PATT Linked Grant for observational astrophysics at QUB: 2014 - 2016
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: Sch of Mathematics and Physics
Abstract
Our proposal seeks to renew the PATT Linked Grant at Queen's University Belfast. This award will cover our travel and subsistence costs to both STFC and non-STFC observing facilities. The major topics of observational astrophysics research to be covered by the PATT Linked Grant include:
- investigations of supernovae and the end stages of stellar evolution;
- high temporal, spatial and spectral resolution observations of the solar atmosphere and those of other cool stars;
- studies of solar system bodies, including comets and asteroids;
- astrochemistry, including that of interstellar and circumstellar clouds;
- detection and characterisation of exoplanets.
- investigations of supernovae and the end stages of stellar evolution;
- high temporal, spatial and spectral resolution observations of the solar atmosphere and those of other cool stars;
- studies of solar system bodies, including comets and asteroids;
- astrochemistry, including that of interstellar and circumstellar clouds;
- detection and characterisation of exoplanets.
Organisations
Publications
Muntean E
(2016)
A laboratory study of water ice erosion by low-energy ions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Muntean E
(2015)
Sputtering of oxygen ice by low energy ions
in Surface Science
Nicholl M
(2016)
Corrigendum: Slowly fading super-luminous supernovae that are not pair-instability explosions.
in Nature
Nicholl M
(2016)
Seeing double: the frequency and detectability of double-peaked superluminous supernova light curves
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Noebauer U
(2015)
Self-consistent modelling of line-driven hot-star winds with Monte Carlo radiation hydrodynamics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Parker A
(2016)
Physical Characterization of TNOs with the James Webb Space Telescope
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Parsons S
(2016)
The crowded magnetosphere of the post-common-envelope binary QS Virginis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pastorello A
(2015)
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - V. Observations of the slow-evolving SN Ibn OGLE-2012-SN-006
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pastorello A
(2015)
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - IV. Transitional Type Ibn supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Polshaw J.
(2015)
LSQ13fn: A type II-Plateau supernova with a possibly low metallicity progenitor that breaks the standardised candle relation
in ArXiv e-prints
| Description | Astronomy PATT grants |
| Amount | £47,573 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/P001041/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Title | Database of (reduced) data from the ROSA solar imager and instruments on the Swedish Solar Telescope. |
| Description | Database of reduced solar imaging data from the ROSA imager and Swedish Solar Telescope (including application of image reconstruction software to produce images at the diffraction limit). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Databases for both ROSA and SST data are now well established and accessed by the solar physics community. |
| Description | Jupiter Watch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attended by over 500 annually. Increased awareness and appreciation of astronomy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2016,2019 |