UK participation in the pre-production phase of CTA extension 2021
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Publications
Abdalla H
(2021)
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Acharyya A
(2021)
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Chadwick P
(2021)
35 Years of Ground-Based Gamma-ray Astronomy
in Universe
Rulten C
(2022)
Radio Galaxies at TeV Energies
in Galaxies
| Description | Smithsonian Air & Space Museum |
| Organisation | National Air and Space Museum |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Advice provided to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on all aspects of astroparticle physics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Publicity for Durham. |
| Impact | None as yet - exhibition under design. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CTA-UK Science Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A 2-day workshop on science with and for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Attended by around 100 UK-based scientists plus some colleagues from Europe, India and Australia. Plenty of discussion and new connections made with interested researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://cta2021.iopconfs.org/committee |
| Description | IoP Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Evening talk to the local branch of the Institute of Physics. Questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Open University Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk given to the Open University astronomy research group - attended by 40-50 people. Questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Pint of SCience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online talk given to the local 'Pint of Science' organisation. Most of the audience was local to Durham, but several were from the surrounding region or further afield. Questions and discussions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Seminar at LLR, Paris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research seminar aimed at engaging with researchers at several French research labs, from a wide variety of topic backgrounds with a view to introducting them to CTA. This sparked questions and discussions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Seminar at LPHNE, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research seminar aimed at engaging with researchers at several French research labs, from a wide variety of topic backgrounds with a view to introducting them to CTA. This sparked questions and discussions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk at 10th International Fermi Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on latest fidings on radio galaxies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/1091305/ |
| Description | Talk at Supernova Neutrinos in the Multimessenger Era |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk about CTA and supernova/neutrino measurements. Questions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://indico.kcl.ac.uk/event/271/ |
| Description | Talk at Wolfendale Memorial Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk given about gamma-ray astronomy, questions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk to Newcastle Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to local astronomical society, discussions and questions afterwards. Members expressed a wish to keep in touch with CTA activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | VERITAS Alumni Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Advice provided as part of a panel about the challenges and tasks typically faced (and often not considered by most) when applying for jobs abroad, and the reality of moving to and settling in a new country as well as returning to one's home country again. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |