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
Lamagna L
(2020)
Progress Report on the Large-Scale Polarization Explorer
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Lamagna L.
(2021)
The optical design of the LiteBIRD Middle and High Frequency Telescope
in arXiv e-prints
Lamperti I
(2019)
JINGLE V: Dust properties of nearby galaxies derived from hierarchical Bayesian SED fitting
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lara-López M
(2022)
The Fornax3D project: The environmental impact on gas metallicity gradients in Fornax cluster galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lee Adrian
(2019)
The Simons Observatory
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Lee Adrian
(2019)
LiteBIRD: an all-sky cosmic microwave background probe of inflation
in Bulletin of the American 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
Lelli F
(2021)
A massive stellar bulge in a regularly rotating galaxy 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Leroy Adam
(2019)
Physical Conditions in the Cold Gas of Local Galaxies
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Lestrade J
(2022)
Overdensity of SubMillimiter Galaxies in the GJ526 Field mapped with the NIKA2 Camera
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Lestrade J
(2022)
Candidate cosmic filament in the GJ526 field, mapped with the NIKA2 camera
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lestrade J
(2020)
Debris disks around stars in the NIKA2 era
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Lewis A. J. R.
(2019)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: Dusty star-forming galaxies with LABOCA 870um obs. (Lewis+, 2018)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Li P
(2021)
A cautionary tale in fitting galaxy rotation curves with Bayesian techniques Does Newton's constant vary from galaxy to galaxy?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Li X
(2020)
The MALATANG survey: dense gas and star formation from high-transition HCN and HCO+ maps of NGC 253
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Li Z
(2020)
The cross correlation of the ABS and ACT maps
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Li Z
(2020)
The HASHTAG project I. A survey of CO(3-2) emission from the star forming disc of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Liu B
(2022)
Massive Molecular Gas Reservoir in a Luminous Submillimeter Galaxy during Cosmic Noon
in The Astrophysical Journal
Liu J
(2019)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: The Magnetic Field in the Starless Core ? Ophiuchus C
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
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
Lomax O
(2020)
Characterizing lognormal fractional-Brownian-motion density fields with a convolutional neural network
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Loni A
(2021)
A blind ATCA HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster Properties of the HI detections
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lorenz C
(2021)
Reconstruction of the neutrino mass as a function of redshift
in Physical Review D
Lorenz C
(2021)
Reconstruction of the neutrino mass as a function of redshift
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
Lu Anan
(2022)
Star Formation Efficiency in the Bulge of the AGN-host Galaxy NGC 3169 with SITELLE and ALMA
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
Lunde E
(2022)
The TolTEC camera: optical alignment and characterization
Lyo A
(2021)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: An 850/450 µm Polarization Study of NGC 2071IR in Orion B
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ma J
(2019)
Spitzer Catalog of Herschel -selected Ultrared Dusty Star-forming Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Macías-Pérez J
(2020)
NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich science in clusters of galaxies
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing Distant Clusters with the Most Ancient Light
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing Distant Clusters with the Most Ancient Light
in The Astrophysical Journal
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Component-separated maps of CMB temperature and the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
in Physical Review D
Madhavacheril M
(2020)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Weighing distant clusters with the most ancient light
Mallaby-Kay M
(2021)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Summary of DR4 and DR5 Data Products and Data Access
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Mangilli A
(2019)
The geometry of the magnetic field in the central molecular zone measured by PILOT
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mangilli A
(2019)
Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment
in Experimental Astronomy
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
Marnieros S
(2020)
TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Marnieros S.
(2020)
TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Marsh K
(2019)
RCW 120: a possible case of hit and run, elucidated by multitemperature dust mapping
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Masi S
(2019)
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: in-flight operation and performance
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Matrà L
(2020)
Dust Populations in the Iconic Vega Planetary System Resolved by ALMA
in The Astrophysical Journal