Frazer Pearce

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  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• frazer.pearce@nottingham.ac.uk
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Research Summary

Frazer specialises in the theory of the formation of structure in the Universe. In particular he models the evolution of clusters of galaxies using some of the worlds largest parallel supercomputers.… read more

Selected Publications

• SPRINGEL, VOLKER, WHITE, SIMON D. M., JENKINS, ADRIAN, FRENK, CARLOS S., YOSHIDA, NAOKI, GAO, LIANG, NAVARRO, JULIO, THACKER, ROBERT, CROTON, DARREN, HELLY, JOHN, PEACOCK, JOHN A. and COLE, S, 2005. Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars Nature. 435, 629-636
• MULDREW, SI, CROTON, DJ, SKIBBA, RA, PEARCE, FR, ANN, HB, BALDRY, IK, BROUGH, S, CHOI, YY, CONSELICE, CJ, COWAN, NB, GALLAZZI, A, GRAY, ME, GRUTZBAUCH, R, LI, IH, PARK, C, PILIPENKO, SV, PODGORZEC, BJ, ROBOTHAM, ASG, WILMAN, DJ, YANG, XH, ZHANG, YC and ZIBETTI, S, 2012. Measures Of Galaxy Environment - I. What Is 'Environment'? Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 419(3), 2670-2682
• KNEBE, A, KNOLLMANN, SR, MULDREW, SI, PEARCE, FR, ARAGON-CALVO, MA, ASCASIBAR, Y, BEHROOZI, PS, CEVERINO, D, COLOMBI, S, DIEMAND, J, DOLAG, K, FALCK, BL, FASEL, P, GARDNER, J, GOTTLOBER, S, HSU, CH, IANNUZZI, F, KLYPIN, A, LUKIC, Z, MACIEJEWSKI, M, MCBRIDE, C, NEYRINCK, MC, PLANELLES, S, POTTER, D, QUILIS, V, RASERA, Y, READ, JI, RICKER, PM, ROY, F, SPRINGEL, V, STADEL, J, STINSON, G, SUTTER, PM, TURCHANINOV, V, TWEED, D, YEPES, G and ZEMP, M, 2011. Haloes Gone Mad(Star): The Halo-Finder Comparison Project Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 415(3), 2293-2318

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Current Research

Frazer specialises in the theory of the formation of structure in the Universe. In particular he models the evolution of clusters of galaxies using some of the worlds largest parallel supercomputers. He also has interests in X-ray emission from clusters and the feedback of energy due to supernovae explosions. For further details see: Astrophysical simulation at Nottingham

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Current Teaching

F31FIP, Frontiers in Physics

F34SCO, Scientific Computing

• MULDREW, SI, CROTON, DJ, SKIBBA, RA, PEARCE, FR, ANN, HB, BALDRY, IK, BROUGH, S, CHOI, YY, CONSELICE, CJ, COWAN, NB, GALLAZZI, A, GRAY, ME, GRUTZBAUCH, R, LI, IH, PARK, C, PILIPENKO, SV, PODGORZEC, BJ, ROBOTHAM, ASG, WILMAN, DJ, YANG, XH, ZHANG, YC and ZIBETTI, S, 2012. Measures Of Galaxy Environment - I. What Is 'Environment'? Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 419(3), 2670-2682
• YOUNG, OE, THOMAS, PA, SHORT, CJ and PEARCE, F, 2011. Baryon Fractions In Clusters Of Galaxies: Evidence Against A Pre-Heating Model For Entropy Generation Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 413(1), 691-704
• KNEBE, A, KNOLLMANN, SR, MULDREW, SI, PEARCE, FR, ARAGON-CALVO, MA, ASCASIBAR, Y, BEHROOZI, PS, CEVERINO, D, COLOMBI, S, DIEMAND, J, DOLAG, K, FALCK, BL, FASEL, P, GARDNER, J, GOTTLOBER, S, HSU, CH, IANNUZZI, F, KLYPIN, A, LUKIC, Z, MACIEJEWSKI, M, MCBRIDE, C, NEYRINCK, MC, PLANELLES, S, POTTER, D, QUILIS, V, RASERA, Y, READ, JI, RICKER, PM, ROY, F, SPRINGEL, V, STADEL, J, STINSON, G, SUTTER, PM, TURCHANINOV, V, TWEED, D, YEPES, G and ZEMP, M, 2011. Haloes Gone Mad(Star): The Halo-Finder Comparison Project Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 415(3), 2293-2318
• MULDREW, SI, PEARCE, FR and POWER, C, 2011. The Accuracy Of Subhalo Detection Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 410(4), 2617-2624
• DARIUSH, AA, RAYCHAUDHURY, S, PONMAN, TJ, KHOSROSHAHI, HG, BENSON, AJ, BOWER, RG and PEARCE, F, 2010. The Mass Assembly Of Galaxy Groups And The Evolution Of The Magnitude Gap Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 405(3), 1873-1887
• STANEK, R, RASIA, E, EVRARD, AE, PEARCE, F and GAZZOLA, L, 2010. Massive Halos In Millennium Gas Simulations: Multivariate Scaling Relations Astrophysical Journal. 715(2), 1508-1523
• SHORT, CJ, THOMAS, PA, YOUNG, OE, PEARCE, FR, JENKINS, A and MUANWONG, O, 2010. The Evolution Of Galaxy Cluster X-Ray Scaling Relations Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 408(4), 2213-2233
• CRAIN, ROBERT A., THEUNS, TOM, DALLA VECCHIA, CLAUDIO, EKE, VINCENT R., FRENK, CARLOS S., JENKINS, ADRIAN, KAY, SCOTT T., PEACOCK, JOHN A., PEARCE, FRAZER R., SCHAYE, JOOP and SPRINGEL, VOLKER, 2009. Galaxies-intergalactic medium interaction calculation - I. Galaxy formation as a function of large-scale environment Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 399, 1773-1794
• TASKER, ELIZABETH J., BRUNINO, RICCARDO, MITCHELL, NIGEL L., MICHIELSEN, DOLF, HOPTON, STEPHEN, PEARCE, FRAZER R., BRYAN, GREG L. and THEUNS, TOM, 2008. A test suite for quantitative comparison of hydrodynamic codes in astrophysics Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 390, 1267-1281
• HARTLEY, W. G., GAZZOLA, L., PEARCE, F. R., KAY, S. T. and THOMAS, P. A., 2008. Nature versus nurture: the curved spine of the galaxy cluster X-ray luminosity-temperature relation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 386, 2015-2021
• COLBERG, JM, PEARCE, F, FOSTER, C, PLATEN, E, BRUNINO, R, NEYRINCK, M, BASILAKOS, S, FAIRALL, A, FELDMAN, H, GOTTLOBER, S, HAHN, O, HOYLE, F, MULLER, V, NELSON, L, PLIONIS, M, PORCIANI, C, SHANDARIN, S, VOGELEY, MS and VAN DE WEYGAERT, R, 2008. The Aspen-Amsterdam Void Finder Comparison Project Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society. 387(2), 933-944
• MCCARTHY, I. G., BOWER, R. G., BALOGH, M. L., VOIT, G. M., PEARCE, F. R., THEUNS, T., BABUL, A., LACEY, C. G. and FRENK, C. S., 2007. Modelling shock heating in cluster mergers - I. Moving beyond the spherical accretion model Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 376, 497-522
• GAZZOLA, LORENA, KING, EMMA J., PEARCE, FRAZER R. and COLES, PETER, 2007. The growth of baryonic structure in the presence of cosmological magnetic pressure Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 375, 657-664
• BRUNINO, RICCARDO, TRUJILLO, IGNACIO, PEARCE, FRAZER R. and THOMAS, PETER A., 2007. The orientation of galaxy dark matter haloes around cosmic voids Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 375, 184-190
• CRAIN, ROBERT A., EKE, VINCENT R., FRENK, CARLOS S., JENKINS, ADRIAN, MCCARTHY, IAN G., NAVARRO, JULIO F. and PEARCE, FRAZER R., 2007. The baryon fraction of ΛCDM haloes Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 377, 41-49
• DARIUSH, ALI, KHOSROSHAHI, HABIB G., PONMAN, TREVOR J., PEARCE, FRAZER, RAYCHAUDHURY, SOMAK and HARTLEY, WILL, 2007. The mass assembly of fossil groups of galaxies in the Millennium simulation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 382, 433-442
• AGERTZ, OSCAR, MOORE, BEN, STADEL, JOACHIM, POTTER, DOUG, MINIATI, FRANCESCO, READ, JUSTIN, MAYER, LUCIO, GAWRYSZCZAK, ARTUR, KRAVTSOV, ANDREY, NORDLUND, ÅKE, PEARCE, FRAZER and QUILIS,, 2007. Fundamental differences between SPH and grid methods Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 380, 963-978
• PATEL, PARIMAL, MADDOX, S., PEARCE, FRAZER R., ARAGÓN-SALAMANCA, A. and CONWAY, E., 2006. An imaging survey of a uniform sample of brightest cluster galaxies and intracluster light Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 370, 851-883
• GAZZOLA, L., KING, E., PEARCE, F. and COLES, P., 2006. The growth of baryonic structure in the presence of an isotropic magnetic field Astronomische Nachrichten. 327, 431
• FORBES, DUNCAN A., PONMAN, TREVOR, PEARCE, FRAZER, OSMOND, JOHN, KILBORN, VIRGINIA, BROUGH, SARAH, RAYCHAUDHURY, SOMAK, MUNDELL, CAROLE, MILES, TREVOR and KERN, KATIE, 2006. The Group Evolution Multiwavelength Study (GEMS): The Sample and Datasets Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 23, 38-49
• VAN KAMPEN, EELCO, PERCIVAL, WILL J., CRAWFORD, MILLER, DUNLOP, JAMES S., SCOTT, SUSIE E., BEVIS, NEIL, OLIVER, SEB, PEARCE, FRAZER, KAY, SCOTT T., GAZTAÑAGA, ENRIQUE and HUGHES, DAVID H., 2005. The extragalactic submillimetre population: predictions for the SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 359, 469-480
• SPRINGEL, VOLKER, WHITE, SIMON D. M., JENKINS, ADRIAN, FRENK, CARLOS S., YOSHIDA, NAOKI, GAO, LIANG, NAVARRO, JULIO, THACKER, ROBERT, CROTON, DARREN, HELLY, JOHN, PEACOCK, JOHN A. and COLE, S, 2005. Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars Nature. 435, 629-636
• KAY, SCOTT T., THOMAS, PETER A., JENKINS, ADRIAN and PEARCE, FRAZER R., 2004. Cosmological simulations of the intracluster medium Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 355, 1091-1104
• BEASLEY, MICHAEL A., KAWATA, DAISUKE, PEARCE, FRAZER R., FORBES, DUNCAN A. and GIBSON, BRAD K., 2003. The Metallicity of Pregalactic Globular Clusters: The Observational Consequences of the First Stars Astrophysical Journal. 596, L187-L190
• HELLY, JOHN C., COLE, SHAUN, FRENK, CARLOS S., BAUGH, CARLTON M., BENSON, ANDREW, LACEY, CEDRIC and PEARCE, FRAZER R., 2003. A comparison of gas dynamics in smooth particle hydrodynamics and semi-analytic models of galaxy formation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 338, 913-925
• SMITH, R. E., PEACOCK, J. A., JENKINS, A., WHITE, S. D. M., FRENK, C. S., PEARCE, F. R., THOMAS, P. A., EFSTATHIOU, G. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 2003. Stable clustering, the halo model and non-linear cosmological power spectra Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 341, 1311-1332
• EVRARD, A. E., MACFARLAND, T. J., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., COLBERG, J. M., YOSHIDA, N., WHITE, S. D. M., JENKINS, A., FRENK, C. S., PEARCE, F. R., PEACOCK, J. A. and THOMAS, P. A., 2002. Galaxy Clusters in Hubble Volume Simulations: Cosmological Constraints from Sky Survey Populations Astrophysical Journal. 573, 7-36
• KAY, SCOTT T., PEARCE, FRAZER R., FRENK, CARLOS S. and JENKINS, ADRIAN, 2002. Including star formation and supernova feedback within cosmological simulations of galaxy formation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 330, 113-128
• MUANWONG, ORRARUJEE, THOMAS, PETER A., KAY, SCOTT T. and PEARCE, FRAZER R., 2002. The effect of cooling and preheating on the X-ray properties of clusters of galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 336, 527-540
• PEARCE, F. R., JENKINS, A., FRENK, C. S., WHITE, S. D. M., THOMAS, P. A., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., PEACOCK, J. A. and EFSTATHIOU, G., 2001. Simulations of galaxy formation in a cosmological volume Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 326, 649-666
• THOMAS, P. A., MUANWONG, ORRARUJEE, PEARCE, F. R., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., EDGE, A. C., JENKINS, A. and ONUORA, L., 2001. A simulated τCDM cosmology cluster catalogue: the NFW profile and the temperature-mass scaling relations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 324, 450-462
• BENSON, A. J., PEARCE, F. R., FRENK, C. S., BAUGH, C. M. and JENKINS, A., 2001. A comparison of semi-analytic and smoothed particle hydrodynamics galaxy formation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 320, 261-280
• YOSHIDA, N., COLBERG, J., WHITE, S. D. M., EVRARD, A. E., MACFARLAND, T. J., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., JENKINS, A., FRENK, C. S., PEARCE, F. R., EFSTATHIOU, G., PEACOCK, J. A. and THOMAS, P. A., 2001. Simulations of deep pencil-beam redshift surveys Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 325, 803-816
• MUANWONG, O., THOMAS, P. A., KAY, S. T., PEARCE, F. R. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 2001. The Effect of Radiative Cooling on Scaling Laws of X-Ray Groups and Clusters Astrophysical Journal. 552, L27-L30
• BALOGH, MICHAEL L., PEARCE, FRAZER R., BOWER, RICHARD G. and KAY, SCOTT T., 2001. Revisiting the cosmic cooling crisis Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 326, 1228-1234
• TITTLEY, ERIC R., PEARCE, F. R. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 2001. Hydrodynamic Drag in Cosmological Simulations Astrophysical Journal. 561, 69-81
• DA SILVA, ANTONIO C., KAY, SCOTT T., LIDDLE, ANDREW R., THOMAS, PETER A., PEARCE, FRAZER R. and BARBOSA, DOMINGOS, 2001. The Impact of Cooling and Preheating on the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Astrophysical Journal. 561, L15-L18
• THACKER, R. J., TITTLEY, E. R., PEARCE, F. R., COUCHMAN, H. M. P. and THOMAS, P. A., 2000. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics in cosmology: a comparative study of implementations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 319, 619-648
• COLBERG, J. M., WHITE, S. D. M., YOSHIDA, N., MACFARLAND, T. J., JENKINS, A., FRENK, C. S., PEARCE, F. R., EVRARD, A. E., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., EFSTATHIOU, G., PEACOCK, J. A. and THOMAS, P. A., 2000. Clustering of galaxy clusters in cold dark matter universes Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 319, 209-214
• MOORE, BEN, GELATO, SERGIO, JENKINS, ADRIAN, PEARCE, F. R. and QUILIS, VICENT, 2000. Collisional versus Collisionless Dark Matter Astrophysical Journal. 535, L21-L24
• KAY, SCOTT T., PEARCE, F. R., JENKINS, A., FRENK, C. S., WHITE, S. D. M., THOMAS, P. A. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 2000. Parameter tests within cosmological simulations of galaxy formation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 316, 374-394
• COLBERG, J. M., WHITE, S. D. M., MACFARLAND, T. J., JENKINS, A., PEARCE, F. R., FRENK, C. S., THOMAS, P. A. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 2000. Peculiar velocities of galaxy clusters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 313, 229-236
• PEARCE, F. R., THOMAS, P. A., COUCHMAN, H. M. P. and EDGE, A. C., 2000. The effect of radiative cooling on the X-ray properties of galaxy clusters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 317, 1029-1040
• PEARCE, F. R., JENKINS, A., FRENK, C. S., COLBERG, J. M., WHITE, S. D. M., THOMAS, P. A., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., PEACOCK, J. A., EFSTATHIOU, G. and THE VIRGO CONSORTIUM, 1999. A Simulation of Galaxy Formation and Clustering Astrophysical Journal. 521, L99-L102
• FRENK, C. S., WHITE, S. D. M., BODE, P., BOND, J. R., BRYAN, G. L., CEN, R., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., EVRARD, A. E., GNEDIN, N., JENKINS, A., KHOKHLOV, A. M., KLYPIN, A., NAVARRO, J. F. and NORMA, 1999. The Santa Barbara Cluster Comparison Project: A Comparison of Cosmological Hydrodynamics Solutions Astrophysical Journal. 525, 554-582
• COLBERG, J. M., WHITE, S. D. M., JENKINS, A. and PEARCE, F. R., 1999. Linking cluster formation to large-scale structure Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 308, 593-598
• THEUNS, TOM, LEONARD, ANTHONY, EFSTATHIOU, GEORGE, PEARCE, F. R. and THOMAS, P. A., 1998. P^3M-SPH simulations of the Lyalpha forest Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 301, 478-502
• THOMAS, PETER A., COLBERG, JORG M., COUCHMAN, HUGH M. P., EFSTATHIOU, GEORGE P., FRENK, CARLOS S., JENKINS, ADRIAN R., NELSON, ALISTAIR H., HUTCHINGS, ROGER M., PEACOCK, JOHN A. and PEARCE, FRA, 1998. The structure of galaxy clusters in various cosmologies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 296, 1061-1071
• MACFARLAND, TOM, COUCHMAN, H. M. P., PEARCE, F. R. and PICHLMEIER, JAKOB, 1998. A new parallel P^3M code for very large-scale cosmological simulations New Astronomy. 3, 687-705
• JENKINS, A., FRENK, C. S., PEARCE, F. R., THOMAS, P. A., COLBERG, J. M., WHITE, S. D. M., COUCHMAN, H. M. P., PEACOCK, J. A., EFSTATHIOU, G. and NELSON, A. H., 1998. Evolution of Structure in Cold Dark Matter Universes Astrophysical Journal. 499, 20
• BARTELMANN, MATTHIAS, HUSS, ANDREAS, COLBERG, JORG M., JENKINS, ADRIAN and PEARCE, FRAZER R., 1998. Arc statistics with realistic cluster potentials. IV. Clusters in different cosmologies Astronomy and Astrophysics. 330, 1-9
• SPRINGEL, VOLKER, WHITE, SIMON D. M., COLBERG, JORG M., COUCHMAN, HUGH M. P., EFSTATHIOU, GEORGE P., FRENK, CARLOS S., JENKINS, ADRIAN R., PEARCE, FRAZER R., NELSON, ALISTAIR H. and PEACOCK, JO, 1998. Genus statistics of the Virgo N-body simulations and the 1.2-Jy redshift survey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 298, 1169-1188
• PEARCE, F. R. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 1997. Hydra: a parallel adaptive grid code New Astronomy. 2, 411-427
• COUCHMAN, H. M. P., PEARCE, F. R., THOMAS, P. A., JENKINS, A. R., FRENK, C. S., COLBERG, J. M. and WHITE, S. D. M., 1996. Supercomputer simulations of cosmic structure: Hydra and the Virgo Experiments. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 90, 314-315
• COUCHMAN, H. M. P., THOMAS, P. A. and PEARCE, F. R., 1995. Hydra: an Adaptive-Mesh Implementation of P 3M-SPH Astrophysical Journal. 452, 797
• PEARCE, F. R., THOMAS, P. A. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 1994. Head-On Mergers of Systems Containing Gas Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 268, 953
• THOMAS, P. A., VINE, S. and PEARCE, F. R., 1994. On the Probability of Major-Axis Precession in Triaxial Ellipsoidal Potentials Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 268, 253
• PEARCE, F. R., THOMAS, P. A. and COUCHMAN, H. M. P., 1993. Mergers of Collisionless Systems Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 264, 497
• PEARCE, F. R. and THOMAS, P. A., 1991. Morphological evolution of clusters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 250, 607-610
• PEARCE, F. R. and THOMAS, P. A., 1991. Ring formation in triaxial potentials Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 248, 688-700