Publications by Laura Keating

The THESAN project: Lyman-alpha emitters as probes of ionized bubble sizes DOI
Meredith Neyer, Aaron Smith, Mark Vogelsberger, Luz Ángela García, Rahul Kannan, Enrico Garaldi and Laura Keating, The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9, p. 1-18 (2026)
Metallicity Gradients in Modern Cosmological Simulations II: The Role of Bursty Versus Smooth Feedback at High-Redshift DOI
Alex M. Garcia, Paul Torrey, Aniket Bhagwat, Xuejian Shen, Mark Vogelsberger, William McClymont, Jaya Nagarajan-Swenson, Sophia G. Ridolfo, Peixin Zhu, Laura Keating et al., Astrophysical Journal, 1001, 2, p. 1-16 (2026)
A dense web of neutral gas in a galaxy proto-cluster post-reionization DOI
Kasper E. Heintz, Jake S. Bennett, Pascal A. Oesch, Albert Sneppen, Douglas Rennehan, Joris Witstok, Renske Smit, Simone Vejlgaard, Chamilla Terp, Romeel Davé, Laura C. Keating et al., Nature Astronomy, 10, 3, p. 448-456 (2026)
E-XQR-30: evidence for an increase in the ionization state of metal absorbers from z ∼ 6 to z ∼ 2 DOI
Stephanie Rowlands, R. L. Davies, E. Ryan-Weber, L. C. Keating, A. M. Sebastian, G. D. Becker, M. Bischetti, I Bosman S. E., H. Chen, F. B. Davies et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546, 1, p. 1-13 (2026)
The thesan-zoom project: Star-formation efficiencies in high-redshift galaxies DOI
Xuejian Shen, Rahul Kannan, Ewald Puchwein, Aaron Smith, Mark Vogelsberger, Josh Borrow, Enrico Garaldi, Laura Keating, Oliver Zier, William McClymont et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 4, p. 1-22 (2026)
The thesan-zoom project: the hidden neighbours of O i absorbers during reionization DOI
Giulia Pruto, Laura Keating, Rahul Kannan, Ewald Puchwein, Aaron Smith, Josh Borrow, Enrico Garaldi, Mark Vogelsberger, Oliver Zier, William McClymont et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546, 2, p. 1-20 (2026)
The thesan-zoom project: Mystery N/O more — uncovering the origin of peculiar chemical abundances and a not-so-fundamental metallicity relation at 3 < z < 12 DOI
William McClymont, Sandro Tacchella, Aaron Smith, Rahul Kannan, Enrico Garaldi, Ewald Puchwein, Yuki Isobe, Xihan Ji, Xuejian Shen, Laura Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 1, p. 1-23 (2026)
Overmassive black holes in the early Universe can be explained by gas-rich, dark matter-dominated galaxies DOI
William McClymont, Sandro Tacchella, Xihan Ji, Rahul Kannan, Roberto Maiolino, Charlotte Simmonds, Aaron Smith, Ewald Puchwein, Enrico Garaldi, Laura Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 1, p. 1-8 (2026)
Updated dark pixel fraction constraints on reionization's end from the Lyman-series forests of XQR-30 DOI
Frederick B. Davies, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Valentina D'Odorico, Sofia Campo, Andrei Mesinger, Yuxiang Qin, George D. Becker, Eduardo Bañados, Huanqing Chen, Laura C. Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 2, p. 1-19 (2026)
TheTHESAN-ZOOM project: central starbursts and inside-out quenching govern galaxy sizes in the early Universe DOI
William McClymont, Sandro Tacchella, Aaron Smith, Rahul Kannan, Ewald Puchwein, Josh Borrow, Enrico Garaldi, Laura Keating, Mark Vogelsberger, Oliver Zier et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544, 2, p. 1732-1747 (2025)
The clustering of C iv and Si iv at the end of reionisation A perspective from the E-XQR-30 survey DOI
Louise Welsh, Valentina D'Odorico, Fabio Fontanot, Rebecca Davies, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Guido Cupani, George Becker, Laura Keating, Emma Ryan-Weber, Manuela Bischetti et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 703, p. 1-11 (2025)
The THESAN-ZOOM project: burst, quench, repeat – unveiling the evolution of high-redshift galaxies along the star-forming main sequence DOI
William McClymont, Sandro Tacchella, Aaron Smith, Rahul Kannan, Ewald Puchwein, Josh Borrow, Enrico Garaldi, Laura Keating, Mark Vogelsberger, Oliver Zier et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544, 1, p. 513-534 (2025)
The THESAN-ZOOM project: Population III star formation continues until the end of reionization DOI
Oliver Zier, Rahul Kannan, Aaron Smith, Ewald Puchwein, Mark Vogelsberger, Josh Borrow, Enrico Garaldi, Laura Keating, William Mcclymont, Xuejian Shen et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544, 1, p. 410-429 (2025)
The THESAN–ZOOM project: long-term imprints of external reionization on galaxy evolution DOI
Oliver Zier, Rahul Kannan, Aaron Smith, Ewald Puchwein, Mark Vogelsberger, Josh Borrow, Enrico Garaldi, Laura Keating, William Mcclymont, Xuejian Shen et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544, 1, p. 391-409 (2025)
Introducing the THESAN-ZOOM project: radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of high-redshift galaxies with a multi-phase interstellar medium DOI
Rahul Kannan, Ewald Puchwein, Aaron Smith, Josh Borrow, Enrico Garaldi, Laura Keating, Mark Vogelsberger, Oliver Zier, William McClymont, Xuejian Shen et al., The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 8, p. 1-26 (2025)
The impact of faint AGN discovered by JWST on reionization DOI
Shikhar Asthana, Martin G. Haehnelt, Girish Kulkarni, James S. Bolton, Prakash Gaikwad, Laura C. Keating and Ewald Puchwein, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 542, 4, p. 2968-2986 (2025)
Extended red wings and the visibility of reionization-epoch Lyman- emitters DOI
Yuxuan Yuan, Sergio Martin-Alvarez, Martin G. Haehnelt, Thibault Garel, Laura Keating, Joris Witstok and Debora Sijacki, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 542, 2, p. 762-789 (2025)
The Lyman α emitter bispectrum as a probe of reionization morphology DOI
Soumak Maitra, Girish Kulkarni, Shikhar Asthana, James S. Bolton, Martin G. Haehnelt and Laura Keating, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 542, 1, p. 486-507 (2025)
How probable is the Ly-α damping wing in the spectrum of the redshift z = 5.9896 quasar ULAS J0148+0600? DOI
Fiona Sawyer, James S. Bolton, George D. Becker, Luke Conaboy, Martin G. Haehnelt, Laura Keating, Girish Kulkarni and Ewald Puchwein, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 3, p. 2238-2252 (2025)
The connection between high-redshift galaxies and Lyman α transmission in the Sherwood-Relics simulations of patchy reionization DOI
Luke Conaboy, James S. Bolton, Laura C. Keating, Martin G. Haehnelt, Girish Kulkarni and Ewald Puchwein, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 3, p. 2790-2805 (2025)
The ionizing photon budget and effective clumping factor in radiative transfer simulations calibrated to Lyman-alpha forest data DOI
Shikhar Asthana, Girish Kulkarni, Martin G. Haehnelt, James S. Bolton, Laura C. Keating and Charlotte Simmonds, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 539, 1, p. L18-L23 (2025)
Percent-level timing of reionisation: Self-consistent, implicit-likelihood inference from XQR-30+ Lyα forest data DOI
Yuxiang Qin, Andrei Mesinger, David Prelogovic, George Becker, Manuela Bischetti, Sarah Bosman, Frederick Davies, Valentina D'Odorico, Prakash Gaikwad, Laura Keating et al., Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 42, p. 1-21 (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)
Damping wing-like features in the stacked Ly α forest: Potential neutral hydrogen islands at z < 6 DOI
Yongda Zhu, George D. Becker, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Christopher Cain, Laura C. Keating, Fahad Nasir, Valentina D'Odorico, Eduardo Bañados, Fuyan Bian, Manuela Bischetti et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 533, 1, p. L49-L56 (2024)
Late-end reionization with ATON-HE: towards constraints from Ly α emitters observed with JWST DOI
Shikhar Asthana, Martin G. Haehnelt, Girish Kulkarni, Dominique Aubert, James S. Bolton and Laura C. Keating, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533, 3, p. 2843-2866 (2024)
Robustness of direct measurements of the mean free path of ionizing photons in the epoch of reionization DOI
Sindhu Satyavolu, Girish Kulkarni, Laura C. Keating and Martin G. Haehnelt, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533, 1, p. 676-686 (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 Lyman-limit photon mean free path at the end of late reionisation in the Sherwood-Relics simulations DOI
Jennifer Feron, Luke Conaboy, James S. Bolton, Emma Chapman, Martin G. Haehnelt, Laura C. Keating, Girish Kulkarni and Ewald Puchwein, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532, 2, p. 2401-2417 (2024)
Evidence of Pop III stars' chemical signature in neutral gas at z ~ 6: A study based on the E-XQR-30 spectroscopic sample DOI
Alessio Sodini, Valentina D'Odorico, Stefania Salvadori, Irene Vanni, Manuela Bischetti, Guido Cupani, Rebecca Davies, George D. Becker, Eduardo Bañados, Laura Keating et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 687, p. 1-44 (2024)
Chronicling the Reionization History at 6 ≲ z ≲ 7 with Emergent Quasar Damping Wings DOI
Dominika Ďurovčíková, Anna-Christina Eilers, Huanqing Chen, Sindhu Satyavolu, Girish Kulkarni, Robert A. Simcoe, Laura C. Keating, Martin G. Haehnelt and Eduardo Bañados, Astrophysical Journal, 969, 2, p. 1-22 (2024)
Measurements of the $z$ > 5 Lyman-$\alpha$ forest flux auto-correlation functions from the extended XQR-30 data set DOI
Molly Wolfson, Joseph F. Hennawi, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Frederick B. Davies, Zarija Lukić, George D. Becker, Huanqing Chen, Guido Cupani, Valentina D'Odorico, Laura C. Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531, 3, p. 3069-3087 (2024)
Investigating the characteristic shape and scatter of intergalactic damping wings during reionization DOI
Laura C. Keating, Ewald Puchwein, James S. Bolton, Martin G. Haehnelt and Girish Kulkarni, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 531, 1, p. L34-L39 (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)
E-XQR-30: The evolution of Mg ii, C ii, and O i across 2 < z < 6 DOI
Alma Maria Sebastian, Emma Ryan-Weber, Rebecca L. Davies, George D. Becker, Laura C. Keating, Valentina D'Odorico, Romain A. Meyer, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Guido Cupani, Girish Kulkarni et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530, 2, p. 1829-1848 (2024)
IGM damping wing constraints on the tail end of reionisation from the enlarged XQR-30 sample DOI
B Greig, A Mesinger, E Bañados, G D Becker, S E I Bosman, H Chen, F B Davies, V D'Odorico, A-C Eilers, L Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530, 3, p. 3208-3227 (2024)
Constraints on the Evolution of the Ionizing Background and Ionizing Photon Mean Free Path at the End of Reionization DOI
Frederick B. Davies, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Prakash Gaikwad, Fahad Nasir, Joseph F. Hennawi, George D. Becker, Martin G. Haehnelt, Valentina D'Odorico, Manuela Bischetti, Laura C. Keating et al., Astrophysical Journal, 965, 2, p. 1-17 (2024)
COMAP Early Science: VIII. A Joint Stacking Analysis with eBOSS Quasars DOI
Delaney A. Dunne, Kieran A. Cleary, Patrick C. Breysse, Dongwoo T. Chung, Havard T. Ihle, J. Richard Bond, Hans Kristian Eriksen, Joshua Ott Gundersen, Laura C. Keating, Junhan Kim et al., Astrophysical Journal, 965, 1, p. 1-21 (2024)
The 21-cm bispectrum from neutral hydrogen islands at z < 6 DOI
Janakee Raste, Girish Kulkarni, Catherine A. Watkinson, Laura C. Keating and Martin G. Haehnelt, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529, 1, p. 129-140 (2024)
Unveiling Dark Matter free-streaming at the smallest scales with high redshift Lyman-alpha forest DOI
Vid Iršič, Matteo Viel, Martin G. Haehnelt, James S. Bolton, Margherita Molaro, Ewald Puchwein, Elisa Boera, George D. Becker, Prakash Gaikwad, Laura C. Keating et al., Physical Review D, 109, 4, p. 1-23 (2024)
Searching for C ii Emission from the First Sample of z ∼ 6 O i Absorption-associated Galaxies with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array DOI
Yunjing Wu, Zheng Cai, Jianan Li, Kristian Finlator, Marcel Neeleman, J. Xavier Prochaska, Bjorn H. C. Emonts, Shiwu Zhang, Feige Wang, Laura C. Keating et al., Astrophysical Journal, 958, 1, p. 1-12 (2023)
Measuring the photo-ionization rate, neutral fraction and mean free path of HI ionizing photons at 4.9≤z≤6.0 from a large sample of XShooter and ESI spectra DOI
Prakash Gaikwad, Martin G. Haehnelt, Frederick B. Davies, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Margherita Molaro, Girish Kulkarni, Valentina D'Odorico, George D. Becker, Rebecca L. Davies, Laura C. Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525, 3, p. 4093-4120 (2023)
Probing Ultra-late Reionization: Direct Measurements of the Mean Free Path over 5<z<6 DOI
Yongda Zhu, George D. Becker, Holly M. Christenson, Anson D'Aloisio, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Tom Bakx, Valentina D'Odorico, Manuela Bischetti, Christopher Cain, Laura C. Keating et al., Astrophysical Journal, 955, 2, p. 1-13 (2023)
New quasar proximity zone size measurements at z similar to 6 using the enlarged XQR-30 sample DOI
Sindhu Satyavolu, Anna-Christina Eilers, Girish Kulkarni, Emma Ryan-Weber, Rebecca L Davies, George D Becker, Sarah E I Bosman, Bradley Greig, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Laura C Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522, 4, p. 4918-4933 (2023)
XQR-30: The ultimate XSHOOTER quasar sample at the reionization epoch DOI
Valentina D'Odorico, E. Banados, G. D. Becker, M. Bischetti, S. E. I. Bosman, G. Cupani, R. Davies, E. P. Farina, A. Ferrara, L. Keating et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 1, p. 1399-1420 (2023)
Possible evidence for a large-scale enhancement in the Lyman-a forest power spectrum at redshift z≥4 DOI
Margherita Molaro, Vid Irsic, James S Bolton, Maggie Lieu, Laura C Keating, Ewald Puchwein, Martin G Haehnelt and Matteo Viel, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 1, p. 1489-1501 (2023)
The need for obscured supermassive black hole growth to explain quasar proximity zones in the epoch of reionization DOI
Sindhu Satyavolu, Girish Kulkarni, Laura C. Keating and Martin G. Haehnelt, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 2, p. 3108-3126 (2023)
Probing quasar lifetimes with proximate 21-centimetre absorption in the diffuse intergalactic medium at redshifts z ≥ 6 DOI
Tomáš Šoltinský, James S. Bolton, Margherita Molaro, Nina Hatch, Martin G. Haehnelt, Laura C. Keating, Girish Kulkarni and Ewald Puchwein, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519, 2, p. 3027-3045 (2023)

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Publications by Laura Keating