Philip Best

Professor P N Best, FRSE

Position: Professor of Extragalactic Astrophysics
Category: Academic staff
Location: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE)
Room C21

School research affiliations

Philip is a member of the following School research institute:

Institute for Astronomy

Research interests

Observational cosmology, studies of galaxy formation, and the high redshift Universe.
Active galactic nuclei (AGN), in particular their host galaxies, and their influence on galaxy evolution.
Radio astronomy, the cosmic evolution of radio sources, their growth, and radio source shocks
Star-forming galaxies at high redshift, and the star-formation history of the Universe
Clusters and groups of galaxies, and the effect of environment on the nature and properties of galaxies.

Administrative roles

I am currently Head of the Institute for Astronomy

I have designed, organised and lectured a number of different courses, from pre-honours to Masters level, as well as serving on the School's Teaching Committee for five years, and being Senior Director of Studies of four years. Currently, I organise and lecture the SH/IM level course "High Energy Astrophysics" as well as leading the "Telescope Group Project" and supervising Senior Honours and Integrated Masters projects.

Recent news

Philip has featured in the following recent School news stories:

Publications

Recent publications

Extremely deep 150 MHz source counts from the LoTSS Deep Fields DOI
S. Mandal, I. Prandoni, M. J. Hardcastle, T. W. Shimwell, H. T. Intema, C. Tasse, R. J. van Weeren, H. Algera, K. L. Emig, P. N. Best et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 648, p. 1-19 (2021)
LOFAR Deep Fields: probing a broader population of polarized radio galaxies in ELAIS-N1 DOI
N. Herrera Ruiz, S. P. O'Sullivan, V. Vacca, V Jelic, B. Nikiel-Wroczyński, S. Bourke, J. Sabater, R. -J. Dettmar, G Heald, P. N. Best et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 648, p. 1-13 (2021)
LOFAR Properties of SILVERRUSH Lyα Emitter Candidates in the ELAIS-N1 Field DOI
A J Gloudemans, K. J. Duncan, Rohit Kondapally, J. Sabater, R K Cochrane, H. J. A. Röttgering, P. N. Best, M. Bonato, M Bondi, K Malek, I. McCheyne et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 648, p. 1-17 (2021)
Low-frequency monitoring of flare star binary CR Draconis: DOI
J. R. Callingham, B. J. S. Pope, A. D. Feinstein, H. K. Vedantham, T. W. Shimwell, P. Zarka, C. Tasse, L. Lamy, K. Veken, P. N. Best et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 648, p. 1-15 (2021)
The best of both worlds: Combining LOFAR and Apertif to derive resolved radio spectral index images DOI
R Morganti, T A Oosterloo, M Brienza, N. Jurlin, I Prandoni, E Orru, S S Shabala, E A K Adams, B Adebahr, P. N. Best et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 648, p. 1-16 (2021)

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