PATT Linked Grant for observational astrophysics at QUB: 2008 - 2010
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University 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.
Organisations
Publications
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
Hunter I
(2008)
The VLT FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars: Rotation and Nitrogen Enrichment as the Key to Understanding Massive Star Evolution
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
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
Hendry M
(2008)
The blue supergiant Sher 25 and its intriguing hourglass nebula
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gezari S
(2010)
GALEX AND PAN-STARRS1 DISCOVERY OF SN IIP 2010aq: THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER SHOCK BREAKOUT IN A RED SUPERGIANT STAR
in The Astrophysical Journal
Fraser M
(2010)
ON THE PROGENITOR AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE TYPE II SUPERNOVA 2009kr
in The Astrophysical Journal
Crockett R
(2008)
The Birth Place of the Type Ic Supernova 2007gr
in The Astrophysical Journal
Crockett R
(2008)
The type IIb SN 2008ax: the nature of the progenitor
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
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 |