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

The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) VI. Optical identifications for the second data release DOI
M. J. Hardcastle, M. A. Horton, W. L. Williams, K. J. Duncan, L. Alegre, B. Barkus, J. H. Croston, H. Dickinson, E. Osinga, H. J. A. Röttgering, P. N. Best, R. Kondapally et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 678, p. 1-29 (2023)
Cosmology from LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Data Release 2: Angular Clustering of Radio Sources
C. L. Hale, D. J. Schwarz, P. N. Best, S. J. Nakoneczny, D. Alonso, D. Bacon, L. Böhme, N. Bhardwaj, M. Bilicki, S. Camera, K. J. Duncan et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2023)
Cosmic evolution of radio-AGN feedback: confronting models with data DOI
Rohit Kondapally, Philip N. Best, Mojtaba Raouf, Nicole L. Thomas, Romeel Davé, Stanislav S. Shabala, Huub J. A. Röttgering, Martin J. Hardcastle, Matteo Bonato, Rachel K. Cochrane, Katarzyna Małek, Leah K. Morabito et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 4, p. 5292-5305 (2023)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Deep Fields Data Release 1. V. Survey description, source classifications and host galaxy properties DOI
P. N. Best, R. Kondapally, W. L. Williams, R. K. Cochrane, K. J. Duncan, C. L. Hale, P. Haskell, K. Malek, I. McCheyne, D. J. B. Smith, L. Wang, A. Botteon et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 2, p. 1729-1755 (2023)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: the radio view of the cosmic star formation history DOI
R. K. Cochrane, R. Kondapally, P. N. Best, J. Sabater, K. J. Duncan, D. J. B. Smith, M. J. Hardcastle, H. J. A. Röttgering, I. Prandoni, P. Haskell, G. Gürkan et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 4, p. 6082-6102 (2023)

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