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
Drabek-Maunder E
(2017)
Ground-based detection of a cloud of methanol from Enceladus: when is a biomarker not a biomarker?
in International Journal of Astrobiology
Switzer ER
(2019)
Sub-Kelvin cooling for two kilopixel bolometer arrays in the PIPER receiver.
in The Review of scientific instruments
De Zotti Gianfranco
(2019)
Radio sources in next-generation CMB surveys
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Davis T
(2019)
Gas accretion as fuel for residual star formation in Galaxy Zoo elliptical galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Matsuura Mikako
(2019)
Dust in supernovae: - Do supernovae produce the first dust in the Universe? Are supernovae the key dust producers of galaxies?
in Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ruffa I
(2019)
The AGN fuelling/feedback cycle in nearby radio galaxies I. ALMA observations and early results
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gupta N
(2019)
Fractional polarization of extragalactic sources in the 500 deg2 SPTpol survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cheng T
(2019)
SCUBA-2 observations of candidate starbursting protoclusters selected by Planck and Herschel-SPIRE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chase S
(2019)
Pre-cooling a 3 He/ 4 He dilutor module with a sealed closed-cycle continuous cooler
in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Rigby A
(2019)
CHIMPS: physical properties of molecular clumps across the inner Galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dionatos O.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: X-ray data for 56 protoplanetary disk sources (Dionatos+ 2019)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Coudé S
(2019)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Field of the Barnard 1 Star-forming Region
in The Astrophysical Journal
Anderson A
(2019)
Performance of Al-Mn Transition-Edge Sensor Bolometers in SPT-3G
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Sarzi M
(2019)
WISDOM project - IV. A molecular gas dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole mass in NGC 524
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Paiella A
(2019)
Erratum: Kinetic inductance detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: design and pre-flight characterization
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Carlstrom John
(2019)
CMB-S4
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Kirchschlager F
(2019)
Dust survival rates in clumps passing through the Cas A reverse shock - I. Results for a range of clump densities
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
North E
(2019)
WISDOM project - V. Resolving molecular gas in Keplerian rotation around the supermassive black hole in NGC 0383
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Greaves John
(2019)
Using the Six Astrometric Parameters from Gaia DR2 I: Confirming Common Proper Motion Pairs in the Washington Double Star Catalog
in Journal of Double Star Observations
De Zotti G
(2019)
Extragalactic Astrophysics With Next-Generation CMB Experiments
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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
Rigby A. J.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: Physical properties of CHIMPS clumps (Rigby+, 2019)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Orkisz J
(2019)
A dynamically young, gravitationally stable network of filaments in Orion B
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smith M
(2019)
JINGLE, a JCMT legacy survey of dust and gas for galaxy evolution studies: II. SCUBA-2 850 µm data reduction and dust flux density catalogues
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Masi S
(2019)
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: in-flight operation and performance
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Mangilli A
(2019)
The geometry of the magnetic field in the central molecular zone measured by PILOT
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
André P
(2019)
Probing the cold magnetised Universe with SPICA-POL (B-BOP)
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Piat M.
(2019)
QUBIC: using NbSi TESs with a bolometric interferometer to characterize the polarisation of the CMB
in arXiv e-prints
Mot B
(2019)
PILOT optical alignment
Howard A
(2019)
L1495 revisited: a ppmap view of a star-forming filament
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ruffa I
(2019)
The AGN fuelling/feedback cycle in nearby radio galaxies - II. Kinematics of the molecular gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Clark Christopher
(2019)
Unleashing the Potential of Dust Emission as a Window onto Galaxy Evolution
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Eden D
(2019)
SCOPE: SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-protostellar Evolution - survey description and compact source catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bonato M
(2019)
ALMA photometry of extragalactic radio sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dionatos O
(2019)
Consistent dust and gas models for protoplanetary disks IV. A panchromatic view of protoplanetary disks
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Duckworth Christopher
(2019)
Decoupling the rotation of stars and gas -- II: the link between black hole activity and MaNGA kinematics in TNG
in arXiv e-prints
De Beck Elvire
(2019)
The fundamentals of outflows from evolved stars
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Anderson A. J.
(2019)
Performance of Al-Mn Transition-Edge Sensor Bolometers in SPT-3G
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Wesson R
(2019)
The dust content of the Crab Nebula
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tang Y
(2019)
Gravity, Magnetic Field, and Turbulence: Relative Importance and Impact on Fragmentation in the Infrared Dark Cloud G34.43+00.24
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abazajian Kevork
(2019)
CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan
in arXiv e-prints
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
Neumann J
(2019)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) Comparative analysis of the structural properties of star-forming and non-star-forming galaxy bars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mangilli A
(2019)
Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment
in Experimental Astronomy
Fasano A.
(2019)
The KISS Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Dawson J
(2019)
Using machine learning to study the kinematics of cold gas in galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Leroy Adam
(2019)
Physical Conditions in the Cold Gas of Local Galaxies
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Clark P
(2019)
Tracing the formation of molecular clouds via [C ii], [C i], and CO emission
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Liu J
(2019)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Field in the Starless Core ? Ophiuchus C
in The Astrophysical Journal
Phillipps S
(2019)
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Timescales for galaxies crossing the green valley
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society