02-2024. 'Constraining Stellar Rotation at the Zero-age Main Sequence with TESS'. The Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Guarcello, M.G.; Flaccomio, E.; Albacete-Colombo, J.F.; Almendros-Abad, V.; Anastasopoulou, K.; Andersen, M.; Argiroffi, C.; Bayo, A.; Bartlett, E.S.; Bastian, N.; De Becker, M.; Best, W.; Bonito, R.; Borghese, A.; Calzetti, D.; Castellanos, R.; Cecchi-Pestellini, C.; Clark, S.; Clarke, C.J.; Coti Zelati, F.; Damiani, F.; Drake, J.; Gennaro, M.; Ginsburg, A.; Grebel, E.K.; Hora, J.L.; Israel, G.L.; Lawrence, G.; Locci, D.; Mapelli, M.; Martinez-Galarza, J.R.; Micela, G.; Miceli, M.; Moraux, E.; Muzic, K.; Najarro, F.; Negueruela, I.; Nota, A.; Pallanca, C.; Prisinzano, L.; Ritchie, B.; Robberto, M.; Rom, T.; Sabbi, E.; Scholz, A.; Sciortino, S.; Trigilio, C.; Umana, G.; Winter, A.; Wright, N.J.; Zeidler, P.. 11-12-2023. 'EWOCS-I: The catalog of X-ray sources in Westerlund 1 from the Extended Westerlund 1 and 2 Open Clusters Survey'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. view in repository >
- Albacete-Colombo, J. F.; Flaccomio, E.; Drake, J. J.; Wright, N. J.; Guarcello, M.; Kashyap, V.. 01-11-2023. 'The Statistical Uncertainties on X-Ray Flux and Spectral Parameters from Chandra ACIS-I Observations of Faint Sources: Application to the Cygnus OB2 Association'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Kashyap, Vinay L.; Guarcello, Mario G.; Wright, Nicholas J.; Drake, Jeremy J.; Flaccomio, Ettore; Aldcroft, Tom L.; Albacete Colombo, Juan F.; Briggs, Kevin; Damiani, Francesco; Drew, Janet E.; Martin, Eduardo L.; Micela, Giusi; Naylor, Tim; Sciortino, Salvatore. 01-11-2023. 'Classification of Chandra X-Ray Sources in Cygnus OB2'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Guarcello, M. G.; Drake, J. J.; Wright, N. J.; Albacete-Colombo, J. F.; Clarke, C.; Ercolano, B.; Flaccomio, E.; Kashyap, V.; Micela, G.; Naylor, T.; Schneider, N.; Sciortino, S.; Vink, J. S.. 01-11-2023. 'Photoevaporation and Close Encounters: How the Environment around Cygnus OB2 Affects the Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Flaccomio, E.; Albacete-Colombo, J. F.; Drake, J. J.; Guarcello, M. G.; Kashyap, V.; Wright, N. J.; Briggs, K.; Ercolano, B.; McCollough, M.; Sciortino, S.. 01-11-2023. 'X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Albacete-Colombo, J. F.; Drake, J. J.; Flaccomio, E.; Wright, N. J.; Kashyap, V.; Guarcello, M. G.; Briggs, K.; Drew, J. E.; Fenech, D. M.; Micela, G.; McCollough, M.; Prinja, R. K.; Schneider, N.; Sciortino, S.; Vink, J. S.. 01-11-2023. 'Diffuse X-Ray Emission in the Cygnus OB2 Association'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Guarcello, M. G.; Drake, J. J.; Wright, N. J.; Naylor, T.; Flaccomio, E.; Kashyap, V. L.; García-Alvarez, D.. 01-11-2023. 'Optical and Infrared Counterparts of the X-Ray Sources Detected in the Chandra Cygnus OB2 Legacy Survey'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.; Drake, Jeremy J.; Guarcello, Mario G.; Kashyap, Vinay L.; Zezas, Andreas. 01-11-2023. 'Simulating the Sensitivity to Stellar Point Sources of Chandra X-Ray Observations'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.; Drake, Jeremy J.; Guarcello, Mario G.; Aldcroft, Tom L.; Kashyap, Vinay L.; Damiani, Francesco; DePasquale, Joe; Fruscione, Antonella. 01-11-2023. 'The Chandra Cygnus OB2 Legacy Survey: Design and X-Ray Point-source Catalog'. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. DOI > view in repository >
- Jeffries, R. D.; Jackson, R. J.; Wright, Nicholas J.; Weaver, G.; Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Bragaglia, A.; Korn, A. J.; Smiljanic, R.; Biazzo, K.; Casey, A. R.; Frasca, A.; Gonneau, A.; Guiglion, G.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Sacco, G. G.; Tautvaisiene, G.; Worley, C. C.; Zaggia, S.. 01-07-2023. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: empirical estimates of stellar ages from lithium equivalent widths (eagles)'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. DOI > view in repository >
- Quintana, Alexis L.; Wright, Nicholas J.; Jeffries, Robin D.. 01-06-2023. 'Mapping the distribution of OB stars and associations in Auriga'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-12-2022. 'Estimating the Convective Turnover Time'. The Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Armstrong, Joseph J; Wright, Nicholas J; Jeffries, Robin D; Jackson, Richard J; Cantat-Gaudin, Tristan. 10-11-2022. 'The structure and 3D kinematics of vela OB2'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Worley, C.C.; Hourihane, A.; Gonneau, A.; Sacco, G.G.; Lewis, J.R.; Magrini, L.; François, P.; Jeffries, R.D.; Koposov, S.E.; Bragaglia, A.; Alfaro, E.J.; Allende Prieto, C.; Blomme, R.; Korn, A.J.; Lanzafame, A.C.; Pancino, E.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Smiljanic, R.; Van Eck, S.; Zwitter, T.; Bensby, T.; Flaccomio, E.; Irwin, M.J.; Franciosini, E.; Morbidelli, L.; Damiani, F.; Bonito, R.; Friel, E.D.; Vink, J.S.; Prisinzano, L.; Abbas, U.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Held, E.V.; Jordi, C.; Paunzen, E.; Spagna, A.; Jackson, R.J.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Asplund, M.; Bonifacio, P.; Feltzing, S.; Binney, J.; Drew, J.; Ferguson, A.M.N.; Micela, G.; Negueruela, I.; Prusti, T.; -W. Rix, H.; Vallenari, A.; Bergemann, M.; Casey, A.R.; de Laverny, P.; Frasca, A.; Hill, V.; Lind, K.; Sbordone, L.; Sousa, S.G.; Adibekyan, V.; Caffau, E.; Daflon, S.; Feuillet, D.K.; Gebran, M.; Gonzalez Hernandez, J.I.; Guiglion, G.; Herrero, A.; Lobel, A.; Merle, T.; Š. Mikolaitis; Montes, D.; Morel, T.; Ruchti, G.; Soubiran, C.; Tabernero, H.M.; Tautvaišienė, G.; Traven, G.; Valentini, M.; Van der Swaelmen, M.; Villanova, S.; Viscasillas Vázquez, C.; Bayo, A.; Biazzo, K.; Carraro, G.; Edvardsson, B.; Heiter, U.; Jofré, P.; Marconi, G.; Martayan, C.; Masseron, T.; Monaco, L.; Walton, N.A.; Zaggia, S.; Aguirre Børsen-Koch, V.; Alves, J.; Balaguer-Nunez, L.; Barklem, P.S.; Barrado, D.; Bellazzini, M.; Berlanas, S.R.; Binks, A.S.; Bressan, A.; Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R.; Casagrande, L.; Casamiquela, L.; Collins, R.S.; D'Orazi, V.; Dantas, M.L.L.; Debattista, V.P.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Di Marcantonio, P.; Drazdauskas, A.; Evans, N.W.; Famaey, B.; Franchini, M.; Frémat, Y.; Fu, X.; Geisler, D.; Gerhard, O.; González Solares, E.A.; Grebel, E.K.; Gutiérrez Albarrán, M.L.; Jiménez-Esteban, F.; Jönsson, H.; Khachaturyants, T.; Kordopatis, G.; Kos, J.; Lagarde, N.; -G. Ludwig, H.; Mahy, L.; Mapelli, M.; Marfil, E.; Martell, S.L.; Messina, S.; Miglio, A.; Minchev, I.; Moitinho, A.; Montalban, J.; Monteiro, M.J.P.F.G.; Morossi, C.; Mowlavi, N.; Mucciarelli, A.; Nardetto, N.; Ortolani, S.; Paletou, F.; Palouš, J.; Pickering, J.C.; Quirrenbach, A.; Re Fiorentin, P.; Read, J.I.; Romano, D.; Ryde, N.; Sanna, N.; Santos, W.; Seabroke, G.M.; Spina, L.; Steinmetz, M.; Stonkuté, E.; Sutorius, E.; Thévenin, F.; Tosi, M.; Tsantaki, M.; Wright, N.; Wyse, R.F.G.; Zoccali, M.; Zucker, D.B.; Zorec, J. 18-10-2022. 'The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Motivation, implementation, GIRAFFE data processing, analysis, and final data products star'. Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright; Jeffries; Abbas, U; Borsen-Koch, VA; Villanova, S; Wright, NJ; Spina, L; Tabernero, HM; Soubiran, C; Valentini, M; Van der Swaelmen, M; Alves, J; Balaguer-Nunez, L; Gonzalez, HJI; Barklem, PS; Traven, G; Herrero, A; Lobel, A; Maiz Apellaniz, J; Montes, D; Morel, T; Guiglion, G; Gebran, M; Feuillet, DK; Daflon, S; Bonito, R; Caffau, E; Kordopatis, G; Kos, J; Adibekyan, V; Lagarde, N; Mahy, L; Mapelli, M; Marfil, E; Martell, SL; Messina, S; Franchini, M; Fremat, Y; Friel, ED; Fu, X; Geisler, D; Gerhard, O; Solares, EAG; Grebel, EK; Gutierrez Albarran, ML; Hatzidimitriou, D; Held, EV; Jimenez-Esteban, F; Jonsson, H; Jordi, C; Khachaturyants, T; Drazdauskas, A; Evans, NW; Feltzing, S; Binney, J; Famaey, B; Randich, S; Gilmore, G; Magrini, L; Sacco, GG; Jackson, RJ; Jeffries, RD; Drew, J; Ferguson, AMN; Micela, G; Negueruela, I; Prusti, T; Rix, H-W; Vallenari, A; Bonifacio, P; Zwitter, T; Asplund, M; Bayo, A; Bergemann, M; Biazzo, K; Carraro, G; Casey, AR; Damiani, F; Koposov, SE; Korn, AJ; Lanzafame, AC; Pancino, E; Recio-Blanco, A; Smiljanic, R; Van Eck, S; Walton, NA; Flaccomio, E; Francois, P; Irwin, MJ; Casagrande, L; Casamiquela, L; Collins, RS; D'Orazi, V; Dantas, MLL; Debattista, VP; Delgado-Mena, E; Di Marcantonio, P; Miglio, A; Minchev, I; Moitinho, A; Montalban, J; Monteiro, MJPFG; Morossi, C; Mowlavi, N; Mucciarelli, A; Murphy, DNA; Nardetto, N; Ortolani, S; Paletou, F; Palous, J; Paunzen, E; Pickering, JC; Quirrenbach, A; Fiorentin, PR; Read, JI; Romano, D; Ryde, N; Sanna, N; Santos, W; Seabroke, GM; Spagna, A; Steinmetz, M; Stonkute, E; Sutorius, E; Thevenin, F; Tosi, M; Barrado, D; Berlanas, SR; Binks, AS; Bressan, A; Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R; Tsantaki, M; Vink, S; Wright, N; Wyse, RFG; Zoccali, M; Zorec, J; Zucker, DB; Frasca, A; Heiter, U; Hill, V; Jofre, P; de Laverny, P; Lind, K; Marconi, G; Martayan, C; Masseron, T; Monaco, L; Morbidelli, L; Prisinzano, L; Sbordone, L; Sousa, SG; Zaggia, S; Worley, CC; Hourihane, A; Gonneau, A; Vazquez, CV; Franciosini, E; Lewis, JR; Alfaro, EJ; Allende Prieto, C; Bensby, T; Blomme, R; Bragaglia, A. 18-10-2022. 'The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Implementation, data products, open cluster survey, science, and legacy'. Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-09-2022. 'Large-scale expansion of OB stars in Cygnus'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Arnold, Becky; Wright, Nicholas; Parker, Richard J.. 01-09-2022. 'Quantifying kinematic substructure in star-forming regions with statistical tests of spatial autocorrelation'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Quintana, Alexis L; Wright, Nicholas J. 04-02-2022. 'Erratum: Revisiting the Cygnus OB associations'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-12-2021. 'Proper motions of OB stars in the far Carina Arm'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 16-11-2021. 'High-resolution H alpha imaging of the northern Galactic plane and the IGAPS image database'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright; Jeffries. 30-10-2021. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: Membership probabilities for stars in 63 open and 7 globular clusters from 3D kinematics'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 12-10-2021. 'Revisiting the Cygnus OB associations'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 24-06-2021. 'Dispersal timescale of protoplanetary disks in the low-metallicity young cluster Dolidze 25'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J; Jeffries, R D; Jackson, R J; Bayo, A; Bonito, R; Damiani, F; Kalari, V; Lanzafame, A C; Pancino, E; Parker, R J; Prisinzano, L; Randich, S; Vink, J S; Alfaro, E J; Bergemann, M; Franciosini, E; Gilmore, G; Gonneau, A; Hourihane, A; Jofré, P; Koposov, S E; Lewis, J; Magrini, L; Micela, G; Morbidelli, L; Sacco, G G; Worley, C C; Zaggia, S. 21-06-2019. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: asymmetric expansion of the Lagoon Nebula cluster NGC 6530 from GES and Gaia DR2'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Prisinzano, L.; Damiani, F.; Kalari, V.; Jeffries, R.; Bonito, R.; Micela, G.; Wright, N. J.; Jackson, R. J.; Tognelli, E.; Guarcello, M. G.; Vink, J. S.; Klutsch, A.; Jiménez-Esteban, F. M.; Roccatagliata, V.; Tautvaišienė, G.; Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Alfaro, E. J.; Flaccomio, E.; Koposov, S.; Lanzafame, A.; Pancino, E.; Bergemann, M.; Carraro, G.; Franciosini, E.; Frasca, A.; Gonneau, A.; Hourihane, A.; Jofré, P.; Lewis, J.; Magrini, L.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Sacco, G. G.; Worley, C. C.; Zaggia, S.. 01-03-2019. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: Age spread in the star forming region NGC 6530 from the HR diagram and gravity indicators'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 15-11-2018. 'The Dynamics of OB Associations'. The 20th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun. DOI > view in repository >
- Britt, C. T.; Maccarone, T. J.; Green, J. D.; Jonker, P. G.; Hynes, R. I.; Torres, M. A. P.; Strader, J.; Chomiuk, L.; Salinas, R.; Lucas, P.; Contreras Peña, C.; Kurtev, R.; Heinke, C.; Smith, L.; Wright, N. J.; Johnson, C.; Steeghs, D.; Nelemans, G.. 11-08-2016. 'Discovery of a long-lived, high-amplitude dusty infrared transient'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Gkouvelis, L.; Fabregat, J.; Zorec, J.; Steeghs, D.; Drew, J. E.; Raddi, R.; Wright, N. J.; Drake, J. J.. 01-07-2016. 'Physical parameters of IPHAS-selected classical Be stars: I. Determination procedure and evaluation of the results⋆'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Schneider, N.; Bontemps, S.; Motte, F.; Blazere, A.; André, Ph.; Anderson, L. D.; Arzoumanian, D.; Comerón, F.; Didelon, P.; Di Francesco, J.; Duarte-Cabral, A.; Guarcello, M. G.; Hennemann, M.; Hill, T.; Könyves, V.; Marston, A.; Minier, V.; Rygl, K. L. J.; Röllig, M.; Roy, A.; Spinoglio, L.; Tremblin, P.; White, G. J.; Wright, N. J.. 01-07-2016. 'Globules and pillars in Cygnus X: I.Herschelfar-infrared imaging of the Cygnus OB2 environment⋆'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Kalari, V. M.; Vink, J. S.; Drew, J. E.; Barentsen, G.; Drake, J. J.; Eislöffel, J.; Martín, E. L.; Parker, Q. A.; Unruh, Y. C.; Walton, N. A.; Wright, N. J.. 11-10-2015. 'Classical T Tauri stars with VPHAS+ – I. H α andu-band accretion rates in the Lagoon Nebula M8'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Raddi, R.; Drew, J. E.; Steeghs, D.; Wright, N. J.; Drake, J. J.; Barentsen, G.; Fabregat, J.; Sale, S. E.. 01-01-2015. 'A deep catalogue of classical Be stars in the direction of the Perseus Arm: spectral types and interstellar reddenings'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Contreras Peña, C.; Lucas, P. W.; Froebrich, D.; Kumar, M. S. N.; Goldstein, J.; Drew, J. E.; Adamson, A.; Davis, C. J.; Barentsen, G.; Wright, N. J.. 01-04-2014. 'Extreme infrared variables from UKIDSS – I. A concentration in star-forming regions'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.; Parker, Richard J.; Goodwin, Simon P.; Drake, Jeremy J.. 11-02-2014. 'Constraints on massive star formation: Cygnus OB2 was always an association'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Verbeek, Kars; Groot, Paul J.; Nelemans, Gijs; Scaringi, Simone; Napiwotzki, Ralf; Drew, Janet E.; Steeghs, Danny; Casares, Jorge; Corral-Santana, Jesus M.; Gänsicke, Boris T.; González-Solares, Eduardo; Greimel, Robert; Heber, Ulrich; Irwin, Mike J.; Knigge, Christian; Wright, Nicholas J.; Zijlstra, Albert A.. 01-10-2013. 'A determination of the space density and birth rate of hydrogen-line (DA) white dwarfs in the Galactic plane, based on the UVEX survey'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Raddi, R.; Drew, J. E.; Fabregat, J.; Steeghs, D.; Wright, N. J.; Sale, S. E.; Farnhill, H. J.; Barlow, M. J.; Greimel, R.; Sabin, L.; Corradi, R. M. L.; Drake, J. J.. 11-04-2013. 'First results of an Hα based search of classical Be stars in the Perseus Arm and beyond'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, N.J.; Drake, J.J.; Mamajek, E.E.; Henry, G.W.. 01-02-2013. 'The stellar activity-rotation relationship: The stellar activity-rotation relationship'. Astronomische Nachrichten. DOI > view in repository >
- Guarcello, M. G.; Drake, J. J.; Wright, N. J.; Drew, J. E.; Gutermuth, R. A.; Hora, J. L.; Naylor, T.; Aldcroft, T.; Fruscione, A.; García-Alvarez, D.; Kashyap, V. L.; King, R.. . 'THE PROTOPLANETARY DISKS IN THE NEARBY MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGION CYGNUS OB2'. The Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Sabin, L.; Parker, Q. A.; Contreras, M. E.; Olguín, L.; Frew, D. J.; Stupar, M.; Vázquez, R.; Wright, N. J.; Corradi, R. L. M.; Morris, R. A. H.. 01-05-2013. 'New Galactic supernova remnants discovered with IPHAS'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Drake, Jeremy J.; Braithwaite, Jonathan; Kashyap, Vinay; Günther, H. Moritz; Wright, Nicholas J.. . 'BURN OUT OR FADE AWAY? ON THE X-RAY AND MAGNETIC DEATH OF INTERMEDIATE MASS STARS'. The Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Guarcello, M. G.; Drake, J. J.; Wright, N. J.; García-Alvarez, D.; Kraemer, K. E.. . 'ACCRETION AND OUTFLOW IN THE PROPLYD-LIKE OBJECTS NEAR CYGNUS OB2'. The Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Bragaglia, A.; Alfaro, E.J.; Flaccomio, E.; Blomme, R.; Donati, P.; Costado, M.; Damiani, F.; Franciosini, E.; Prisinzano, L.; Randich, S.; Friel, E.D.; Hatztidimitriou, D.; Vallenari, A.; Spagna, A.; Balaguer-Nunez, L.; Bonito, R.; Cantat Gaudin, T.; Casamiquela, L.; Jeffries, R.D.; Jordi, C.; Magrini, L.; Drew, J.E.; Jackson, R.J.; Abbas, U.; Caramazza, M.; Hayes, C.; Jiménez-Esteban, F.M.; Re Fiorentin, P.; Wright, N.; Bayo, A.; Bensby, T.; Bergemann, M.; Gilmore, G.; Gonneau, A.; Heiter, U.; Hourihane, A.; Pancino, E.; Sacco, G.; Smiljanic, R.; Zaggia, S.; Vink, J.S.. . 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: Target selection of open cluster stars'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 03-11-2020. 'OB associations and their origins'. New Astronomy Reviews. DOI > view in repository >
- Jeffries, Robin; Wright, Nicholas J.. 29-07-2020. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: Galactic evolution of lithium at high metallicity'. Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Arnold, Becky; Goodwin, Simon P.; Wright, Nicholas J.. 01-07-2020. 'The velocity structure of Cygnus OB2'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Jeffries; Wright. 19-06-2020. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: Membership probabilities for stars in 32 open clusters from 3D kinematics'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 03-06-2020. 'IGAPS: the merged IPHAS and UVEX optical surveys of the northern Galactic plane'. Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Armstrong, Joseph J; Wright, Nicholas; Jeffries, Robin; Jackson, Richard J. 01-06-2020. 'The dynamics of the γ Vel cluster and nearby Vela OB2 association'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Morford, J. C.; Fenech, D. M.; Prinja, R. K.; Blomme, R.; Yates, J. A.; Drake, J. J.; Eyres, S. P. S.; Richards, A. M. S.; Stevens, I. R.; Wright, Nick; Clark, J. S.; Dougherty, S.; Pittard, J. M.; Smith, H.; Vink, J. S.. 15-05-2020. 'COBRaS: The e-MERLIN 21 cm Legacy survey of Cygnus OB2'. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. DOI > view in repository >
- Binks, AS; Wright, Nicholas; Jeffries, Robin. 01-05-2020. 'A kinematically hot population of young stars in the solar neighbourhood'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 10-12-2019. 'Deep Chandra Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud. III. Formation Efficiency of High-mass X-Ray Binaries'. Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-10-2019. 'Kinematic signatures of cluster formation from cool collapse in the Lagoon Nebula cluster NGC 6530'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Schoettler, Christina; Parker, Richard J; Arnold, Becky; Grimmett, Liam P; de Bruijne, Jos; Wright, Nicholas J. 01-08-2019. 'Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions: III. Unbound stars and predictions for Gaia'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Jordi1, C.; Wright, N.J.; Armstrong, J.J.; Vallenari, A.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Ramos, P.; Bossini, D.; Padoan, P.; Pelkonen, V.M.; Mapelli, M.; Jeffries, R.D.. 05-06-2019. 'Expanding associations in the Vela-Puppis region - 3D structure and kinematics of the young population'. Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-06-2019. 'The O star hinterland of the Galactic starburst, NGC 3603'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-04-2019. 'Disentangling the spatial substructure of Cygnus OB2 from Gaia DR2'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Armstrong, Joseph J; Jeffries, Robin D; Wright, Nicholas J. 01-10-2018. 'The low mass population of the Vela OB2 association from Gaia'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 11-09-2018. 'The stellar rotation-activity relationship in fully convective M dwarfs'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nick; Parker, Richard J.. 03-09-2018. 'Evolution of spatio-kinematic structures in star-forming regions: are Friends of Friends worth knowing?'. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 06-08-2018. 'A sextet of clusters in the Vela OB2 region revealed by Gaia'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 19-07-2018. 'Massive stars in the hinterland of the young cluster, Westerlund 2'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Jeffries, Robin; Jackson, R.J.; Wright, N.J.. 06-07-2018. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: a kinematical and dynamical study of four young open clusters'. Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-05-2018. 'The Kinematics of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association from Gaia DR1'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 20-04-2018. 'Discovery of a New Classical Nova Shell Around a Nova-like Cataclysmic Variable'. Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 11-04-2018. 'A new mechanical stellar wind feedback model for the Rosette Nebula'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-04-2018. 'A and F stars as probes of outer Galactic disc kinematics'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.. 27-07-2017. 'A tale of three cities - OmegaCAM discovers multiple sequences in the color-magnitude diagram of the Orion Nebula Cluster'. Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Sacco, G.G.; Spina, L.; Randich, S.; Palla, F.; Parker, R.J.; Jeffries, R.D.; Jackson, R.; Meyer, M.R.; Mapelli, M.; Lanzafame, A.C.; Bonito, R.; Damiani, F.; Franciosini, E.; Frasca, A.; Klutsch, A.; Prisinzano, L.; Tognelli, E.; Degl’Innocenti, S.; Prada Moroni, P.G.; Alfaro, E.J.; Micela, G.; Prusti, T.; Barrado, D.; Biazzo, K.; Bouy, H.; Bravi, L.; Lopez-Santiago, J.; Wright, N.J.; Bayo, A.; Gilmore, G.; Bragaglia, A.; Flaccomio, E.; Koposov, S.E.; Pancino, E.; Casey, A.R.; Costado, M.T.; Donati, P.; Hourihane, A.; Jofré, R.; Lardo, C.; Lewis, J.; Magrini, L.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Sousa, S.G.; Worley, C.C.; Zaggia, S.. 01-05-2017. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: Structural and dynamical properties of the young cluster Chamaeleon I'. Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 16-10-2016. 'The deep OB star population in Carina from the VST Photometric H alpha Survey (VPHAS plus )'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.; Drake, Jeremy J.. 27-07-2016. 'Solar-type dynamo behaviour in fully convective stars without a tachocline.'. Nature. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 14-07-2016. 'SXP 214: An X-ray Pulsar In The Small Magellanic Cloud, Crossing The Circumstellar Disk Of The Companion'. Astrophysical Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 11-06-2016. 'Mass segregation in star clusters is not energy equipartition'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 13-05-2016. 'Cygnus OB2 DANCe: A high-precision proper motion study of the Cygnus OB2 association'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Jeffries, Robin; Wright, Nicholas J.. 30-03-2016. 'The Gaia-ESO Survey: Dynamical analysis of the L1688 region in Ophiuchus'. Astronomy and Astrophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Parker, Richard J.; Wright, Nicholas J.. 23-02-2016. 'Dynamical evolution of star forming regions - II. Basic kinematics'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas. 27-01-2016. 'The Kinematics of Star Formation: Theory and Observation in the Gaia Era (Published title 'Star Formation in the Gaia Era')'. Astronomy & Geophysics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 06-10-2015. 'X-ray emission from massive stars in CYG OB2'. Astrophysical Journal Supplement. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 19-05-2015. 'New OB star candidates in the Carina Arm around Westerlund 2 from VPHAS+'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 19-03-2015. 'The Massive Star Population of Cygnus OB2'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Sale, S.E.; Drew, J.E.; Barentsen, G.; Farnhill, H.J.; Raddi, R.; Barlow, M.J.; Eislöffel, J.; Vink, J.S.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Wright, N.J.. 01-10-2014. 'A 3D extinction map of the northern Galactic plane based on IPHAS photometry'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 15-09-2014. 'The second data release of the INT Photometric Ha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS DR2)'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.. 08-08-2014. 'First release of the IPHAS catalogue of new extended planetary nebulae'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.. 21-05-2014. 'The VST Photometric Ha Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge (VPHAS+)'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright, Nicholas J.. 11-02-2014. 'Ultraviolet-excess sources with a red/infrared counterpart: low-mass companions, debris discs and QSO selection'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 01-01-2014. 'The ionized nebula surrounding the red supergiant W26 in Westerlund 1'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Parker, Richard J.; Wright, Nicholas J.; Goodwin, Simon P.; Meyer, Michael R.. 13-12-2013. 'Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Wright. 13-12-2013. 'Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions'. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI > view in repository >
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Book Chapter
- Wright, N. J.. 17-05-2016. 'Galactic Plane Hα Surveys: IPHAS and VPHAS+'. . DOI > view in repository >
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Presentation / Conference
- Jeffries; Wright. 18-03-2022. 'OB Associations'. . view in repository >
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Working Papers
- Anastasopoulou, K.; Guarcello, M.G.; Flaccomio, E.; Sciortino, S.; Benatti, S.; De Becker, M.; Wright, N.J.; Drake, J.; Albacete-Colombo, J.F.; Andersen, M.; Argiroffi, C.; Bayo, A.; Castellanos, R.; Gennaro, M.; Grebel, E.K.; Miceli, M.; Najarro, F.; Negueruela, I.; Prisinzano, L.; Ritchie, B.; Robberto, M.; Sabbi, E.; Zeidler, P.. . 'EWOCS-II: X-ray properties of the Wolf-Rayet stars in the young Galactic super star cluster Westerlund 1'. . view in repository >
- Guarcello, M.G.; Almendros-Abad, V.; Lovell, J.B.; Monsch, K.; Muzic, K.; Martiinez-Galarza, J.R.; Drake, J.J.; Anastasopoulou, K.; Andersen, M.; Argiroffi, C.; Bayo, A.; Bonito, R.; Capela, D.; Damiani, F.; Gennaro, M.; Ginsburg, A.; Grebel, E.K.; Hora, J.L.; Moraux, E.; Najarro, F.; Negueruela, I.; Prisinzano, L.; Richardson, N.D.; Ritchie, B.; Robberto, M.; Rom, T.; Sabbi, E.; Sciortino, S.; Umana, G.; Winter, A.; Wright, N.J.; Zeidler, P.. . 'EWOCS-III: JWST observations of the supermassive star cluster Westerlund 1'. . view in repository >
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