PATT Travel for Oxford University

Lead Research Organisation: University of Oxford

Department Name: Oxford Physics

Abstract

The application seeks funds to cover the cost of travel and subsistence from astronomers from Oxford University to work at and acquire data from telescopes around the world in order to make observations of stars, galaxies and quasars and further explore the Universe.

Funded Value:

£65,000

Funded Period:

Apr 11 - Mar 13

Funder:

STFC

Project Status:

Closed

Project Category:

Research Grant

Project Reference:

ST/I003673/1

Principal Investigator:

Isobel Mary Hook

Research Subject:

Astronomy - observation (80%)

Research Topic:

Extra-Galactic Astron.&Cosmol. (60%)

Galactic & Interstellar Astron (20%)

Organisations

University of Oxford (Lead Research Organisation)

People	ORCID iD
Isobel Mary Hook (Principal Investigator)	http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-978X
Patrick Roche (Co-Investigator)
Suzanne Aigrain (Co-Investigator)

Publications

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Yabe K (2014) The mass-metallicity relation at z ~ 1.4 revealed with Subaru/FMOS? in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Potter W (2013) Synchrotron and inverse-Compton emission from blazar jets - IV. BL Lac type blazars and the physical basis for the blazar sequence in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Cappellari M (2011) The ATLAS3D project - I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria The ATLAS3D project - I. The sample in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Maguire K (2014) Exploring the spectral diversity of low-redshift Type Ia supernovae using the Palomar Transient Factory in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Houghton R (2013) Fast and slow rotators in the densest environments: a SWIFT IFS study of the Coma cluster in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Bunker A (2013) VLT/XSHOOTER and Subaru/MOIRCS spectroscopy of HUDF.YD3: no evidence for Lyman a emission at z = 8.55? in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Potter W (2013) Synchrotron and inverse-Compton emission from blazar jets - II. An accelerating jet model with a geometry set by observations of M87 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Falcón-Barroso J (2011) The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies The SAURON project - XIX in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Fogarty L (2011) SWIFT observations of the Arp 147 ring galaxy system in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Bureau M (2011) The SAURON project - XVIII. The integrated UV-line-strength relations of early-type galaxies The SAURON project - XVIII in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Kuntschner H (2010) The SAURON project - XVII. Stellar population analysis of the absorption line strength maps of 48 early-type galaxies in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Sarzi M (2011) The planetary nebulae population in the central regions of M32: the SAURON view PNe in the central regions of M32 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Emsellem E (2011) The ATLAS3D project - III. A census of the stellar angular momentum within the effective radius of early-type galaxies: unveiling the distribution of fast and slow rotators Census of the stellar angular momentum in ETGs in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Cappellari M (2012) Systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies. in Nature

Hallinan G (2015) Magnetospherically driven optical and radio aurorae at the end of the stellar main sequence in Nature

Davis TA (2013) A black-hole mass measurement from molecular gas kinematics in NGC4526. in Nature

Bureau M (2011) Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Local Early-type Galaxies in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

McDermid R (2012) The star-formation histories of early-type galaxies from ATLAS 3D in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Duc P (2011) Investigating the Merger Origin of Early-type Galaxies using Ultra-deep Optical Images in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Jeong H (2012) Young stars in nearby early-type galaxies: SED fitting based on ultraviolet (UV) and optical imaging in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Yabe K (2012) NIR Spectroscopy of Star-Forming Galaxies at z ~ 1.4 with Subaru/FMOS: The Mass-Metallicity Relation in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Tonegawa M (2015) FIELD: Automated emission line detection software for Subaru/FMOS near-infrared spectroscopy in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Tonegawa M (2014) A study of selection methods for Ha-emitting galaxies at z ~ 1.3 for the Subaru/FMOS galaxy redshift survey for cosmology (FastSound) in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Keel W (2013) Galaxy Zoo: A Catalog of Overlapping Galaxy Pairs for Dust Studies in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Linford J (2011) CHARACTERISTICS OF GAMMA-RAY LOUD BLAZARS IN THE VLBA IMAGING AND POLARIMETRY SURVEY in The Astrophysical Journal

Magdis G (2012) THE MOLECULAR GAS CONTENT OF z = 3 LYMAN BREAK GALAXIES: EVIDENCE OF A NON-EVOLVING GAS FRACTION IN MAIN-SEQUENCE GALAXIES AT z > 2 in The Astrophysical Journal

Nobuta K (2012) BLACK HOLE MASS AND EDDINGTON RATIO DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS OF X-RAY-SELECTED BROAD-LINE AGNs AT z ~ 1.4 IN THE SUBARU XMM-NEWTON DEEP FIELD in The Astrophysical Journal

Ajello M (2013) THE COSMIC EVOLUTION OF FERMI BL LACERTAE OBJECTS in The Astrophysical Journal

Shaw M (2013) SPECTROSCOPY OF THE LARGEST EVER ?-RAY-SELECTED BL LAC SAMPLE in The Astrophysical Journal

Nielsen E (2012) THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: DISCOVERY OF A MULTIPLE SYSTEM ORBITING THE YOUNG A STAR HD 1160 in The Astrophysical Journal

Shaw M (2012) SPECTROSCOPY OF BROAD-LINE BLAZARS FROM 1LAC in The Astrophysical Journal

Wahhaj Z (2011) THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: DISCOVERY OF A SUBSTELLAR L DWARF COMPANION TO THE NEARBY YOUNG M DWARF CD-35 2722 in The Astrophysical Journal

Ferkinhoff C (2013) THE SECOND-GENERATION z (REDSHIFT) AND EARLY UNIVERSE SPECTROMETER. I. FIRST-LIGHT OBSERVATION OF A HIGHLY LENSED LOCAL-ULIRG ANALOG AT HIGH- z in The Astrophysical Journal

Nielsen E (2013) THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: THE FREQUENCY OF GIANT PLANETS AROUND YOUNG B AND A STARS in The Astrophysical Journal

Rigopoulou D (2014) HERSCHEL OBSERVATIONS OF FAR-INFRARED COOLING LINES IN INTERMEDIATE REDSHIFT (ULTRA)-LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

Taylor G (2007) Characteristics of EGRET Blazars in the VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey (VIPS) in The Astrophysical Journal

Biller B (2013) THE GEMINI/NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: THE FREQUENCY OF PLANETS AROUND YOUNG MOVING GROUP STARS in The Astrophysical Journal

Silverman J (2013) LATE-TIME SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE STRONGLY INTERACTING TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA PTF11kx in The Astrophysical Journal

Alatalo K (2011) DISCOVERY OF AN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS DRIVEN MOLECULAR OUTFLOW IN THE LOCAL EARLY-TYPE GALAXY NGC 1266 in The Astrophysical Journal

Brisbin D (2015) STRONG C + EMISSION IN GALAXIES AT z ~ 1-2: EVIDENCE FOR COLD FLOW ACCRETION POWERED STAR FORMATION IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE in The Astrophysical Journal

Mould J (2012) INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF NEARBY RADIO ACTIVE ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Richards J (2011) BLAZARS IN THE FERMI ERA: THE OVRO 40 m TELESCOPE MONITORING PROGRAM in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Healey S (2008) CGRaBS: An All-Sky Survey of Gamma-Ray Blazar Candidates in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

{Lynas-Gray}, A.~E. (2013) Secular Pulsation Amplitude Variations in the Subdwarf-B Star Component of the V4640 Sgr Binary

Mould J (2012) Infrared spectroscopy of nearby radio active elliptical galaxies

Emsellem, E And Alatalo, K And Blitz, L And Bois, M And Bournaud, F And Bureau, M And Cappellari, M And Davies, RL And Davis, TA And De Zeeuw, PT And Khochfar, S And Krajnovic, D And Kuntschner, H And Lablanche, P-Y And McDermid, RM And Morganti, R And Naab, T And Oosterloo, T And Sarzi, M And Scott, N And Serra, P And Weijmans, A And Young, LM (2010) The ATLAS 3D project: A paradigm shift for early-type galaxies

{Lynas-Gray}, A.~E. (2012) Photometric Variability of HD 4539?

{Sale}, S.~E. And {Schoenaers}, C. And {Lynas-Gray}, A.~E. (2008) A New Determination of Abundances for the Subdwarf B Star HD 4539

Krajnovic, D And McDermid, RM And Cappellari, M And Davies, RL (2010) Measuring the Low Mass End of the M center dot - sigma Relation

{Schoenaers}, C. And {Lynas-Gray}, A.~E. (2008) Spectroscopic Mode Identification in Slowly-Pulsating Subdwarf B Stars

Key Findings
Impact Summary


Description	The grant has enabled discoveries about the Universe through observations of stars, galaxies, supernovae and planets. The findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals.
Exploitation Route	Scientists make use of the findings by devising new theories of the universe that match the observations, and by devsing new observations to further test those theories. The observations are also used in public talks and events.
Sectors	Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections


Description	The findings have been published in scientific journals. hey have also been used for education purposes and for public outreach events. These activities lead to an increased awareness of astronomy in the general public and potential increase in young people taking up physics at school and university level.
First Year Of Impact	2011
Sector	Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other
Impact Types	Cultural,Societal

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