John Stott Durham University Extragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology Group

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I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in Astrophysics at the Durham University Extragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology Group. My research concentrates on the evolution of the members of rich galaxy clusters, AGN feedback and high redshift star formation. My CV can be found here
Recent Publications: An up to date list of my publications on ADS can be found here The merger rates and sizes of galaxies across the peak epoch of star formation from the HiZELS survey Stott, John P.; Sobral, David; Smail, Ian; Bower, Richard; Best, Philip N.; Geach, James E. 2013, MNRAS, 430, 1158, arXiv:1212.4834 A large, multi-epoch Halpha survey at z=2.23, 1.47, 0.84 & 0.40: the 11 Gyr evolution of star-forming galaxies from HiZELS Sobral, David; Smail, Ian; Best, Philip N.; Geach, James E.; Matsuda, Yuichi; Stott, John P.; Cirasuolo, Michele; Kurk, Jaron 2013, MNRAS, 428, 1128, arXiv:1202.3436 The XMM Cluster Survey: The interplay between the brightest cluster galaxy and the intra-cluster medium via AGN feedback Stott, John P.; Hickox, Ryan C.; Edge, Alastair C.; Collins, Chris A.; Hilton, Matt; Harrison, Craig D.; Romer, A. Kathy; Rooney, Philip J.; Kay, Scott T.; Miller, Christopher J.; Sahlen, Martin; Lloyd-Davies, Ed J.; Mehrtens, Nicola; Hoyle, Ben; Liddle, Andrew R.; Viana, Pedro T. P.; McCarthy, Ian G.; Schaye, Joop; Booth, C. M. 2012, MNRAS, 422, 2213, arXiv:1202.3787, Online Data The clustering of H-alpha emitters at z=2.23 from HiZELS Geach, J. E.; Sobral, D.; Hickox, R. C.; Wake, D. A.; Smail, Ian; Best, P. N.; Baugh, C. M.; Stott, J. P. 2012, MNRAS, 426, 679, arXiv1206.4052 The XMM Cluster Survey: evidence for energy injection at high redshift from evolution of the X-ray luminosity-temperature relation Hilton, Matt; Romer, A. Kathy; Kay, Scott T.; Mehrtens, Nicola; Lloyd-Davies, E. J.; Thomas, Peter A.; Short, Chris J.; Mayers, Julian A.; Rooney, Philip J.; Stott, John P. et al. 2012, MNRAS, 424, 2086 Measurement of the intracluster light at z=1 Burke, Claire; Collins, Chris A.; Stott, John P.; Hilton, Matt 2012, MNRAS, 425, 2058, arXiv1206.4735 The LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South: clustering of submillimetre galaxies Hickox, Ryan C.; Wardlow, J. L.; Smail, Ian; Myers, A. D.; Alexander, D. M.; Swinbank, A. M.; Danielson, A. L. R.; Stott, J. P.; Chapman, S. C.; Coppin, K. E. K.; Dunlop, J. S.; Gawiser, E.; Lutz, D.; van der Werf, P.; WeiB, A. 2012, MNRAS, 421, 284, arXiv:1112.0321 The XMM Cluster Survey: Optical analysis methodology and the first data release Mehrtens, Nicola; Romer, A. Kathy; Lloyd-Davies, E. J.; Hilton, Matt; Miller, Christopher J.; Stanford, S. A.; Hosmer, Mark; Hoyle, Ben; Collins, Chris A.; Liddle, Andrew R.; Viana, Pedro T. P.; Nichol, Robert C.; Stott, John P. et al. 2012, MNRAS, 423, 1024, arXiv:1106.3056 The XMM Cluster Survey: Predicted overlap with the Planck Cluster Catalogue Viana, Pedro T. P.; da Silva, Antonio; Ramos, Elsa P. R. G.; Liddle, Andrew R.; Lloyd-Davies, E. J.; Romer, A. Kathy; Kay, Scott T.; Collins, Chris A.; Hilton, Matt; Hosmer, Mark; Hoyle, Ben; Mehrtens, Nicola; Miller, Christopher J.; Sahlen, Martin; Stanford, S. Adam; Stott, John P. 2012, MNRAS, 422, 1007, arXiv:1109.1828 The XMM Cluster Survey: The Stellar Mass Assembly of Fossil Galaxies Harrison, Craig D.; Miller, Christopher J.; Richards, Joseph W.; Lloyd-Davies, E. J.; Hoyle, Ben; Romer, A. Kathy; Mehrtens, Nicola; Hilton, Matt; Stott, John P.*; Capozzi, Diego; Collins, Chris A.; Deadman, Paul-James; Liddle, Andrew R.; Sahlen, Martin; Stanford, S. Adam; Viana, Pedro T. P. 2012, ApJ, 752, 12, arXiv:1202.4450 The evolution of K and the halo occupation distribution since z= 1.5: observations versus simulations Capozzi, Diego; Collins, Chris A.; Stott, John P.; Hilton, Matt 2012, MNRAS, 419, 282, arXiv:1109.5735 The Cosmic History of Hot Gas Cooling and Radio AGN Activity in Massive Early-Type Galaxies Danielson, A. L. R.; Lehmer, B. D.; Alexander, D. M.; Brandt, W. N.; Luo, B.; Miller, N.; Xue, Y. Q.; Stott, J. P. 2012, MNRAS, 422, 494, arXiv:1202.0041 Little change in the sizes of the most massive galaxies since z=1 Stott, J. P.; Collins, C. A.; Burke, C.; Hamilton-Morris, V.; Smith, G. P. 2011, MNRAS, 414, 445, arXiv:1101.4652 The XMM Cluster Survey: X-ray analysis methodology Lloyd-Davies, E. J.; Romer, A. Kathy; Hosmer, Mark; Mehrtens, Nicola; Davidson, Michael; Sabirli, Kivanc; Mann, Robert G.; Hilton, Matt; Liddle, Andrew R.; Viana, Pedro T. P.; Campbell, Heather C.; Collins, Chris A.; Dubois, E. Naomi; Freeman, Peter; Hoyle, Ben; Kay, Scott T.; Kuwertz, Emma; Miller, Christopher J.; Nichol, Robert C.; Sahlen, Martin; Stanford, S. Adam; Stott, John P. 2011, MNRAS, 418, 14, arXiv:1010.0677 Clustering properties of high-redshift red galaxies in SA22 from the UKIDSS Deep eXtragalactic Survey Kim, J.-W.; Edge, A. C.; Wake, D. A.; Stott, J. P. 2011, MNRAS, 410, 241 The XMM Cluster Survey: The Build-up of Stellar Mass in Brightest Cluster Galaxies at High Redshift Stott, J. P.; Collins, C. A.; Sahlen, M.; Hilton, M.; Lloyd-Davies, E.; Capozzi, D.; Hosmer, M.; Liddle, A. R.; Mehrtens, N.; Miller, C. J.; Romer, A. K.; Stanford, S. A.; Viana, P. T. P.; Davidson, M.; Hoyle, B.; Kay, S. T.; Nichol, R. C. 2010, ApJ, 718, 23 The XMM Cluster Survey: Active Galactic Nuclei and Starburst Galaxies in XMMXCS J2215.9-1738 at z=1.46 Hilton, Matt; Lloyd-Davies, Ed; Stanford, S. Adam; Stott, John P.; Collins, Chris A.; Romer, A. Kathy; Hosmer, Mark; Hoyle, Ben; Kay, Scott T.; Liddle, Andrew R.; Mehrtens, Nicola; Miller, Christopher J.; Sahlen, Martin; Viana, Pedro T. P. 2010, ApJ, 718, 133 LoCuSS: connecting the dominance and shape of brightest cluster galaxies with the assembly history of massive clusters Smith, Graham P.; Khosroshahi, Habib G.; Dariush, A.; Sanderson, A. J. R.; Ponman, T. J.; Stott, J. P.; Haines, C. P.; Egami, E.; Stark, D. P. 2010, MNRAS, 409, 169 The Ratio of Luminous to Faint Red Sequence Galaxies in X-Ray and Optically Selected Low-Redshift Clusters D. Capozzi, C. A. Collins, J. P. Stott. 2010, MNRAS, 403, 1274, arXiv:0912.3143 Early assembly of the most massive galaxies C. A. Collins, J. P. Stott, M. Hilton, S. T. Kay, S. A. Stanford, XCS collaboration 2009, Nature, 458, 603, arXiv:0904.0006 Press Release The XMM Cluster Survey: Galaxy morphologies and the color-magnitude realtion in XMMXCS J2215.9 - 1738 at z=1.46 M. Hilton, S. A. Stanford, J. P. Stott, C. A. Collins, B. Hoyle, XCS collaboration. 2009, ApJ, 697, 436, arXiv:0903.1731 The evolution of the red sequence slope in massive galaxy clusters. J. P. Stott, K. A. Pimbblet, A. C. Edge, G. P. Smith, J. L. Wardlow. 2009, MNRAS, 394, 2098, arXiv:0901.1227 Optical and near infra-red colours as a discriminant of the age and metallicity of stellar populations. Carter, David; Smith, Daniel J. B.; Percival, Susan M.; Baldry, Ivan K.; Collins, Christopher A.; James, Philip A.; Salaris, Maurizio; Simpson, Chris; Stott, John P.; Mobasher, Bahram 2009, MNRAS, 397, 695, arXiv:0905.0810 Near-infrared evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies in the most X-ray luminous clusters since z~1. J. P. Stott, A. C. Edge, G. P. Smith, A. M. Swinbank, H. Ebeling. 2008, MNRAS, 384, 1502, arXiv:0712.0496 The evolution of galaxies in massive clusters [ADS] [PDF] J.P., Stott, 2007, PhD thesis, Durham University An increase in the faint red galaxy population in massive clusters since z~0.5. J. P. Stott, I. Smail, A. C. Edge, H. Ebeling, G. P. Smith, J. -P. Kneib, K. A. Pimbblet. 2007, ApJ, 661, 95, astro-ph/0703484 The discovery of a massive supercluster at z=0.90 in the UKIDSS DXS. A. M. Swinbank, A. C. Edge, I. Smail, J. P. Stott, UKIDSS DXS Working Group. 2007, MNRAS, 379, 1343, arXiv:0706.0090 Spitzer identifications and classifications of submillimeter galaxies in giant, high redshift Lyman-alpha emission-line nebulae. J. E. Geach, I. Smail, S. C. Chapman, A. W. Blain, J. P. Stott, R. J. Ivison. 2007, ApJL, 655, L9, astro-ph/0612272
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