Short-term visitors programme for the Bristol Astrophysics Group

Lead Research Organisation: University of Bristol
Department Name: Physics

Abstract

We wish to continue the short-term visitors programme of the Bristol Astrophysics Group, which has been successful at strengthening the Group's research output through enhanced national and international contacts. This is particularly important in relation to the extensive continuing work with collaborators from other continents, where productive research is greatly helped up by a personal visit. Over the past three years a large fraction of the Group's papers have been based on collaborations with visitors funded through the short-term visitors programme.

Organisations

Publications

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Description This grant brought a variety of visitors to Bristol to work with Group members on a number of different research topics. These included visitors working on the interactions between active galaxies and the intergalactic medium (and so on one of the mechanisms believed to head gas and prevent excessive structure formation in the Universe), on the use of the AMiBA telescope to study the microwave background radiation (and so on methods of extracting small radio signals from radio-frequency data, and on combining multi-wavelength datasets to obtain cosmological measurements), on the smallest known galaxies (which were discovered through work in Bristol, and which have implications for galaxy formation and evolution), on populations of galaxies in general (and so on the mechanisms of galaxy assembly), and on cosmology using microwave background data. A number of publications resulted directly from this work, or were based on data gained through proposals written on the basis of the visits.
Exploitation Route All of the different research areas could be further advanced by further investigation - and a number continue to be worked on by Group members and their subsequent visitors, students, and postdoctoral research assistants.
Sectors Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education,Environment,Other

 
Description The visits funded through this grant directly resulted in ten publications, and indirectly contributed to a number of others either through stimulating thinking about those topics or, later, leading to research proposals.
First Year Of Impact 2006
Sector Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education
Impact Types Cultural

 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Australian Astronomical Observatory
Country Australia 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Australian National University (ANU)
Department Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Cardiff University
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS)
Country United States 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO)
Country Chile 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Durham University
Department Institute for Computational Cosmology
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Country Germany 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Imperial College London
Department Astrophysics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Leiden University
Department Leiden Observatory
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Liverpool John Moores University
Department Astrophysics Research Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Max Planck Society
Department Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Max Planck Society
Department Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Monash University
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Queen Mary University of London
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Swinburne University of Technology
Department Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation Universidade de São Paulo
Department Institute Of Astronomy
Country Brazil 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Barcelona
Department Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)
Country Spain 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Birmingham
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of British Columbia
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Canterbury
Department Department of Physics and Astronomy
Country New Zealand 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Central Lancashire
Department Jeremiah Horrocks Institute for Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Department Institute for Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Nottingham
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Oxford
Department Department of Physics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Portsmouth
Department Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of St Andrews
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Sussex
Department Astronomy Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Sydney
Department Sydney Institute for Astronomy
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of Waterloo
Department Department of Physics & Astronomy
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description GAMA 
Organisation University of the Western Cape
Department Department of Physics
Country South Africa 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Observations, optical image analysis, spectroscopic analysis, clustering properties
Collaborator Contribution Observation, image and spectroscopic analysis, luminosity and correlation functions,
Impact Many publications.
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation California Institute of Technology
Department Caltech Astronomy
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Cardiff University
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Durham University
Department Department of Physics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Imperial College London
Department Astrophysics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Joint Astronomy Centre
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE)
Country Netherlands 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Leiden University
Department Leiden Observatory
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Max Planck Society
Department Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation McGill University
Department Department of Physics
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics
Country Mexico 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Open University
Department School of Physical Sciences
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation Queen's University Belfast
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University College London
Department Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of British Columbia
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Institute of Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Department Institute for Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Groningen
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Leicester
Department Department of Physics & Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Manchester
Department Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Nottingham
Department School of Physics and Astronomy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Oxford
Department Department of Physics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Sussex
Department Astronomy Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008
 
Description H-ATLAS 
Organisation University of Toronto
Department Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Science analysis; proposal writing and editing; follow-up observing and interpretation; paper editing.
Collaborator Contribution Primary observing set-up; data analysis; science analysis; catalogue and image preparation; paper writing and editing.
Impact Many papers; those in which we had a substantive role are given in the publications section.
Start Year 2008