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
Meza E
(2019)
Lower atmosphere and pressure evolution on Pluto from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988-2016
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Paraskeva E
(2020)
First systematic high-precision survey of bright supernovae I. Methodology for identifying early bumps
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Könyves V
(2020)
Properties of the dense core population in Orion B as seen by the Herschel Gould Belt survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bagnulo S
(2020)
A search for strong magnetic fields in massive and very massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mahy L
(2020)
The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring III. Atmosphere analysis of double-lined spectroscopic systems
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Zhou L
(2020)
GOODS-ALMA: Optically dark ALMA galaxies shed light on a cluster in formation at z = 3.5
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schneider F
(2018)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XXIX. Massive star formation in the local 30 Doradus starburst
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lohr M
(2018)
The Arches cluster revisited II. A massive eclipsing spectroscopic binary in the Arches cluster
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Oosterloo T
(2019)
ALMA observations of PKS 1549-79: a case of feeding and feedback in a young radio quasar
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Moriya T
(2020)
The Carnegie Supernova Project II Observations of SN 2014ab possibly revealing a 2010jl-like SN IIn with pre-existing dust
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schootemeijer A
(2021)
A dearth of young and bright massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Silvotti R
(2018)
The sdB pulsating star V391 Peg and its putative giant planet revisited after 13 years of time-series photometric data
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Franco M
(2020)
GOODS-ALMA: Using IRAC and VLA to probe fainter millimeter galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bonnet-Bidaud J
(2020)
Fast quasi-periodic oscillations in the eclipsing polar VV Puppis from VLT and XMM-Newton observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Franco M
(2020)
GOODS-ALMA: The slow downfall of star formation in z = 2-3 massive galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Santoro F
(2020)
AGN-driven outflows and the AGN feedback efficiency in young radio galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Santoro F
(2018)
Probing multi-phase outflows and AGN feedback in compact radio galaxies: the case of PKS B1934-63
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dufton P
(2018)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XXVIII. Nitrogen abundances for apparently single dwarf and giant B-type stars with small projected rotational velocities
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ackley K
(2020)
Observational constraints on the optical and near-infrared emission from the neutron star-black hole binary merger candidate S190814bv
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ramsay G
(2018)
Detection of a 23.6 min periodic modulation in the optical counterpart of 3XMMJ051034.6-670353
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wyrzykowski L
(2020)
Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wright N
(2020)
The velocity structure of Cygnus OB2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Baran A
(2018)
Pulsations and eclipse-time analysis of HW Vir
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pala A
(2019)
Evidence for mass accretion driven by spiral shocks onto the white dwarf in SDSS J123813.73-033933.0
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wild J
(2020)
Spectroscopic and photometric periods of six ultracompact accreting binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Schaffenroth V
(2021)
A quantitative in-depth analysis of the prototype sdB+BD system SDSS J08205+0008 revisited in the Gaia era
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Grimmett L
(2019)
Revealing the differences in the SMBH accretion rate distributions of starburst and non-starburst galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Batcheldor D
(2019)
Quantifying the AGN-driven outflows in ULIRGs (QUADROS) IV: HST/STIS spectroscopy of the sub-kpc warm outflow in F14394+5332
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Mata-Sánchez D
(2020)
First measurement of the total gravitational quadrupole moment of a black widow companion
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Han Y
(2020)
The extreme colliding-wind system Apep: resolved imagery of the central binary and dust plume in the infrared
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Prentice S
(2019)
Investigating the properties of stripped-envelope supernovae; what are the implications for their progenitors?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mong Y
(2020)
Machine learning for transient recognition in difference imaging with minimum sampling effort
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Arnold B
(2019)
A method to analyse velocity structure
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rui L
(2019)
Probing the final-stage progenitor evolution for Type IIP Supernova 2017eaw in NGC 6946
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rate G
(2020)
Unlocking Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars with Gaia DR2 - II. Cluster and association membership
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maund J
(2020)
Polarimetry of the superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sun N
(2020)
Origins of Type Ibn SNe 2006jc/2015G in interacting binaries and implications for pre-SN eruptions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Clark C
(2021)
Einstein@Home discovery of the gamma-ray millisecond pulsar PSR J2039-5617 confirms its predicted redback nature
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Snaid S
(2018)
Flickering in AGB stars: probing the nature of accreting companions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Urbano-Mayorgas J
(2019)
The host galaxies of luminous type 2 AGNs at z ~ 0.3-0.4
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Davies B
(2018)
The luminosities of cool supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds, and the Humphreys-Davidson limit revisited
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sun N
(2020)
The changing-type SN 2014C may come from an 11-M? star stripped by binary interaction and violent eruption
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pierce J
(2019)
Do AGN triggering mechanisms vary with radio power? - I. Optical morphologies of radio-intermediate HERGs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| 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 |