Publications by Fergus Cullen

The JWST EXCELS survey: Outflows in 1.5 < z < 5 quiescent and recently quenched galaxies are likely relics from episodic AGN activity DOI
Elizabeth Taylor, Adam C. Carnall, David Maltby, Omar Almaini, Ho-Hin Leung, Struan D. Stevenson, Andrea Negri, Fergus Cullen, Vivienne Wild, Ross J. McLure, Alice E. Shapley, Karla Z. Arellano-Cordova, Ryan Begley, Cecilia Bondestam, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Dirk Scholte et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 549, 3, p. 1-23 (2026)
How Overmassive Black Holes Formed at Cosmic Dawn DOI
Muhammad A. Latif, Daniel J. Whalen, Sadegh Khochfar and Fergus Cullen, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1003, 2, p. 1-6 (2026)
MEGA: Spectrophotometric Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting of Little Red Dots Detected in JWST MIRI DOI
Kaila Ronayne, Casey Papovich, Allison Kirkpatrick, Bren E. Backhaus, Fergus Cullen, Lu Shen, Micaela B. Bagley, Guillermo Barro, Steven L. Finkelstein, Kurt Hamblin et al., Astrophysical Journal, 1003, 2, p. 1-24 (2026)
Strength in numbers: Red Galaxies Bolster the cosmic star formation rate density at z ≳ 3 DOI
L. Barrufet, J. S. Dunlop, R. Begley, S. Flury, D. J. McLeod, K. Arellano-Cordova, A. Carnall, F. Cullen, C. T. Donnan, F. Liu, R. McLure, D. Scholte, T. M. Stanton, R. K. Cochrane, C. Conselice, R. Ellis, P. G. Pérez-González et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 4, p. 1-12 (2026)
The AURORA Survey: High-redshift Empirical Metallicity Calibrations from Electron Temperature Measurements at z = 2–10 DOI
Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, Danielle A. Berg, Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Rychard J. Bouwens, Gabriel Brammer, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, Romeel Davé, James S. Dunlop, Richard S. Ellis, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure et al., Astrophysical Journal, 1003, 2, p. 1-30 (2026)
The AURORA Survey: The Mass–Metallicity and Fundamental Metallicity Relations at z ∼ 2.3 Based Purely on Direct Te Metallicities DOI
Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, Alex M. Garcia, Danielle A. Berg, Leonardo Clarke, Fergus Cullen, Richard S. Ellis, Derek J. McLeod et al., Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1003, 2, p. 1-10 (2026)
The JWST EXCELS survey: The ages and abundances of 3 < z < 5 massive quiescent galaxies show that downsizing was already in place by z ≃ 4 DOI
Ho-Hin Leung, A. C. Carnall, Elizabeth Taylor, Struan D. Stevenson, Aliza G. Beverage, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure, Ryan Begley, Omar Almaini, Stella Antonogiannaki, Karla Z. Arellano-Cordova, Laia Barrufet, Cecilia Bondestam, Callum T. Donnan, Isaac J.B. Holst, Dirk Scholte et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 549, 1, p. 1-28 (2026)
Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Large and Luminous Galaxy with Weak Emission Lines at z=13.53 DOI
Callum T. Donnan, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure, James S. Dunlop, Fergus Cullen, Mark Dickinson, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Anthony J. Taylor, Cecilia Bondestam, Feng-Yuan Liu, Karla Z. Arellano-Cordova, Laia Barrufet, Ryan Begley, Ho-Hin Leung, Dirk Scholte et al., Astrophysical Journal, 1002, 2, p. 1-10 (2026)
A self-consistent direct method for chemical abundances in high-z galaxies with JWST DOI
K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, J. E. Méndez-Delgado, S. R. Flury, C. Esteban, K. Kreckel, J. García-Rojas, F. Cullen, L. Carigi, C. Morisset, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, A. Peimbert, D. Scholte et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 4, p. 1-14 (2026)
The JWST EXCELS Survey: gas-phase metallicity evolution at 2 < z < 8 DOI
T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, A. E. Shapley, D. J. McLeod, C. T. Donnan, R. Begley, R. Davé, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure, K. Rowlands, C. Bondestam, M. L. Hamadouche, H. -H. Leung, S. D. Stevenson and E. Taylor, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 4, p. 1-25 (2026)
The JWST EXCELS Survey: A spectroscopic investigation of the ionizing properties of star-forming galaxies at 1<z<8 DOI
R. Begley, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, T. M. Stanton, D. Scholte, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, C. Bondestam, C. T. Donnan, M. L. Hamadouch, A. E. Shapley and S. Stevenson, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 1, p. 1-25 (2026)
CAPERS-LRD-z9: A Gas-enshrouded Little Red Dot Hosting a Broad-line Active Galactic Nucleus at z = 9.288 DOI
Anthony J. Taylor, Vasily Kokorev, Dale D. Kocevski, Hollis B. Akins, Fergus Cullen, Mark Dickinson, Steven L. Finkelstein, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Volker Bromm, Mauro Giavalisco, James S. Dunlop, Ho-Hin Leung, Derek J. McLeod, Ross McLure et al., Astrophysical Journal Letters, 989, 1, p. 1-18 (2025)
JWST PRIMER: strong evidence for the environmental quenching of low-mass galaxies out to z ≃ 2 DOI
M. L. Hamadouche, R. J. McLure, A. Carnall, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, K. Whitaker, C. T. Donnan, R. Begley, T. M. Stanton, O. Almaini, J. Aird, F. Cullen, S. Cutler et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 541, 1, p. 463-475 (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: an extremely metal-poor galaxy at z = 8.271 hosting an unusual population of massive stars DOI
F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, T. M Stanton, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, A. E. Shapley, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, C. Bondestam, M. Cirasuolo, H. -H. Leung, C. L. Pollock et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 3, p. 2176-2194 (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: direct estimates of C, N, and O abundances in two relatively metal-rich galaxies at z ≃ 5 DOI
K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte, T. M. Stanton, C. Kobayashi, Z. Martinez, D. A. Berg, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, M. L. Hamadouche, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 4, p. 2991-3007 (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: Probing strong-line diagnostics and the chemical evolution of galaxies over cosmic time using Te-metallicities DOI
D. Scholte, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, T. M. Stanton, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, C. Bondestam, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, H. -H. Leung, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. M. Moustakas, C. L. Pollock, A. E. Shapley et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 2, p. 1800-1826 (2025)
JWST PRIMER: a lack of outshining in four normal z = 4 − 6 galaxies from the ALMA-CRISTAL Survey DOI
N. E.P. Lines, R. A.A. Bowler, N. J. Adams, R. Fisher, R. G. Varadaraj, Y. Nakazato, M. Aravena, R. J. Assef, J. E. Birkin, F. Cullen, J. S. Dunlop, D. J. Mcleod, R. J. Mclure et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 3, p. 2685-2706 (2025)
No evidence (yet) for increased star-formation efficiency at early times DOI
C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure, D. J. McLeod and F. Cullen, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 3, p. 2409-2423 (2025)
The AURORA Survey: An Extraordinarily Mature, Star-forming Galaxy at z ∼ 7 DOI
Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, Anthony J. Pahl, Pascal A. Oesch, Danielle A. Berg, Rychard J. Bouwens, Gabriel Brammer, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, Romeel Davé, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure et al., Astrophysical Journal, 981, 2, p. 1-13 (2025)
Quiescent or dusty? Unveiling the nature of extremely red galaxies at z>3 DOI
L. Barrufet, P. Oesch, R. Marques-Chaves, K. Arellano-Cordova, J. F. W. Baggen, A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen, J. S. Dunlop, R. Gottumukkala, Y. Fudamoto, G. D. Illingworth, D. Magee, R. J. McLure, D. J. McLeod et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537, 4, p. 3453-3469 (2025)
The evolution of [O iii]+H equivalent width from z ≃ 3 − 8: implications for the production and escape of ionizing photons during reionization DOI
R. Begley, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, A. C. Carnall, T. M. Stanton, A. E. Shapley, R. Cochrane, C. T. Donnan, R. S. Ellis, A. Fontana, N. A. Grogin et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537, 4, p. 3245-3264 (2025)
The AURORA Survey: A New Era of Emission-line Diagrams with JWST/NIRSpec DOI
Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, Michael W. Topping, Naveen A. Reddy, Danielle A. Berg, Rychard J. Bouwens, Gabriel Brammer, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, Romeel Davé, James S. Dunlop, Richard S. Ellis, N. M. Förster Schreiber, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure et al., Astrophysical Journal, 980, 2, p. 1-15 (2025)
JWST, ALMA, and Keck Spectroscopic Constraints on the UV Luminosity Functions at z ∼ 7–14: Clumpiness and Compactness of the Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe DOI
Yuichi Harikane, Akio K. Inoue, Richard S. Ellis, Masami Ouchi, Yurina Nakazato, Naoki Yoshida, Yoshiaki Ono, Fengwu Sun, Riku A. Sato, Derek J. McLeod, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop et al., Astrophysical Journal, 980, 1, p. 1-26 (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: tracing the chemical enrichment pathways of high-redshift star-forming galaxies with O, Ar and Ne abundances DOI
T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, D. J. McLeod, R. Begley, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, M. L. Hamadouche, R. J. McLure, A. E. Shapley, C. Bondestam and S. Stevenson, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537, 2, p. 1735-1748 (2025)
The JWST-PRIMAL archival survey A JWST/NIRSpec reference sample for the physical properties and Lyman-α absorption and emission of ∼600 galaxies at z = 5.0 − 13.4 DOI
K. E. Heintz, G. B. Brammer, D. Watson, P. A. Oesch, L. C. Keating, M. J. Hayes, Abdurro'uf, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, A. C. Carnall, C. R. Christiansen, F. Cullen, R. Davé, P. Dayal et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, p. 1-20 (2025)
Inferring the distribution of the ionising photon escape fraction DOI
Kimi C. Kreilgaard, Charlotte A. Mason, Fergus Cullen, Ryan Begley and Ross J. McLure, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 692, p. 1-16 (2024)
The JWST EXCELS survey: too much, too young, too fast? Ultra-massive quiescent galaxies at 3 < z < 5 DOI
A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen, R. J. Mclure, D. J. Mcleod, R. Begley, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, A. E. Shapley, K. Rowlands, O. Almaini, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, L. Barrufet, A. Cimatti, R. S. Ellis, N. A. Grogin et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 534, 1, p. 325-348 (2024)
Galaxy build-up in the first 1.5 Gyr of cosmic history: insights from the stellar mass function at z ∼ 4–9 from JWST NIRCam observations DOI
Andrea Weibel, Pascal A. Oesch, Laia Barrufet, Rashmi Gottumukkala, Richard S. Ellis, Paola Santini, John R. Weaver, Natalie Allen, Rychard Bouwens, Rebecca A.A. Bowler, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533, 2, p. 1808-1838 (2024)
JWST PRIMER: a new multifield determination of the evolving galaxy UV luminosity function at redshifts z ≃ 9 -15 DOI
C. T. Donnan, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, D. J. McLeod, D. Magee, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, R. A.A. Bowler, A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen, R. S. Ellis, A. Fontana, G. D. Illingworth, N. A. Grogin et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533, 3, p. 3222-3237 (2024)
JWST observations of galaxy damping wings during reionization interpreted with cosmological simulations DOI
Laura C. Keating, James S. Bolton, Fergus Cullen, Martin G. Haehnelt, Ewald Puchwein and Girish Kulkarni, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532, 2, p. 1646-1658 (2024)
The NIRVANDELS Survey: the stellar and gas-phase mass-metallicity relations of star-forming galaxies at z = 3.5 DOI
T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, A. E. Shapley, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, R. Begley, R. Amorín, L. Barrufet, A. Calabrò, A. C. Carnall, M. Cirasuolo, J. S. Dunlop, C. T. Donnan, M. L. Hamadouche, D. J. McLeod et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532, 3, p. 3102-3119 (2024)
Comparing the VANDELS Sample to a Zoom-in Radiative Hydrodynamical Simulation: Using the Si ii and C ii Line Spectra as Tracers of Galaxy Evolution and Lyman Continuum Leakage DOI
Simon Gazagnes, Fergus Cullen, Valentin Mauerhofer, Ryan Begley, Danielle Berg, Jeremy Blaizot, John Chisholm, Thibault Garel, Floriane Leclercq, Ross J. McLure and Anne Verhamme, Astrophysical Journal, 969, 1, p. 1-14 (2024)
CLASSY. IX. The Chemical Evolution of the Ne, S, Cl, and Ar Elements DOI
Karla Z. Arellano-Córdova, Danielle A. Berg, Matilde Mingozzi, Bethan L. James, Noah S.J. Rogers, Evan D. Skillman, Fergus Cullen, Ryan K. Alexander, Ricardo O. Amorín, John Chisholm et al., Astrophysical Journal, 968, 2, p. 1-24 (2024)
The ultraviolet continuum slopes of high-redshift galaxies: evidence for the emergence of dust-free stellar populations at z > 10 DOI
F. Cullen, D.J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, C.T. Donnan, A. C. Carnall, L.C. Keating, D Magee, K.Z. Arellano-Cordova, R. A. A. Bowler, R. Begley, S.R. Flury, M.L. Hamadouche and T.M. Stanton, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531, 1, p. 997-1020 (2024)
Connecting the escape fraction of Lyman-alpha and Lyman-continuum photons in star-forming galaxies at z≃4−5 DOI
R. Begley, F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, A. E. Shapley, J. S. Dunlop, A. C. Carnall, D. J. McLeod, C. T. Donnan, M. L. Hamadouche and T. M. Stanton, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 2, p. 4040-4051 (2024)
The galaxy UV luminosity function at z≃11 from a suite of public JWST ERS, ERO and Cycle-1 programs DOI
D. J. McLeod, C. T. Donnan, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, D. Magee, R. Begley, A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen, R. S. Ellis, M. L. Hamadouche and T. M. Stanton, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 3, p. 5004-5022 (2024)
Confirmation and refutation of very luminous galaxies in the early Universe DOI
Pablo Arrabal Haro, Mark Dickinson, Steven L. Finkelstein, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Callum T. Donnan, Denis Burgarella, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Vital Fernandez, Seiji Fujimoto, Intae Jung, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure et al., Nature, 622, 7984, p. 707-711 (2023)
Extreme broad He ii emission at high and low redshifts: the dominant role of VMS in NGC 3125-A1 and CDFS131717 DOI
Aida Wofford, Andrés Sixtos, Stephane Charlot, Gustavo Bruzual, Fergus Cullen, Thomas M. Stanton, Svea Hernández, Linda J. Smith and Matthew Hayes, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 3, p. 3949-3966 (2023)
A massive quiescent galaxy at redshift 4.658 DOI
Adam C. Carnall, Ross J. McLure, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Vivienne Wild, Fergus Cullen, Dan Magee, Ryan Begley, Andrea Cimatti, Callum T. Donnan, Massissilia L. Hamadouche, Sophie M. Jewell and Sam Walker, Nature, 619, 7971, p. 716-719 (2023)
The VANDELS survey: the ionizing properties of star-forming galaxies at 3 ≤ z ≤ 5 using deep rest-frame ultraviolet spectroscopy DOI
A. Saldana-Lopez, D. Schaerer, J. Chisholm, A. Calabrò, L. Pentericci, F. Cullen, A. Saxena, R. Amorín, A. C. Carnall, F. Fontanot, J. P.U. Fynbo, D. J. McLeod et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522, 4, p. 6295-6325 (2023)
Insights into the reionization epoch from cosmic-noon-Civ emitters in the VANDELS survey DOI
S. Mascia, L. Pentericci, A. Saxena, D. Belfiori, A. Calabrò, M. Castellano, A. Saldana-Lopez, M. Talia, R. Amorín, F. Cullen, R. J. McLure et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 674, p. 1-16 (2023)
The connection between stellar mass, age and quenching timescale in massive quiescent galaxies at z ≃ 1 DOI
M. L. Hamadouche, A. C. Carnall, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, R. Begley, F. Cullen, D. J. McLeod, C. T. Donnan and T. M. Stanton, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 4, p. 5400-5409 (2023)
A surprising abundance of massive quiescent galaxies at 3 < z < 5 in the first data from JWST CEERS DOI
A. C. Carnall, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, R. Begley, F. Cullen, C. T. Donnan, M. L. Hamadouche, S. M. Jewell, E. W. Jones, C. L. Pollock and V. Wild, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520, 3, p. 3974-3985 (2023)
The abundance of z≳10 galaxy candidates in the HUDF using deep JWST NIRCam medium-band imaging DOI
C. T. Donnan, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen and D. Magee, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520, 3, p. 4554-4561 (2023)
The ultraviolet continuum slopes (β) of galaxies at z ≃ 8 − 16 from JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging DOI
F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, C. T. Donnan, A. C. Carnall, R. A. A. Bowler, R. Begley, M. L. Hamadouche and T. M. Stanton, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520, 1, p. 14-23 (2023)
The evolution of the galaxy UV luminosity function at redshifts z ~ 8-15 from deep JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging DOI
C. T. Donnan, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure, A. C. Carnall, R. Begley, F. Cullen, M. L. Hamadouche, R. A. A. Bowler, D. Magee, H. J. McCracken, B. Milvang-Jensen, A. Moneti and T. Targett, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518, 4, p. 6011-6040 (2023)
A first look at the SMACS0723 JWST ERO: spectroscopic redshifts, stellar masses, and star-formation histories DOI
A. C. Carnall, R. Begley, D. J. McLeod, M. L. Hamadouche, C. T. Donnan, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, B. Milvang-Jensen, C. L. Bondestam, F. Cullen, S. M. Jewell and C. L. Pollock, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518, 1, p. L45-L50 (2023)
The VANDELS survey: a measurement of the average Lyman-continuum escape fraction of star-forming galaxies at z=3.5 DOI
R. Begley, F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, A. Hall, A. C. Carnall, M. L. Hamadouche, D. J. McLeod, R. Amorín, A. Calabrò, A. Fontana, J. P. U. Fynbo, L. Guaita, N. P. Hathi, P. Hibon et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, 3, p. 3510-3525 (2022)
A combined VANDELS and LEGA-C study: the evolution of quiescent galaxy size, stellar mass, and age from z = 0.6 to z = 1.3 DOI
M. L. Hamadouche, A. C. Carnall, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, D. J. McLeod, F. Cullen, R. Begley, M. Bolzonella, F. Buitrago, M. Castellano, O. Cucciati, A. Fontana, A. Gargiulo et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512, 1, p. 1262-1274 (2022)
The stellar metallicities of massive quiescent galaxies at 1.0 < z < 1.3 from KMOS+VANDELS DOI
Adam C. Carnall, Ross J. McLure, James S. Dunlop, Massissilia Hamadouche, Fergus Cullen, Derek J. McLeod, Ryan Begley, Ricardo Amorin, Micol Bolzonella, Marco Castellano, Andrea Cimatti, Fabio Fontanot, Adriana Gargiulo et al., Astrophysical Journal, 929, 2, p. 1-12 (2022)
The NIRVANDELS Survey: DOI
F. Cullen, A. E. Shapley, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, R. L. Sanders, M. W. Topping, N. A. Reddy, R. Amorin, R. Begley, M. Bolzonella, A. Calabro, A. C. Carnall, M. Castellano et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505, 1, p. 903-920 (2021)
The evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function over the last twelve billion years from a combination of ground-based and HST surveys DOI
D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall and K. Duncan, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503, 3, p. 4413-4435 (2021)
The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey final Data Release of 2087 spectra and spectroscopic measurements DOI
B. Garilli, R. McLure, L. Pentericci, P. Franzetti, A. Gargiulo, A. Carnall, O. Cucciati, A. Iovino, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, F. Cullen, J. Dunlop, D. McLeod et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 647, p. 1-15 (2021)
The First Robust Constraints on the Relationship Between Dust-to-Gas Ratio and Metallicity in Luminous Star-forming Galaxies at High Redshift DOI
Alice E. Shapley, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Ross J. McLure, Mariska Kriek, Naveen A. Reddy and Ryan L. Sanders, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 903, 1, p. 1-6 (2020)
Timing the earliest quenching events with a robust sample of massive quiescent galaxies at 2 <z <5 DOI
A. C. Carnall, S. Walker, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, D. J. McLeod, F. Cullen, V. Wild, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, M. Castellano, A. Cimatti, O. Cucciati, A. Fontana, A. Gargiulo et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496, 1, p. 695-707 (2020)
The VANDELS survey: DOI
F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, A. C. Carnall, D. J. McLeod, A. E. Shapley, R. Amorín, M. Bolzonella, M. Castellano, A. Cimatti, M. Cirasuolo, O. Cucciati, A. Fontana, F. Fontanot et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495, 1, p. 1501-1510 (2020)
The properties of He IIλ1640 emitters at z ∼ 2.5–5 from the VANDELS survey DOI
A. Saxena, L. Pentericci, M. Mirabelli, D. Schaerer, R. Schneider, F. Cullen, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, A. C. Carnall, M. Castellano, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 636 (2020)
The Intergalactic medium transmission towards z>4 galaxies with VANDELS and the impact of dust attenuation DOI
R. Thomas, L. Pentericci, O. Le Fèvre, G. Zamorani, D. Schaerer, R. Amorin, M. Castellano, A. C. Carnall, S. Cristiani, F. Cullen, S. L. Finkelstein, D. McLeod, R. J. McLure et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 634 (2020)
HST Imaging of the Ionizing Radiation from a Star-forming Galaxy at z = 3.794 DOI
Zhiyuan Ji, Mauro Giavalisco, Eros Vanzella, Brian Siana, Laura Pentericci, Anne Jaskot, Teng Liu, Mario Nonino, Henry C. Ferguson, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, Derek McLeod et al., Astrophysical Journal, 888, 2 (2020)
The VANDELS survey DOI
A. C. Carnall, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, F. Cullen, D. J. McLeod, V. Wild, B. D. Johnson, S. Appleby, R. Davé, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, M. Castellano, A. Cimatti, O. Cucciati, A. Gargiulo et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490, 1, p. 417-439 (2019)
The VANDELS survey: the role of ISM and galaxy physical properties in the escape of Lyα emission in z ∼ 3.5 star-forming galaxies⋆ DOI
F. Marchi, L. Pentericci, L. Guaita, M. Talia, M. Castellano, N. Hathi, D. Schaerer, R. Amorin, A. C. Carnall, S. Charlot, F. Cullen, R. J. McLure et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics (2019)
High-velocity outflows in massive post-starburst galaxies at z > 1 DOI
David T. Maltby, Omar Almaini, Ross J. McLure, Vivienne Wild, James Dunlop, Kate Rowlands, William G. Hartley, Nina A. Hatch, Miguel Socolovsky, Aaron Wilkinson, Ricardo Amorin, Adam C. Carnall, Fergus Cullen, Derek J. McLeod et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489, 1, p. 1139-1151 (2019)
Optimal neighbourhood to nurture giants DOI
Bhaskar Agarwal, Fergus Cullen, Sadegh Khochfar, Daniel Ceverino and Ralf S. Klessen, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2019)
The VANDELS survey: the stellar metallicities of star-forming galaxies at 2.5<z<5.0 DOI
F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, S. Khochfar, R. Davé, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. C. Carnall, M. Castellano, A. Cimatti, M. Cirasuolo, G. Cresci, J. P. U. Fynbo, F. Fontanot, A. Gargiulo et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487, 2, p. 2038–2060 (2019)
Maximising the power of deep extragalactic imaging surveys with the James Webb Space Telescope DOI
T. W. Kemp, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure, C. Schreiber, A. C. Carnall and F. Cullen, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486, 3, p. 3087-3104 (2019)
The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey DOI
R J Mclure, L Pentericci, A Cimatti, J S Dunlop, D Elbaz, A Fontana, K Nandra, R Amorin, M Bolzonella, A Bongiorno, A C Carnall, M Castellano, F Cullen et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479, 1, p. 25–42 (2018)
The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: Observations and first data release DOI
L. Pentericci, R. J. McLure, B. Garilli, O. Cucciati, P. Franzetti, A. Iovino, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, A. C. Carnall, M. Castellano, F. Cullen, J. S. Dunlop et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 616 (2018)
The VANDELS survey: Dust attenuation in star-forming galaxies at z = 3 - 4 DOI
F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, S. Khochfar, J. S. Dunlop, C. Dalla Vecchia, A. C. Carnall, N. Bourne, M. Castellano, A. Cimatti, M. Cirasuolo, D. Elbaz, J. P. U. Fynbo, B. Garilli, A. Koekemoer et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476, 3, p. 3218-3232 (2018)
Dust attenuation in 2 < z < 3 star-forming galaxies from deep ALMA observations of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field DOI
R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, F. Cullen, N. Bourne, P. N. Best, S. Khochfar, R. A. A. Bowler, A. D. Biggs, J. E. Geach, D. Scott, M. J. Michałowski, W. Rujopakarn, E. van Kampen, A. Kirkpatrick et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476, 3, p. 3991–4006 (2018)
The First Billion Years project: constraining the dust attenuation law of star-forming galaxies at z ≃ 5 DOI
F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, S. Khochfar, J. S. Dunlop and C. Dalla Vecchia, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470, 3, p. 3006-3026 (2017)
EGG: hatching a mock Universe from empirical prescriptions⋆ DOI
C. Schreiber, D. Elbaz, M. Pannella, E. Merlin, M. Castellano, A. Fontana, N. Bourne, K. Boutsia, F. Cullen, J. Dunlop, Harry C. Ferguson et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 602, June2017 (2017)
Effects of binary stellar populations on direct collapse black hole formation DOI
Bhaskar Agarwal, Fergus Cullen, Sadegh Khochfar, Ralf S. Klessen, Simon C. O. Glover and Jarrett Johnson, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 468, 1 (2017)
The evolution of the equivalent width of the Hα emission line and specific star formation rate in star-forming galaxies at 1 < z < 5 DOI
E. Marmol-Queralto, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen, J. S. Dunlop, A. Fontana and D. J. McLeod, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460, 4, p. 3587-3597 (2016)
Changing physical conditions in star-forming galaxies between redshifts 0 <z <4: [O III]/H β evolution DOI
F. Cullen, M. Cirasuolo, L. J. Kewley, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop and R. A. A. Bowler, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460, 3, p. 3002-3013 (2016)
The ASTRODEEP Frontier Fields catalogues. I. Multiwavelength photometry of Abell-2744 and MACS-J0416 DOI
E. Merlin, R. Amorín, M. Castellano, A. Fontana, F. Buitrago, J. S. Dunlop, D. Elbaz, A. Boucaud, N. Bourne, K. Boutsia, F. Cullen et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 590, June 2016 (2016)
The ASTRODEEP Frontier Fields catalogues. II. Photometric redshifts and rest frame properties in Abell-2744 and MACS-J0416 DOI
M. Castellano, R. Amorín, E. Merlin, A. Fontana, R. J. McLure, E. Mármol-Queraltó, A. Mortlock, S. Parsa, J. S. Dunlop, D. Elbaz, I. Balestra, F. Cullen et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 590 (2016)
Determining the stellar masses of submillimetre galaxies DOI
Michal J. Michalowski, Christopher C. Hayward, James S. Dunlop, Victoria Bruce, Michele Cirasuolo, Fergus Cullen and Lars Hernquist, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 571 (2014)
The mass-metallicity-star formation rate relation at z > 2 with 3D Hubble Space Telescope DOI
F. Cullen, M. Cirasuolo, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop and R. A. A. Bowler, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440, 3, p. 2300-2312 (2014)

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