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
Chen (???) C
(2016)
THE SCUBA-2 COSMOLOGY LEGACY SURVEY: MULTIWAVELENGTH COUNTERPARTS TO 10 3 SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES IN THE UKIDSS-UDS FIELD
in The Astrophysical Journal
Coppin K
(2015)
The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: the submillimetre properties of Lyman-break galaxies at z = 3-5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smail I
(2014)
THE SCUBA-2 COSMOLOGY LEGACY SURVEY: ULTRALUMINOUS STAR-FORMING GALAXIES IN A z = 1.6 CLUSTER
in The Astrophysical Journal
Smith R
(2012)
The stellar initial mass function in red-sequence galaxies: 1-µm spectroscopy of Coma cluster galaxies with Subaru/FMOS The stellar IMF in red-sequence galaxies
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
Bielby R
(2013)
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - III. The clustering and dynamics of Lyman-break galaxies at z ~ 3?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mehrtens N
(2012)
The XMM Cluster Survey: optical analysis methodology and the first data release The XMM Cluster Survey first data release
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Thomson A
(2015)
Tracing cool molecular gas and star formation on ~100 pc scales within a z ~ 2.3 galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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 |