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UH Centre for Astrophysics Research PATT-linked grant

Lead Research Organisation: University of Hertfordshire
Department Name: Science and Technology RI

Abstract

This award is requested to cover continuing travel to ground-based telescopes in order to complete competitively-awarded programmes of observation, by astronomers based in the Centre for Astrophysics Research, at the University of Hertfordshire.

Publications

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Moore T (2015) The JCMT Plane Survey: early results from the l = 30° field in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Rigby A (2015) CHIMPS: the 13 CO/C 18 O ( J  = 3 ? 2) Heterodyne Inner Milky Way Plane Survey in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Thompson M (2016) Constraints on the circumstellar dust around KIC 8462852 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

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Farnhill H (2016) Calibrated and completeness-corrected optical stellar density maps of the northern Galactic plane in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Cook N (2016) A method for selecting M dwarfs with an increased likelihood of unresolved ultracool companionship in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Cook N (2016) A method for selecting M dwarfs with an increased likelihood of unresolved ultracool companionship in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

 
Description This award is limited to covering the cost of travel to and subsistence at international observatories where astronomical data are obtained. The data are fed into the research funded by STFC and other funders. The main research outcomes are reported as appropriate against the main research awards.
Exploitation Route The research findings supported by the observations obtained are published in the refereed literature, and inform our outreach and education activities.
Sectors Education

Culture

Heritage

Museums and Collections

 
Description This is a small observing travel/subsistence grant servicing astronomers carrying out research at the University of Hertfordshire. The data obtained also support our graduate training, and inform our outreach activities.
First Year Of Impact 2015
Sector Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections
Impact Types Cultural

 
Description Constraining the agents of change - the impact of clumpy winds on massive stellar evolution 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Carried out observation on the Australia Telescope Compact Array
Collaborator Contribution Planned observations and designed project
Impact Still in the data collection phase. Recently received additional observing time to complete data collection.
Start Year 2015