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
Coudé S
(2019)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Field of the Barnard 1 Star-forming Region
in The Astrophysical Journal
Raghunathan S
(2019)
Detection of CMB-Cluster Lensing using Polarization Data from SPTpol.
in Physical review letters
Cigan P
(2019)
High Angular Resolution ALMA Images of Dust and Molecules in the SN 1987A Ejecta
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ade P
(2019)
BICEP2/Keck Array XI: Beam Characterization and Temperature-to-Polarization Leakage in the BK15 Data Set
in The Astrophysical Journal
Chawner H.
(2019)
Dusty SNRs in our Galactic Plane
in Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death II
Howard A
(2019)
L1495 revisited: a ppmap view of a star-forming filament
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Wang J
(2019)
JCMT BISTRO Survey: Magnetic Fields within the Hub-filament Structure in IC 5146
in The Astrophysical Journal
Smirnova-Pinchukova I
(2019)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS). Discovery of a global [CII] 158 $µ$m line excess in AGN HE1353-1917
Pettitt A
(2019)
Young stars as tracers of a barred-spiral Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Greenslade J
(2019)
A SCUBA-2 selected Herschel-SPIRE dropout and the nature of this population
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gómez-Rivera V
(2020)
Design and characterization of the MUSCAT detectors
Doi Y
(2020)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Magnetic Fields Associated with a Network of Filaments in NGC 1333
in The Astrophysical Journal
MacÃas-Pérez J
(2020)
NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich science in clusters of galaxies
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Traficante A
(2020)
Multiscale dynamics in star-forming regions: the interplay between gravity and turbulence
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chawner H
(2020)
A Galactic dust devil: far-infrared observations of the Tornado supernova remnant candidate
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bakx T
(2020)
IRAM 30-m-EMIR redshift search of z = 3-4 lensed dusty starbursts selected from the HerBS sample
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chawner H
(2020)
A complete catalogue of dusty supernova remnants in the Galactic plane
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Peretto N
(2020)
GASTON: Galactic Star Formation with NIKA2 A new population of cold massive sources discovered
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Meinke J
(2020)
Planar Self-similar Antennas for Broadband Millimeter-Wave Measurements
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Priestley F
(2020)
Dust masses and grain size distributions of a sample of Galactic pulsar wind nebulae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Roussel H
(2020)
NIKA2 mapping and cross-instrument SED extraction of extended sources with Scanamorphos
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Namikawa T
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Constraints on Cosmic Birefringence
| 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 |