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
Ma J
(2019)
Spitzer Catalog of Herschel-selected Ultrared Dusty Star-forming Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
MacĂas-PĂ©rez J
(2020)
NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich science in clusters of galaxies
in EPJ Web of Conferences
MacĂas-PĂ©rez J
(2020)
NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich science in clusters of galaxies
in EPJ Web of Conferences
MacĂas-PĂ©rez J
(2020)
NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich science in clusters of galaxies
in EPJ Web of Conferences
MacĂas-PĂ©rez J
(2020)
NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich science in clusters of galaxies
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing Distant Clusters with the Most Ancient Light
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Component-separated maps of CMB temperature and the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
in Physical Review D
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
Mallaby-Kay M
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Summary of DR4 and DR5 Data Products and Data Access
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Mangilli A
(2019)
Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment
in Experimental Astronomy
Mangilli A
(2019)
Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment
in Experimental Astronomy
Mangilli A
(2019)
Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment
in Experimental Astronomy
Mangilli A
(2019)
The geometry of the magnetic field in the central molecular zone measured by PILOT
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mangilli A
(2019)
Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment
in Experimental Astronomy
Maresca J
(2022)
Modelling high-resolution ALMA observations of strongly lensed dusty star-forming galaxies detected by Herschel
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Marnieros S
(2020)
TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Marnieros S.
(2020)
TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Marnieros S.
(2020)
TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Marsh K
(2019)
RCW 120: a possible case of hit and run, elucidated by multitemperature dust mapping
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Masi S
(2019)
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: in-flight operation and performance
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Masi S
(2019)
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: in-flight operation and performance
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
MatrĂ L
(2020)
Dust Populations in the Iconic Vega Planetary System Resolved by ALMA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Matsuura M
(2022)
Spitzer and Herschel studies of dust in supernova remnants in the Small Magellanic Cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuura M
(2022)
Mid-infrared imaging of Supernova 1987A
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuura Mikako
(2019)
Dust in supernovae: - Do supernovae produce the first dust in the Universe? Are supernovae the key dust producers of galaxies?
in Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mayet F
(2020)
Cluster cosmology with the NIKA2 SZ Large Program
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Mayet F
(2020)
Cluster cosmology with the NIKA2 SZ Large Program
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Mayet F
(2020)
Cluster cosmology with the NIKA2 SZ Large Program
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Mayet F
(2020)
Cluster cosmology with the NIKA2 SZ Large Program
in EPJ Web of Conferences
McElroy R
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS): Data Release 1 and Beyond
Medler K
(2022)
SN 2020acat: an energetic fast rising Type IIb supernova
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Medler K
(2021)
SN 2020cpg: an energetic link between Type IIb and Ib supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Meinke J
(2020)
Planar Self-similar Antennas for Broadband Millimeter-Wave Measurements
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Meinke J
(2020)
Planar Self-similar Antennas for Broadband Millimeter-Wave Measurements
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Mennella A
(2019)
QUBIC: Exploring the Primordial Universe with the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer
in Universe
Mennella A
(2019)
QUBIC: Exploring the Primordial Universe with the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer
in Universe
Milisavljevic D
(2024)
A JWST Survey of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
Millard J
(2021)
IllustrisTNG and S2COSMOS: possible conflicts in the evolution of neutral gas and dust
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Molina J
(2019)
VALES V: a kinematic analysis of the molecular gas content in H -ATLAS galaxies at z ~ 0.03-0.35 using ALMA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Montaña A
(2021)
Early science with the Large Millimeter Telescope: a 1.1 mm AzTEC survey of red- Herschel dusty star-forming galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Moran S
(2023)
A long life of excess: The interacting transient SN 2017hcc
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Moriya T
(2022)
Euclid : Searching for pair-instability supernovae with the Deep Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mot B
(2019)
PILOT optical alignment
Mot B
(2019)
PILOT optical alignment
| 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 |