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
Borisov G
(2018)
Rotational variation of the linear polarization of the asteroid (3200) Phaethon as evidence for inhomogeneity in its surface properties?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Bernhard E
(2019)
Inferring a difference in the star-forming properties of lower versus higher X-ray luminosity AGNs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Parsons S
(2020)
A pulsating white dwarf in an eclipsing binary
in Nature Astronomy
Callingham J
(2018)
Anisotropic winds in a Wolf-Rayet binary identify a potential gamma-ray burst progenitor
in Nature Astronomy
Bulla M
(2018)
The origin of polarization in kilonovae and the case of the gravitational-wave counterpart AT 2017gfo
in Nature Astronomy
Rebassa-Mansergas A
(2019)
Accurate mass and radius determinations of a cool subdwarf in an eclipsing binary.
in Nature astronomy
Mullaney J
(2021)
Processing GOTO data with the Rubin Observatory LSST Science Pipelines I: Production of coadded frames
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
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
Lata S
(2019)
Short-period Variable Stars in Young Open Cluster Stock 8
in The Astronomical Journal
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 |