University of Sussex Astronomy Consolidated Grant 2017-2020
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sussex
Department Name: Sch of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Abstract
This proposal seeks funds to continue an extensive programme of research into extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology, by addressing some of the most pressing astronomical questions of our time, such as "What are the fundamental constituents of the Universe?", "What is the nature of inflation and dark energy, believed to drive accelerated expansion in the early and late universe", "What processes govern the formation of the largest objects and structure in our universe?, and "How do galaxies form and evolve"? We will do this by combining theoretical work, much of it using high-performance computers, with multi-wavelength observational surveys. We will apply advanced techniques for making numerical predictions, data analysis and modelling, and deploy our skills through a series of international projects.
The research consists of fifteen varied but interconnected projects, each involving one or more faculty members and researchers, that can be collected into three broad themes: Early and late universe cosmology; Galaxy simulation and modelling; Galaxy and cluster observations and analysis.
In summary:
Early and late universe cosmology: a series of projects will address theoretical predictions and observational constraints on inflation, dark energy and large scale structure. Our work encompasses both the development of theoretical frameworks and the analysis of cutting edge observational datasets (including the Planck satellite, the Dark Energy Survey, the XMM-Newton Cluster Survey (XCS), and the POLARBEAR-2 experiment).
Galaxy simulation and modelling: we will use Peta-scale computing facilities to carry out detailed studies of the formation and evolution of the first structures, and make statistical predictions that can be used in the exploitation of new and upcoming observational facilities such as JWST, Euclid, LOFAR, ALMA, and SKA.
Galaxy and cluster observations: we will make use of multi-wavelength observations to answer a variety of questions concerning the formation and evolution of galaxies. We will continue to exploit our involvement in HerMES, the Dark Energy Survey, the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey, and XCS. In particular we will develop a new set of advanced tools with which to analyse observations from these projects as well as upcoming facilities such as the James Webb Space Telescope.
The research consists of fifteen varied but interconnected projects, each involving one or more faculty members and researchers, that can be collected into three broad themes: Early and late universe cosmology; Galaxy simulation and modelling; Galaxy and cluster observations and analysis.
In summary:
Early and late universe cosmology: a series of projects will address theoretical predictions and observational constraints on inflation, dark energy and large scale structure. Our work encompasses both the development of theoretical frameworks and the analysis of cutting edge observational datasets (including the Planck satellite, the Dark Energy Survey, the XMM-Newton Cluster Survey (XCS), and the POLARBEAR-2 experiment).
Galaxy simulation and modelling: we will use Peta-scale computing facilities to carry out detailed studies of the formation and evolution of the first structures, and make statistical predictions that can be used in the exploitation of new and upcoming observational facilities such as JWST, Euclid, LOFAR, ALMA, and SKA.
Galaxy and cluster observations: we will make use of multi-wavelength observations to answer a variety of questions concerning the formation and evolution of galaxies. We will continue to exploit our involvement in HerMES, the Dark Energy Survey, the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey, and XCS. In particular we will develop a new set of advanced tools with which to analyse observations from these projects as well as upcoming facilities such as the James Webb Space Telescope.
Planned Impact
This project brings together scientists studying the early universe and galaxy evolution with the goal of (a) understanding the physics of the first seconds and minutes after the Big Bang when the seeds of today's galaxies formed and (b) following how these seeds grew over 13 billion years and, on even larger scales, assembled into galaxy clusters.
The impact of our research is mainly academic, but we also have a proven track record of sharing the methods/technical expertise developed for it with industry and scientists from other disciplines, and of reaching out to the public to raise interest for our activities and inspire young people for STEM careers.
Based on experience from our current engagement with the non-academic sector, we have identified several opportunities/synergies, which will enable us to both enhance our impact and target new beneficiaries:
Over the next 3 years, the general public will be able to participate in our approx. 50 public engagement events: (1) a series of shows themed 'Sussex Astronomy Centre Presents: The Life of the Cosmos' at the yearly Brighton Science Festival, BSF (audience: ~1000/year); (2) quarterly appearances in pubs/bars/theatres (audience: 50/night) for, e.g. Café Scientifique, PubhD, Nerd Nite & Skeptics in the Pub; (3) on-campus events, e.g. public lectures or Star Gazing Live (audience: 100-200/event). From answering basic questions on our place in the Universe to visualizing how galaxies evolve with data/simulations from this project, these activities foster citizen understanding and awareness of scientific advances. For an even wider audience, we will disseminate our research through the blog platform theconversation.com, where Astronomy Centre members have already reached 150,000+ readers just in 2015.
The BSF, where we will participate from 2018-2020, attracts a large number of visitors to the city and is an important factor for the local economy. The modular content of our BSF shows allows us to easily adapt these to similar events in the region (e.g. Kent Science Festival, Herstmonceux Science Centre Astronomy Festival & SAGAS Summer Convention). We also foresee regular appearances in meetings of local astronomy societies.
The dynamic landscape of startups and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Brighton area will be the focus of our industry engagement. SMEs will be able to tap into a portfolio of Image Processing/Visualization and Data Analysis techniques (branded as 'Out of this World Solutions') we have perfected for our research. SMEs will liaise with 'Out of this World Solutions' at local trade fairs (e.g. Tech66) and through SEPnet. These links will be deepened further through a new PDRA placement scheme, where SMEs will receive first-hand, in-house exposure to our skill set. PDRAs will share insights from their placements with our graduates and contribute another key component to our already diverse capacity-building activities (e.g., training in communication and project management, development of technical skills for high-tech industries).
In the education sector, East/West Sussex school teachers will have access to a range of outreach activities enriching the science education of GCSE or A1-/A2-level students. We provide learning resources (e.g. guided reanalysis of genuine data) for the classroom and host school visits in our department, e.g., the yearly Astronomy Master Class (200+ participants) and the bi-weekly Schools Labs (20-30 pupils/session) with hands-on demonstrations and introductory level research talks on our STFC-funded projects. For these activities we will be able to offer a new/improved series of experiments developed for our BSF shows. These will be an important component in continuing to inspire students for careers in science and maintaining the current physics student recruitment levels at universities nationwide. We also target under-represented groups through the University's established Widening Participation program.
The impact of our research is mainly academic, but we also have a proven track record of sharing the methods/technical expertise developed for it with industry and scientists from other disciplines, and of reaching out to the public to raise interest for our activities and inspire young people for STEM careers.
Based on experience from our current engagement with the non-academic sector, we have identified several opportunities/synergies, which will enable us to both enhance our impact and target new beneficiaries:
Over the next 3 years, the general public will be able to participate in our approx. 50 public engagement events: (1) a series of shows themed 'Sussex Astronomy Centre Presents: The Life of the Cosmos' at the yearly Brighton Science Festival, BSF (audience: ~1000/year); (2) quarterly appearances in pubs/bars/theatres (audience: 50/night) for, e.g. Café Scientifique, PubhD, Nerd Nite & Skeptics in the Pub; (3) on-campus events, e.g. public lectures or Star Gazing Live (audience: 100-200/event). From answering basic questions on our place in the Universe to visualizing how galaxies evolve with data/simulations from this project, these activities foster citizen understanding and awareness of scientific advances. For an even wider audience, we will disseminate our research through the blog platform theconversation.com, where Astronomy Centre members have already reached 150,000+ readers just in 2015.
The BSF, where we will participate from 2018-2020, attracts a large number of visitors to the city and is an important factor for the local economy. The modular content of our BSF shows allows us to easily adapt these to similar events in the region (e.g. Kent Science Festival, Herstmonceux Science Centre Astronomy Festival & SAGAS Summer Convention). We also foresee regular appearances in meetings of local astronomy societies.
The dynamic landscape of startups and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Brighton area will be the focus of our industry engagement. SMEs will be able to tap into a portfolio of Image Processing/Visualization and Data Analysis techniques (branded as 'Out of this World Solutions') we have perfected for our research. SMEs will liaise with 'Out of this World Solutions' at local trade fairs (e.g. Tech66) and through SEPnet. These links will be deepened further through a new PDRA placement scheme, where SMEs will receive first-hand, in-house exposure to our skill set. PDRAs will share insights from their placements with our graduates and contribute another key component to our already diverse capacity-building activities (e.g., training in communication and project management, development of technical skills for high-tech industries).
In the education sector, East/West Sussex school teachers will have access to a range of outreach activities enriching the science education of GCSE or A1-/A2-level students. We provide learning resources (e.g. guided reanalysis of genuine data) for the classroom and host school visits in our department, e.g., the yearly Astronomy Master Class (200+ participants) and the bi-weekly Schools Labs (20-30 pupils/session) with hands-on demonstrations and introductory level research talks on our STFC-funded projects. For these activities we will be able to offer a new/improved series of experiments developed for our BSF shows. These will be an important component in continuing to inspire students for careers in science and maintaining the current physics student recruitment levels at universities nationwide. We also target under-represented groups through the University's established Widening Participation program.
Publications
Bernardinelli Pedro H.
(2019)
Trans-Neptunian objects found in the first four years of the Dark Energy Survey
in arXiv e-prints
Giri Sambit K.
(2019)
Neutral island statistics during reionization from 21-cm tomography
in arXiv e-prints
Abbott T. M. C.
(2021)
The Dark Energy Survey Data Release 2
in arXiv e-prints
Golden-Marx Jesse B.
(2021)
The Observed Evolution of the Stellar Mass - Halo Mass Relation for Brightest Central Galaxies
in arXiv e-prints
Grandis S.
(2020)
Validation of Selection Function, Sample Contamination and Mass Calibration in Galaxy Cluster Samples
in arXiv e-prints
Muir J.
(2019)
Blinding multi-probe cosmological experiments
in arXiv e-prints
Hern
(2022)
The maxPSZ catalogue of Planck clusters over the DES region
in arXiv e-prints
Ocvirk Pierre
(2018)
Cosmic Dawn II (CoDa II): a new radiation-hydrodynamics simulation of the self-consistent coupling of galaxy formation and reionization
in arXiv e-prints
Costanzi M.
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Methods for Cluster Cosmology and Application to the SDSS
in arXiv e-prints
Angus C. R.
(2018)
Superluminous Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey
in arXiv e-prints
Hoormann J. K.
(2019)
CIV Black Hole Mass Measurements with the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES)
in arXiv e-prints
Ammazzalorso S.
(2019)
Detection of cross-correlation between gravitational lensing and gamma rays
in arXiv e-prints
Zhang Y.
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Detection of Intra-cluster Light at Redshift $\sim$ 0.25
in arXiv e-prints
Gehlot B. K.
(2018)
The first power spectrum limit on the 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen during the Cosmic Dawn at $z=20-25$ from LOFAR
in arXiv e-prints
Prat J.
(2018)
Cosmological lensing ratios with DES Y1, SPT and Planck
in arXiv e-prints
Capozzi D.
(2017)
Evolution of Galaxy Luminosity and Stellar-Mass Functions since $z=1$ with the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data
in arXiv e-prints
Omori Y.
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: tomographic cross-correlations between DES galaxies and CMB lensing from SPT+Planck
in arXiv e-prints
Yu Zhefu
(2018)
Quasar Accretion Disk Sizes from Continuum Reverberation Mapping in the DES Standard Star Fields
in arXiv e-prints
Poletti D
(2017)
Making maps of cosmic microwave background polarization for B -mode studies: the POLARBEAR example
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Turner D. J.
(2023)
XGA: Efficient analysis of XMM observations
in Astrophysics Source Code Library
Lin (???) H
(2019)
Reprint of "Evidence for color dichotomy in the primordial Neptunian Trojan population"
in Icarus
Lin (???) H
(2019)
Evidence for color dichotomy in the primordial Neptunian Trojan population
in Icarus
Lewis A
(2017)
Emission-angle and polarization-rotation effects in the lensed CMB
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Fabbian G
(2019)
CMB lensing reconstruction biases in cross-correlation with large-scale structure probes
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Vieira J
(2018)
Can power spectrum observations rule out slow-roll inflation?
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Ade P
(2019)
The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Carron J
(2017)
Internal delensing of Planck CMB temperature and polarization
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Takakura S
(2017)
Performance of a continuously rotating half-wave plate on the POLARBEAR telescope
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Yates R
(2017)
Iron in galaxy groups and clusters: confronting galaxy evolution models with a newly homogenized data set
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shajib A
(2020)
STRIDES: a 3.9 per cent measurement of the Hubble constant from the strong lens system DES J0408-5354
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dawoodbhoy T
(2018)
Suppression of star formation in low-mass galaxies caused by the reionization of their local neighbourhood
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chang C
(2018)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: curved-sky weak lensing mass map
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Palmese A.
(2020)
Stellar mass as a galaxy cluster mass proxy: application to the Dark Energy Survey redMaPPer clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Srisawat C
(2020)
MEGA: Merger graphs of structure formation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pieres A
(2017)
A stellar overdensity associated with the Small Magellanic Cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Davis C
(2018)
Cross-correlation redshift calibration without spectroscopic calibration samples in DES Science Verification Data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Costanzi M
(2019)
Methods for cluster cosmology and application to the SDSS in preparation for DES Year 1 release
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lovell C
(2022)
A machine learning approach to mapping baryons on to dark matter haloes using the eagle and C-EAGLE simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Abbott T
(2019)
Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: measurement of the baryon acoustic oscillation scale in the distribution of galaxies to redshift 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kelsey L
(2023)
Concerning colour: The effect of environment on type Ia supernova colour in the dark energy survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Möller A
(2022)
The dark energy survey 5-yr photometrically identified type Ia supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ross H
(2019)
Evaluating the QSO contribution to the 21-cm signal from the Cosmic Dawn
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fang Y
(2019)
Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: the relationship between mass and light around cosmic voids
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Stern C
(2019)
Weak-lensing analysis of SPT-selected galaxy clusters using Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Melchior P
(2017)
Weak-lensing mass calibration of redMaPPer galaxy clusters in Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bahé Y
(2017)
The Hydrangea simulations: galaxy formation in and around massive clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eckert K
(2020)
Noise from undetected sources in Dark Energy Survey images
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Porth L
(2021)
Fast estimation of aperture-mass statistics - II. Detectability of higher order statistics in current and future surveys
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | * Byrnes and collaborators showed that the QCD transition could naturally boost the number of solar mass primordial black holes https://inspirehep.net/literature/1648757 which would be a smoking gun signature of their existence, since such low mass black holes cannot form from collapsed stars. * Byrnes with Adamek and former Sussex student and PDRA Gosenca and Hotchkiss ran the first ever N-body simulations of primordial black holes combined with another form of particle dark matter. This concluded with the striking observation that WIMPs and primordial black holes are observationally incompatible https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08528. * Smith and his student Eggemeier, along with their collaborators, developed a new method for recovering information from the Fourier phases of large-scale structure; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.466.2496E/abstract; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.471.1581B/abstract * Smith and collaborators developed models for improved modelling of the nonlinear power spectrum of matter and galaxy bias.; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019MNRAS.486.1448S/abstract; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019PhRvD..99l3514E/abstract * Smith and his student Porth and collaborators developed a fast algorithm for measuring aperture mass statistics from weak lensing data; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.499.2474P/abstract (edited) |
| Exploitation Route | The principle outcome of this research is to progress the STFC scientific goals, principally |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sussex runs an intense outreach programme, closely link to the research carried out within the Department. Our activities not only involve research talks, but also hands on activities that introduce the basics of our research to the public. We typically engage with over 10,000 people per year including members of the public (3,000+), teachers (200+) & students (7,000+) at science fairs and in a classroom setting. |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Title | DES DR1 |
| Description | first data release |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | many many papers |
| Title | DES DR2 |
| Description | DES DR2 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | lots of papers |
| Title | DES-DR1 |
| Description | first data release from DES (5000 sq. degree of multi-band optical/IR data) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | everyone in the world can now use DES data |
| URL | https://des.ncsa.illinois.edu/releases/dr1 |
| Description | L-Galaxies |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Ongoing design development of the L-Galaxies semi-analytic model |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ongoing design development of the L-Galaxies semi-analytic model; hosting a database of model galaxy data mad available to the astronomical community. |
| Impact | I am not going to list all my relevant publications again here. There should be an option to link to them. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | LOFAR Epoch of Reionization Key Science Project (2015-ongoing) |
| Organisation | LOFAR |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am core member of the Key Science Project with responsibilities in simulation and modelling support. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project has been awarded over 1600 hours of observation with the LOFAR telescope since it began operations (some of these are completed, some are ongoing). A number of papers have been published on the results, including the first upper limits on the redshifted 21-cm power spectra from reionization. |
| Impact | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...838...65P and many other papers |
| Description | LOFAR Epoch of Reionization Key Science Project (2015-ongoing) |
| Organisation | University of Groningen |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am core member of the Key Science Project with responsibilities in simulation and modelling support. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project has been awarded over 1600 hours of observation with the LOFAR telescope since it began operations (some of these are completed, some are ongoing). A number of papers have been published on the results, including the first upper limits on the redshifted 21-cm power spectra from reionization. |
| Impact | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...838...65P and many other papers |
| Description | LSST-DESC |
| Organisation | LSST Corporation |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Taken part in activities related to cluster cosmology |
| Collaborator Contribution | An enormous telescope! |
| Impact | Part of an LSST:UK bid for funding for EPO |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Adler after dark June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Adler After Dark - Q&A and talk to general public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/adler-after-dark/ |
| Description | AstroFest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | AstroFest 2019 800+ people in the audience, including Brian May! Great response to talk by public afterwards, plus feedback from 3rd parties |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://europeanastrofest.com/2019/01/25/kathy-romer/ |
| Description | BHASVIC IWD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | IWD panel at BHASVIC ~50 people in the audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BHASVIC speed dating |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Women in Physics speed dating event, Sept 2018. ~15 A'level students, ~5 teachers ------ Hi, Thank you so much for coming on Thursday. The feedback from students was that they found it enjoyable, interesting and useful. A really nice start to the Physics course and hopefully keep them motivated to the end goal, when the course gets tough! Many thanks Jane JANE DRUMMOND Teacher of Physics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Brighton Astro 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 | Talk at Brighton Astro society in June 2018. ~70 people in audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://brightonastro.com |
| Description | British Science Festival: Drawing on science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | cartoons for science communcation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/2017announcement |
| Description | British Science Festival: Museum Night & Drawing Science |
| 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 | Museum night with Daniel H: public shown how BVI people can engage with art and science through touch and sound. (~100 people engaged with at a table display) Drawing on Science: event with professional cartoonists to develop science cartoons with the public. ~8 people attended, but it led to a blog post in Germany. https://flugundzeit.blog/2017/09/17/british-science-festival-brighton-2017/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/2017announcement |
| Description | Buses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bus with astronomy design - includes DES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/41334 |
| Description | DArchives 17/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | DArchive author for Y1 Cosmo and Grav Wave results. Plus DArchive editor/sub-editor on others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.darkenergysurvey.org/news-and-results/darchives/ |
| Description | DES end of nights |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Social media blitz related to the last nights observing for DES. 30 days of posts, >100 in total. Reach in 10,000s |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.darkenergysurvey.org/desendofnights/ |
| Description | DES press release at Sussex |
| 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 | Press Release related to DES end of nights |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/id/47262 |
| Description | DES press releases (17/18 reporting round) |
| 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 | DES press release: social media coordination - August 17, October 17, January 18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| URL | https://www.darkenergysurvey.org/news-and-results/press-releases |
| Description | Edinburgh Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | April 2018. Panel for Edinburgh Science Festival on Cosmology. ~200 people (ticketed) We were sent a poem afterwards Dark Matter You are a constellation of dark matter An utterance in a vast and sprawling universe Your potential by nature infinite But blue-red eyes filter out the light A trillion black holes Little whirlpools filling the expanse Bringing light to consciousness Like a trillion whirring cogs A pointillist picture With the points in constant motion Superimposing upon one another Seemingly unaware of each other's presence Yet Creating a whole. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk |
| Description | Euclid - schools activity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Euclid schools workshop at Euclid conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://eucliduk.net/2017-consortium-meeting/ |
| Description | Euclid evening event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Euclid evening event. Panel+comendy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://eucliduk.net/2017-consortium-meeting/ |
| Description | IoP evening talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | IoP evening lecture at University of Surrey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://events.iop.org/branch-lecture-dark-energy-survey-and-beginning-industrial-revolution-cosmolog... |
| Description | Lewes STEM fest |
| 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 | Lewes STEMfest April 2018 - all the PhD students + JessicaK. 850 people visited the event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Media engagement 2018/19 reporting cycle |
| 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 | May 2018 - worked with BBC to establish provenance and copyright of images used in SGL at AAT Nov 2018 - interview with BBC Sussex about Mars lander |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | New Scientist master class |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Masterclass to ~500 people. They pay ~£1000 for the day. ~6 talks in total, plus a panel discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.newscientist.com/science-events/ |
| Description | PrimarySpace |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | PrimarySpace at UoS in Sept 2018. Talks, hands on activities. >1000 school kids from >10 schools. I did the intro to the session. On 31/05/2018 12:48, Sam Dunnett wrote: Dear All, Sussex Widening participation team are hosting a primary school event on the 12th September in the Jubilee building. We are lucky enough to be working with Katherine O'Connell who is the ex CEO of the UK Space Agency and has a passion for promoting STEM and jobs in the Space industry to young people especially young girls. We are expecting around a 1000 primary school pupils from year 2 and year 5 from schools that we work with in Eastbourne/Hastings on our Primary University programme. The day is going to involve a Q&A session for children and Katherine is hoping to get a trainee female astronaut to come along. We excitingly have one of the Mars Rovers on campus with an Airbus team who will be doing live demos of it in action. Avanti Communications are coming too with an exhibit and Katherine is working to get some more Space companies on board. Our primary school education team and students are working to deliver some classroom sessions around space and science. We are also having an exhibition space for some of our academics to display some hands on activities for this age range. We already have some people signed up to join in the exhibition. So the day is going to be busy and fun packed and we are hoping to inspire young people to engage in space and science and want to do jobs in this area in the future. Katherine is hoping to make this day the launch to a much larger primary programme and we are delighted to be part of this. We hope, once the children have returned to their schools, to hold a ticketed staff event to come along and see the Mars Rover, exhibits etc. the agenda for this is still fluid. Because of the nature of this event I thought it would be of interest to you and to keep you in the loop. I would be really happy if you want to get involved and if so, please give me a call or drop me a line. With Best wishes Sam |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/?id=45966 |
| Description | Pubic Talk for New Scientist Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to ~400 people about Cosmology and Dark Energy Survey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Public talk for IoP at U Surrey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to ~150 people about Cosmology and the Dark Energy Survey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Public talk for a New Scientist Evening event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to ~300 people about Cosmology and the Dark Energy Survey. Afterwards a journalist from China TV made contact and they subsequently interviewed other Physicists at the University of Sussex. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/science-events/ |
| Description | RAL talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | talk at RAL. given twice to ~150 people each time |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://stfc.ukri.org/public-engagement/activities-for-the-public/visit-the-rutherford-appleton-labor... |
| Description | STFC womens day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | STFC women's profiles (mine, plus suggested others to take part) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.stfc.ac.uk/news-events-and-publications/features/women-in-stem/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_me... |
| Description | Schools scholars programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Scholars programme hosted by Roedean but drawing also high-achieving students from surrounding state schools. About 50 students attended my talk. 2 students approached me afterwards and questioned me about my academic career and what A-levels they would need in order to be able to study Physics at University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Soap Box Science - Sep 2017 |
| 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 | SBS art-science event in South London, Sep 17 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://soapboxscience.org/ |
| Description | Stargazing live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To engage the public in a debate about the future of astronomy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sussex Open Day June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | DarkBites Treasure Hunt at open day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/community/get-involved/visit-campus/community-festival |
| Description | Sussex Universe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sussex Universe talk (pre recorded) over Zoom with in person Q&A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXPb5bfrHLk&t=9s |
| Description | Sussex Universe 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sussex Universe (on campus) talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/outreach/public/publicevents |
| Description | UoS Community Day - 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 | Cluster talk at Community Day Event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/community/get-involved/visit-campus/community-festival |
| Description | media regional (17/18 reporting round) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Argus "60 seconds with" article; Viva Brighton article; UoS Citizen Science article; UoS Impact Day profiles |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | nerd nite (17/18 reporting round) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | nerd nite june 2017, jan 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| URL | https://brighton.nerdnite.com/ |