UK Participation in the Preparatory Phase of the Cherenkov Telescope Array 2012-2015
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Planned Impact
Particle astrophysics, and specifically ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, necessarily requires engagement with industry; the nature of our work at the boundaries of particle physics and astronomy is such that technical innovation is vital. We have a track record of significant and successful engagement with industry. In addition, we have a strong commitment to outreach to schools and the general public, and have made an important contribution to outreach for CTA as a whole. Knowledge exchange and outreach are thus fundamental to our activities.
Amplifier Applications: A requirement for the prototype SST camera is the use of high-speed, low-noise, low-power, cheap amplifiers, which will be designed and built at the University of Leicester. These have potential uses in neutron detection, the aerospace industry, or for battery-powered hand-held devices.
Rapidly-Pulsed LEDs: Rapidly-pulsed LEDs are already used for applications such as fluorescence spectroscopy. These are expensive systems, ~£7k each - and there is likely a market for slightly slower but much cheaper device that will be developed as part of this proposal.
Construction: CTA will be a ~200 MEuro project, with substantial industrial involvement; there will be many opportunities for industrial contracts for the construction of both major components (inc. telescope structures) and smaller components.
We will use the excellent knowledge exchange infrastructure existing at the institutions involved to help us realise this programme. Opportunities for our public outreach programme include:
Outreach Website: The present CTA website www.cta-observatory.org was designed and almost entirely written by the CTA-UK team. This is designed to advertise CTA primarily to other scientists and scientifically literate members of the public. A CTA website for educators and the general public is presently being designed by Nolan at Durham University, and will be linked strongly also to the CTA-UK website, which will contain further, UK-specific resources for schools.
CTA Leaflet: We will produce a physical leaflet that can be handed to interested members of the public at talks, exhibitions etc. and hung on classroom walls as a poster. Nolan is drafting this with a view to production in early 2012.
Filming SST Construction: Both the prototype CTA telescope and future array construction need to be filmed for documentary videos, films and webcasts about CTA. A Newcastle-based production company, Newton, has agreed to do some initial filming of the construction of the prototype SST in Paris without charge. Further, the filming of the prototype construction with Newton is proposed.
Planetarium Resources: The applicants are exploring with the National Space Centre (NSC) the possibility of creating a planetarium show based around CTA science.
Cosmic Rays in Schools: Greenshaw and Chadwick are part of the CORUS project to put cosmic ray detectors in ~30 UK schools. One of the project's aims is to produce teaching resources to go with the detectors; we will link the resources to CTA and provide extension material.
Exhibitions: 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic rays by Hess. We will apply to the Royal Society for an exhibit on cosmic rays and particle acceleration in the Universe for 2012. We will also ensure that we have a presence in the NSC exhibition.
The CTA-UK team has a great deal of outreach experience, and the outreach programme will be undertaken by researchers at all levels. There is also expertise available at CTA-UK institutions, including from outreach officers. For early stage researchers, participation in outreach will be part of their training, and they will be encouraged to take part in media skills training. The UK members of CTA are already engaged with industry and the public; their collective experience will be used to aim for the highest possible economic and social impact for CTA in the UK.
Amplifier Applications: A requirement for the prototype SST camera is the use of high-speed, low-noise, low-power, cheap amplifiers, which will be designed and built at the University of Leicester. These have potential uses in neutron detection, the aerospace industry, or for battery-powered hand-held devices.
Rapidly-Pulsed LEDs: Rapidly-pulsed LEDs are already used for applications such as fluorescence spectroscopy. These are expensive systems, ~£7k each - and there is likely a market for slightly slower but much cheaper device that will be developed as part of this proposal.
Construction: CTA will be a ~200 MEuro project, with substantial industrial involvement; there will be many opportunities for industrial contracts for the construction of both major components (inc. telescope structures) and smaller components.
We will use the excellent knowledge exchange infrastructure existing at the institutions involved to help us realise this programme. Opportunities for our public outreach programme include:
Outreach Website: The present CTA website www.cta-observatory.org was designed and almost entirely written by the CTA-UK team. This is designed to advertise CTA primarily to other scientists and scientifically literate members of the public. A CTA website for educators and the general public is presently being designed by Nolan at Durham University, and will be linked strongly also to the CTA-UK website, which will contain further, UK-specific resources for schools.
CTA Leaflet: We will produce a physical leaflet that can be handed to interested members of the public at talks, exhibitions etc. and hung on classroom walls as a poster. Nolan is drafting this with a view to production in early 2012.
Filming SST Construction: Both the prototype CTA telescope and future array construction need to be filmed for documentary videos, films and webcasts about CTA. A Newcastle-based production company, Newton, has agreed to do some initial filming of the construction of the prototype SST in Paris without charge. Further, the filming of the prototype construction with Newton is proposed.
Planetarium Resources: The applicants are exploring with the National Space Centre (NSC) the possibility of creating a planetarium show based around CTA science.
Cosmic Rays in Schools: Greenshaw and Chadwick are part of the CORUS project to put cosmic ray detectors in ~30 UK schools. One of the project's aims is to produce teaching resources to go with the detectors; we will link the resources to CTA and provide extension material.
Exhibitions: 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic rays by Hess. We will apply to the Royal Society for an exhibit on cosmic rays and particle acceleration in the Universe for 2012. We will also ensure that we have a presence in the NSC exhibition.
The CTA-UK team has a great deal of outreach experience, and the outreach programme will be undertaken by researchers at all levels. There is also expertise available at CTA-UK institutions, including from outreach officers. For early stage researchers, participation in outreach will be part of their training, and they will be encouraged to take part in media skills training. The UK members of CTA are already engaged with industry and the public; their collective experience will be used to aim for the highest possible economic and social impact for CTA in the UK.
Publications
Daniel M. K.
(2013)
A Compact High Energy Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
in International Cosmic Ray Conference
Harris J
(2014)
An investigation into the spectral properties of bright Fermi blazars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zorn J
(2018)
Characterisation and testing of CHEC-M-A camera prototype for the small-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov telescope array
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
CTA Consortium The
(2013)
CTA contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013)
in arXiv e-prints
Doro M
(2013)
Dark matter and fundamental physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
in Astroparticle Physics
Forster A.
(2013)
Dielectric Coatings for IACT Mirrors
in International Cosmic Ray Conference
Morris P
(2017)
Gamma-ray novae: rare or nearby?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Acharya B
(2013)
Introducing the CTA concept
in Astroparticle Physics
Forster A.
(2013)
Mirror Development for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
in International Cosmic Ray Conference
Description | Camera calibration system developed for CTA, initial camera tests made. |
Exploitation Route | Taken forward with follow-up award from STFC. Also possible use for cross-calibration of entire CTA. |
Sectors | Other |
Description | CTA Consortium |
Organisation | Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | CHEC camera, calibration systems, telescope design, mirror testing, camera testing, outreach, Monte Carlo simulations. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of telescope structures, electronics, photosensors, etc. - the rest of the telescope array. |
Impact | Publications - see list |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | FSRQ Task Force |
Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise in Fermi, HESS and CTA. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in theory, Fermi, HESS and CTA. |
Impact | Grant application to CNRS |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | FSRQ Task Force |
Organisation | University of Grenoble |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise in Fermi, HESS and CTA. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in theory, Fermi, HESS and CTA. |
Impact | Grant application to CNRS |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Hot-slumped Mirrors for CTA |
Organisation | OpTIC Glyndwr Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Expertise in Cherenkov telescope mirror requirements, simulations and testing. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in optical design & engineering and mirror coatings |
Impact | Collaboration is just on the point of receiving Mini-IPS funds, so no outputs yet |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Hot-slumped Mirrors for CTA |
Organisation | Thin Metal Fims Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Expertise in Cherenkov telescope mirror requirements, simulations and testing. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in optical design & engineering and mirror coatings |
Impact | Collaboration is just on the point of receiving Mini-IPS funds, so no outputs yet |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Hot-slumped Mirrors for CTA |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise in Cherenkov telescope mirror requirements, simulations and testing. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in optical design & engineering and mirror coatings |
Impact | Collaboration is just on the point of receiving Mini-IPS funds, so no outputs yet |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | ATMOHEAD 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | 50 attendees at workshop in Paris 10-12/6/13 about atmospheric effects on astroparticle physics experiments. Talks (3 with Durham authors) sparked questions and discussion. See https://indico.in2p3.fr/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=7898 Conference proceedings papers produced, available on ArXiV at http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/1403.2218, http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/1402.6884 and http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/1402.4739 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | CTA Calibration Review Panel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | 30 scientists attended the review panel meeting, with resulting questions and discussions Internal report will be produced for CTA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | CTA Industry Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a workshop arranged by the Durham Group and organised by STFC. Around 60 people attended the meeting on March 20th 2014 at Daresbury Laboratories. It was designed to interest UK industry in the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Chadwick chaired the event and also gave a talk 'Mirrors for CTA'. Many excellent contacts were made, resulting in offers of help from and likely future collaborations with industry. All the slides are available as a web resource for industry, see - https://www.stfc.ac.uk/1941.aspx |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | CTA Plenary Talk Chicago |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk summarizing CTA outreach activities given to around 200 scientists. Questions and discussions afterwards. None as yet |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | CTA Plenary Talk, Warsaw |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | About 200 collaborators attended a talk about outreach for CTA Volunteer to create CTA app |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.cta-observatory.org |
Description | CTA SST Monte Carlo Meeting Turin |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion Regular meetings set up |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | CTA talk at University of Newcastle, Australia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about prospects for CTA and spin-off activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | CTA talk in Sydney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about prospects for CTA and spin-off activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Calibration System talks at CTA Munich |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion afterwards Requests from international colleagues to use the UK system |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Calibration talk at 3rd CTA CCF Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion Invited to help with an innovative octocopter calibration system for CTA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Calibration talk at CTA Meeting, Catania |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion None as yet |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Calibration talk at CTA-SST Meeting, Amsterdam |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion None at present |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Community Science Fair |
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 | Exhibit about the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Many families attended, lots of questions, good feedback from visitors. The exhibit also enabled a final year student to complete project work towards her degree. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.thehermitageacademy.net/site/stemFair/stemFair.html |
Description | Discussion meeting at Royal Astronomical Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussion about uses of CTA in wider astronomical community. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Epigeum PG Training Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Interviewed about working in large collaborations for an online postgraduate training package. Online course - see http://researchskills.epigeum.com/courses/researchskills/index.php?course_id=295&user_id=0&s=hp067cqi6sp6q89qdfn0dmeod4 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | GCT Inauguration |
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 | Web-based news article & PR, intended to update people about the progress of the Cherenkov Telescope Array |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.stfc.ac.uk/news/uk-contributes-super-fast-camera-to-international-astronomy-project/ |
Description | GCT Monte Carlo Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion afterwards Plans made for future work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | IOP Astroparticle and Nuclear Physics Student Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion after the talk Possible future collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | IOP Astroparticle and Nuclear Physics Student Meeting - SNRs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion after talk Too early to say |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | IOP Peer Assisted Learning & Student Generated Content Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | About 30 people attended the meeting. The talk was about a student project which created web-based outreach material for CTA. Further invitation to give a talk at another IOP meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Interview with Symmetry magazine |
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 | Interview about CTA with Fermilab/SLAC science magazine, Symmetry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/viewing-our-turbulent-universe |
Description | Invited Talk (Brown) - UK DM meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Around 60 scientists attended the talk at the UK Dark Matter meeting. Questions and discussion afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Irish gamma ray meeting (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk given at a meeting in Ireland on the future of gamma-ray astronomy. Questions and discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Mirror Talk Warsaw |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper given to about 30 people about CTA mirror tests. Further mirror tests at various institutions in CTA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.cta-observatory.org |
Description | Mirror Talk at CTA Catania |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Discussion afterwards Some groups looking at new mirror designs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Mirror Talk at Munich CTA Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion after talk, with action plan for further work Offer of collaboration on paper from Italian colleagues |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Mirror Talk at Paris CHEC/GATE Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Discussion afterwards Samples of mirrors sent for testing |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Mirror talk at CTA meeting, Japan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation about suitable tests for CTA mirrors. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Monte Carlo Talk at CTA SST Meeting Amsterdam |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Much discussion afterwards Further workshop on simulations planned |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Muon Calibration talk at 3rd CTA CCF Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion afterwards Too early to say |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | National Astronomy Meeting 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | http://www.ras.org.uk/component/db/?report_id=1098 None |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Outreach Plenary Talk at CTA Catania |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Some questions afterwards Too early to say |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Outreach Plenary Talk at CTA Munich |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk resulted in ideas for further outreach activities Likely CTA app |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Outreach Session Warsaw |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | CTA outreach discussion session in Warsaw, 23-27/9/13. Talks and discussion organised. None yet. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Plenary talk at IOP APP/HEPP Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk resulted in questions and discussion Invitation to give further seminar |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/266149/overview |
Description | STEM Fair, Chester-le-Street |
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 | Display and activities related to the Cherenkov Telescope Array, including posters and an I-pad app. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Sacred Heart School, Redcar - STEM 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 | Three talks given on what astronomers do and how to become one to classes of around 20 pupils on 13/2/14. Many questions resulted. None yet. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Saturday Physics 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 | A talk about gamma ray astronomy and astroparticle physics generally plus workshop to build a gold-leaf electroscope. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Seminar Southampton University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Around 30 students and academics attended a talk, with questions and discussion afterwards. Strengthenedties with Southampton. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Seminar at DESY, Zeuthen |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | 30 students, scientists and engineers attended a talk, which resulted in questions and discussion afterwards. None |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Seminar at Oxford University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Seminar at Oxford University on 20/1/14 attended by around 50 people, with questions and discussion afterwards. None as yet |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Simulation Talk at CTA Munich |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Questions and discussion afterwards Collaboration with international colleagues strengthened |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Talk at CTA Ireland Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about UK CTA science interests to British/Irish audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.dias.ie/2017/07/25/28th-august-2017-workshop-on-cherenkov-telescope-array-ireland/ |
Description | Talk at CTR Wilson Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/events/reports/2012-2013/CTRWilson_Conference.pdf An invitation to speak at an astronomical society in Scotland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Talk at HESS Collaboration Meeting (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about use of UAVs for telescope calibration. Many questions afterwards, and an agreement to use the HESS telescopes for proof-of-concept tests. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk at IoP APP/HEPP Conference (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk about the status of gamma-ray astronomy and prospects for CTA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://appandhepp2018.iopconfs.org/home |
Description | Talk at NASA Fermi Symposium, Baltimore |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about gamma-ray emission from globular clusters |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/mtgs/symposia/2018/ |
Description | Talk at National Rail Museum, Shildon |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A talk about gamma-ray astronomy associated with the 'Tim Peake's Spaceship' event, given to a small evening audience of about 15 people. Some of the young people asked about entry to university to study physics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk at Spacetech 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Around 40 industrialists attended a day meeting to discuss possible UK involvement in various scientific/space programmes, inclduing CTA. Useful contacts were made with 6 industrialists. See http://spacetech2013-eorg.eventbrite.com/ Material will be available on the www. Press releases were created, resulting in coverage of the meeting and CTA in the local press. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talk to Astrosoc |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk to Durham University Astronomical Society. Lots of questions, and a number of requests afterwards from students wanting to work with my group over summer. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Talk to Bishop Auckland Astrosoc |
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 | 12 people attended a talk about gamma-ray astronomy, with questions and discussions afterwards None |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talk to Cleethorpes Astronomical Society |
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 | Talk given to around 30 people, resulting in discussion and questions. None |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Talk to Cleveland and Darlington Astrosoc |
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 | Talk about gamma ray astronomy on 13/12/13 attended by about 50 people, with questions and discussions afterwards. A number of young people asked about studying physics at university. None yet |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talk to Durham City Astronomical Society |
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 | Around 30 people attended a talk, which resulted in discussion and questions none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Talk to Durham University Astrosoc |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Around 40 undergraduates attended a talk, resulting in questions and some interesdt in potential postgraduate studies None |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talk to Highlands Astrosoc |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Around 80 people attended a talk about gamma-ray astronomy on 5/11/13, with questions and discussion afterwards. None yet |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talk to York School Pupils |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Around 30 school pupils attended, with lots of questions. None measurable. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Talk to students at Oxford Physics Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion on VHE gamma ray astronomy to undergraduate students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
Description | Visit to Southmoor Academy Sunderland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Lots of questions, some students asked specific questions about applying to university One of my undergraduate project students is returning to the school. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |