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
Jaffa Sarah E.
(2020)
J plots: Tool for characterizing 2D and 3D structures in the interstellar medium
in Astrophysics Source Code Library
Wang J
(2019)
JCMT BISTRO Survey: Magnetic Fields within the Hub-filament Structure in IC 5146
in The Astrophysical Journal
Husemann B
(2019)
Jet-driven Galaxy-scale Gas Outflows in the Hyperluminous Quasar 3C 273
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lamperti I
(2019)
JINGLE V: Dust properties of nearby galaxies derived from hierarchical Bayesian SED fitting
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith M
(2019)
JINGLE, a JCMT legacy survey of dust and gas for galaxy evolution studies: II. SCUBA-2 850 µm data reduction and dust flux density catalogues
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Arendt R
(2023)
JWST NIRCam Observations of SN 1987A: Spitzer Comparison and Spectral Decomposition
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ahmadi A
(2023)
Kinematics and stability of high-mass protostellar disk candidates at sub-arcsecond resolution Insights from the IRAM NOEMA large programme CORE
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hogarth L
(2023)
Kinematics of molecular gas in star-forming galaxies with large-scale ionized outflows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Paiella A
(2019)
Kinetic inductance detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: design and pre-flight characterization
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Masi S
(2019)
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: in-flight operation and performance
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Fasano A
(2020)
KISS: a spectrometric imager for millimetre cosmology
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Howard A
(2019)
L1495 revisited: a ppmap view of a star-forming filament
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tapia M.
(2020)
Large-area millimeter-wavelength surveys with MUSCAT (Mexico UK Submillimeter Camerafor Astronomy)
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #236
Bron E
(2022)
Learning from model grids: Tracers of the ionization fraction in the ISM
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Irani I
(2022)
Less Than 1% of Core-collapse Supernovae in the Local Universe Occur in Elliptical Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Priestley F
(2023)
Line emission from filaments in molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Lee Adrian
(2019)
LiteBIRD: an all-sky cosmic microwave background probe of inflation
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Ruppin F
(2020)
Mapping the gas thermodynamic properties of the massive cluster merger MOO J1142+1527 at z = 1.2
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Raghunathan S
(2019)
Mass Calibration of Optically Selected DES Clusters Using a Measurement of CMB-cluster Lensing with SPTpol Data
in The Astrophysical Journal
Artis E.
(2022)
Massive merging cluster PSZ2G091 as seen by the NIKA2 camera
in arXiv e-prints
Liu B
(2022)
Massive Molecular Gas Reservoir in a Luminous Submillimeter Galaxy during Cosmic Noon
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sayre J
(2020)
Measurements of B -mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background from 500 square degrees of SPTpol data
in Physical Review D
Sayre J. T.
(2019)
Measurements of B-mode Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data
in arXiv e-prints
Peretto N.
(2022)
Meeting contribution: The earliest stages of star cluster formation
in Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Thompson J
(2020)
Mesh low-pass filters for millimeter-wave applications: is the square capacitive shape optimal?
in Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
Eales Stephen
(2023)
Metal Factories in the Early Universe
in arXiv e-prints
Cukierman A.
(2019)
Microwave Multiplexing on the Keck Array
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Cukierman A
(2019)
Microwave Multiplexing on the Keck Array
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Delabrouille Jacques
(2019)
Microwave Spectro-Polarimetry of Matter and Radiation across Space and Time
in arXiv e-prints
Delabrouille J
(2021)
Microwave spectro-polarimetry of matter and radiation across space and time
in Experimental Astronomy
Matsuura M
(2022)
Mid-infrared imaging of Supernova 1987A
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maresca J
(2022)
Modelling high-resolution ALMA observations of strongly lensed dusty star-forming galaxies detected by Herschel
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vieira H
(2023)
Molecular clouds in M51 from high-resolution extinction mapping
Faustino Vieira H
(2024)
Molecular clouds in M51 from high-resolution extinction mapping
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Priestley F
(2021)
Molecular line signatures of cloud-cloud collisions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Muñoz-Echeverría M
(2023)
Multi-probe analysis of the galaxy cluster CL J1226.9+3332 Hydrostatic mass and hydrostatic-to-lensing bias
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Muñoz-Echeverría M
(2022)
Multi-probe analysis of the galaxy cluster CL J1226.9+3332: Hydrostatic mass and hydrostatic-to-lensing bias
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Traficante A
(2022)
Multi-scale dynamics in star-forming regions: The interplay between gravity and turbulence
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Traficante A
(2020)
Multiscale dynamics in star-forming regions: the interplay between gravity and turbulence
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wiseman P.
(2023)
Multiwavelength observations of the extraordinary accretion event AT2021lwx
in arXiv e-prints
Guise E
(2022)
Multiwavelength optical and NIR variability analysis of the Blazar PKS 0027-426
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tapia M
(2020)
MUSCAT focal plane verification
Priestley F
(2023)
NEATH - II. N2H+ as a tracer of imminent star formation in quiescent high-density gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Zotti G
(2022)
New extragalactic research paths opened by Planck
Ritacco A
(2022)
NIKA 150 GHz polarization observations of the Crab nebula and its spectral energy distribution ( Corrigendum )
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bing L
(2023)
NIKA2 Cosmological Legacy Survey Survey description and galaxy number counts
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Roussel H
(2020)
NIKA2 mapping and cross-instrument SED extraction of extended sources with Scanamorphos
in EPJ Web of Conferences