Profile
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Overview
I am part of the ICYBOB research group (PI Clare Dobbs) funded by the European research council.
I study how stellar feedback processes - particularly photoionisation and supernovae from massive stars (> 18 M​⊙) - affect large-scale star formation, inter-stellar medium composition, stellar clustering, and galaxy evolution. Find my publications here.
I also have a keen interest in high-performance computing. I follow the state of the art in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, I enjoy parallelising and optimising code, and implementing models of stellar feedback physics.
Publications
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
2023
- Buckner ASM, Naylor T, Dobbs CL, Rieder S, Bending TJR. (2023) Observational bias and young massive cluster characterization − II. Can Gaia accurately observe young clusters and associations?, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 527, no. 3, pages 5448-5463, DOI:10.1093/mnras/stad3367.
- Buckner ASM, Naylor T, Dobbs CL, Rieder S, Bending TJR. (2023) Observational Bias and Young Massive Cluster Characterisation II. Can Gaia accurately observe young clusters and associations?. [PDF]
- Ali AA, Dobbs CL, Bending TJR, Buckner ASM, Pettitt AR. (2023) Star cluster formation and feedback in different environments of a Milky Way-like galaxy. [PDF]
- Herrington NP, Dobbs CL, Bending TJR. (2023) The role of previous generations of stars in triggering star formation and driving gas dynamics, MNRAS, V521, I4, Y2023. [PDF]
- Herrington NP, Dobbs CL, Bending TJR. (2023) The role of previous generations of stars in triggering star formation and driving gas dynamics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, DOI:10.1093/mnras/stad923.
- Rieder S, Dobbs C, Bending T, Liow KY, Wurster J. (2023) Simulating star formation in spiral galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, volume 16, no. S362, pages 105-110, DOI:10.1017/s1743921322001892. [PDF]
2022
- Dobbs CL, Bending TJR, Pettitt AR, Buckner ASM, Bate MR. (2022) The formation of clusters and OB associations in different density spiral arm environments. [PDF]
- Ali AA, Bending TJR, Dobbs CL. (2022) Stellar winds and photoionization in a spiral arm. [PDF]
2021
- Dobbs CL, Bending TJR, Pettitt AR, Bate MR. (2021) The formation of massive stellar clusters in converging galactic flows with photoionisation, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2110.09201.
- Rieder S, Dobbs C, Bending T, Liow KY, Wurster J. (2021) The formation and early evolution of embedded star clusters in spiral galaxies. [PDF]
2020
- Bending TJR, Dobbs CL, Bate MR. (2020) Photoionising feedback in spiral arm molecular clouds, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2005.06234.
2019
- Rieder S, Dobbs C, Bending T. (2019) Simulating star-forming regions in spiral galaxies with AMUSE, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, volume 14, no. 351, pages 216-219, DOI:10.1017/S1743921319006860.