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Publication List Nathan John Bastian - Professor of Astrophysics 194 Refereed/Submitted Publications, > 10, 100 Citations, H-Index of 56 Publication List Nathan John Bastian - Professor of Astrophysics 194 refereed/submitted publications, > 10; 100 citations, H-index of 56 Refereed Publications 1. The Accreted Nuclear Clusters of the Milky Way Pfeffer et al. 2020, MNRAS, submitted 2. The kinematics of globular cluster populations in the E-MOSAICS simulations and their implications for the as- sembly history of the Milky Way Trujillo-Gomez, S. et al. 2020, MNRAS submitted 3. Leveraging HST with MUSE: I. Sodium abundance variationswithin the 2 Gyr-old cluster NGC 1978 Saracino, S. et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 4. Leveraging HST with MUSE: II. Na-abundance variations in intermediate age clusters Martocchia et al. 2020, MN- RAS, in press 5. The globular cluster system mass-halo mass relation in the E-MOSAICS simulations Bastian, N. et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 6. Kraken reveals itself – the merger history of the Milky Way reconstructed with the E-MOSAICS simulations Krui- jssen et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 7. Predicting accreted satellite galaxy masses and accretion redshifts based on globular cluster orbits in the E-MOSAICS simulations Pfeffer et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 8. On the Origin of the Bimodal Rotational Velocity Distribution in Stellar Clusters: Rotation on the Pre-Main Se- quence Bastian, N. et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 9. Searching for globular cluster chemical anomalies on the main sequence of a young massive cluster Cabrera-Ziri et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 10. Searching for Multiple Populations in the Integrated Light of the Young and Extremely Massive Clusters in the Merger Remnant NGC 7252 Bastian, N. et al. 2020, MNRAS, 494, 332 11. Where did the globular clusters of the Milky Way form? Insights from the E-MOSAICS simulations Keller et al. 2020, MNRAS, submitted 12. Twins at heart: the centres of M83 and the Milky Way as opposite extremes of a common star formation cycle Callanan et al. 2020, ApJ, submitted 13. Chromosome maps of young LMC clusters: An additional case of coeval multiple populations Saracino, S. et al. 2020, MNRAS, 493, 6060 14. The mass fraction of halo stars contributed by globular clusters in the E-MOSAICS simulations Reina-Campos, M. et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 15. The loss of the intra-cluster medium in globular clusters Chantereau et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 16. Extending the mass-to-light ratio of Galactic globular clusters to higher metallicity Dalgleish et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 17. The binary content of multiple populations in NGC 3201 Kamann et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 18. The Sparkling Star Formation of Westerlund 2. I. Sabbi, E. et al. 2020, ApJ, in press 19. Photometric characterization of multiple populations in star clusters: The impact of the first dredge-up Salaris, M. et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 20. The distribution of rotation velocities along the main sequence of the massive intermediate-age cluster NGC 1846 Kamann et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 21. The peculiar kinematics of the multiple populations in the globular cluster Messier 80 (NGC 6093) Kamann et al. 2020, MNRAS, in press 22. The alpha abundances of globular clusters and their relation to field stars in the E-MOSAICS simulations Hughes, M. et al. 2020, MNRAS, 491, 4012 23. Extended main sequence turnoffs in open clusters as seen by Gaia - II. The enigma of NGC 2509 de Juan Ovelar et al. 2020, MNRAS, 491, 2129 24. Combined Effects of Rotation and Age Spreads on Extended Main Sequence Turn Offs Gossage et al. 2019, ApJ, 887, 199 25. A MUSE view of globular clusters multiple populations chemistry I. NGC 2808 Latour, M. et al. 2019, A&A, 631, 14 26. The SAGES Legacy Unifying Globulars and GalaxieS Survey: Measuring globular ages using both photometry and spectroscopy Usher, C. et al. 2019, MNRAS.490, 491 27. A Family Picture: The Long Term Evolution of Multiple Populations Structures Dalessandro et al. 2019, ApJ, in press 28. Isochrone-cloud fitting of the extended main-sequence turn-fff of young clusters Johnston et al. 2019, A&A, in press 29. Young star cluster populations in the E-MOSAICS simulations Pfeffer, J. et al. (2019), MNRAS, in press 30. An Extragalactic Chromosome Map: The intermediate age SMC Cluster Lindsay 1 Saracino, S. et al. 2019, MNRAS, in press 31. Multiple Populations in Integrated Light Spectroscopy of Intermediate Age Clusters Bastian, N. et al. 2019, MNRAS, in press 32. The search for multiple populations in Magellanic Clouds clusters - V. A correlation between cluster age and abun- dance spreads Martocchia, S. et al. 2019, MNRAS, in press 33. The Evolution of the UV Luminosity Function of Globular Clusters in the E-MOSAICS Simulations Pfeffer, J. et al. 2019, MNRAS, 487, 4550 34. On the origin of massive stars near NGC 3603 Kalari et al. 2019, A&A, 625, 2 35. Discrepancies in the ages of young star clusters; evidence for mergers? Beasor et al. 2019, MNRAS, 486, 266 36. Hubble Space Telescope Photometry of Multiple Stellar Populations in the Inner Parts of NGC 2419 Larsen, S.S. et al. 2019, A&A, 624, 25 37. Formation Histories of Stars, Clusters and Globular Clusters and the Galactic Environmental Dependence in the E-MOSAICS Simulations Reina-Campos, M. et al. 2019, MNRAS, in press 38. The E-MOSAICS project: tracing galaxy formation and assembly with the age-metallicity distribution of globular clusters Kruijssen et al. 2019, MNRAS, 486, 3134 39. Helium enrichment in intermediate-age Magellanic Clouds clusters: towards an ubiquity of multiple stellar popu- lations? Chantereau et al. 2019, MNRAS, 484, 5236 40. Spectroscopic detection of multiple populations in the 2 Gyr old cluster Hodge 6 in the LMC Hollyhead, K. et al. 2019, MNRAS, 484, 4718 41. Disappearance of the Extended Main-Sequence Turn-Off in Intermediate Age Clusters as a Consequence of Mag- netic Braking Georgy et al. 2019, A&A, 622, 66 42. First stellar spectroscopy in Leo P Evans, C. et al. 2019, A&A, 622, 129 43. Linking the Rotation of a Cluster to the Spins of its Stars: The kinematics of NGC 6791 and NGC 6819 in 3D Kamann, S. et al. 2019, MNRAS, 483, 2197 44. The Double Blue Straggler Sequence in NGC2173: A field contamination artefact Dalessandro, E. et al. 2019, A&A, 621, 45 45. Fossil stellar streams and their globular cluster populations in the E-MOSAICS simulations Hughes, M. et al. 2019, MNRAS, 482, 2795 46. The formation and assembly history of the Milky Way revealed by its globular cluster population Kruijssen et al. 2019, MNRAS, 486, 3180 47. Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters Bastian, N. & Lardo, C., 2018 ARA&A, 56, 83 48. IC 4499 revised: spectro-photometric evidence of small light-element variations Dalessandro, E. et al. 2018, A&A, 618, 131 49. Extended Main Sequence Turnoffs in Open Clusters as Seen by Gaia: I. NGC 2818 and the Role of Stellar Rotation Bastian, N. et al. 2018, MNRAS, 480, 3739 50. Dynamical cluster disruption and its implications for multiple population models in E-MOSAICS Reina-Campos, M. et al. 2018, MNRAS, 481, 2851 51. Cluster kinematics and stellar rotation in NGC 419 with MUSE and adaptive optics Kamann, S., Bastian, N. et al. 2018, MNRAS, 480, 1689 52. The origin of the blue tilt of globular cluster populations in the E-MOSAICS simulations Usher, C., et al. 2018, MNRAS, 480, 3279 53. Inhomogeneity amongst first population stars in globular clusters: Evidence for He variations in 1P stars Lardo, C. et al. 2018, A&A, 616, 168 54. Nearby Early-Type Galactic Nuclei at High Resolution - Dynamical Black Hole and Nuclear Star Cluster Mass Measurements Nguyen, D.D. et al. 2018, ApJ, 858, 118 55. Multiple populations of globular clusters within Early-type galaxies: Exploring their effect on stellar initial mass function estimates Chantereau, W., Usher, C., Bastian, N., 2018, MNRAS, 478, 2368 56. Globular Cluster Formation and Evolution in the Context of Cosmological Galaxy Assembly: Open Question Forbes, D., Bastian, N. et al. 2018, Proceedings A of the Royal Society, 474, 2210 57. The search for multiple populations in Magellanic Cloud Clusters IV: Coeval multiple stellar populations in the young star cluster NGC 1978 Martocchia et al. 2018, MNRAS, 477, 4696 58. Multiple Populations in the Intermediate Age SMC Cluster Kron 3 Hollyhead et al. 2018, MNRAS, 476, 114 59. Concurrent formation of super-massive stars and globular clusters: self-enrichment in one starburst Gieles et al. 2018, MNRAS, 478, 2461 60. Distributed Star Formation Throughout the Galactic Center Cloud SGR B2 Ginsburg et al. 2018, ApJ, 853, 171 61. E-MOSAICS: simulating the formation and co-evolution of galaxies and their star cluster populations Pfeffer et al. 2018, MNRAS, 475, 4309 62. Age As a Major Factor in the Onset of Multiple Populations in Stellar Clusters Martocchia et al. 2018, MNRAS, 473, 2688 63. Red Supergiants as Cosmic Abundance Probes: massive star clusters in M83, and the mass-metallicity relation of nearby galaxies Davies et al. 2017, ApJ, 847, 112 64. The Difference in Metallicity Distribution Functions of Halo Stars and Globular Clusters as a Function of Galaxy Type Lamers, H.J.G.L.M., et al. 2017, A&A, 606, 85 65. The Varying Mass Distribution of Molecular Clouds Across M83 Freeman et al. 2017, MNRAS, 468, 1769 66. Searching for GC-like abundance patterns in young massive clusters II. - Results from the Antennae galaxies Lardo et al. 2017, MNRAS, 468, 2482 67. The Search for Multiple Populations in Magellanic Cloud Clusters III: No evidence for Multiple Populations in the SMC cluster NGC 419 Martocchia, S,, Bastian, N. et al. 2017, MNRAS, 468, 3150 68.
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