Support of the Astronomical Research of the Cavendish Astrophysics Group
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This proposal requests support for the Cavendish Astrophysics (CA) group in Cambridge. Our research has a strong emphasis on observational astrophysics, backed by fundamental theoretical work, a substantial track-record in Bayesian data analysis, and extensive expertise in technologies that span the spectrum from radio to near-infrared wavelengths. We aim to work in a number of thematic areas where we have contributed significantly either experimentally or via leadership roles, or where we will be developing new technologies for next generation experiments in astrophysics.
Theme 1 - Galaxy formation and Evolution: we will exploit our access to new proprietary data from JWST's NIRSpec instrument and the MOONS multi-object spectrograph to investigate the chemical enrichment of galaxies from the time they were formed, at Cosmic Dawn, through to more recent epochs. This will use new measurements of
galactic metallicities from redshifts 9 through 0.7, and will explore the impact of the galactic environment on the chemical evolution of galaxies and the extent to which
different feedback mechanisms, e.g., accretion from the intergalactic medium, play a role in this process.
Theme 3 - Exoplanet discovery: we will build on our expertise in precision radial-velocity measurement to lead the search for Earth-like exoplanets.
We will perform the first analysis of data from the Terra Hunting Experiment, a 10-year survey of nearby stars with the HARPS-3 spectrograph at the Isaac Newton Telescope using an in-depth characterisation of the instrument and new statistical techniques to reduce false detections arising from instrumental effects. In a parallel study, we will combine data from the HARPS-N spectrograph with new data from the TESS satellite to fully characterise potential planets around nearby K dwarfs, using
new methods to remove spurious detections resulting from stellar instabilities which can easily mimic the signatures of low-mass planets.
Theme 1 - Galaxy formation and Evolution: we will exploit our access to new proprietary data from JWST's NIRSpec instrument and the MOONS multi-object spectrograph to investigate the chemical enrichment of galaxies from the time they were formed, at Cosmic Dawn, through to more recent epochs. This will use new measurements of
galactic metallicities from redshifts 9 through 0.7, and will explore the impact of the galactic environment on the chemical evolution of galaxies and the extent to which
different feedback mechanisms, e.g., accretion from the intergalactic medium, play a role in this process.
Theme 3 - Exoplanet discovery: we will build on our expertise in precision radial-velocity measurement to lead the search for Earth-like exoplanets.
We will perform the first analysis of data from the Terra Hunting Experiment, a 10-year survey of nearby stars with the HARPS-3 spectrograph at the Isaac Newton Telescope using an in-depth characterisation of the instrument and new statistical techniques to reduce false detections arising from instrumental effects. In a parallel study, we will combine data from the HARPS-N spectrograph with new data from the TESS satellite to fully characterise potential planets around nearby K dwarfs, using
new methods to remove spurious detections resulting from stellar instabilities which can easily mimic the signatures of low-mass planets.
Planned Impact
As well as our scientific colleagues (immediate, nationally and internationally), our research will benefit a much wider community,
spanning the commercial sector, policy makers in science and technology, and the public through our participation in specific
educational outreach projects as well as more general engagement activities for the interested public.
Impact to commercial and Industry sector:
Our experience in developing novel experimental techniques to address challenging astrophysical problems has frequently led to take-up by the
commercial sector. For example, our expertise in Bayesian data analysis (in particular for understanding microwave background datasets) has been
adopted by the Oil and Gas exploration sector for geophysical inversion and by the finance sector for market data analysis. Any company who has to
deal with inferential problems from massive data will likely benefit from our work in this area. Similarly, our
proposed work on a low cost digitization platform will likely reach a much wider community of radio-frequency engineers than those focused on astronomy alone.
Our research in optical/infrared instrumentation has two potential commercial ramifications. A new method for grating fabrication, if extendable to metre-class
dimensions, would have immediate commercial impact. Quite separately, the novel scheme for wavelength calibration of spectrographs we are proposing, might
be of interest for specialists in high precision metrology.
Commerce and industry also benefit more generally from the skilled and talented researchers that we train and develop. Many of our graduate students
and post-docs pursue careers outside the academic sector, where they bring advanced technical skills, as well as other ``softer'' transferable skills associated
with data assimilation, model-building, team-work, and presentation.
Public impact of proposed science programme:
Our work on exo-planetary systems is an area of particular public interest (both technically and socially) and our proposed programmes searching for Earth-like planets
will undoubtedly have very significant impact. This type of research resonates with deep questions as to our place in the Universe, and so has a unique tie to
policy makers in science and beyond.
Our work on the Epoch of Reionization via the REACH experiment represents a different type of societal impact. Here, the location of the experiment in South Africa has the
potential to impacts the local technical, economic and social climate. This fostering of South African colleagues, and concomitant knowledge exchange, is a
particularly powerful consequence of our international links.
Outreach and engagement activities:
A core strand of our research programme is support for educational and outreach activities. This has multiple foci. Tours of our observatory site allow
students and post-docs to inform the general public on both what we do, but also to explain the value of skilled research scientists
in the non-academic environment as key players in the UKs knowledge base and innovation community. Another strand prioritises high school students, where the
benefits range from a better understanding of the world we live in, through a stronger engagement in education (through science), to the development of technical
skills and broader career prospects. A key event which the Cavendish organises, and where our work features strongly is the annual ``Physics of Work'' exhibition at which
several thousand attend. This three-day event aims to stimulate interest and encourage wider participation in physics amongst 14- to 16-year-olds
by showcasing the many and varied ways in which physics is used in the wider world (http://outreach.phy.cam.ac.uk/programme/physicsatwork).
spanning the commercial sector, policy makers in science and technology, and the public through our participation in specific
educational outreach projects as well as more general engagement activities for the interested public.
Impact to commercial and Industry sector:
Our experience in developing novel experimental techniques to address challenging astrophysical problems has frequently led to take-up by the
commercial sector. For example, our expertise in Bayesian data analysis (in particular for understanding microwave background datasets) has been
adopted by the Oil and Gas exploration sector for geophysical inversion and by the finance sector for market data analysis. Any company who has to
deal with inferential problems from massive data will likely benefit from our work in this area. Similarly, our
proposed work on a low cost digitization platform will likely reach a much wider community of radio-frequency engineers than those focused on astronomy alone.
Our research in optical/infrared instrumentation has two potential commercial ramifications. A new method for grating fabrication, if extendable to metre-class
dimensions, would have immediate commercial impact. Quite separately, the novel scheme for wavelength calibration of spectrographs we are proposing, might
be of interest for specialists in high precision metrology.
Commerce and industry also benefit more generally from the skilled and talented researchers that we train and develop. Many of our graduate students
and post-docs pursue careers outside the academic sector, where they bring advanced technical skills, as well as other ``softer'' transferable skills associated
with data assimilation, model-building, team-work, and presentation.
Public impact of proposed science programme:
Our work on exo-planetary systems is an area of particular public interest (both technically and socially) and our proposed programmes searching for Earth-like planets
will undoubtedly have very significant impact. This type of research resonates with deep questions as to our place in the Universe, and so has a unique tie to
policy makers in science and beyond.
Our work on the Epoch of Reionization via the REACH experiment represents a different type of societal impact. Here, the location of the experiment in South Africa has the
potential to impacts the local technical, economic and social climate. This fostering of South African colleagues, and concomitant knowledge exchange, is a
particularly powerful consequence of our international links.
Outreach and engagement activities:
A core strand of our research programme is support for educational and outreach activities. This has multiple foci. Tours of our observatory site allow
students and post-docs to inform the general public on both what we do, but also to explain the value of skilled research scientists
in the non-academic environment as key players in the UKs knowledge base and innovation community. Another strand prioritises high school students, where the
benefits range from a better understanding of the world we live in, through a stronger engagement in education (through science), to the development of technical
skills and broader career prospects. A key event which the Cavendish organises, and where our work features strongly is the annual ``Physics of Work'' exhibition at which
several thousand attend. This three-day event aims to stimulate interest and encourage wider participation in physics amongst 14- to 16-year-olds
by showcasing the many and varied ways in which physics is used in the wider world (http://outreach.phy.cam.ac.uk/programme/physicsatwork).
Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation)
- Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (Collaboration)
- ETH Zurich (Collaboration)
- ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (Collaboration)
- Uppsala University (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- Paris Institute of Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- University of Geneva (Collaboration)
- Institute of Astrophysics in the Canaries (Collaboration)
- National Research Council Canada (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (Collaboration)
- Simons Foundation (Collaboration)
- European Space Agency (Collaboration)
- Observatory of Paris (Collaboration)
- Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseile (Collaboration)
- European Southern Observatory (ESO) (Collaboration)
- Leiden University (Collaboration)
- University of Lisbon (Collaboration)
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- University of Porto (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Princeton University (Collaboration)
- Leibniz Association (Collaboration)
- UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) (Collaboration)
Publications
Ahrer E
(2021)
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XLV. Two Neptune mass planets orbiting HD 13808: a study of stellar activity modelling's impact on planet detection
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Baker W
(2023)
The metallicity's fundamental dependence on both local and global galactic quantities
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Barragán O
(2022)
pyaneti - II. A multidimensional Gaussian process approach to analysing spectroscopic time-series
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Birkmann S
(2022)
The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope IV. Capabilities and predicted performance for exoplanet characterization
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bischetti M
(2022)
Suppression of black-hole growth by strong outflows at redshifts 5.8-6.6.
in Nature
Bischetti M
(2022)
Suppression of black-hole growth by strong outflows at redshifts 5.8-6.6.
Bluck A
(2023)
The Fundamental Signature of Star Formation Quenching from AGN Feedback: A Critical Dependence of Quiescence on Supermassive Black Hole Mass, Not Accretion Rate
in The Astrophysical Journal
Description | Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe |
Amount | £10,000,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2022 |
Description | QUENCH |
Amount | € 2,484,531 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 340442 |
Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee |
Amount | £2,142,017 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/X038262/1 |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 03/2028 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | Durham University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseile |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | Leibniz Association |
Department | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | University of Geneva |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | University of Porto |
Country | Portugal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | HIRES E-ELT consortium |
Organisation | Uppsala University |
Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have elaborated the science case for the HIRES instrument for the E-ELT. We have designed and performed R&D on some subsystems (grating, detectors, fibre slicing). We are leading the UK involvement into the project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners have contributed to the science cases and to the design of various technical subsystem of the instrument. |
Impact | So far the collaboration has generated various technical reports and a scientific white paper. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | JWST-NIRSpec Instrument Science Team |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Department | European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Coordination and planning of the NIRSpec GTO survey trough simulations and tradeoff analysis Identification of the primary science cases and of their requirements Coordinator of the JADES and WIDE Multi-Object surveys Co-leadership of the IFS survey Development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Membership of the JWST Science Working Group Contribution to the laboratory testing |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Simulations and development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Development of the commissioning plans, tools for data processing, simulations Definition of science readiness criteria Laboratory testing and performance verification of the instrument |
Impact | NIRSpec instrument design and definition of its observing modes Characterisation of the instrument and laboratory tests GTO surveys plan and submission for scheduling End-to-end simulations of the various observing modes and various observing strategies Tools for the data processing and data analysis |
Description | JWST-NIRSpec Instrument Science Team |
Organisation | Leiden University |
Department | Leiden Observatory |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Coordination and planning of the NIRSpec GTO survey trough simulations and tradeoff analysis Identification of the primary science cases and of their requirements Coordinator of the JADES and WIDE Multi-Object surveys Co-leadership of the IFS survey Development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Membership of the JWST Science Working Group Contribution to the laboratory testing |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Simulations and development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Development of the commissioning plans, tools for data processing, simulations Definition of science readiness criteria Laboratory testing and performance verification of the instrument |
Impact | NIRSpec instrument design and definition of its observing modes Characterisation of the instrument and laboratory tests GTO surveys plan and submission for scheduling End-to-end simulations of the various observing modes and various observing strategies Tools for the data processing and data analysis |
Description | JWST-NIRSpec Instrument Science Team |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Coordination and planning of the NIRSpec GTO survey trough simulations and tradeoff analysis Identification of the primary science cases and of their requirements Coordinator of the JADES and WIDE Multi-Object surveys Co-leadership of the IFS survey Development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Membership of the JWST Science Working Group Contribution to the laboratory testing |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Simulations and development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Development of the commissioning plans, tools for data processing, simulations Definition of science readiness criteria Laboratory testing and performance verification of the instrument |
Impact | NIRSpec instrument design and definition of its observing modes Characterisation of the instrument and laboratory tests GTO surveys plan and submission for scheduling End-to-end simulations of the various observing modes and various observing strategies Tools for the data processing and data analysis |
Description | JWST-NIRSpec Instrument Science Team |
Organisation | National Research Council of Canada |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Coordination and planning of the NIRSpec GTO survey trough simulations and tradeoff analysis Identification of the primary science cases and of their requirements Coordinator of the JADES and WIDE Multi-Object surveys Co-leadership of the IFS survey Development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Membership of the JWST Science Working Group Contribution to the laboratory testing |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Simulations and development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Development of the commissioning plans, tools for data processing, simulations Definition of science readiness criteria Laboratory testing and performance verification of the instrument |
Impact | NIRSpec instrument design and definition of its observing modes Characterisation of the instrument and laboratory tests GTO surveys plan and submission for scheduling End-to-end simulations of the various observing modes and various observing strategies Tools for the data processing and data analysis |
Description | JWST-NIRSpec Instrument Science Team |
Organisation | Paris Institute of Astrophysics |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Coordination and planning of the NIRSpec GTO survey trough simulations and tradeoff analysis Identification of the primary science cases and of their requirements Coordinator of the JADES and WIDE Multi-Object surveys Co-leadership of the IFS survey Development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Membership of the JWST Science Working Group Contribution to the laboratory testing |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Simulations and development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Development of the commissioning plans, tools for data processing, simulations Definition of science readiness criteria Laboratory testing and performance verification of the instrument |
Impact | NIRSpec instrument design and definition of its observing modes Characterisation of the instrument and laboratory tests GTO surveys plan and submission for scheduling End-to-end simulations of the various observing modes and various observing strategies Tools for the data processing and data analysis |
Description | JWST-NIRSpec Instrument Science Team |
Organisation | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Coordination and planning of the NIRSpec GTO survey trough simulations and tradeoff analysis Identification of the primary science cases and of their requirements Coordinator of the JADES and WIDE Multi-Object surveys Co-leadership of the IFS survey Development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Membership of the JWST Science Working Group Contribution to the laboratory testing |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Simulations and development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Development of the commissioning plans, tools for data processing, simulations Definition of science readiness criteria Laboratory testing and performance verification of the instrument |
Impact | NIRSpec instrument design and definition of its observing modes Characterisation of the instrument and laboratory tests GTO surveys plan and submission for scheduling End-to-end simulations of the various observing modes and various observing strategies Tools for the data processing and data analysis |
Description | JWST-NIRSpec Instrument Science Team |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Coordination and planning of the NIRSpec GTO survey trough simulations and tradeoff analysis Identification of the primary science cases and of their requirements Coordinator of the JADES and WIDE Multi-Object surveys Co-leadership of the IFS survey Development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Membership of the JWST Science Working Group Contribution to the laboratory testing |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the design and observing strategies of the instrument Simulations and development of tools for the processing and analysis of the data Development of the commissioning plans, tools for data processing, simulations Definition of science readiness criteria Laboratory testing and performance verification of the instrument |
Impact | NIRSpec instrument design and definition of its observing modes Characterisation of the instrument and laboratory tests GTO surveys plan and submission for scheduling End-to-end simulations of the various observing modes and various observing strategies Tools for the data processing and data analysis |
Description | KLEVER collaboration |
Organisation | European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | This collaboration is associated with a Large Programme awarded by the European Southern Observatory exploiting 120 hours of observation with the KMOS instrument at the Very Large Telescope to obtain spatially resolved metallicity gradients, excitation diagram and kinematics in a sample of 150 galaxies (lensed and unlicensed) at z~1-2. Roberto Maiolino is the Co-PI of this programme. He has been in charge of co-leading the programme, planning the strategy and, together with his team, he has been processing, analysing and interpreting the results. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have been contributing in preparing the observations and processing the data. |
Impact | The first papers resulting from the analysis of the first set of data are being finalised and will be submitted for publication in the coming few months. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | KLEVER collaboration |
Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | This collaboration is associated with a Large Programme awarded by the European Southern Observatory exploiting 120 hours of observation with the KMOS instrument at the Very Large Telescope to obtain spatially resolved metallicity gradients, excitation diagram and kinematics in a sample of 150 galaxies (lensed and unlicensed) at z~1-2. Roberto Maiolino is the Co-PI of this programme. He has been in charge of co-leading the programme, planning the strategy and, together with his team, he has been processing, analysing and interpreting the results. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have been contributing in preparing the observations and processing the data. |
Impact | The first papers resulting from the analysis of the first set of data are being finalised and will be submitted for publication in the coming few months. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | ETH Zurich |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Country | Chile |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | University of Geneva |
Department | Geneva Observatory |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MOONS consortium |
Organisation | University of Lisbon |
Department | Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAAUL) |
Country | Portugal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are designing and developing the optomechanics of the cameras of the instrument, and we are leading the definition of the science cases and the optimisation of the observing strategies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Each of the partner institutes has contributed for different subsystems of the instrument as discussed at the site: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~ciras/MOONS/VLT-MOONS.html and in the associated papers. |
Impact | The collaboration will result in the construction of the instrument MOONS, which will be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | Institute of Astrophysics in the Canaries |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | Princeton University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | Simons Foundation |
Department | Flatiron Institute |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | University of Exeter |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | University of Geneva |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Terra Hunting consortium |
Organisation | Uppsala University |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PI of Science working group, contributing to Science Working group, on data analysis, target selection and operation scenario |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to Science exploration and preparation |
Impact | Scientific definition of the program, target list, publications |
Start Year | 2019 |