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
Priestley F
(2020)
The apparent anticorrelation between the mass opacity of interstellar dust and the surface density of interstellar gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Priestley F
(2020)
The apparent anticorrelation between the mass opacity of interstellar dust and the surface density of interstellar gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Priestley F
(2020)
The apparent anticorrelation between the mass opacity of interstellar dust and the surface density of interstellar gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Hilton M
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Catalog of >4000 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Galaxy Clusters
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Darwish O
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a CMB lensing mass map over 2100 square degrees of sky and its cross-correlation with BOSS-CMASS galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Darwish O
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a CMB lensing mass map over 2100 square degrees of sky and its cross-correlation with BOSS-CMASS galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Choi S
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background power spectra at 98 and 150 GHz
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Choi S
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background power spectra at 98 and 150 GHz
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Choi S
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background power spectra at 98 and 150 GHz
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Naess S
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A search for Planet 9
Naess S
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Search for Planet 9
in The Astrophysical Journal
Naess S
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: arcminute-resolution maps of 18 000 square degrees of the microwave sky from ACT 2008-2018 data combined with Planck
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Namikawa T
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Constraints on Cosmic Birefringence
Han D
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: delensed power spectra and parameters
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Naess S
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Detection of Millimeter-wave Transient Sources
in The Astrophysical Journal
Calafut V
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Detection of the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect with SDSS DR15 galaxies
in Physical Review D
Aiola S
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 maps and cosmological parameters
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Aiola S
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 maps and cosmological parameters
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Aiola S
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 maps and cosmological parameters
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Vavagiakis E
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Probing the baryon content of SDSS DR15 galaxies with the thermal and kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects
in Physical Review D
Mallaby-Kay M
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Summary of DR4 and DR5 Data Products and Data Access
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing Distant Clusters with the Most Ancient Light
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing distant clusters with the most ancient light
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing Distant Clusters with the Most Ancient Light
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Urquhart S
(2022)
The bright extragalactic ALMA redshift survey (BEARS) I: redshifts of bright gravitationally lensed galaxies from the Herschel ATLAS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Husemann B
(2019)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) A massive multi-phase outflow impacting the edge-on galaxy HE 1353-1917
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
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
Smirnova-Pinchukova I
(2019)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) Discovery of a global [C II] 158 µ m line excess in AGN HE 1353-1917
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
Singha M
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) Locating the [O III] wing component in luminous local Type 1 AGN
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smirnova-Pinchukova I
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) No obvious signature of AGN feedback on star formation, but subtle trends
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Winkel N
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) Tracing the circumnuclear star formation in the super-Eddington NLS1 Mrk 1044
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smirnova-Pinchukova I
(2019)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS). Discovery of a global [CII] 158 $µ$m line excess in AGN HE1353-1917
McElroy R
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS): Data Release 1 and Beyond
| 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 |