PATT Linked Grant for the Durham Astrophysics Group 2012-14
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The Durham observational astronomers are among the most successful at obtaining telescope time at observatories around the world. This grant for travel funds is to ensure that the observers have an administratively simple source of funds to be present at the telescope to execute their observations.
Publications
McNaught-Roberts T
(2014)
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the dependence of the galaxy luminosity function on environment, redshift and colour
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sobral D
(2014)
The stellar mass function of star-forming galaxies and the mass-dependent SFR function since z = 2.23 from HiZELS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Blake C
(2013)
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): improved cosmic growth measurements using multiple tracers of large-scale structure
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Stott J
(2014)
A relationship between specific star formation rate and metallicity gradient within z ~ 1 galaxies from KMOS-HiZELS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hogan M
(2015)
A comprehensive study of the radio properties of brightest cluster galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kelvin L
(2014)
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): ugrizYJHK Sérsic luminosity functions and the cosmic spectral energy distribution by Hubble type
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Swinbank A
(2014)
An ALMA survey of sub-millimetre Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: the far-infrared properties of SMGs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fine S
(2013)
Stacked reverberation mapping
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Alpaslan M
(2014)
Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): fine filaments of galaxies detected within voids
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Kim J
(2013)
Clustering of EROs from UKIDSS DXS and Pan-STARRS PS1
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Description | The funds from this grant have been used to send astronomers to telescopes around the world to collect data from distant galaxies to understand their formation and evolution. |
Exploitation Route | Through the peer-reviewed papers that we have written. |
Sectors | Education,Other |
Description | The data collected from the observing runs to telescopes funded on this grant have been the foundation for many peer-reviewed papers, active, international research collaborations and public outreach activities. |
First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
Sector | Education,Other |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
Description | STFC Rolling Grant |
Amount | £3,053,577 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2011 |
End | 03/2016 |
Description | Observational cosmology with CalTech |
Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
Department | Caltech Astronomy |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Preparing, performing and analysing Keck data then writing a number of papers from these obsevations.. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to Keck 10m telescopes |
Impact | Several papers from the publication list are the result of this collaboration. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Numerous schools visits, science fairs and open days |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The outreach activity in Durham is too wide and frequent to make filling in boxes like this feasible. If any group can they they aren't doing enough of it. The public appreciation of astronomy in the North East is higher than it would be without our work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |