PATT Linked Grant for observational astrophysics at QUB: 2008 - 2010
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University of Belfast
Department Name: Sch of Mathematics and Physics
Abstract
Our proposal seeks to renew the PATT Linked Grant at Queen's University Belfast. This award will cover our travel and subsistence costs to both STFC and non-STFC observing facilities. The major topics of observational astrophysics research to be covered by the PATT Linked Grant include: - the study of both Population I and evolved OB-type stars in our own and other galaxies; - investigations of supernovae and the end stages of stellar evolution; - high temporal, spatial and spectral resolution observations of the solar atmosphere and those of other cool stars; - studies of solar system bodies, including comets and asteroids; - astrochemistry, including that of interstellar and circumstellar clouds; - investigations of planetary nebulae; - multiwavelength studies of the interstellar medium, in particular high velocity clouds; - followup observations of objects detected by the SuperWASP instrument.
Publications
Smartt S
(2009)
Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hunter D
(2009)
Extensive optical and near-infrared observations of the nearby, narrow-lined type Ic SN 2007gr: days 5 to 415
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hunter I
(2009)
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: constraints on stellar evolution from the chemical compositions of rapidly rotating Galactic and Magellanic Cloud B-type stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hunter I
(2008)
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: atmospheric parameters and rotational velocity distributions for B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pastorello A
(2009)
SN 1999ga: a low-luminosity linear type II supernova?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hunter I
(2009)
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: atmospheric parameters and rotational velocity distributions for B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Young D
(2010)
Two type Ic supernovae in low-metallicity, dwarf galaxies: diversity of explosions
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Smartt S
(2009)
The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type II-P supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maund J
(2008)
Erratum: Faint supernovae and supernova impostors: case studies of SN 2002kg/NGC 2403-V37 and SN 2003gm
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mattila S
(2008)
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - III. SN 2006jc: infrared echoes from new and old dust in the progenitor CSM
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | Grant funded trips to telescopes, not research itself. |
| Exploitation Route | No findings, other than the use of the telescope concerned. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | No findings as the grant was only to pay for telescope trips, not undertake research. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2008 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | PATT |
| Amount | £31,378 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/M001970/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2016 |