Staff profile

Dr Tom Theuns

(email at tom.theuns@durham.ac.uk)

Research Groups

• Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publications

Journal papers: academic

• Tepper-Garcia, Thorsten, Richter, Philipp, Schaye, Joop, Booth, C. M., Dalla Vecchia, Claudio & Theuns, Tom (2012). Absorption signatures of warm-hot gas at low redshift: broad H?i Lya absorbers. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 425(3): 1640-1663.
• Tejos, Nicolas, Morris, Simon L., Crighton, Neil H. M., Theuns, Tom, Altay, Gabriel & Finn, Charles W. (2012). Large-scale structure in absorption: gas within and around galaxy voids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 425(1): 245-260.
• McCarthy, I. G., Schaye, J., Font, A. S., Theuns, T., Frenk, C. S., Crain, R. A. & Dalla Vecchia, C. (2012). Rotation rates, sizes and star formation efficiencies of a representative population of simulated disc galaxies. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 427(1): 379-392.
• Bahe, Yannick M., McCarthy, Ian G., Crain, Robert A. & Theuns, Tom (2012). The competition between confinement and ram pressure and its implications for galaxies in groups and clusters. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 424(2): 1179-1186.
• Sales, Laura V., Navarro, Julio F., Theuns, Tom, Schaye, Joop, White, Simon D. M., Frenk, Carlos S., Crain, Robert A. & Dalla Vecchia, Claudio (2012). The origin of discs and spheroids in simulated galaxies. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 423(2): 1544-1555.
• Swinbank, A. M., Smail, Ian, Sobral, D., Theuns, T., Best, P. N. & Geach, J. E. (2012). The Properties of the Star-Forming Interstellar Medium at z=0.84-2.23 from HiZELS II: Star-Formation and Clump Scaling Laws in Gas Rich, Turbulent Disks. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 760(2): 130.
• Swinbank, A. M., Sobral, D., Smail, Ian, Geach, J. E., Best, P. N., McCarthy, I. G., Crain, R. A. & Theuns, T. (2012). The properties of the star-forming interstellar medium at z=0.84-2.23 from HiZELS: mapping the internal dynamics and metallicity gradients in high-redshift disc galaxies. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 426(2): 935-950.
• Mortlock, D.J., Warren, S.J., Venemans, B.P., Patel, M., Hewett, P.C., McMahon, R.G., Simpson, C., Theuns, T., Gonzáles-Solares, E.A., Adamson, A., Dye, S., Hambly, N.C., Hirst, P., Irwin, M.J., Kuiper, E., Lawrence, A. & Röttgering, H.J.A. (2011). A luminous quasar at a redshift of z = 7.085. Nature 474(7353): 616-619.
• Tepper-García, T., Richter, P., Schaye, J., Booth, C.M., Dalla Vecchia, C., Theuns, T. & Wiersma, R.P.C. (2011). Absorption signatures of warm-hot gas at low redshift: O VI. \mnras 413: 190-212.
• Font, A.S., McCarthy, I.G., Crain, R.A., Theuns, T., Schaye, J., Wiersma, R.P.C. & Dalla Vecchia, C. (2011). Cosmological simulations of the formation of the stellar haloes around disc galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 416(4): 2802-2820.
• Deason, A.J., McCarthy, I.G., Font, A.S., Evans, N.W., Frenk, C.S., Belokurov, V., Libeskind, N.I., Crain, R.A. & Theuns, T. (2011). Mismatch and misalignment: dark haloes and satellites of disc galaxies. \mnras 415: 2607-2625.
• Rai\v cević, M. and Theuns, T. (2011). Modelling recombinations during cosmological reionization. \mnras 412: L16-L19.
• Creasey, P., Theuns, T., Bower, R.G. & Lacey, C.G. (2011). Numerical overcooling in shocks. \mnras 415: 3706-3720.
• Wiersma, R.P.C., Schaye, J. & Theuns, T. (2011). The effect of variations in the input physics on the cosmic distribution of metals predicted by simulations. \mnras 415: 353-371.
• Rai\v cević, M. and Theuns, T. and Lacey, C. (2011). The galaxies that reionized the Universe. \mnras 410: 775-787.
• Balogh, M.L., Mazzotta, P., Bower, R.G., Eke, V., Bourdin, H., Lu, T. & Theuns, T. (2011). The stellar and hot gas content of low-mass galaxy clusters. \mnras 412: 947-959.
• Bielby, R.M., Shanks, T., Weilbacher, P.M., Infante, L., Crighton, N.H.M., Bornancini, C., Bouché, N., Héraudeau, P., Lambas, D.G., Lowenthal, J., Minniti, D., Padilla, N., Petitjean, P. & Theuns, T. (2011). The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - I. Clustering and dynamics of \ap1000 galaxies at z\ap 3. \mnras 414: 2-27.
• Crighton, N.H.M., Bielby, R., Shanks, T., Infante, L., Bornancini, C.G., Bouché, N., Lambas, D.G., Lowenthal, J.D., Minniti, D., Morris, S.L., Padilla, N., Péroux, C., Petitjean, P., Theuns, T., Tummuangpak, P., Weilbacher, P.M., Wisotzki, L. & Worseck, G. (2011). The VLT LBG Redshift Survey- II. Interactions between galaxies and the IGM at z\tilde 3. \mnras 414: 28-49.
• Altay, G., Theuns, T., Schaye, J., Crighton, N.H.M., Dalla Vecchia & C. (2011). Through Thick and Thin\mdashH I Absorption in Cosmological Simulations. \apjl 737: L37.
• Crighton, N.H.M., Morris, S.L., Bechtold, J., Crain, R.A., Jannuzi, B.T., Shone, A. & Theuns, T. (2010). Galaxies at a redshift of \~0.5 around three closely spaced quasar sightlines. \mnras 402: 1273-1306.
• Bertone, S., Schaye, J., Dalla Vecchia, C., Booth, C.M., Theuns, T. & Wiersma, R.P.C. (2010). Metal-line emission from the warm-hot intergalactic medium - I. Soft X-rays. \mnras 407: 544-566.
• Bertone, S., Schaye, J., Booth, C.M., Dalla Vecchia, C., Theuns, T. & Wiersma, R.P.C. (2010). Metal-line emission from the warm-hot intergalactic medium - II. Ultraviolet. \mnras 408: 1120-1138.
• McCarthy, I.G., Schaye, J., Ponman, T.J., Bower, R.G., Booth, C.M., Dalla Vecchia, C., Crain, R.A., Springel, V., Theuns, T. & Wiersma, R.P.C. (2010). The case for AGN feedback in galaxy groups. \mnras 406: 822-839.
• Gao, L., Theuns, T., Frenk, C.S., Jenkins, A., Helly, J.C., Navarro, J., Springel, V. & White, S.D.M. (2010). The earliest stars and their relics in the Milky Way. \mnras 403: 1283-1295.
• Wiersma, R.P.C., Schaye, J., Dalla Vecchia, C., Booth, C.M., Theuns, T. & Aguirre, A. (2010). The enrichment history of cosmic metals. \mnras 409: 132-144.
• Schaye, J., Dalla Vecchia, C., Booth, C.M., Wiersma, R.P.C., Theuns, T., Haas, M.R., Bertone, S., Duffy, A.R., McCarthy, I.G. & van de Voort, F. (2010). The physics driving the cosmic star formation history. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 402(3): 1536-1560.
• Okamoto, T., Frenk, C.S., Jenkins, A. & Theuns, T. (2010). The properties of satellite galaxies in simulations of galaxy formation. \mnras 406: 208-222.
• Crain, R.A., McCarthy, I.G., Frenk, C.S., Theuns, T. & Schaye, J. (2010). X-ray coronae in simulations of disc galaxy formation. \mnras 407: 1403-1422.
• Wiersma, R.P.C., Schaye, J., Theuns, T., Dalla Vecchia, C. & Tornatore, L. (2009). Chemical enrichment in cosmological, smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 399(2): 574-600.
• Iliev, I.T., Whalen, D., Mellema, G., Ahn, K., Baek, S., Gnedin, N.Y., Kravtsov, A.V., Norman, M., Raicevic, M., Reynolds, D.R., Sato, D., Shapiro, P.R., Semelin, B., Smidt, J., Susa, H., Theuns, T. & Umemura, M. (2009). Cosmological radiative transfer comparison project - II. The radiation-hydrodynamic tests. \mnras 400: 1283-1316.
• Crain, R.A., Theuns, T., Dalla Vecchia, C., Eke, V.R., Frenk, C.S., Jenkins, A., Kay, S.T., Peacock, J.A., Pearce, F.R., Schaye, J., Springel, V., Thomas, P.A., White, S.D.M. & Wiersma, R.P.C. (2009). Galaxies-intergalactic medium interaction calculation - I. Galaxy formation as a function of large-scale environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 399(4): 1773-1794.
• Mitchell, N.L., McCarthy, I.G., Bower, R.G., Theuns, T. & Crain, R.A. (2009). On the origin of cores in simulated galaxy clusters. \mnras 395: 180-196.
• Reed, D.S., Bower, R., Frenk, C.S., Jenkins, A. & Theuns, T. (2009). The clustering of the first galaxy haloes. \mnras 394: 624-632.
• Rauch, M., Haehnelt, M., Bunker, A., Becker, G., Marleau, F., Graham, J., Cristiani, S., Jarvis, M., Lacey, C., Morris, S., Peroux, C., Röttgering, H. & Theuns, T. (2008). A Population of Faint Extended Line Emitters and the Host Galaxies of Optically Thick QSO Absorption Systems. \apj 681: 856-880.
• Tasker, E.J., Brunino, R., Mitchell, N.L., Michielsen, D., Hopton, S., Pearce, F.R., Bryan, G.L. & Theuns, T. (2008). A test suite for quantitative comparison of hydrodynamic codes in astrophysics. \mnras 390: 1267-1281.
• Okamoto, T., Gao, L. & Theuns, T. (2008). Mass loss of galaxies due to an ultraviolet background. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 390(3): 920-928.
• Aguirre, A., Dow-Hygelund, C., Schaye, J. & Theuns, T. (2008). Metallicity of the Intergalactic Medium using Pixel Statistics. IV. Oxygen. \apj 689: 851-864.
• McCarthy, I.G., Frenk, C.S., Font, A.S., Lacey, C.G., Bower, R.G., Mitchell, N.L., Balogh, M.L. & Theuns, T. (2008). Ram pressure stripping the hot gaseous haloes of galaxies in groups and clusters. \mnras 383: 593-605.
• Gao, L. & Theuns, T. (2007). Lighting the Universe with Filaments. Science 317: 1527-.
• McCarthy, I.G., Bower, R.G., Balogh, M.L., Voit, G.M., Pearce, F.R., Theuns, T., Babul, A., Lacey, C.G. & Frenk, C.S. (2007). Modelling shock heating in cluster mergers - I. Moving beyond the spherical accretion model. \mnras 376: 497-522.
• Booth, C.M., Theuns, T. & Okamoto, T. (2007). Molecular cloud regulated star formation in galaxies. \mnras 376: 1588-1610.
• Booth, C.M. & Theuns, T. (2007). Neutral hydrogen in galactic fountains. \mnras 381: L89-L93.
• Reed, D.S., Bower, R., Frenk, C.S., Jenkins, A. & Theuns, T. (2007). The halo mass function from the dark ages through the present day. \mnras 374: 2-15.
• Aguirre, A., Schaye, J., Hernquist, L., Kay, S., Springel, V. & Theuns, T. (2005). Confronting Cosmological Simulations with Observations of Intergalactic Metals. \apjl 620: L13-L17.
• Rollinde, E., Srianand, R., Theuns, T., Petitjean, P. & Chand, H. (2005). The density structure around quasars from optical depth statistics$^*$. \mnras 361: 1015-1029.
• Reed, D.S., Bower, R., Frenk, C.S., Gao, L., Jenkins, A., Theuns, T. & White, S.D.M. (2005). The first generation of star-forming haloes. \mnras 363: 393-404.
• Monaco, P., Møller, P., Fynbo, J.P.U., Weidinger, M., Ledoux, C. & Theuns, T. (2005). Tracing large-scale structure at high redshift with Lyman-$\alpha$ emitters: the effect of peculiar velocities. \aap 440: 799-808.
• Aguirre, A., Schaye, J., Kim, T.-S., Theuns, T., Rauch, M. & Sargent, W.L.W. (2004). Metallicity of the Intergalactic Medium Using Pixel Statistics. III. Silicon. \apj 602: 38-50.
• Dalla Vecchia, C., Bower, R.G., Theuns, T., Balogh, M.L., Mazzotta, P. & Frenk, C.S. (2004). Quenching cluster cooling flows with recurrent hot plasma bubbles. \mnras 355: 995-1004.
• Viel, M., Matarrese, S., Theuns, T., Munshi, D. & Wang, Y. (2003). Dark energy effects on the Lyman $\alpha$ forest. \mnras 340: L47-L51.
• Schaye, J., Aguirre, A., Kim, T.-S., Theuns, T., Rauch, M. & Sargent, W.L.W. (2003). Metallicity of the Intergalactic Medium Using Pixel Statistics. II. The Distribution of Metals as Traced by C IV. \apj 596: 768-796.
• Kay, S.T., Thomas, P.A. & Theuns, T. (2003). The impact of galaxy formation on X-ray groups. \mnras 343: 608-618.

Supervises

• Mr Nicolas Tejos
• Mr Charles Finn
• Mr Robert Perry