Professor Ben Maughan
M.Phys(Wales), Ph.D.(Birm.)
Current positions
Professor
School of Physics
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Research interests
I study clusters of galaxies, which are the largest gravitationally bound objects in the Universe. In particular I use X-ray observations to measure the properties of the hot gas that fills galaxy clusters, and use that information to try to determine their masses.
The numbers and masses of galaxy clusters can tell us a great deal about the properties of our Universe, including the nature of the dark matter and energy that dominate the Universe.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Probing feedback in galaxy clusters with Euclid and eROSITA ( ST/Y002008/1)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/04/2024 to 31/03/2027
Thesis supervisions
NuSTAR and Chandra Cross-Calibration using Galaxy Clusters
Supervisors
X-ray Luminosity Function of Optically Selected Galaxy Groups
Supervisors
Galaxy Cluster Science with Chandra
Supervisors
On the selection of galaxy clusters using an adapted Gaussian Process binary classifier
Supervisors
X-ray Observations of radio Jets from 3CR 14 and 3CR 9
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
01/04/2012Self-similar scaling and evolution in the galaxy cluster X-ray Luminosity-Temperature relation
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Separating the BL Lac and cluster X-ray emissions in Abell 689 with Chandra
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Lx-Yx relation: Using galaxy cluster X-ray luminosity as a robust, low scatter mass proxy
Astrophysical Journal
Images, Structural Properties, and Metal Abundances of Galaxy Clusters Observed with Chandra ACIS-I at 0.1< z < 1.3
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
The WARPS Survey. VII. The WARPS-II Cluster Catalog
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Recent publications
23/06/2023Chex-mate: Constraining the origin of the scatter in galaxy cluster radial X-ray surface brightness profiles
Astronomy and Astrophysics
The XXL Survey L. Active galactic nucleus contamination in galaxy clusters
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scaling Relations of Clusters and Groups and Their Evolution
Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics
A Systematic Comparison of Galaxy Cluster Temperatures Measured with NuSTAR and Chandra
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chandra follow-up of the Hectospec Cluster Survey
Astronomy and Astrophysics
