A Programme of Technology, Astrophysics and Cosmology in Cardiff 2019-22
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We propose a programme of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Technology development for Astrophysics and Cosmology, to investigate star and planet formation in our own and other galaxies, how galaxies form and evolve and the signals from the very early Universe embedded in the polarisation properties of the Cosmic Microwave background. This programme will combine observational data from world-class ground and space-based observatories, as well as theoretical modelling and simulations of the processes that result in the Universe we observe around us. We will also continue to develop the world's most sensitive detectors for very long infrared wavelengths, along with associated optical components utilising 'metamaterials' the class of materials designed and manufactured by human beings to have the properties best suited to their task, rather than relying on naturally occurring minerals and plastics. Both of these areas of technology development potentially have wide applications outside of Astronomy, in areas such as security scanners and bio-medical imaging for example.
Planned Impact
The technology programme proposed here will have extensive impact outside of astronomy. Firstly in other academic subject areas such as Earth-observing where the technology is used to look downwards or sideways through the atmosphere rather than upwards, but also in bio-medical imaging, where the Far-infrared wavelength range has many spectral features, and is currently being used in collaboration with the School of Optometry in Cardiff to assess corneal damage, for example. Secondly we also plan to exploit the technology commercially, through the spinout company QMCI (www.terahertz.co.uk) which operates from within the School, with broad applications from fast plasma diagnostic systems in use in Fusion experiments, through laboratory spectroscopy across a wide range of chemistry and materials applications, and the new spinout Sequestym, for security cameras. We also plan a very strong Outreach programme across both the technology developments and the observational and theoretical astrophysics and cosmology programme, following on from the skills developed during the very successful Herschel/Planck outreach programme, with web-based and standard media information releases, but also tied in with Open days, school visits, and going out into schools and colleges to give presentations and host workshops
Organisations
Publications
Rigby A
(2019)
CHIMPS: physical properties of molecular clumps across the inner Galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ginsburg A
(2022)
ALMA-IMF II. Investigating the origin of stellar masses: Continuum images and data processing
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pursiainen M
(2022)
SN 2018bsz: A Type I superluminous supernova with aspherical circumstellar material
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Husemann B
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) IFU survey data and the BH mass dependence of long-term AGN variability
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Li P
(2021)
A cautionary tale in fitting galaxy rotation curves with Bayesian techniques Does Newton's constant vary from galaxy to galaxy?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Neralwar K
(2022)
The SEDIGISM survey: Molecular cloud morphology I. Classification and star formation
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ritacco A
(2022)
NIKA 150 GHz polarization observations of the Crab nebula and its spectral energy distribution ( Corrigendum )
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Winkel N
(2023)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) A parsec-scale multi-phase outflow in the super-Eddington NLS1 Mrk 1044
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Avison A
(2021)
Continuity of accretion from clumps to Class 0 high-mass protostars in SDC335
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Neumann J
(2019)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) Comparative analysis of the structural properties of star-forming and non-star-forming galaxy bars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schuller F
(2021)
Probing the structure of a massive filament: ArTéMiS 350 and 450 µm mapping of the integral-shaped filament in Orion A
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Clarke S. D.
(2020)
BTS: Behind The Spectrum
in Astrophysics Source Code Library
Jaffa Sarah E.
(2020)
J plots: Tool for characterizing 2D and 3D structures in the interstellar medium
in Astrophysics Source Code Library
Gamboa Lerena M. M.
(2020)
Angular resolution at map level in the QUBIC instrument
in Boletin de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia La Plata Argentina
Greaves J.
(2019)
V Boötis Revisited
in Br. Astron. Assoc
Greaves J.
(2019)
V Boötis Revisited
in Br. Astron. Assoc
Lee Adrian
(2019)
LiteBIRD: an all-sky cosmic microwave background probe of inflation
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Glenn Jason
(2019)
The Galaxy Evolution Probe
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Lee Adrian
(2019)
LiteBIRD: an all-sky cosmic microwave background probe of inflation
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
De Beck Elvire
(2019)
The fundamentals of outflows from evolved stars
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Cuenca J
(2023)
Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond microwave coplanar resonator
in Carbon
Coppolecchia A
(2020)
The long duration cryogenic system of the OLIMPO balloon-borne experiment: Design and in-flight performance
in Cryogenics
MacÃas-Pérez J
(2020)
NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich science in clusters of galaxies
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Peretto N
(2020)
GASTON: Galactic Star Formation with NIKA2 A new population of cold massive sources discovered
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Roussel H
(2020)
NIKA2 mapping and cross-instrument SED extraction of extended sources with Scanamorphos
in EPJ Web of Conferences
| Title | CO in the ALMA Radio-source Catalogue (ARC) |
| Description | VizieR online Data Catalogue associated with article published in journal Astronomy & Astrophysics with title 'CO in the ALMA Radio-source Catalogue (ARC): The molecular gas content of radio galaxies as a function of redshift.' (bibcode: 2022A&A...668A..67A) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/668/A67 |
| Title | SDC G335.579-0.292 ALMA images and datacubes |
| Description | VizieR online Data Catalogue associated with article published in journal Astronomy & Astrophysics with title 'Continuity of accretion from clumps to Class 0 high-mass protostars in SDC335.' (bibcode: 2021A&A...645A.142A) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/645/A142 |
| Title | Sunyaev-Zel'dovich galaxy clusters surveyed by ACT |
| Description | VizieR online Data Catalogue associated with article published in journal Astronomical Journal (AAS) with title 'The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a catalog of >4000 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich galaxy clusters.' (bibcode: 2021ApJS..253....3H) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/253/3 |