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

Publications

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Bevan A (2019) A decade of ejecta dust formation in the Type IIn SN 2005ip in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Bevan A. (2019) Dust formation in Type IIn SNe in Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death II

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Bing L (2022) Searching for high-z DSFGs with NIKA2 and NOEMA in EPJ Web of Conferences

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Bisigello L (2021) Simulating infrared spectro-photometric surveys with a S pritz in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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Bisigello L (2021) Simulating the infrared sky with a SPRITZ in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Bissonette Daisy (2023) Star Formation Efficiency in Superthin Galaxies in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts

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Bleem L (2020) The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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Bleem L. E. (2019) The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey in arXiv e-prints

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Bogiatzis P (2019) The Dulmage-Mendelsohn permutation in seismic tomography in Geophysical Journal International

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Bonato M (2019) ALMA photometry of extragalactic radio sources in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Bonavera L. (2020) Cosmology with the submillimetre galaxies magnification bias: Proof of concept in XIV.0 Scientific Meeting (virtual) of the Spanish Astronomical Society

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Brennan S (2022) Progenitor, environment, and modelling of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Brennan S (2022) Photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu(Gaia16cfr) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Brown T (2021) VERTICO: The Virgo Environment Traced in CO Survey in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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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

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Carlstrom John (2019) CMB-S4 in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society

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Charalampopoulos P (2022) A detailed spectroscopic study of tidal disruption events in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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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

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Chastenet J (2022) SOFIA/HAWC+ observations of the Crab Nebula: dust properties from polarized emission in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Chastenet J. (2023) Far-IR polarized emission in the Crab Nebula with SOFIA/HAWC+ in SF2A-2023: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Chawner H (2020) A complete catalogue of dusty supernova remnants in the Galactic plane in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Chawner H (2020) A Galactic dust devil: far-infrared observations of the Tornado supernova remnant candidate in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Chawner H. (2019) Dusty SNRs in our Galactic Plane in Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death II

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Cheng T (2019) SCUBA-2 observations of candidate starbursting protoclusters selected by Planck and Herschel-SPIRE in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Cheng T (2020) SCUBA-2 overdensities associated with candidate protoclusters selected from Planck data in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society