Transfer from Cardiff Rollling Grant (PP/D001048/1)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
As (PP/D001048/1)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Lucio Piccirillo (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Teleberg G
(2008)
A Cryogen-Free Miniature Dilution Refrigerator for Low-Temperature Detector Applications
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Bernardis P
(2008)
B-Pol: detecting primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation
in Experimental Astronomy
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
Castro P
(2009)
COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM THE QUAD CMB POLARIZATION EXPERIMENT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ade P
(2008)
First Season QUaD CMB Temperature and Polarization Power Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal
Brown M
(2009)
IMPROVED MEASUREMENTS OF THE TEMPERATURE AND POLARIZATION OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM QUaD
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
Ruessink B
(2011)
Observations of velocities, sand concentrations, and fluxes under velocity-asymmetric oscillatory flows
in Journal of Geophysical Research
Wu EY
(2009)
Parity violation constraints using cosmic microwave background polarization spectra from 2006 and 2007 observations by the QUaD polarimeter.
in Physical review letters
| 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 |