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
Han D
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: delensed power spectra and parameters
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Hanany Shaul
(2019)
PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Hanser C.
(2023)
Towards the first mean pressure profile estimate with the NIKA2 Sunyaev-Zeldovich Large Program
in arXiv e-prints
Hazumi M
(2019)
LiteBIRD: A Satellite for the Studies of B-Mode Polarization and Inflation from Cosmic Background Radiation Detection
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Henshaw J
(2020)
Ubiquitous velocity fluctuations throughout the molecular interstellar medium
in Nature Astronomy
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
Hensley B
(2022)
The Simons Observatory: Galactic Science Goals and Forecasts
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hensley B
(2021)
The Simons Observatory: Galactic Science Goals and Forecasts
Hill J
(2022)
Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Constraints on prerecombination early dark energy
in Physical Review D
Hilton M
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Catalog of >4000 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Galaxy Clusters
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Hogarth L
(2023)
Kinematics of molecular gas in star-forming galaxies with large-scale ionized outflows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hogarth L
(2021)
Centrally concentrated molecular gas driving galactic-scale ionized gas outflows in star-forming galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hopwood R
(2020)
The Herschel SPIRE Fourier Transform Spectrometer Spectral Feature Finder I. The Spectral Feature Finder and Catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hornsby A
(2020)
Reducing the Susceptibility of Lumped-Element KIDs to Two-Level System Effects
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Hosseinzadeh G
(2022)
Weak Mass Loss from the Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II SN 2021yja
in The Astrophysical Journal
Howard A
(2019)
L1495 revisited: a ppmap view of a star-forming filament
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Howard A
(2021)
A PPMAP analysis of the filamentary structures in Ophiuchus L1688 and L1689
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Huang N
(2020)
Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey
in The Astronomical Journal
Husemann B
(2019)
Jet-driven Galaxy-scale Gas Outflows in the Hyperluminous Quasar 3C 273
in The Astrophysical Journal
Husemann B
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) IFU survey data and the BH mass dependence of long-term AGN variability
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Husemann B
(2019)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) A massive multi-phase outflow impacting the edge-on galaxy HE 1353-1917
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Inserra C
(2021)
The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Irani I
(2022)
Less Than 1% of Core-collapse Supernovae in the Local Universe Occur in Elliptical Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Izquierdo A
(2021)
The Cloud Factory II: gravoturbulent kinematics of resolved molecular clouds in a galactic potential
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jaffa Sarah E.
(2020)
J plots: Tool for characterizing 2D and 3D structures in the interstellar medium
in Astrophysics Source Code Library
Jimenez-Donaire M.
(2023)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: VERTICO III. Virgo cluster galaxies (Jimenez-Donaire+, 2023)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Jiménez-Donaire M
(2023)
VERTICO III. The Kennicutt-Schmidt relation in Virgo cluster galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jones G
(2023)
On the density regime probed by HCN emission
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kankare E
(2021)
Core-collapse supernova subtypes in luminous infrared galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Karkare K
(2020)
Full-Array Noise Performance of Deployment-Grade SuperSpec mm-Wave On-Chip Spectrometers
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Karkare K. S.
(2020)
Full-Array Noise Performance of Deployment-Grade SuperSpec mm-wave On-Chip Spectrometers
in arXiv e-prints
Katsioli S
(2022)
Exploring the millimetre emission in nearby galaxies: Analysis of the edge-on galaxy NGC 891
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Katsioli S
(2023)
The stratification of ISM properties in the edge-on galaxy NGC 891 revealed by NIKA2
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Katsioli S.
(2023)
Exploring the interstellar medium of NGC 891 at millimeter wavelengths using the NIKA2 camera
in arXiv e-prints
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
Kirchschlager F
(2024)
From total destruction to complete survival: dust processing at different evolutionary stages in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Klitsch A
(2023)
ALMACAL - X. Constraints on molecular gas in the low-redshift circumgalactic medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Kramer C.
(2023)
NIKA2 observations of starless cores in Taurus and Perseus
in arXiv e-prints
Kwon J.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: First-look analysis of {rho} Oph-A at 850um (Kwon+, 2018)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Kwon W
(2022)
B-fields in Star-forming Region Observations (BISTRO): Magnetic Fields in the Filamentary Structures of Serpens Main
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kéruzoré F
(2020)
Exploiting NIKA2/ XMM-Newton imaging synergy for intermediate-mass high- z galaxy clusters within the NIKA2 SZ large program Observations of ACT-CL J0215.4+0030 at z ~ 0.9
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
La Posta A
(2023)
Assessing the consistency between CMB temperature and polarization measurements with application to Planck , ACT, and SPT data
in Physical Review D