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
Roberts I
(2023)
VERTICO VI: Cold-gas asymmetries in Virgo cluster galaxies
Villanueva V
(2022)
VERTICO. IV. Environmental Effects on the Gas Distribution and Star Formation Efficiency of Virgo Cluster Spirals
in The Astrophysical Journal
Brown T
(2021)
VERTICO: The Virgo Environment Traced in CO Survey
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Beuther H.
(2023)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: CORE Sample NIKA2 and SMA images (Beuther+, 2024)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Lewis A. J. R.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: Dusty star-forming galaxies with LABOCA 870um obs. (Lewis+, 2018)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Chawner H.
(2023)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: Dusty supernova remnants in the Galactic plane (Chawner+, 2020)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Kwon J.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: First-look analysis of {rho} Oph-A at 850um (Kwon+, 2018)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Yang C.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: G09v1.97 CO and H2O datacubes (Yang+, 2019)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Rigby A. J.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: Physical properties of CHIMPS clumps (Rigby+, 2019)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Urquhart J. S.
(2022)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: SSEDIGISM-ATLASGAL in Galactic disc (Urquhart+, 2021)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Schuller F.
(2023)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: The SEDIGISM survey: First Data Release (Schuller+, 2021)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Duarte-Cabral A.
(2023)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: The SEDIGISM survey: molecular clouds (Duarte-Cabral+, 2021)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Jimenez-Donaire M.
(2023)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: VERTICO III. Virgo cluster galaxies (Jimenez-Donaire+, 2023)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Dionatos O.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: X-ray data for 56 protoplanetary disk sources (Dionatos+ 2019)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Venturi Tiziana
(2020)
VLBI20-30: a scientific roadmap for the next decade -- The future of the European VLBI Network
in arXiv e-prints
Hosseinzadeh G
(2022)
Weak Mass Loss from the Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II SN 2021yja
in The Astrophysical Journal
Westbrook B
(2019)
Weak-lensing mass calibration of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect using APEX-SZ galaxy clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Liu L
(2021)
WISDOM Project - IX. Giant molecular clouds in the lenticular galaxy NGC 4429: effects of shear and tidal forces on clouds
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
Smith M
(2021)
WISDOM project - VI. Exploring the relation between supermassive black hole mass and galaxy rotation with molecular gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith M
(2021)
WISDOM project - VII. Molecular gas measurement of the supermassive black hole mass in the elliptical galaxy NGC 7052
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
North E
(2021)
WISDOM project - VIII. Multiscale feedback cycles in the brightest cluster galaxy NGC 0708
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Davis T
(2022)
WISDOM Project - X. The morphology of the molecular ISM in galaxy centres and its dependence on galaxy structure
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lu A
(2022)
WISDOM project - XI. Star formation efficiency in the bulge of the AGN-host Galaxy NGC 3169 with SITELLE and ALMA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Liu L
(2022)
WISDOM Project - XII. Clump properties and turbulence regulated by clump-clump collisions in the dwarf galaxy NGC 404
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lelli F
(2022)
WISDOM Project - XIII. Feeding molecular gas to the supermassive black hole in the starburst AGN-host galaxy Fairall 49
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ruffa I
(2023)
WISDOM project - XIV. SMBH mass in the early-type galaxies NGC 0612, NGC 1574, and NGC 4261 from CO dynamical modelling
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Choi W
(2023)
WISDOM Project - XV. Giant molecular clouds in the central region of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5806
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Elford J
(2024)
WISDOM Project - XVI. The link between circumnuclear molecular gas reservoirs and active galactic nucleus fuelling
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shimajiri Y.
(2023)
Witnessing the fragmentation of a filament into prestellar cores in Orion B/NGC 2024
in arXiv e-prints
Pettitt A
(2019)
Young stars as tracers of a barred-spiral Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society