A Programme of Technology, Astrophysics and Cosmology in Cardiff 2019-22
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We propose a programme of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Technology development for Astrophysics and Cosmology, to investigate star and planet formation in our own and other galaxies, how galaxies form and evolve and the signals from the very early Universe embedded in the polarisation properties of the Cosmic Microwave background. This programme will combine observational data from world-class ground and space-based observatories, as well as theoretical modelling and simulations of the processes that result in the Universe we observe around us. We will also continue to develop the world's most sensitive detectors for very long infrared wavelengths, along with associated optical components utilising 'metamaterials' the class of materials designed and manufactured by human beings to have the properties best suited to their task, rather than relying on naturally occurring minerals and plastics. Both of these areas of technology development potentially have wide applications outside of Astronomy, in areas such as security scanners and bio-medical imaging for example.
Planned Impact
The technology programme proposed here will have extensive impact outside of astronomy. Firstly in other academic subject areas such as Earth-observing where the technology is used to look downwards or sideways through the atmosphere rather than upwards, but also in bio-medical imaging, where the Far-infrared wavelength range has many spectral features, and is currently being used in collaboration with the School of Optometry in Cardiff to assess corneal damage, for example. Secondly we also plan to exploit the technology commercially, through the spinout company QMCI (www.terahertz.co.uk) which operates from within the School, with broad applications from fast plasma diagnostic systems in use in Fusion experiments, through laboratory spectroscopy across a wide range of chemistry and materials applications, and the new spinout Sequestym, for security cameras. We also plan a very strong Outreach programme across both the technology developments and the observational and theoretical astrophysics and cosmology programme, following on from the skills developed during the very successful Herschel/Planck outreach programme, with web-based and standard media information releases, but also tied in with Open days, school visits, and going out into schools and colleges to give presentations and host workshops
Organisations
Publications
Zhang W
(2019)
From woody cover to woody canopies: How Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data advance the mapping of woody plants in savannas
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Zhang C.
(2020)
Characterizing the Sensitivity of 40 GHz TES Bolometers for BICEP Array
in arXiv e-prints
Zhang C
(2020)
Characterizing the Sensitivity of 40 GHz TES Bolometers for BICEP Array
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Zavagno A
(2020)
The role of Galactic H II regions in the formation of filaments High-resolution submilimeter imaging of RCW 120 with ArTéMiS
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Zabel N
(2023)
Erratum: "VERTICO II: How H i-identified Environmental Mechanisms Affect the Molecular Gas in Cluster Galaxies" (2022, ApJ, 933, 10)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zabel N
(2019)
The ALMA Fornax Cluster Survey I: stirring and stripping of the molecular gas in cluster galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zabel N
(2021)
AlFoCS + F3D - II. Unexpectedly low gas-to-dust ratios in the Fornax galaxy cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zabel N
(2022)
VERTICO II: How H i-identified Environmental Mechanisms Affect the Molecular Gas in Cluster Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zabel N
(2019)
The MASSIVE survey - XI. What drives the molecular gas properties of early-type galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Young L
(2021)
The Evolution of NGC 7465 as Revealed by Its Molecular Gas Properties
in The Astrophysical Journal
Young L
(2022)
Erratum: "The Evolution of NGC 7465 as Revealed by Its Molecular Gas Properties" (2021, ApJ, 909, 98)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Young L
(2022)
Down but Not Out: Properties of the Molecular Gas in the Stripped Virgo Cluster Early-type Galaxy NGC 4526
in The Astrophysical Journal
Yang C.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: G09v1.97 CO and H2O datacubes (Yang+, 2019)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Yang C
(2020)
Erratum: The Herschel Bright Sources (HerBS): sample definition and SCUBA-2 observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Yang C
(2019)
The molecular gas properties in the gravitationally lensed merger HATLAS J142935.3-002836
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Yang C
(2019)
CO, H 2 O, H 2 O + line and dust emission in a z = 3.63 strongly lensed starburst merger at sub-kiloparsec scales
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Xie J
(2021)
Studying infall in infrared dark clouds with multiple HCO + transitions
in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Xie J
(2021)
The TMRT K band observations towards 26 infrared dark clouds: NH3, CCS, and HC3N
in Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy
Wünsch R
(2021)
Tree-based solvers for adaptive mesh refinement code flash - II: radiation transport module TreeRay
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wuensche C. A.
(2019)
Baryon acoustic oscillations from Integrated Neutral Gas Observations: Broadband corrugated horn construction and testing
in arXiv e-prints
Wu W
(2019)
A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing Potential and Power Spectrum from 500 deg 2 of SPTpol Temperature and Polarization Data
in The Astrophysical Journal
Woitke P
(2019)
Consistent Dust and Gas Models for Protoplanetary Disks. III. Models for Selected Objects from the FP7 DIANA Project*
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Wiseman P.
(2023)
Multiwavelength observations of the extraordinary accretion event AT2021lwx
in arXiv e-prints
Winkel Nico
(2022)
Tracing the onset of the AGN feeding-feedback cycle in the nearby NLS1 Mrk 1044
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts