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
Dunne L
(2021)
Dust continuum, CO, and [C i ] 1 - 0 lines: self-consistent H2 mass estimates and the possibility of globally CO-'dark' galaxies at z = 0.35
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dunne L
(2020)
ALMA unveils wider environment of distant red protocluster core
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dye S
(2022)
A high-resolution investigation of the multiphase ISM in a galaxy during the first two billion years
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eales S
(2020)
Do bulges stop stars forming?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eales Stephen
(2019)
The Extreme Galaxy Legacy Project
in Spitzer Proposal
Eales Stephen
(2023)
Metal Factories in the Early Universe
in arXiv e-prints
Eden D
(2021)
Characteristic scale of star formation - I. Clump formation efficiency on local scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eden D
(2019)
SCOPE: SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-protostellar Evolution - survey description and compact source catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eden D
(2020)
CHIMPS2: survey description and 12CO emission in the Galactic Centre
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ejlali G
(2022)
Dust Emission in Galaxies at Millimeter Wavelengths: Cooling of star forming regions in NGC6946
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Ejlali G.
(2023)
Constraining Millimeter Dust Emission in Nearby Galaxies with NIKA2: the case of NGC2146 and NGC2976
in arXiv e-prints
Ejlli A
(2019)
Upper limits on the amplitude of ultra-high-frequency gravitational waves from graviton to photon conversion
in The European Physical Journal C
Elford J
(2024)
WISDOM Project - XVI. The link between circumnuclear molecular gas reservoirs and active galactic nucleus fuelling
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Elia D
(2021)
The Hi-GAL compact source catalogue - II. The 360° catalogue of clump physical properties
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Encrenaz T
(2020)
A stringent upper limit of the PH 3 abundance at the cloud top of Venus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Enia A
(2020)
A panchromatic spatially resolved analysis of nearby galaxies - I. Sub-kpc-scale main sequence in grand-design spirals
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Essinger-Hileman T
(2020)
Optical Design of the Experiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)
Eswaraiah C
(2021)
The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Revealing the Diverse Magnetic Field Morphologies in Taurus Dense Cores with Sensitive Submillimeter Polarimetry
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Eswaraiah Chakali
(2021)
Revealing the diverse magnetic field morphologies in Taurus dense cores with sensitive sub-millimeter polarimetry
in arXiv e-prints
Fasano A
(2019)
The KISS Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Fasano A
(2020)
KISS: a spectrometric imager for millimetre cosmology
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Fasano A.
(2019)
The KISS Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Faustino Vieira H
(2023)
A high-resolution extinction mapping technique for face-on disc galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Faustino Vieira H
(2024)
Molecular clouds in M51 from high-resolution extinction mapping
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fiore A
(2021)
SN 2017gci: a nearby Type I Superluminous Supernova with a bumpy tail
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society