Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Sussex (2011-2016)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sussex
Department Name: Sch of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Abstract
Our proposal seeks funds to continue an extensive programme of research into extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology, seeking to address some of the most pressing astronomical questions of our time, such as 'What are the fundamental constituents of the Universe?', 'What is the nature of the dark energy believed to be driving an acceleration of the Universe?', 'What processes govern the formation of the largest objects and structures in our Universe?', and 'How do galaxies form and evolve?'. We address these questions by a combination of theoretical work, much of it using high-performance computers, and observational surveys especially from satellite observatories. We aim to be particularly sophisticated in the statistical modelling we carry out to use the observations to learn about our models. The research focuses around three Themes, each involving several faculty members and researchers. Theme 1: Cosmology We will advance knowledge of the fundamental constituents and processes governing our Universe. This includes the early period of cosmological inflation, believed to be responsible for the origin of structures in the Universe, explored through studies of the origin of cosmic non-gaussianity and through detailed comparisons to emerging data. We will further develop the phenomenology of models featuring cosmic defects such as cosmic strings, and explore the consequent cosmic non-gaussianity both in the microwave background and in the matter distribution. We will complete the preparation and definition stage of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and move to exploitation of DES data to constrain dark energy phenomenology. This component of the project exploits STFC involvement in the Planck Surveyor Satellite, the Dark Energy Survey, and the COSMOS supercomputer. Theme 2: Cosmic Structures The XMM cluster survey (XCS) has produced the largest sample of cluster temperatures to date. We will use this to exploit DES, using clusters for cosmology. Simulations will be used to calibrate the XCS selection function and to investigate the physics of the intracluster medium. A fully coupled radiative-transfer, gas dynamics and N-body code will be developed, with modules to handle a wide range of radiation processes, and used to model the epoch of reionization in the young universe. This component of the project exploits STFC involvement in the Virgo consortium, XMM-Newton, the Dark Energy Survey and LOFAR. Theme 3: Galaxy Formation and Evolution The objectives of this theme are to deliver basic and value-added data products and high-quality science from our leading role in many multi-wavelength surveys both deep and wide. The Herschel HerMES survey, the largest guaranteed-time programme on this satellite, is central to our work in this area. Work will include using the Herschel satellite SPIRE catalogues for HerMES, multi-wavelength cross-IDs for HerMES (including VISTA and SCUBA-2), and multi-wavelength products for the GAMA (Galaxies and Mass Assembly) survey. We will develop models of galaxy evolution that simultaneously describe the wealth of data. We will undertake follow-up observations to test specific aspects of such models. This component of the project exploits STFC involvement in the Herschel Satellite, VISTA, GAMA, LOFAR, SCUBA-2, Planck, Alma.
Organisations
- University of Sussex (Lead Research Organisation)
- California Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Michigan (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Collaboration)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (Collaboration)
- University of Groningen (Collaboration)
- Uppsala University (Collaboration)
- Paris Institute of Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- European University Cyprus (Collaboration)
- Stanford University (Collaboration)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) (Collaboration)
- Saclay Nuclear Research Centre (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- Leiden University (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- University of Porto (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE (Collaboration)
- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) (Collaboration)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- LOFAR (Collaboration)
- Liverpool John Moores University (Collaboration)
- Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Collaboration)
Publications
González-Solares E
(2011)
Wide-field optical imaging on ELAIS N1, ELAIS N2, First Look Survey and Lockman Hole: observations and source catalogues Wide-field optical imaging
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
González-Nuevo J
(2017)
H-ATLAS/GAMA: magnification bias tomography. Astrophysical constraints above ~1 arcmin
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Goldstein D
(2015)
ERRATUM: "AUTOMATED TRANSIENT IDENTIFICATION IN THE DARK ENERGY SURVEY" (2015, AJ, 150, 82)
in The Astronomical Journal
Goldstein D
(2015)
AUTOMATED TRANSIENT IDENTIFICATION IN THE DARK ENERGY SURVEY
in The Astronomical Journal
Golden-Marx J
(2023)
Characterizing the intracluster light over the redshift range 0.2 < z < 0.8 in the DES-ACT overlap
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Golden-Marx J
(2022)
The Observed Evolution of the Stellar Mass-Halo Mass Relation for Brightest Central Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Giri S
(2019)
Neutral island statistics during reionization from 21-cm tomography
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Giri S
(2018)
Bubble size statistics during reionization from 21-cm tomography
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Title | Constellations |
Description | Science consultant for Constellations, a new play by Nick Payne |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2011 |
Impact | sold out West End play, Best New Play Award from Evening Standard, successful run on Broadway, successful UK tour |
Title | DES artwork |
Description | A print of Brighton Pier with the first light galaxy from DES featured (by Michelle Dawson) |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | Increased sales for artist |
Title | DES artwork |
Description | A print of Worthing Pier with DES "Christmas Comet" featured (by Michelle Dawson) prints and greetings cards |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | Increased sales for artist |
Title | DES pewter phone charm |
Description | Pewter artist Fleur Grenier made a phone charm with the DES symbol and an equation. These were handed out to all participants at the DES@sussex meeting. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | Fleur made sales of her other artworks |
Title | Dark Energy Glove |
Description | Dark Energy gloves (by LoveLoli) |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | increased knowledge of LoveLoli products |
Description | Research into Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Note that, although the Grant Award was from Apr11 - Mar15, it actually ceased at the end of Mar14, being superseded by ST/L000652/1. The research conducted on this grant forms part of an ongoing programme: for recent research high-lights please see the narrative for ST/L000652/1. |
Exploitation Route | In their future research. |
Sectors | Education |
URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/astronomy/research |
Description | The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sussex runs an intense outreach programme, closely link to the research carried out within the Department. Our activities not only involve research talks, but also hands on activities that introduce the basics of our research to the public. During 2013/4, we worked with 16,000 people - 2,000 members of the general public, 5,000 school and college students at our stands at various science fairs across the South-East, and 9,000 school and college students in a classroom-type setting (including our travelling planetarium). Breakdown by number: Public = 1943 KS1 = 395 [key stage 1; 5-7 year olds] KS2 = 2306 [aged 7-11] KS3 = 4256 [11-14's] KS4 = 3932 [14-16, GCSE] KS5 = 3287 [16-18 A-level students] Total = 16,119 Total children = 14,000 |
First Year Of Impact | 2000 |
Sector | Education |
Impact Types | Cultural |
Description | SP1-Cooperation, Collaborative project, Small or medium-scale focused research project, FP7-SPACE-2013-1 |
Amount | € 2,500,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 607254 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 01/2014 |
End | 12/2017 |
Title | DES-DR1 |
Description | first data release from DES (5000 sq. degree of multi-band optical/IR data) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | everyone in the world can now use DES data |
URL | https://des.ncsa.illinois.edu/releases/dr1 |
Title | DESSV |
Description | DES-SV public data release |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Facilitated research by people outside DES. |
URL | https://des.ncsa.illinois.edu/releases/sva1 |
Title | GAMA database |
Description | Panchromatic (X-ray - radio) on a representative sample of ~300,000 galaxies. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | 49 refereed publications as of October 2014 |
URL | http://www.gama-survey.org |
Title | Hedam |
Description | Contains the Herschel and ancillary data from the HerMES survey and the HELP project |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | academic papers |
URL | http://hedam.lam.fr/HerMES/ |
Title | L-Galaxies databases |
Description | Semi-analytic galaxy catalogues using the L-Galaxies SAM. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The L-Galaxies SAM is pre-eminent in the field and has attracted thousands of citations. |
URL | http://gavo.mpa-garching.mpg.de/MyMillennium/ |
Title | XCS-DR1 |
Description | XCS first data release |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | allowed people outside XCS to use our data products |
URL | http://www.astro.ljmu.ac.uk/~xcs/DR1/XCSDataRelease.html |
Description | COSMOS |
Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
Department | Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Astronomical survey maps and catalogues |
Collaborator Contribution | Astronomical survey maps and catalogues |
Impact | Academic papers and data products |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Dark Energy Survey |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | I lead the Cluster Working Group (and make many other contributions eg EPO, survey strategy, membership...). |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners are responsible for other science areas, for building, running and maintaining the camera, for data processing. I have only listed the institutes where I have close collaborators. There are many other institutes that contribute to DES. |
Impact | Papers, public outreach, a facility instrument, PhD theses |
Description | Dark Energy Survey |
Organisation | Stanford University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I lead the Cluster Working Group (and make many other contributions eg EPO, survey strategy, membership...). |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners are responsible for other science areas, for building, running and maintaining the camera, for data processing. I have only listed the institutes where I have close collaborators. There are many other institutes that contribute to DES. |
Impact | Papers, public outreach, a facility instrument, PhD theses |
Description | Dark Energy Survey |
Organisation | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Department | Physics Department |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I lead the Cluster Working Group (and make many other contributions eg EPO, survey strategy, membership...). |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners are responsible for other science areas, for building, running and maintaining the camera, for data processing. I have only listed the institutes where I have close collaborators. There are many other institutes that contribute to DES. |
Impact | Papers, public outreach, a facility instrument, PhD theses |
Description | Dark Energy Survey |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I lead the Cluster Working Group (and make many other contributions eg EPO, survey strategy, membership...). |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners are responsible for other science areas, for building, running and maintaining the camera, for data processing. I have only listed the institutes where I have close collaborators. There are many other institutes that contribute to DES. |
Impact | Papers, public outreach, a facility instrument, PhD theses |
Description | Dark Energy Survey |
Organisation | University of Michigan |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I lead the Cluster Working Group (and make many other contributions eg EPO, survey strategy, membership...). |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners are responsible for other science areas, for building, running and maintaining the camera, for data processing. I have only listed the institutes where I have close collaborators. There are many other institutes that contribute to DES. |
Impact | Papers, public outreach, a facility instrument, PhD theses |
Description | Dark Energy Survey |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I lead the Cluster Working Group (and make many other contributions eg EPO, survey strategy, membership...). |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners are responsible for other science areas, for building, running and maintaining the camera, for data processing. I have only listed the institutes where I have close collaborators. There are many other institutes that contribute to DES. |
Impact | Papers, public outreach, a facility instrument, PhD theses |
Description | GAMA |
Organisation | International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Member of Scientific and Strategic Advisory Council Spectroscopic flux calibration |
Collaborator Contribution | Project management |
Impact | Numerous publications |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | HELP: Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Leadership, data and software |
Collaborator Contribution | data and software |
Impact | data |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HELP: Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
Organisation | European University Cyprus |
Country | Cyprus |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Leadership, data and software |
Collaborator Contribution | data and software |
Impact | data |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HELP: Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
Organisation | Leiden University |
Department | Leiden Observatory |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Leadership, data and software |
Collaborator Contribution | data and software |
Impact | data |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HELP: Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Department | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Marseille |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Leadership, data and software |
Collaborator Contribution | data and software |
Impact | data |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HELP: Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
Organisation | Saclay Nuclear Research Centre |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Leadership, data and software |
Collaborator Contribution | data and software |
Impact | data |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HELP: Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Institute of Astronomy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Leadership, data and software |
Collaborator Contribution | data and software |
Impact | data |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HELP: Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
Organisation | University of the Western Cape |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Leadership, data and software |
Collaborator Contribution | data and software |
Impact | data |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HerMES |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Department | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Co-Led by Seb Oliver |
Collaborator Contribution | Co-Led by Jamie Bock |
Impact | 72 refereed journal publications. >2000 citations H-index =27 |
Description | L-Galaxies |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ongoing design development of the L-Galaxies semi-analytic model |
Collaborator Contribution | Ongoing design development of the L-Galaxies semi-analytic model; hosting a database of model galaxy data mad available to the astronomical community. |
Impact | I am not going to list all my relevant publications again here. There should be an option to link to them. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | LOFAR Epoch of Reionization Key Science Project (2015-ongoing) |
Organisation | LOFAR |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am core member of the Key Science Project with responsibilities in simulation and modelling support. |
Collaborator Contribution | The project has been awarded over 1600 hours of observation with the LOFAR telescope since it began operations (some of these are completed, some are ongoing). A number of papers have been published on the results, including the first upper limits on the redshifted 21-cm power spectra from reionization. |
Impact | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...838...65P and many other papers |
Description | LOFAR Epoch of Reionization Key Science Project (2015-ongoing) |
Organisation | University of Groningen |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am core member of the Key Science Project with responsibilities in simulation and modelling support. |
Collaborator Contribution | The project has been awarded over 1600 hours of observation with the LOFAR telescope since it began operations (some of these are completed, some are ongoing). A number of papers have been published on the results, including the first upper limits on the redshifted 21-cm power spectra from reionization. |
Impact | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...838...65P and many other papers |
Description | LOFAR Key Surveys |
Organisation | Leiden University |
Department | Astronomy |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-I Survey Design |
Collaborator Contribution | Huub Rottgering leads |
Impact | Survey proposal Survey observing plan Early data |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Planck collaboration |
Organisation | Paris Institute of Astrophysics |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cosmological parameters, likelihood, CMB lensing, Non-Gaussianity and Doppler. |
Collaborator Contribution | satellite, instruments, data, analysis, other cosmology topics |
Impact | Planck Collaboration 2013 papers (see paper list) |
Description | Planck collaboration |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Institute of Astronomy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cosmological parameters, likelihood, CMB lensing, Non-Gaussianity and Doppler. |
Collaborator Contribution | satellite, instruments, data, analysis, other cosmology topics |
Impact | Planck Collaboration 2013 papers (see paper list) |
Description | VISTA VIDEO |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Member of management Team |
Collaborator Contribution | PI |
Impact | Papers Data Products |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Virgo Supercomputing Consortium |
Organisation | Durham University |
Department | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Founding member; steering group member; code development; project lead. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of supercomputer facilities; joint steering rout membership; code development; multiple project leadership. |
Impact | Many of the outputs listed separately in this report (I am not going to list them all again here). They will each have an appropriate acknowledgement. |
Description | Virgo Supercomputing Consortium |
Organisation | Leiden University |
Department | Leiden Institute of Physics |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Founding member; steering group member; code development; project lead. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of supercomputer facilities; joint steering rout membership; code development; multiple project leadership. |
Impact | Many of the outputs listed separately in this report (I am not going to list them all again here). They will each have an appropriate acknowledgement. |
Description | Virgo Supercomputing Consortium |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Founding member; steering group member; code development; project lead. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of supercomputer facilities; joint steering rout membership; code development; multiple project leadership. |
Impact | Many of the outputs listed separately in this report (I am not going to list them all again here). They will each have an appropriate acknowledgement. |
Description | Virgo Supercomputing Consortium |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Department | Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Founding member; steering group member; code development; project lead. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of supercomputer facilities; joint steering rout membership; code development; multiple project leadership. |
Impact | Many of the outputs listed separately in this report (I am not going to list them all again here). They will each have an appropriate acknowledgement. |
Description | Virgo Supercomputing Consortium |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Founding member; steering group member; code development; project lead. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of supercomputer facilities; joint steering rout membership; code development; multiple project leadership. |
Impact | Many of the outputs listed separately in this report (I am not going to list them all again here). They will each have an appropriate acknowledgement. |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | Liverpool John Moores University |
Department | Astrophysics Research Institute |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Department | Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Department | School of Physics and Astronomy Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | University of Michigan |
Department | Department of Astronomy |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | University of Porto |
Department | Physics |
Country | Portugal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XCS |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
Department | Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | XCS is led by myself from Sussex |
Collaborator Contribution | XCS is a collaboration, my partners play vital science and infrastructure roles |
Impact | papers, public outreach and PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Department | FNAL - Other |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | Lancaster University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | Liverpool John Moores University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Department | Physics Department |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Department | Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Department | Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | University of Michigan |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | University of Porto |
Country | Portugal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
Department | Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Description | XMM Cluster Survey |
Organisation | Uppsala University |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific leadership and collaboration |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific collaboration |
Impact | ~25 journal articles, 12 PhD theses |
Title | CAMB |
Description | Calculates numerical predictions for cosmological power spectra |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Used for most cosmological parameter analyses, including WMAP and Planck. |
URL | http://camb.info/ |
Title | Cosmomc |
Description | Cosmological (and more general) parameter estimation by Markov Chain Monte Carlo |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Widely used internationally, e.g. in Planck results |
URL | http://cosmologist.info/cosmomc/ |
Title | DESPOHOT |
Description | Simultaneously fits point sources in a map at the position of known sources |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Academic papers and Herschel data products |
URL | https://github.com/H-E-L-P/DESPHOT |
Title | XID |
Description | Simultaneously fits point sources in a map at the position of known sources. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Academic papers and data products from Herschel data. |
URL | https://github.com/H-E-L-P/XID_basic |
Description | Admissions materials for Sussex physics department |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Hundreds of people (prospective students and parents) have accessed materials that feature photographs from the supported activity (telescope run in Arizona in 2008). The reason these photographs are used is because I took an undergraduate with me to the telescope. Our UG applications have increased 50% year on year for 2 years. This is NOT only due to the materials mentioned here, but everything plays a part. Please note my answer to 5.9 is not correct, since various method were used, but there is no "other" option. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | Articles in magazines |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Romer's research has features in various publications including: Viva Lewis, Space magazine, Financial Times, Argus, Womanthology, WISE People Like Me, Daily Mail don't know |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
Description | AstroFest |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | AstroFest 2019 800+ people in the audience, including Brian May! Great response to talk by public afterwards, plus feedback from 3rd parties |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://europeanastrofest.com/2019/01/25/kathy-romer/ |
Description | Astronomy Master Class |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Romer's research has been featured at the Department's Astronomy Master Class (annual event in December, plus occasional repeats in other months for smaller groups). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
Description | BBC Sussex |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | talked about DES don't know |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
Description | BHASVIC IWD |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | IWD panel at BHASVIC ~50 people in the audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Brighton Astro talk |
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 at Brighton Astro society in June 2018. ~70 people in audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://brightonastro.com |
Description | DES end of nights |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Social media blitz related to the last nights observing for DES. 30 days of posts, >100 in total. Reach in 10,000s |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.darkenergysurvey.org/desendofnights/ |
Description | DES press release at Sussex |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Press Release related to DES end of nights |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/id/47262 |
Description | Edinburgh Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | April 2018. Panel for Edinburgh Science Festival on Cosmology. ~200 people (ticketed) We were sent a poem afterwards Dark Matter You are a constellation of dark matter An utterance in a vast and sprawling universe Your potential by nature infinite But blue-red eyes filter out the light A trillion black holes Little whirlpools filling the expanse Bringing light to consciousness Like a trillion whirring cogs A pointillist picture With the points in constant motion Superimposing upon one another Seemingly unaware of each other's presence Yet Creating a whole. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk |
Description | IoP evening talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IoP evening lecture at University of Surrey |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://events.iop.org/branch-lecture-dark-energy-survey-and-beginning-industrial-revolution-cosmolog... |
Description | Lewes STEM fest |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lewes STEMfest April 2018 - all the PhD students + JessicaK. 850 people visited the event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Local Science Festivals 16/17 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Romer's research has been presented at Science Festivals (Brighton and Lewes) through hands on activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
Description | London Student Conferences - Physics Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | ~40 A-level students from schools across London attended this conference at the Royal National Hotel, designed to inspire students to broaden their study beyond the pure A-level curriculum. Questions and discussion followed. Slides + recorded presentation made available to attendees for follow-up work. Disseminates results of research, links to the curriculum and promotes physics as a career. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | New Scientist master class |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Masterclass to ~500 people. They pay ~£1000 for the day. ~6 talks in total, plus a panel discussion |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.newscientist.com/science-events/ |
Description | Participation in BBC Nature programme |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | I don't know how large the audience was, but I have had more than 100 queries from members of the public (mostly UK and USA, but also India and Australia) I have been invited to give a public talks by a variety of organisations, including science festivals. These are mostly in the local area, but also in Cambridge, Oxford and Bath. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 |
Description | Public talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk to Lewes astronomers, South Downs Astronomical Society, Vectis Astronomical Society, local schools, ... Report on most recent talk (22 Feb 2013) appeared in newsletter of Vectis Astronomical Society |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | RAL talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | talk at RAL. given twice to ~150 people each time |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://stfc.ukri.org/public-engagement/activities-for-the-public/visit-the-rutherford-appleton-labor... |
Description | School talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Multiple (2-3 per year) talks/interactive sessions: At schools in the region As part of the Sussex Physics "Schools Lab" programme Disseminating results of research, linking to the curriculum and promoting physics as a career. May have contributed to large increase in Physics UG recruitment in the region (far above the national average). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 |
Description | School visits |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Presentation & discussion Regular visits |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/outreach/schoolslab |
Description | School visits/interactions various locations in SE England |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | total of ~300 pupils (in groups ranging in size from 10 to 100), plenty of discussions afterwards I helped a school attract speakers for their science enhancement programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
Description | Schools Lab |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Romer's research has been featured during at least once per year at the Department's regular Schools Lab events for Y11, Y12, Y13 physics pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
Description | Soap Box Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Soap Box Science - Newcastle 2015; London 2015; London 2017. Also part of organising committee for SBS Brighton 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2017 |
Description | Star Gazing Live |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Romer's research on cosmology has been featured at Star Gazing Live. This includes, hands on activities, public talks and workshops with school groups. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
Description | Star Gazing Live |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | SGL on campus: plenary talks in 2015, interactive activities in 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
Description | Sussex Universe 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Sussex Universe (on campus) talk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/outreach/public/publicevents |
Description | Talk (public, Sussex) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 300 people (public, colleagues, university students, and school students) attended my professorial inaugural lecture "Gone in a Yoctosecond: a Rough Guide to the Big Bang"). Stream available on Sussex web: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/sussexlectures/2013 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talks to schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | ~2 talks/year to A-Level students in groups in ~10 each visiting Sussex as part of the "Schools Lab" outreach programme. Questions and discussions followed. May have contributed to large increase in Physics UG recruitment in the region (far above the national average). Disseminates results of research, links to the curriculum and promotes physics as a career. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
Description | media engagement |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Romer has interacted with the media in relation to her role in DES EPO: e.g. queries from Nature, Mail on line |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
Description | media regional (17/18 reporting round) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Argus "60 seconds with" article; Viva Brighton article; UoS Citizen Science article; UoS Impact Day profiles |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
Description | talks to members of the public (various locations in UK, also in Arizona, Michigan and Chile) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Romer has presented her research in public talks to a wide range of audiences (in groups ranging in size from 30 to 200): Astronomy Societies; Science Festivals; Astronomy Festivals; Science clubs (Cafe Scientifique etc.) none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |