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
Rodighiero G
(2019)
Active Galactic Nuclei in Dusty Starbursts at z = 2: Feedback Still to Kick in
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Fasano A
(2019)
The KISS Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
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
Ade P
(2019)
The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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
Ade P
(2019)
BICEP2/Keck Array XI: Beam Characterization and Temperature-to-Polarization Leakage in the BK15 Data Set
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rohde P
(2019)
Evolution of Hubble wedges in episodic protostellar outflows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bender A. N.
(2019)
On-Sky Performance of the SPT-3G Frequency-Domain Multiplexed Readout
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Wang J
(2019)
JCMT BISTRO Survey: Magnetic Fields within the Hub-filament Structure in IC 5146
in The Astrophysical Journal
Didier J
(2019)
Intensity-coupled Polarization in Instruments with a Continuously Rotating Half-wave Plate
in The Astrophysical Journal
Svoboda B
(2019)
ALMA Observations of Fragmentation, Substructure, and Protostars in High-mass Starless Clump Candidates
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
Davis T
(2019)
Evolution of the cold gas properties of simulated post-starburst galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hanany Shaul
(2019)
PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Sarkar Subhajit
(2019)
Detection of Earth-like atmospheres by transit spectroscopy: exploring instrumental parameters for optimal yield
in EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
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
Paiella A
(2019)
Kinetic inductance detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: design and pre-flight characterization
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Ma J
(2019)
Spitzer Catalog of Herschel -selected Ultrared Dusty Star-forming Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Dharmawardena T
(2019)
The nearby evolved stars survey - I. JCMT/SCUBA-2 submillimetre detection of the detached shell of U Antliae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith C
(2019)
Revealing dust-obscured star formation in CLJ1449+0856, a cluster at z = 2
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
Nadolski A.
(2019)
Broadband, millimeter-wave antireflection coatings for large-format, cryogenic aluminum oxide optics
in arXiv e-prints
Lee Adrian
(2019)
LiteBIRD: an all-sky cosmic microwave background probe of inflation
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Amvrosiadis A
(2019)
Herschel-ATLAS : the spatial clustering of low- and high-redshift submillimetre galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Watkins E
(2019)
Feedback from OB stars on their parent cloud: gas exhaustion rather than gas ejection
in Astronomy & Astrophysics