Transfer from Cardiff Rollling Grant (PP/D001048/1)
Lead Research Organisation:
The University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
As (PP/D001048/1)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Lucio Piccirillo (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Ade P
(2008)
First Season QUaD CMB Temperature and Polarization Power Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bernardis P
(2008)
B-Pol: detecting primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation
in Experimental Astronomy
Brown M
(2009)
IMPROVED MEASUREMENTS OF THE TEMPERATURE AND POLARIZATION OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM QUaD
in The Astrophysical Journal
Castro P
(2009)
COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM THE QUAD CMB POLARIZATION EXPERIMENT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Friedman R
(2009)
SMALL ANGULAR SCALE MEASUREMENTS OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND TEMPERATURE POWER SPECTRUM FROM QUaD
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hinderks J
(2009)
QUaD: A HIGH-RESOLUTION COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIMETER
in The Astrophysical Journal
Imoto Masajiro
(2010)
Information Gains of Seismicity Models for Moderate Earthquakes Based on a P Wave Velocity Model in Japan
in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
Korotkov A
(2006)
The millimeter-wave bolometric interferometer
Manivasagam G
(2011)
Corrosion-Resistant Ti-xNb-xZr Alloys for Nitric Acid Applications in Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plants
in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
| Description | This grant has set the foundations to a number of technological innovations primarily aimed at making better, more sensitive astronomical instruments. The main ideas developed are: 1) bolometric interferometry; 2)Cryogenic systems for 300mK to 100mK bolometric systems; 3)microwave techniques in thermal detectors. |
| Exploitation Route | Cryogenic techniques at sub-K temperatures are used in a large variety of instrumentation, from particle physics to medicine. Bolometric interferometry might be a cost effective way to make imaging systems at mm and sub-mm systems without using large optics with many applications in the larger economy like, for example, airport security. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Education Electronics Security and Diplomacy Transport |
| Description | Bolometric interferometry ideas, first developed by Prof. L. Piccirillo, have been further developed by NASA grant at University of Wisconsin to propose a CMB satellite. In France, the idea has been used to fund a novel instrument (QUBIC) to be installed in Antarctica. |
| Sector | Education,Electronics |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Title | Miniature refrigerators for astrophysics |
| Description | We developed novel sub-K refrigerators to be used in astrophysics research |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Generated interest in many other research groups in the world willing to collaborate with us. It ius a very cost effective way to participate in international collaborations |
| Title | Remote Cryogenic Thermometry Readout |
| Description | We have developed a data handling software for remotely control cryogenic receivers on remote telescopes (e.g. Antarctica() |
| Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | System has been developed by industry (QMC Instruments) for commercial applications |
| Description | Cambridge |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Design of cryogenics and optics for the CLOVER project |
| Collaborator Contribution | TES detector development |
| Impact | Several publications on CLOVER technology |
| Description | Oxford |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Partner in the CLOVER project - we contributed the cryogenics, optics and electronics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | RF design |
| Impact | Several publications on CLOVER technology development |