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
Mahy L
(2020)
The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring III. Atmosphere analysis of double-lined spectroscopic systems
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lohr M
(2018)
The Arches cluster revisited II. A massive eclipsing spectroscopic binary in the Arches cluster
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Libralato M
(2021)
2D kinematics of massive stars near the Galactic Centre
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
Lata S
(2019)
Short-period Variable Stars in Young Open Cluster Stock 8
in The Astronomical Journal
Könyves V
(2020)
Properties of the dense core population in Orion B as seen by the Herschel Gould Belt survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kupfer T
(2020)
The First Ultracompact Roche Lobe-Filling Hot Subdwarf Binary
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kupfer T
(2020)
A New Class of Roche Lobe-filling Hot Subdwarf Binaries
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kocevski D
(2018)
X-UDS: The Chandra Legacy Survey of the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Field
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Kim S
(2020)
Making top-heavy IMFs from canonical IMFs near the Galactic Centre
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 |