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
Wild J
(2020)
Spectroscopic and photometric periods of six ultracompact accreting binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Burdge K
(2020)
A Systematic Search of Zwicky Transient Facility Data for Ultracompact Binary LISA-detectable Gravitational-wave Sources
in The Astrophysical Journal
Paraskeva E
(2020)
First systematic high-precision survey of bright supernovae I. Methodology for identifying early bumps
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
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
Mong Y
(2020)
Machine learning for transient recognition in difference imaging with minimum sampling effort
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahy L
(2020)
The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring III. Atmosphere analysis of double-lined spectroscopic systems
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Parsons S
(2020)
A pulsating white dwarf in an eclipsing binary
in Nature Astronomy
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 |