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Tom Shanks
astro-phastro-ph.COastro-ph.GAastro-ph.IMastro-ph.SR
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Evidence against a supervoid causing the CMB Cold Spot
with Ruari Mackenzie, Malcolm N. Bremer, Yan-Chuan Cai, Madusha L. P. Gunawardhana +3
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Preprints & journals
158 papers in the corpus · 1993–2026Stacked Reverberation Mapping of High Redshift Quasars in DESI. I. Feasibility Analysis2607.21869v1 · Rahma Alfarsy, R.E.A. Canning, Eva-Maria Mueller et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The VST ATLAS Survey IV: Galaxy, LRG and QSO bias and HODs via ACT CMB Lensing2607.14904v2 · Harshnoor Kaur, T. Shanks, S. Bose et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
4MOST Cosmology Redshift Survey (CRS): Clustering Properties of CRS Bright Galaxy and Luminous Red Galaxy Target Catalogues2510.02449v4 · Behnood Bandi, Antoine Rocher, Aur'elien Verdier et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
The VST ATLAS Quasar Survey II: Halo mass profiles of galaxies, LRGs and galaxy clusters via quasar and CMB lensing2410.23341v1 · Alice M. Eltvedt, T. Shanks, 1 N. Metcalfe et al.2024 · 2 citationsarXiv
The VST ATLAS Quasar Survey III: Halo mass function via quasar clustering and quasar-CMB lensing cross-clustering2410.23372v1 · Alice M. Eltvedt, T. Shanks, N. Metcalfe et al.2024 · 3 citationsarXiv
The VST ATLAS Quasar Survey I: Catalogue2211.07324v1 · Alice Eltvedt, T. Shanks, N. Metcalfe et al.2022 · 4 citationsarXiv
VST ATLAS Galaxy Cluster Catalogue I: cluster detection and mass calibration2207.03725v2 · B. Ansarinejad, D. N. A. Murphy, T. Shanks et al.2022 · 2 citationsarXiv
A meeting at z~3: Young massive galaxies and an AGN within 30kpc of the luminous QSO LBQS0302-00192107.10773v1 · B. Husemann, G. Worseck, F. Arrigoni Battaia et al.2021 · 3 citationsA&A 653, A122 (2021)
The Local Hole: a galaxy under-density covering 90% of sky to ~200 Mpc2107.08505v5 · Jonathan H.W. Wong (1, T. Shanks, N. Metcalfe et al.2021 · 35 citationsarXiv
The nature of sub-millimetre galaxies II: an ALMA comparison of SMG dust heating mechanisms2107.00694v3 · B. Ansarinejad, T. Shanks, R. M. Bielby et al.2021 · 3 citationsarXiv
The nature of sub-millimetre galaxies I: A comparison of AGN and star-forming galaxy SED fits2010.07934v2 · T. Shanks, B. Ansarinejad, R.M. Bielby et al.2020 · 10 citations2021MNRAS.505.1509S
Cross-correlating Planck with VST ATLAS LRGs: a new test for the ISW effect in the Southern Hemisphere1909.11095v2 · Behzad Ansarinejad, Ruari Mackenzie, Tom Shanks et al.2019 · 4 citationsMNRAS. 493 (2020) 4830-4844
Local Hole revisited: evidence for bulk motions and self-consistent outflow1909.01878v3 · T. Shanks, L.M. Hogarth, N. Metcalfe et al.2019 · 22 citationsarXiv
Linking gas and galaxies at high redshift: MUSE surveys the environments of six damped Lyman alpha galaxies at z~31904.07254v1 · Ruari Mackenzie, Michele Fumagalli, Tom Theuns et al.2019 · 46 citationsarXiv
4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals1903.02464v2 · R.S. de Jong, O. Agertz, A. Agudo Berbel et al.2019 · 406 citationsThe Messenger, 2019, 175, 3
4MOST Consortium Survey 6: Active Galactic Nuclei1903.02472v2 · A. Merloni, D.A. Alexander, M. Banerji et al.2019 · 31 citationsThe Messenger, 2019, 175, 42
4MOST Consortium Survey 8: Cosmology Redshift Survey (CRS)1903.02474v2 · J. Richard, J.-P. Kneib, C. Blake et al.2019 · 44 citationsThe Messenger, 2019, 175, 50
Tension: Response to Riess et al arXiv:1810.035261810.07628v1 · Tom Shanks, Lucy Hogarth, Nigel Metcalfe2018 · 7 citationsarXiv
GAIA Cepheid parallaxes and 'Local Hole' relieve tension1810.02595v2 · Tom Shanks, Lucy Hogarth, Nigel Metcalfe2018 · 99 citationsarXiv
Is every strong lens model unhappy in its own way? Uniform modelling of a sample of 13 quadruply+ imaged quasars1807.09278v4 · A. J. Shajib, S. Birrer, T. Treu et al.2018 · 120 citationsMNRAS 483 (2019) 5649
A cosmic dance at z~3: Detecting the host galaxies of the dual AGN system LBQS0302-0019 and Jil with HAWK-I+GRAAL1805.09845v1 · B. Husemann, R. Bielby, K. Jahnke et al.2018 · 3 citationsA&A 614, L2 (2018)
Another Quadruply Lensed Quasar from the VST-ATLAS Survey1805.01939v1 · P. L. Schechter, T. Anguita, N. D. Morgan et al.2018 · 11 citations2018 Res. Notes AAS 2,21
Quasars probing quasars X: The quasar pair spectral database1804.08624v1 · Joseph R. Findlay, J. Xavier Prochaska (2, Joseph F. Hennawi (3 et al.2018 · 18 citationsarXiv
Two more, bright, z > 6 quasars from VST ATLAS and WISE1803.01424v1 · B. Chehade, A. C. Carnall, T. Shanks et al.2018 · 45 citationsarXiv
Detection significance of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations peaks in galaxy and quasar clustering1802.07737v2 · Behzad Ansarinejad, Tom Shanks2018 · 4 citationsarXiv
Discovery of a dual AGN at z~3.3 with 20kpc separation1801.05442v2 · B. Husemann, G. Worseck, F. Arrigoni Battaia et al.2018 · 35 citationsA&A 610, L7 (2018)
Quasar lenses and pairs in the VST-ATLAS and Gaia1711.07492v1 · A. Agnello, P. L. Schechter, N. D. Morgan et al.2017 · 41 citationsarXiv
Witnessing galaxy assembly in an extended z~3 structure1707.07003v1 · Michele Fumagalli, Ruari Mackenzie, James Trayford et al.2017 · 53 citationsarXiv
Evidence against a supervoid causing the CMB Cold Spot1704.03814v1 · Ruari Mackenzie (Durham), Tom Shanks (Durham), Malcolm N. Bremer (Bristol) et al.2017 · 44 citationsarXivon Valency
A catalogue of white dwarf candidates in VST ATLAS1703.09714v1 · Nicola Pietro Gentile Fusillo, Roberto Raddi, Boris T. Gansicke et al.2017 · 15 citationsarXiv
First Discoveries of z>6 Quasars with the DECam Legacy Survey and UKIRT Hemisphere Survey1703.07490v1 · Feige Wang, Xiaohui Fan, Jinyi Yang et al.2017 · 87 citationsarXiv
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: The cluster redshift survey, target selection and cluster properties1703.00997v1 · M. S. Owers, J. T. Allen, I. Baldry et al.2017 · 94 citationsarXiv
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - VI. Mapping HI in the proximity of LBGs with X-Shooter1610.09144v1 · R. M. Bielby (Durham), T. Shanks (Durham), N. H. M. Crighton (Swinburne) et al.2016 · 25 citationsarXiv
First lensed quasar systems from the VST-ATLAS survey: one quad, two doubles and two pairs of lensless twins1607.07476v2 · Paul L. Schechter, Nicholas D. Morgan, B. Chehade et al.2016 · 46 citationsarXiv
On the connection between the metal-enriched intergalactic medium and galaxies: an OVI-galaxy cross-correlation study at 1604.02150v1 · Charles W. Finn, Simon L. Morris, Nicolas Tejos et al.2016 · 21 citationsarXiv
The 2QDES Pilot : The luminosity and redshift dependence of quasar clustering1603.04849v1 · Ben Chehade, T. Shanks, J. Findlay et al.2016 · 29 citationsarXiv
The galaxy luminosity function and the Local Hole1603.02322v2 · J.R. Whitbourn, T. Shanks2016 · 23 citationsarXiv
Digital Sky Surveys from the ground: Status and Perspectives1507.07694v2 · T. Shanks2015 · 3 citationsarXiv
The shell game: a panoramic view of Fornax1507.06654v1 · N. F. Bate, B. McMonigal, G. F. Lewis et al.2015 · 23 citationsarXiv
Counting quasar--radio source pairs to derive the millijansky radio luminosity function and clustering strength to z=3.51505.05653v1 · S. Fine, T. Shanks, R. Johnston et al.2015 · 2 citationsarXiv
Two bright z > 6 quasars from VST ATLAS and a new method of optical plus mid-infra-red colour selection1502.07748v2 · A. C. Carnall, T. Shanks, B. Chehade et al.2015 · 85 citationsarXiv
The VLT Survey Telescope ATLAS1502.05432v1 · T. Shanks, N. Metcalfe, B. Chehade et al.2015 · 206 citationsarXiv
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - V. Characterising the z = 3.1 Lyman Alpha Emitter Population1501.01215v2 · R. M. Bielby (Durham), P. Tummuangpak (Durham, Khon Kaen) et al.2015 · 44 citationsMNRAS, 2016, 456, 4061
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: instrument specification and target selection1407.7335v2 · J. J. Bryant, M. S. Owers, A. S. G. Robotham et al.2014 · 492 citationsMNRAS 447, 2857, 2015
Metal-enriched, sub-kiloparsec gas clumps in the circumgalactic medium of a faint z = 2.5 galaxy1406.4239v4 · Neil H. M. Crighton, Joseph F. Hennawi, Robert A. Simcoe et al.2014 · 122 citationsarXiv
ATLAS lifts the Cup: Discovery of a New Milky Way satellite in Crater1403.3406v3 · V. Belokurov, M. J. Irwin, S. E. Koposov et al.2014 · 102 citationsarXiv
Discovery of a cold stellar stream in the ATLAS DR1 data1403.3409v2 · S. E. Koposov, M. Irwin, V. Belokurov et al.2014 · 93 citationsarXiv
A neutrino model fit to the CMB power spectrum1402.5502v2 · T. Shanks, R.W.F. Johnson, J.A. Schewtschenko et al.2014 · 1 citationarXiv
Search for primordial non-Gaussianity in the quasars of SDSS-III BOSS DR91310.6716v2 · Dionysios Karagiannis, Tom Shanks, Nicholas P. Ross2013 · 28 citationsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014 441 (4): 486-502
The Local Hole revealed by galaxy counts and redshifts1307.4405v2 · J.R. Whitbourn (Durham), T. Shanks (Durham)2013 · 76 citationsarXiv
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