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James Bolton

Professor of Astrophysics, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, 2007

MPhys, Astrophysics, University of Edinburgh, 2003

Teaching Summary

I am module convenor for Atmospheric and Planetary Physics (PHYS4004)

I am a member of the teaching team for Scientific Computing (PHYS4007)

Research Summary

Reionisation, the first galaxies and the origin and evolution of the ultra-violet background.

The Lyman-alpha forest as a probe of cosmology and large scale structure.

Quasar absorption lines and the physics of the intergalactic medium.

Numerical simulations of the cosmic web and cosmological radiative transfer.

Selected Publications

  • BOLTON, JAMES S., CAPUTO, ANDREA, LIU, HONGWAN and VIEL, MATTEO,, 2022. Physical Review Letters. 129, 21102
  • BOLTON, JAMES S., PUCHWEIN, EWALD, SIJACKI, DEBORA, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., KIM, TAE-SUN, MEIKSIN, AVERY, REGAN, JOHN A. and VIEL, MATTEO, 2017. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 464, 897-914
  • IRSIC, VID, VIEL, MATTEO, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., BOLTON, JAMES S. and BECKER, GEORGE D., 2017. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 119, 031032
  • VIEL, M., BECKER, G.D., BOLTON, J.S., HAEHNELT, M.G., RAUCH, M. and SARGENT, W.L.W., 2008. Physical Review Letters. 100, 041304
  • PUCHWEIN, EWALD, BOLTON, JAMES S, KEATING, LAURA C, MOLARO, MARGHERITA, GAIKWAD, PRAKASH, KULKARNI, GIRISH, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G, IR艩I膶, VID, 艩OLTINSK脻, TOM脕艩, VIEL, MATTEO, AUBERT, DOMINIQUE, BECKER, GEORGE D and MEIKSIN, AVERY,, 2023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519, 6162-6183
  • 艩OLTINSK脻, TOM脕艩, BOLTON, JAMES S., MOLARO, MARGHERITA, HATCH, NINA, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., KEATING, LAURA C., KULKARNI, GIRISH and PUCHWEIN, EWALD,, 2023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519, 3027-3045
  • MOLARO, MARGHERITA, IR艩I膶, VID, BOLTON, JAMES S, LIEU, MAGGIE, KEATING, LAURA C, PUCHWEIN, EWALD, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G and VIEL, MATTEO,, 2023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521, 1489鈥1501
  • BOLTON, JAMES S., CAPUTO, ANDREA, LIU, HONGWAN and VIEL, MATTEO,, 2022. Physical Review Letters. 129, 21102
  • BOLTON, JAMES S., GAIKWAD, PRAKASH, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., KIM, TAE SUN, NASIR, FAHAD, PUCHWEIN, EWALD, VIEL, MATTEO and WAKKER, BART P., 2022. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 513, 864-885
  • MOLARO, MARGHERITA, IR艩I膶, VID, BOLTON, JAMES S, KEATING, LAURA C., PUCHWEIN, EWALD, GAIKWAD, PRAKASH, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., KULKARNI, GIRISH and VIEL, MATTEO,, 2022. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509, 6119-6137
  • BECKER, GEORGE D., D鈥橝LOISIO, ANSON, CHRISTENSON, HOLLY M., ZHU, YONGDA, WORSECK, GABOR and BOLTON, JAMES S, 2021. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508, 1853-1869
  • MILLER, JOEL, BOLTON, JAMES and HATCH, NINA, 2021. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506, 6001-6013
  • 艩OLTINSK脥, TOM脕艩, BOLTON, JAMES S, HATCH, NINA, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G, KEATING, LAURA C, KULKARNI, GIRISH, PUCHWEIN, EWALD, CHARDIN, JONATHAN and AUBERT, DOMINIQUE, 2021. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506, 5818鈥5835
  • KIM, T-S, WAKKER, B P, NASIR, F, CARSWELL, R F, SAVAGE, B D, BOLTON, J S, FOX, A J, VIEL, M, HAEHNELT, M G, CHARLTON, J C and ROSENWASSER, B E, 2021. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 501, 5811-5833
  • GAIKWAD, PRAKASH, RAUCH, MICHAEL, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G, PUCHWEIN, EWALD, BOLTON, JAMES S, KEATING, LAURA C, KULKARNI, GIRISH, IR艩I膶, VID, BA脩ADOS, EDUARDO, BECKER, GEORGE D, BOERA, ELISA, ZAHEDY, FAKHRI S, CHEN, HSIAO-WEN, CARSWELL, ROBERT F, CHARDIN, JONATHAN and RORAI, ALBERTO,, 2020. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494, 5091鈥5109
  • MILLER, JOEL S A, BOLTON, JAMES S and HATCH, NINA, 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 489, 5381-5397
  • BOERA, ELISA, BECKER, GEORGE D., BOLTON, JAMES S and NASIR, FAHAD,, 2019. Astrophysical Journal. 872, 1-35
  • BOLTON, JAMES S., PUCHWEIN, EWALD, SIJACKI, DEBORA, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., KIM, TAE-SUN, MEIKSIN, AVERY, REGAN, JOHN A. and VIEL, MATTEO, 2017. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 464, 897-914
  • MEIKSIN, AVERY, BOLTON, JAMES S. and PUCHWEIN, EWALD, 2017. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 468(2), 1893-1901
  • IRSIC, VID, VIEL, MATTEO, BERG, TRYSTYN A. M., D'ODORICO, VALENTINA, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., CRISTIANI, STEFANO, CUPANI, GUIDO, KIM, TAE-SUN, LOPEZ, SEBASTIAN, ELLISON, SARA, BECKER, GEORGE D., CHRISTENSEN, LISE, DENNEY, KELLY D., WORSECK, GABOR and BOLTON, JAMES S., 2017. The Lyman alpha forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 Legacy Survey MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 466(4), 4332-4345
  • IRSIC, VID, VIEL, MATTEO, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., BOLTON, JAMES S. and BECKER, GEORGE D., 2017. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 119, 031032
  • IRSIC, VID, VIEL, MATTEO, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., BOLTON, JAMES S., CRISTIANI, STEFANO, BECKER, GEORGE D., D'ODORICO, VALENTINA, CUPANI, GUIDO, KIM, TAE-SUN, BERG, TRYSTYN A. M., LOPEZ, SEBASTIAN, ELLISON, SARA, CHRISTENSEN, LISE, DENNEY, KELLY D. and WORSECK, GABOR, 2017. PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 96(2),
  • RORAI, A., BECKER, G. D., HAEHNELT, M. G., CARSWELL, R. F., BOLTON, J. S., CRISTIANI, S., D'ODORICO, V., CUPANI, G., BARAI, P., CALURA, F., KIM, T. -S., POMANTE, E., TESCARI, E. and VIEL, M., 2017. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 466(3), 2690-2709
  • FAHAD NASIR, JAMES S BOLTON, MATTEO VIEL, TAE-SUN KIM, MARTIN G HAEHNELT, EWALD PUCHWEIN and DEBORA SIJACKI, 2017. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471, 1056-1069
  • MATTEO VIEL, MARTIN G HAEHNELT, JAMES S BOLTON, TAE-SUN KIM, EWALD PUCHWEIN, FAHAD NASIR and BART P WAKKER, 2017. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 467, L86-L90
  • RORAI, ALBERTO, CARSWELL, R.F., HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., BECKER, GEORGE D., BOLTON, JAMES S. and MURPHY, MICHAEL T., 2017. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474,
  • BOERA, ELISA, MURPHY, MICHAEL T., BECKER, GEORGE D. and BOLTON, JAMES S., 2016. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 456(1), L79-L83
  • KEATING, LAURA C., PUCHWEIN, EWALD, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., BIRD, SIMEON and BOLTON, JAMES S., 2016. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 461(1), 606-626
  • NASIR, FAHAD, BOLTON, JAMES S. and BECKER, GEORGE D., 2016. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 463(3), 2335-2347
  • LEE, KHEE-GAN, HENNAWI, JOSEPH F., SPERGEL, DAVID N., WEINBERG, DAVID H., HOGG, DAVID W., VIEL, MATTEO, BOLTON, JAMES S., BAILEY, STEPHEN, PIERI, MATTHEW M., CARITHERS, WILLIAM, SCHLEGEL, DAVID J., LUNDGREN, BRITT, PALANQUE-DELABROUILLE, NATHALIE, SUZUKI, NAO, SCHNEIDER, DONALD P. and YECHE, CHRISTOPHE, 2015. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 799(2),
  • GREIG, BRADLEY, BOLTON, JAMES S. and WYITHE, J. STUART B., 2015. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 447(3), 2503-2511
  • BECKER, GEORGE D., BOLTON, JAMES S., MADAU, PIERO, PETTINI, MAX, RYAN-WEBER, EMMA V. and VENEMANS, BRAM P., 2015. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 447(4), 3402-3419
  • PUCHWEIN, EWALD, BOLTON, JAMES S., HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., MADAU, PIERO, BECKER, GEORGE D. and HAARDT, FRANCESCO, 2015. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 450(4), 4081-4097
  • CHOUDHURY, TIRTHANKAR ROY, PUCHWEIN, EWALD, HAEHNELT, MARTIN G. and BOLTON, JAMES S., 2015. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 452(1), 261-277
  • MEIKSIN, AVERY, BOLTON, JAMES S. and TITTLEY, ERIC R., 2015. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 453(1), 899-913
  • BECKER, GEORGE D., BOLTON, JAMES S. and LIDZ, ADAM, 2015. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA. 32,
  • CIARDI, B., INOUE, S., ABDALLA, F. B., ASAD, K., BERNARDI, G., BOLTON, J. S., BRENTJENS, M., DE BRUYN, A. G., CHAPMAN, E., DAIBOO, S., FERNANDEZ, E. R., GHOSH, A., GRAZIANI, L., HARKER, G. J. A., ILIEV, I. T., JELIC, V., JENSEN, H., KAZEMI, S., KOOPMANS, L. V. E., MARTINEZ, O., MASELLI, A., MELLEMA, G., OFFRINGA, A. R., PANDEY, V. N., SCHAYE, J., THOMAS, R., VEDANTHAM, H., YATAWATTA, S. and ZAROUBI, S., 2015. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 453(1), 101-105
  • KEATING, LAURA C., HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., BECKER, GEORGE D. and BOLTON, JAMES S., 2014. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 438(2), 1820-1831
  • BOLTON, JAMES S., BECKER, GEORGE D., HAEHNELT, MARTIN G. and VIEL, MATTEO, 2014. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 438(3), 2499-2507
  • ROSSI, GRAZIANO, PALANQUE-DELABROUILLE, NATHALIE, BORDE, ARNAUD, VIEL, MATTEO, YECHE, CHRISTOPHE, BOLTON, JAMES S., RICH, JAMES and LE GOFF, JEAN-MARC, 2014. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 567,
  • BORDE, ARNAUD, PALANQUE-DELABROUILLE, NATHALIE, ROSSI, GRAZIANO, VIEL, MATTEO, BOLTON, JAMES S., YECHE, CHRISTOPHE, LEGOFF, JEAN-MARC and RICH, JIM, 2014. JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS.
  • BOERA, ELISA, MURPHY, MICHAEL T., BECKER, GEORGE D. and BOLTON, JAMES S., 2014. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 441(3), 1916-1933
  • MEIKSIN, AVERY, BOLTON, JAMES S. and TITTLEY, ERIC R., 2014. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 445(3), 2462-2475
  • KNEVITT, G., WYNN, G. A., POWER, C. and BOLTON, J. S., 2014. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 445(2), 2034-2048
  • BOLTON JS and HAEHNELT MG, 2013. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429(2), 1695-1704
  • CIARDI B, LABROPOULOS P, MASELLI A, THOMAS R, ZAROUBI S, GRAZIANI L, BOLTON JS, BERNARDI G, BRENTJENS M, DE BRUYN AG, DAIBOO S, HARKER GJA, JELIC V, KAZEMI S, KOOPMANS LVE, MARTINEZ O, MELLEMA G, OFFRINGA AR, PANDEY VN, SCHAYE J, VELIGATLA V, VENDANTHAM H and YATAWATTA S, 2013. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 428(2), 1755-1765
  • VIEL, MATTEO, BECKER, GEORGE D., BOLTON, JAMES S. and HAEHNELT, MARTIN G., 2013. PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 88(4),
  • PALANQUE-DELABROUILLE, NATHALIE, YECHE, CHRISTOPHE, BORDE, ARNAUD, LE GOFF, JEAN-MARC, ROSSI, GRAZIANO, VIEL, MATTEO, AUBOURG, ERIC, BAILEY, STEPHEN, BAUTISTA, JULIAN, BLOMQVIST, MICHAEL, BOLTON, ADAM, BOLTON, JAMES S., BUSCA, NICOLAS G., CARITHERS, BILL, CROFT, RUPERT A. C., DAWSON, KYLE S., DELUBAC, TIMOTHEE, FONT-RIBERA, ANDREU, HO, SHIRLEY, KIRKBY, DAVID, LEE, KHEE-GAN, MARGALA, DANIEL, MIRALDA-ESCUDE, JORDI, MUNA, DEMITRI, MYERS, ADAM D., NOTERDAEME, PASQUIER, PARIS, ISABELLE, PETITJEAN, PATRICK, PIERI, MATTHEW M., RICH, JAMES, ROLLINDE, EMMANUEL, ROSS, NICHOLAS P., SCHLEGEL, DAVID J., SCHNEIDER, DONALD P., SLOSAR, ANZE and WEINBERG, DAVID H., 2013. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 559,
  • BECKER, GEORGE D. and BOLTON, JAMES S., 2013. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 436(2), 1023-1039
  • BOLTON JS, BECKER GD, RASKUTTI S, WYITHE JSB, HAEHNELT MG and SARGET WLW, 2012. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419(4), 2880-2892
  • RASKUTTI S, BOLTON JS, WYITHE JSB and BECKER GD, 2012. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421(3), 1969-1981
  • CALURA F, TESCARI E, D'ODORICO V, VIEL M, CRISTIANI S, KIM TS and BOLTON JS, 2012. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyo. 422(4), 3019-3036
  • CIARDI B, BOLTON JS, MASELLI A and GRAZIANI L, 2012. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423(1), 558-574
  • GARZILLI A, BOLTON JS, KIM TS, LEACH S and VIEL M, 2012. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 424(3), 1723-1736
  • BECKER, G.D., BOLTON, J.S., HAEHNELT, M.G. and SARGENT, W.L.W., 2011. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 410(2), 1096-1112
  • BOLTON, J.S., HAEHNELT, M.G., WARREN, S.J., HEWETT, P.C., MORTLOCK, D.J., VENEMANS, B.P., MCMAHON, R.G. and SIMPSON, C., 2011. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 416(1), L70-L74
  • WYITHE JSB and BOLTON JS, 2011. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412(3), 1926-1936
  • CALVERLEY AP, BECKER GD, HAEHNELT MG and BOLTON JS, 2011. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412(4), 2543-2562
  • BOLTON JS and VIEL M, 2011. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 414(1), 241-252
  • GREIG B, BOLTON JS and WYITHE JSB, 2011. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 418(3), 1980-1993
  • BOLTON JS, BECKER GD, WYITHE JSB, HAEHNELT MG and SARGENT WLW, 2010. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 406(1), 612-615
  • BOLTON JS, OH SP and FURNLANETTO SR, 2009. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 395(2), 736-752
  • VIEL M, BOLTON JS and HAEHNELT MG, 2009. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 399(1), L39-L43
  • BOLTON JS, OH SP and FURLANETTO SR, 2009. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 396(4), 2405-2418
  • BOLTON JS and BECKER GD, 2009. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 398(1), L26-L30
  • VIEL, M., BECKER, G.D., BOLTON, J.S., HAEHNELT, M.G., RAUCH, M. and SARGENT, W.L.W., 2008. Physical Review Letters. 100, 041304
  • BOLTON, J.S., VIEL, M., KIM, T.-S., HAEHNELT, M.G. and CARSWELL, R.F., 2008. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 386(2), 1131-1144
  • WYITHE JSB, BOLTON JS and HAEHNELT MG, 2008. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 383(2), 691-704
  • BOLTON JS and HAEHNELT MG, 2007. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 374(2), 493-514
  • BOLTON JS and HAEHNELT MG, 2007. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 381(1), L35-L39
  • BOLTON JS and HAEHNELT MG, 2007. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 382(1), 325-341
  • KIM TS, BOLTON JS, VIEL M, HAEHNELT MG and CARSWELL RF, 2007. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 382(4), 1657-1674
  • BOLTON JS, HAEHNELT MG, VIEL M and CARSWELL RF, 2006. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 366(4), 1378-1390
  • BOLTON JS, HAEHNELT MG, VIEL M and SPRINGEL V, 2005. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 357(4), 1178-1188
  • BOLTON JS, MEIKSIN A and WHITE M, 2004. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 348(3), L43-L48

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