UK E-ELT
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Publications
Bounissou S
(2018)
Simulating the detection and classification of high-redshift supernovae with HARMONI on the ELT
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Evans C.
(2017)
Report on the EWASS Workshop "EWASS 2017 Special Session SS18: The ELT Project Status and Plans for Early Science"
in The Messenger
| Description | The grant enabled scientific input to the UK's involvement in the Extremely Large Telescope project. The project has been very successful and has resulted in UK involvement in several of the ELT's instrument consortia (and leadership in one, HARMONI) and broad community support for the project. The work continues with further UKRI funding, although I. Hook has mow stepped down from the Project Scientist role and is no longer holding a grant for this work. |
| Exploitation Route | The work continues towards completion of the instruments with UK involvement, and eventual deployment of the instruments on the telescope. The UK astronomical community will benefit from data from the telescope, and the wider comminuty will benefit from the new discoveries that the telescope will make about our universe. |
| Sectors | Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | https://www.elt-uk.org/telescope/ |
| Description | The development of the Extremely Large Telescope project and the scientific discoveries that it enables are of interest to the general public. The team regularly gives oublic talks on the subject. Industrial contracts have resulted from the UK's involvement in the ELT project. These are tracked by UKRI/STFC. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | UK E-ELT Project |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We contribute the Project Scientist and Deputy Project scientist. We are responsible for providing scientific input to the project. My own involvement as Project Scientist ended in 2019. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners provide contributions to management and technical instrumentation work. |
| Impact | A set of instrument studies have been completed, with strong UK involvement/leadership and these are leading to important UK roles in the instrumentation program for the E-ELT. A set of workshops and scientific meetings have been organised to engage the wider UK astronomical community in the project. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | UK E-ELT Project |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We contribute the Project Scientist and Deputy Project scientist. We are responsible for providing scientific input to the project. My own involvement as Project Scientist ended in 2019. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners provide contributions to management and technical instrumentation work. |
| Impact | A set of instrument studies have been completed, with strong UK involvement/leadership and these are leading to important UK roles in the instrumentation program for the E-ELT. A set of workshops and scientific meetings have been organised to engage the wider UK astronomical community in the project. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | UK E-ELT Project |
| Organisation | UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We contribute the Project Scientist and Deputy Project scientist. We are responsible for providing scientific input to the project. My own involvement as Project Scientist ended in 2019. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners provide contributions to management and technical instrumentation work. |
| Impact | A set of instrument studies have been completed, with strong UK involvement/leadership and these are leading to important UK roles in the instrumentation program for the E-ELT. A set of workshops and scientific meetings have been organised to engage the wider UK astronomical community in the project. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | E-ELT Project Science Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Outputs of the group are mainly written reports on the top-level science requirements for E-ELT instruments. These are used by ESO to guide the calls for instrument procurement. none. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | IoP Regional Talk 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an Institute of Physics Regional (West Midlands) event, held at Keele University. The topic was Dark Energy and the use of distant supernovae to measure its effects on the expansion of the Universe. The talk was aimed at a general audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IoP Regional talk 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The talk was one of a series of regional talks organised by the Institute of Physics (IoP). I spoke about the European Extremeley Large Telescope. This was an evening event held at UC Lan in Preston. The audience was approximately 50 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lovell Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Lovell Lecture series are large public lectures held at Jodrell Bank Observatory. There is a small fee for attendance. This talk was sold out and approximately 200 people attended. The talk aimed to describe the discoverty of the accelerating exapnsion of the universe, and the current research that is going on to understand what is causing it.There were several excellent questions from the audience afterwards, showing their interest in the subject. Several tweets followed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/astronomy/public_lectures/ |