A consolidated grant for Sheffield Astrophysics 2018-2021
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The aim of this proposal is to support a programme of internationally excellent research in astrophysics at Sheffield, building on our recent research achievements, and tied to the exploitation of leading international facilities supported by STFC and UKSA.
Planned Impact
The main ways in which our research makes an impact outside the academic community is via our knowledge exchange and outreach activities. To summarise:
1. Knowledge exchange. This is primarily based on the building of the ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM instruments, which has lead to the development of new new CCD detector, data acquisition and cooling systems, as well as stimulating a project to develop new techniques to use 3D printing build rigid, lightweight support structure for astronomical instruments.
2. Outreach. Over the last 5 years members of the Sheffield astrophsyics group have delivered 126 talks to schools and astronomical societies, have held 70 in-house workshops for school students, and been involved in 15 press releases, all based on their research activities.
Details are given in our Impact Plan that is included as an attachment.
1. Knowledge exchange. This is primarily based on the building of the ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM instruments, which has lead to the development of new new CCD detector, data acquisition and cooling systems, as well as stimulating a project to develop new techniques to use 3D printing build rigid, lightweight support structure for astronomical instruments.
2. Outreach. Over the last 5 years members of the Sheffield astrophsyics group have delivered 126 talks to schools and astronomical societies, have held 70 in-house workshops for school students, and been involved in 15 press releases, all based on their research activities.
Details are given in our Impact Plan that is included as an attachment.
Organisations
Publications
Baran A
(2018)
Pulsations and eclipse-time analysis of HW Vir
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Götberg Y
(2018)
Spectral models for binary products: Unifying subdwarfs and Wolf-Rayet stars as a sequence of stripped-envelope stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Castro N
(2018)
Mapping the core of the Tarantula Nebula with VLT-MUSE I. Spectral and nebular content around R136
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Platais I
(2018)
HST Astrometry in the 30 Doradus Region. II. Runaway Stars from New Proper Motions in the Large Magellanic Cloud
in The Astronomical Journal
Stanley F
(2018)
Deep ALMA photometry of distant X-ray AGN: improvements in star formation rate constraints, and AGN identification
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lennon D
(2018)
Gaia DR2 reveals a very massive runaway star ejected from R136
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Franco M
(2018)
GOODS-ALMA: 1.1 mm galaxy survey I. Source catalog and optically dark galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tadhunter C
(2018)
Quantifying the AGN-driven outflows in ULIRGs (QUADROS) - II. Evidence for compact outflow regions from HST [O III] imaging observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Stevance H
(2018)
Probing the rotational velocity of Galactic WO stars with spectropolarimetry
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Colón K
(2018)
A Large Ground-based Observing Campaign of the Disintegrating Planet K2-22b
in The Astronomical Journal
Description | The findings have been used to inform a variety of outreach activities, including talks to schools and amateur astronomy societies socities, as well as public lectures. |
First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
Sector | Other |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |