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
Henshaw J
(2019)
'The Brick' is not a brick : a comprehensive study of the structure and dynamics of the central molecular zone cloud G0.253+0.016
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Loni A
(2021)
A blind ATCA HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster Properties of the HI detections
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Li P
(2021)
A cautionary tale in fitting galaxy rotation curves with Bayesian techniques Does Newton's constant vary from galaxy to galaxy?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chawner H
(2020)
A complete catalogue of dusty supernova remnants in the Galactic plane
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bevan A
(2019)
A decade of ejecta dust formation in the Type IIn SN 2005ip
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ade P
(2021)
A demonstration of improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves with delensing
in Physical Review D
Charalampopoulos P
(2022)
A detailed spectroscopic study of tidal disruption events
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Orkisz J
(2019)
A dynamically young, gravitationally stable network of filaments in Orion B
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ruffa I
(2024)
A fundamental plane of black hole accretion at millimetre wavelengths
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Chawner H
(2020)
A Galactic dust devil: far-infrared observations of the Tornado supernova remnant candidate
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Faustino Vieira H
(2023)
A high-resolution extinction mapping technique for face-on disc galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dye S
(2022)
A high-resolution investigation of the multiphase ISM in a galaxy during the first two billion years
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Milisavljevic Dan
(2024)
A JWST Survey of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
in arXiv e-prints
Moran S
(2023)
A long life of excess: The interacting transient SN 2017hcc
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kéruzoré F
(2020)
A low-mass galaxy cluster as a test-case study for the NIKA2 SZ Large Program
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Lelli F
(2021)
A massive stellar bulge in a regularly rotating galaxy 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
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
Enia A
(2020)
A panchromatic spatially resolved analysis of nearby galaxies - I. Sub-kpc-scale main sequence in grand-design spirals
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Romano M
(2020)
A panchromatic spatially resolved analysis of nearby galaxies - II. The main sequence - gas relation at sub-kpc scale in grand-design spirals
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bonne L
(2022)
A potential new phase of massive star formation A luminous outflow cavity centred on an infrared quiet core
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Howard A
(2021)
A PPMAP analysis of the filamentary structures in Ophiuchus L1688 and L1689
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Greenslade J
(2019)
A SCUBA-2 selected Herschel-SPIRE dropout and the nature of this population
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bakx Tom J. L. C.
(2020)
A search for the lenses in the Herschel Bright Sources (HerBS) Sample
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bakx T
(2020)
A search for the lenses in the Herschel Bright Sources (HerBS) sample
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dawson J
(2021)
A self-supervised, physics-aware, Bayesian neural network architecture for modelling galaxy emission-line kinematics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Encrenaz T
(2020)
A stringent upper limit of the PH 3 abundance at the cloud top of Venus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Whitworth A
(2021)
A systematic bias in fitting the surface-density profiles of interstellar filaments
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cannizzaro G
(2021)
Accretion disc cooling and narrow absorption lines in the tidal disruption event AT 2019dsg
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rodighiero G
(2019)
Active Galactic Nuclei in Dusty Starbursts at z = 2: Feedback Still to Kick in
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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
Vlahakis C
(2020)
AlFoCS + Fornax3D: resolved star formation in the Fornax cluster with ALMA and MUSE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Svoboda B
(2019)
ALMA Observations of Fragmentation, Substructure, and Protostars in High-mass Starless Clump Candidates
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sansom A
(2019)
ALMA observations of massive molecular gas reservoirs in dusty early-type galaxies
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
Querejeta M
(2021)
ALMA resolves giant molecular clouds in a tidal dwarf galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dunne L
(2020)
ALMA unveils wider environment of distant red protocluster core
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Motte F
(2022)
ALMA-IMF I. Investigating the origin of stellar masses: Introduction to the Large Program and first results
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ginsburg A
(2022)
ALMA-IMF II. Investigating the origin of stellar masses: Continuum images and data processing
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pouteau Y
(2022)
ALMA-IMF III. Investigating the origin of stellar masses: top-heavy core mass function in the W43-MM2&MM3 mini-starburst
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nony T.
(2023)
ALMA-IMF. VI. Prestellar and protostellar core populations in the W43 cloud complex
in arXiv e-prints
Klitsch A
(2023)
ALMACAL - X. Constraints on molecular gas in the low-redshift circumgalactic medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Anderson M
(2021)
An ALMA study of hub-filament systems - I. On the clump mass concentration within the most massive cores
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Simpson J
(2020)
An ALMA survey of the brightest sub-millimetre sources in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society