James Aird

Prof J. Aird

Position: Professor (Personal Chair) of X-ray Astronomy, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Category: Academic staff
Location: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE)
Room C25

James is a member of the following School research institute:

Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei in SDSS-V: Host-Galaxy Properties and Black-Hole Scaling Relations DOI
Grisha Zeltyn, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Michael Eracleous, Scott F. Anderson, Claudio Ricci, Andrea Merloni, Jessie Runnoe, Mirko Krumpe, James Aird, Roberto J. Assef et al., Astrophysical Journal, 1002, 1, p. 1-27 (2026)
C IV wind properties of the SDSS-V X-ray selected quasars: strong optical-to-UV emission is key regardless of X-ray strength DOI
Amy L. Rankine, David Homan, James Aird, Pranavi Hiremath, Scott F. Anderson, Roberto J. Assef, Franz E. Bauer, W. N. Brandt, Marcella Brusa, Johannes Buchner, Maria Chira et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 4, p. 1-21 (2026)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey. V. Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy DOI
Sloan Digital Sky Survey V, Juna A. Kollmeier, James Aird and Amy Rankine, Astronomical Journal, 171, 1, p. 1-46 (2025)
Exploring the X-ray-radio connection for AGN via measurements of the multi-dimensional luminosity function DOI
Clara M. Pennock, James Aird and Cassandra L. Barlow-Hall, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544, 2, p. 1779-1798 (2025)
What drives the growth of black holes: A decade of progress DOI
D. M. Alexander, R. C. Hickox, J. Aird, F. Combes, T. Costa, M. Habouzit, C. M. Harrison, R. I. Leng, L. K. Morabito, S. L. Uckelman et al., New Astronomy Reviews, 101, p. 1-122 (2025)