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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

2019-10-01 to present | Herchel Smith Research Fellow (Institute of Astronomy)
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James Matthews

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2016-10-01 to 2019-09-30 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Astrophysics)
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James Matthews

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University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy: Southampton, Southampton, GB

2012-01-10 to 2016-06-10 | PhD Physics (Astronomy)
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James Matthews

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SIROCCO: a publicly available Monte Carlo ionization and radiative transfer code for astrophysical outflows

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2024-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: James H Matthews; Knox S Long; Christian Knigge; Stuart A Sim; Edward J Parkinson; Nick Higginbottom; Samuel W Mangham; Nicolas Scepi; Austen Wallis; Henrietta A Hewitt et al.
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Simultaneous optical and X-ray detection of a thermonuclear burst in the 2024 outburst of EXO 0748−676

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
2024-11-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Amy H Knight; Lauren Rhodes; Douglas J K Buisson; James H Matthews; Noel Castro Segura; Adam Ingram; Matthew Middleton; Timothy P Roberts
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[O iii] emission in z ≈ 2 quasars with and without broad absorption lines

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2024-06-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Matthew J Temple; Amy L Rankine; Manda Banerji; Joseph F Hennawi; Paul C Hewett; James H Matthews; Riccardo Nanni; Claudio Ricci; Gordon T Richards
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A disc wind origin for the optical spectra of dwarf novae in outburst

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2024-06-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Yusuke Tampo; Christian Knigge; Knox S Long; James H Matthews; Noel Castro Segura
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State-of-the-art simulations of line-driven accretion disc winds: realistic radiation hydrodynamics leads to weaker outflows

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-11-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Nick Higginbottom; Nicolas Scepi; Christian Knigge; Knox S Long; James H Matthews; Stuart A Sim
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Shedding far-ultraviolet light on the donor star and evolutionary state of the neutron-star LMXB Swift J1858.6−0814

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-11-09 | Journal article
Contributors: N Castro Segura; C Knigge; J H Matthews; F M Vincentelli; P Charles; K S Long; D Altamirano; D A H Buckley; D Modiano; M A P Torres et al.
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A disc wind model for blueshifts in quasar broad emission lines

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-10-10 | Journal article
Contributors: James H Matthews; Jago Strong-Wright; Christian Knigge; Paul Hewett; Matthew J Temple; Knox S Long; Amy L Rankine; Matthew Stepney; Manda Banerji; Gordon T Richards
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No redshift evolution in the rest-frame ultraviolet emission line properties of quasars from z = 1.5 to z = 4.0

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-07-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Matthew Stepney; Manda Banerji; Paul C Hewett; Matthew J Temple; Amy L Rankine; James H Matthews; Gordon T Richards
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UHECR echoes from the Council of Giants

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-07-04 | Journal article
Contributors: A M Taylor; J H Matthews; A R Bell
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Physics Beyond the Standard Model with Future X-Ray Observatories: Projected Constraints on Very-light Axion-like Particles with Athena and AXIS

The Astrophysical Journal
2023-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Júlia Sisk-Reynés; Christopher S. Reynolds; Michael L. Parker; James H. Matthews; M. C. David Marsh
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Studying the link between radio galaxies and AGN fuelling with relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of flickering jets

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-05-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Henry W Whitehead; James H Matthews
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Testing AGN outflow and accretion models with C iv and He ii emission line demographics in z ≈ 2 quasars

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-05-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Matthew J Temple; James H Matthews; Paul C Hewett; Amy L Rankine; Gordon T Richards; Manda Banerji; Gary J Ferland; Christian Knigge; Matthew Stepney
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The origin of optical emission lines in the soft state of X-ray binary outbursts: the case of MAXI J1820+070

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-03-23 | Journal article
Contributors: K I I Koljonen; K S Long; J H Matthews; C Knigge
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Correction to: Evidence for a moderate spin from X-ray reflection of the high-mass supermassive black hole in the cluster-hosted quasar H1821+643

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-10-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Júlia Sisk-Reynés; Christopher S Reynolds; James H Matthews; Robyn N Smith
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Connecting radio emission to AGN wind properties with broad absorption line quasars

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-08-17 | Journal article
Contributors: J W Petley; L K Morabito; D M Alexander; A L Rankine; V A Fawcett; D J Rosario; J H Matthews; T M Shimwell; A Drabent
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Evidence for a moderate spin from X-ray reflection of the high-mass supermassive black hole in the cluster-hosted quasar H1821+643

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-06-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Júlia Sisk-Reynés; Christopher S Reynolds; James H Matthews; Robyn N Smith
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How Do Magnetic Field Models Affect Astrophysical Limits on Light Axion-like Particles? An X-Ray Case Study with NGC 1275

The Astrophysical Journal
2022-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: James H. Matthews; Christopher S. Reynolds; M. C. David Marsh; Júlia Sisk-Reynés; Payton E. Rodman
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The X-ray disc/wind degeneracy in AGN

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-04-23 | Journal article
Contributors: M L Parker; G A Matzeu; J H Matthews; M J Middleton; T Dauser; J Jiang; A M Joyce
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Echoes of the past: ultra-high-energy cosmic rays accelerated by radio galaxies, scattered by starburst galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: A R Bell; J H Matthews
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Optical line spectra of tidal disruption events from reprocessing in optically thick outflows

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-01-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward J Parkinson; Christian Knigge; James H Matthews; Knox S Long; Nick Higginbottom; Stuart A Sim; Samuel W Mangham
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Fourier formalism for relativistic axion-photon conversion with astrophysical applications

Physical Review D
2022-01-14 | Journal article
Contributors: M. C. David Marsh; James H. Matthews; Christopher Reynolds; Pierluca Carenza
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New constraints on light axion-like particles using Chandra transmission grating spectroscopy of the powerful cluster-hosted quasar H1821+643

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021-12-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Júlia Sisk-Reynés; James H Matthews; Christopher S Reynolds; Helen R Russell; Robyn N Smith; M C David Marsh
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Probing the Wind Component of Radio Emission in Luminous High-redshift Quasars

The Astronomical Journal
2021-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Gordon T. Richards; Trevor V. McCaffrey; Amy Kimball; Amy L. Rankine; James H. Matthews; Paul C. Hewett; Angelica B. Rivera
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Particle acceleration in radio galaxies with flickering jets: GeV electrons to ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021-04-20 | Journal article
Contributors: James H Matthews; Andrew M Taylor
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Placing LOFAR-detected quasars in C iv emission space: implications for winds, jets and star formation

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021-02-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Amy L Rankine; James H Matthews; Paul C Hewett; Manda Banerji; Leah K Morabito; Gordon T Richards
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Instability in a magnetised collisional plasma driven by a heat flow or a current

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
2020-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: A R Bell; R J Kingham; H C Watkins; J H Matthews
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Accretion disc winds in tidal disruption events: ultraviolet spectral lines as orientation indicators

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward J Parkinson; Christian Knigge; Knox S Long; James H Matthews; Nick Higginbottom; Stuart A Sim; Henrietta A Hewitt
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Uncovering the orbital dynamics of stars hidden inside their powerful winds: application to η Carinae and RMC 140

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: David Grant; Katherine Blundell; James Matthews
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Stratified disc wind models for the AGN broad-line region: ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray properties

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-03-11 | Journal article
Contributors: James H Matthews; Christian Knigge; Nick Higginbottom; Knox S Long; Stuart A Sim; Samuel W Mangham; Edward J Parkinson; Henrietta A Hewitt
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Thermal and radiation driving can produce observable disc winds in hard-state X-ray binaries

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2020-03-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Nick Higginbottom; Christian Knigge; Stuart A Sim; Knox S Long; James H Matthews; Henrietta A Hewitt; Edward J Parkinson; Sam W Mangham
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Hot, dense He ii outflows during the 2017 outburst of the X-ray transient Swift J1357.2−0933

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
2019-10-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Phil Charles; James H Matthews; David A H Buckley; Poshak Gandhi; Enrico Kotze; John Paice
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Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-09-11 | Journal article
Contributors: A R Bell; J H Matthews; K M Blundell
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Do reverberation mapping analyses provide an accurate picture of the broad-line region?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-09-11 | Journal article
Contributors: S W Mangham; C Knigge; P Williams; Keith Horne; A Pancoast; J H Matthews; K S Long; S A Sim; N Higginbottom
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Cosmic ray acceleration in hydromagnetic flux tubes

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-08-21 | Journal article
Contributors: A R Bell; J H Matthews; K M Blundell; A T Araudo
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The luminosity dependence of thermally driven disc winds in low-mass X-ray binaries

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-04-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Nick Higginbottom; Christian Knigge; Knox S Long; James H Matthews; Edward J Parkinson
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The origin of radio emission in broad absorption line quasars: Results from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2019-02 | Journal article
Contributors: L. K. Morabito; J. H. Matthews; P. N. Best; G. Gürkan; M. J. Jarvis; I. Prandoni; K. J. Duncan; M. J. Hardcastle; M. Kunert-Bajraszewska; A. P. Mechev et al.
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Disc wind models for FU Ori objects

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-02-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Kelly Milliner; James H Matthews; Knox S Long; Lee Hartmann
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Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays from shocks in the lobes of powerful radio galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: J H Matthews; A R Bell; K M Blundell; A T Araudo
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Radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of thermally driven disc winds in X-ray binaries: a direct comparison to GRO J1655−40

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2018-09-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Nick Higginbottom; Christian Knigge; Knox S Long; James H Matthews; Stuart A Sim; Henrietta A Hewitt
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Fornax A, Centaurus A, and other radio galaxies as sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
2018-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: J H Matthews; A R Bell; K M Blundell; A T Araudo
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Fornax A, Centaurus A and other radio galaxies as sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

ArXiv e-prints
2018-05 | Working paper
Contributors: Matthews, James H.; Bell, Anthony R.; Blundell, Katherine M.; Araudo, Anabella T.
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Cosmic-ray acceleration by relativistic shocks: limits and estimates

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Bell, A. R.; Araudo, A. T.; Matthews, J. H.; Blundell, K. M.
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On the maximum energy of non-thermal particles in the primary hotspot of Cygnus A

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Araudo, Anabella T.; Bell, Anthony R.; Blundell, Katherine M.; Matthews, James H.
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The reverberation signatures of rotating disc winds in active galactic nuclei

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2017-11 | Journal article
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On the maximum energy of non-thermal particles in the primary hotspot of Cygnus A

ArXiv e-prints
2017-09 | Journal article
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James Matthews

Amplification of perpendicular and parallel magnetic fields by cosmic ray currents

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2017-08 | Journal article
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James Matthews

Quasar emission lines as probes of orientation: implications for disc wind geometries and unification

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2017-05 | Journal article
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James Matthews

Testing quasar unification: radiative transfer in clumpy winds

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2016-05 | Journal article
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James Matthews

The Optical-UV Emissivity of Quasars: Dependence on Black Hole Mass and Radio Loudness

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2016-02 | Journal article
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James Matthews

The impact of accretion disc winds on the optical spectra of cataclysmic variables

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2015-07 | Journal article
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James Matthews
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