PATT Standard T&S Grant 2012 for Professor P Alexander and Dr S J George
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
To provide deep 610 MHz polarisation observations of a sample of a well studied region ELAIS NI.
People |
ORCID iD |
Paul Alexander (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Ade, PAR
(2007)
Tests of finline-coupled TES bolometers for ClOVER
in 2007 JOINT 32ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES AND 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TERAHERTZ ELECTRONICS, VOLS 1 AND 2
Payne I.
(2010)
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: Geostationary Target Imaging Capabilities
in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference
Jurgenson Colby
(2010)
The Magdalena Ridge Interferometer Fringe Tracker
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #215
Gordon JA
(2011)
Long-exposure filtering of turbulence-degraded wavefronts.
in Applied optics
Buscher D
(2012)
The declination degeneracy in interferometric astrometry
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nisini B.
(2007)
Warm SiO gas in molecular bullets associated with protostellar outflows
in ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Giommi P
(2012)
Simultaneous Planck , Swift , and Fermi observations of X-ray and ? -ray selected blazars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Melin J
(2012)
A comparison of algorithms for the construction of SZ cluster catalogues
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hatchell J.
(2007)
Star formation in perseus - III. Outflows
in ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Gordon J
(2012)
Detection noise bias and variance in the power spectrum and bispectrum in optical interferometry
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Oudmaijer R
(2012)
Optical interferometry - the sharpest tool in the box
in Astronomy & Geophysics
Reynolds Stephen P.
(2008)
The youngest Galactic supernova remnant: G1.9+0.3
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
MEIGHEN E
(1975)
HYBRIDS OF CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE
in BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA
Garn T. S.
(2010)
Further GMRT observations of the Lockman Hole at 610 MHz
in BULLETIN OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
Green D. A.
(2011)
A colour scheme for the display of astronomical intensity images
in BULLETIN OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
Green D. A.
(2009)
A revised Galactic supernova remnant catalogue
in BULLETIN OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
Green D. A.
(2007)
Comments on the radio spectrum of HB 3
in BULLETIN OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
Green D. A.
(2006)
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope limits on cool HI in galaxy groups
in Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India
Brierley A. S.
(2008)
ESTIMATING STANDING STOCK OF KRILL USING MAXIMUM ENTROPY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION RESPONSE
in CCAMLR SCIENCE
Alexander P.
(2005)
Mid-IR properties of young radio-selected AGN
in ESA Special Publication
Stephenson F. Richard
(2009)
A CATALOGUE OF "GUEST STARS" RECORDED IN EAST ASIAN HISTORY FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO AD 1600
in JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
Vázquez J
(2012)
Model selection applied to reconstruction of the Primordial Power Spectrum
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Vázquez J
(2012)
Reconstruction of the dark energy equation of state
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Rangayyan RM
(2010)
Detection of the optic nerve head in fundus images of the retina with Gabor filters and phase portrait analysis.
in Journal of digital imaging
Graff P
(2012)
BAMBI: blind accelerated multimodal Bayesian inference BAMBI
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Buckle J
(2012)
The JCMT Legacy Survey of the Gould Belt: mapping 13CO and C18O in Orion A GBS HARP survey: Orion A
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Buckle J
(2012)
The structure of molecular gas associated with NGC 2264: wide-field 12CO and H2 imaging Wide-field imaging of NGC 2264
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith R
(2012)
Resolving the terrestrial planet forming regions of HD 113766 and HD 172555 with MIDI MIDI observations of HD 113766 and HD 172555
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Drabek E
(2012)
Molecular line contamination in the SCUBA-2 450 and 850 µm continuum data Line contamination in SCUBA-2 continuum data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nandra R
(2012)
The effect of a massive object on an expanding universe Effect of a mass on an expanding universe
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nandra R
(2012)
The effect of an expanding universe on massive objects Effect of an expanding universe on masses
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ford D. C.
(2008)
A Semi-Empirical Model of the Infrared Emission from Galaxies
in MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ALBINSON JS
(1986)
NEUTRAL HYDROGEN TOWARDS 3C10, THE REMNANT OF TYCHO SUPERNOVA
in MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Christie H
(2012)
CO depletion in the Gould Belt clouds CO depletion in the Gould Belt clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nikolic B
(2012)
90 GHz continuum observations of Messier 66 Observations of M 66 at 90 GHz
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chang C
(2012)
Atmospheric point spread function interpolation for weak lensing in short exposure imaging data Atmospheric PSF interpolation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Walker-Smith S
(2013)
The structure and kinematics of dense gas in NGC 2068
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vázquez J
(2012)
A Bayesian study of the primordial power spectrum from a novel closed universe model Bayesian study of the primordial spectrum
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wilson C
(2012)
The JCMT Nearby Galaxies Legacy Survey - VIII. CO data and the LCO(3-2)-LFIR correlation in the SINGS sample
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Butcher L
(2012)
Localizing the angular momentum of linear gravity
in Physical Review D
Butcher L
(2012)
Localized energetics of linear gravity: Theoretical development
in Physical Review D
Piccirillo, L.,Ade, P.,Audley, M.D.,Baines, C.,Battye, R.,Brown, M.,Calisse, P.,Challinor, A.,Duncan, W.D.,Ferreira, P.,Gear, W.,Glowacka, D.M.,Goldie, D.,Grimes, P.K.,Halpern, M.,Haynes, V.,Hilton, G.C.,Irwin, K.D.,Johnson, B.,Jones, M.,Lasenby, A.,Leahy, P.,Leech, J.,Lewis, S.,Maffei, B.,Martinis, L.,Mauskopf, P.D.,Melhuish, S.J.,North, C.E.,O'Dea, D.,Parsley, S.,Pisano, G.,Reintsema, C.D.,Savini, G.,Sudiwala, R.V.,Sutton, D.,Taylor, A.,Teleberg, G.,Titterington, D.,Tsaneva, V.N.,Tucker, C.,W
(2008)
The Clover experiment
in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Geisbuesch J
(2008)
Cosmic magnetic fields in galaxies, groups and clusters
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Geisbuesch J
(2008)
Cosmic magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies and their analysis
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Buscher D.
(2009)
Minimizing the Effects of Polarization Crosstalk on the Imaging Fidelity of an Optical Interferometer
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Ward-Thompson D.
(2007)
The James clerk maxwell telescope legacy survey of nearby star-forming regions in the gould belt
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Plume R.
(2007)
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope spectral legacy survey
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Berger J
(2012)
Imaging the heart of astrophysical objects with optical long-baseline interferometry
in The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
DeVore MS
(2012)
Classic maximum entropy recovery of the average joint distribution of apparent FRET efficiency and fluorescence photons for single-molecule burst measurements.
in The journal of physical chemistry. B
Saikia D. J.
(2009)
The Low-Frequency Radio Universe
in The Low-Frequency Radio Universe
Description | This award was a PATT travel grant in support of the wider aims of the Cambridge Astrophysics Group Consolidated Grant. The Impact was to facilitate publications using data obtained with this award. |
First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
Description | EMU |
Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | EMU is a proposed radio sky survey project, designed to use the new ASKAP telescope to make a deep (~10µJy rms) radio survey covering the entire Southern Sky (perhaps as far North as 30°. It can be characterised as a "Southern NVSS", except that it will have about 40 times the sensitivity of the NVSS. As a result, it will be able to probe typical star forming galaxies up to a redshift of 1 (i.e. looking back in time to about half the age of the Universe) and the most extreme starbursts to even greater redshifts. Quasars and galaxies hosting massive black holes will be seen right out near the edge of the observable Universe, where the first massive black holes were born. Perhaps even more importantly, EMU will almost certainly uncover new classes of object. |
Collaborator Contribution | The project was one of 39 competing to use ASKAP. Expressions of Interest were solicited in November 2008, and selected proposals (including EMU) invited to submit a full proposal by 15 June 2009. EMU was ranked equal top (with WALLABY) of the projects, and so has been invited to play a significant role in ensuring that ASKAP is built and operated to maximise the science return. Potential participants are invited to join the team, and will then have the opportunity to participate in designing the parameters and processes of the survey, and the commissioning and quality control. |
Impact | All radio data from the survey will be placed in the public domain as soon the data quality has been checked. An integral part of the proposed project will be to identify sources with other wavelengths, and produce public-domain VO-accessible catalogs of these and other "added-value" data products. |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | LOFAR-UK |
Organisation | Royal Observatory Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The LOw Frequency ARray, LOFAR,is a radio telescope working at the lowest frequencies accessible from Earth. Combining many thousands of simple dipole receivers (just like the one in your radio at home) with the latest in high tech computing, LOFAR will be able to survey wide areas of the sky all at once and will open up a new window for astronomers. When completed, LOFAR will consist of over 5,000 separate antennas spread in "stations" all over Europe. The main project is based in the Netherlands, and most of the array will be there, but outposts are planned in Germany, France, Sweden, Poland and the UK. Several stations are now working, and the array was officially opened in June 2010. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | As above |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | LOFAR-UK |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The LOw Frequency ARray, LOFAR,is a radio telescope working at the lowest frequencies accessible from Earth. Combining many thousands of simple dipole receivers (just like the one in your radio at home) with the latest in high tech computing, LOFAR will be able to survey wide areas of the sky all at once and will open up a new window for astronomers. When completed, LOFAR will consist of over 5,000 separate antennas spread in "stations" all over Europe. The main project is based in the Netherlands, and most of the array will be there, but outposts are planned in Germany, France, Sweden, Poland and the UK. Several stations are now working, and the array was officially opened in June 2010. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | As above |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | ALMA Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Exhibition show for a 5 day long exhibition at the Royal Society. The exhibition is in London but school groups and members of the public from across the country attended. We produced some videos explaining about ALMA and life as astronomers, which we posted online. We presented ALMA interactively to an audience of 12000 members of the public over a 7 days period. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | BBC Radio 4 Material World |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Live science show with Quentin Cooper, invited to discuss science with ALMA Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | BBC Sky at Night |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | 2012 - Invited to discuss infrared astronomy and ALMA 2006 - Invited to discuss science with the HARP spectrometer on the JCMT. Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2012 |
Description | BBC World Service Interview on ALMA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | World Service interview on ALMA Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | CUAS Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Popular talk with questions and answer session at end. Talk to local undergraduate Astronomical Society. Raised profile of astronomical research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Cambridge Science Festival Open Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Cambridge Science Festival Open Day 2013: presented ALMA display to several hundred members of the general public Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | French World Service Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | French World Service interview on ALMA Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Herschel and Planck Exhibit (London 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 10,000 visitors to the exhibition had the opportunity to talk to scientists involved with Herschel and Planck about their work Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Institute of Astronomy Public Talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two public talks at the Institute of Astronomy open evenings: audience of about 150-200 members of the public. Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011 |
Description | Kavli Lecture of the American Astronomical Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Kavli Lecture of the American Astronomical Society. Elected an Honorary Member of the American Astronomical Society. Elected an Honorary Member of the American Astronomical Society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Media Tour of ESO Chilean Observatories |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media tour of ESO Chilean observatories with UK Science Journalists: A staff member accompanied a large group of UK mainstream science journalists to the Paranal and ALMA Observatories in Chile to act as scientific guide in 2007. Resulted in a large number of broadsheet and tabloid press articles. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Naked Scientists Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Discussion on science with submm astronomy Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Newspaper and Magazine Interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Numerous interviews with major newspapers and magazines relating to ALMA science and press releases Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012 |
Description | Night School Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Seminar with questions and answer session at end Raised profile of astronomical research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Papworth Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk to local village Astronomical Society. Popular talk with questions and answer session at end. Raised profile of astronomical research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Physics Centre Talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Popular talk with questions and answer session at end for 300 students each time. Raised profile of astronomical research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2012 |
Description | Physics at Work |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talks on current astrophysical research to attendees at "Physics at Work" Exhibition. Part of Department's Physics at Work outreach programme. Talks with question and answers afterwards to groups of about 15. Raised profile of Physics at Work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | Planck Display 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Answered many questions from visitors about Planck, which had been in the national and international news 2 days earlier. Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Radio interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Listeners to the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Drivetime programme Raised research awareness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Sutton Trust Summer Schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Tour of Observatory, with informal talks, and questions and answer sessions, for about 20 sixth form students each year. Lecture on current astronomical research related to the Cosmic Microwave Background to Sutton Trust Summer School students. Raised profile of astronomical research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | Television appearance for SKA and ALMA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Appearance by Alexander and Cambridge SKA team on a regionally commissioned TV short feature on research at Cambridge and featuring the SKA and ALMA. National TV reach explaining research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Tours of Observatory |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The astrophysics group provides regular tours of the observatory for schools and other interested groups by appointment. Tours are operated by a senior member of staff and one or more graduate students acting as guides. Impact on visitors explaining our research Impact on schools encouragement to participate in science |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |