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
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
Davis T
(2019)
Evolution of the cold gas properties of simulated post-starburst galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Davis T
(2020)
Stellar initial mass function variation in massive early-type galaxies: the potential role of the deuterium abundance
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dawson J
(2019)
Using machine learning to study the kinematics of cold gas in galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dawson J
(2021)
A self-supervised, physics-aware, Bayesian neural network architecture for modelling galaxy emission-line kinematics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Beck Elvire
(2019)
The fundamentals of outflows from evolved stars
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
De Zotti G
(2019)
Extragalactic Astrophysics With Next-Generation CMB Experiments
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
De Zotti G
(2022)
New extragalactic research paths opened by Planck
De Zotti Gianfranco
(2019)
Radio sources in next-generation CMB surveys
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
De Zotti Gianfranco
(2019)
Early evolution of galaxies and of large-scale structure from CMB experiments
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Delabrouille J
(2021)
Microwave spectro-polarimetry of matter and radiation across space and time
in Experimental Astronomy
Delabrouille Jacques
(2019)
Microwave Spectro-Polarimetry of Matter and Radiation across Space and Time
in arXiv e-prints
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
Didier J
(2019)
Intensity-coupled Polarization in Instruments with a Continuously Rotating Half-wave Plate
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dimitriadis G
(2023)
SN 2021zny: an early flux excess combined with late-time oxygen emission suggests a double white dwarf merger event
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dionatos O
(2019)
Consistent dust and gas models for protoplanetary disks IV. A panchromatic view of protoplanetary disks
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dionatos O.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: X-ray data for 56 protoplanetary disk sources (Dionatos+ 2019)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Doi Y
(2020)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Magnetic Fields Associated with a Network of Filaments in NGC 1333
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dong ? Y
(2022)
SN 2016dsg: A Thermonuclear Explosion Involving a Thick Helium Shell
in The Astrophysical Journal
Drabek-Maunder E
(2017)
Ground-based detection of a cloud of methanol from Enceladus: when is a biomarker not a biomarker?
in International Journal of Astrobiology
Duarte-Cabral A
(2021)
The SEDIGISM survey: molecular clouds in the inner Galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duarte-Cabral A.
(2023)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: The SEDIGISM survey: molecular clouds (Duarte-Cabral+, 2021)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Duckworth Christopher
(2019)
Decoupling the rotation of stars and gas -- II: the link between black hole activity and MaNGA kinematics in TNG
in arXiv e-prints
Dunne L
(2020)
Overdensity of SMGs in fields containing z ~ 0.3 galaxies: magnification bias and the implications for studies of galaxy evolution
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society