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
Fissel L
(2019)
Relative Alignment between the Magnetic Field and Molecular Gas Structure in the Vela C Giant Molecular Cloud Using Low- and High-density Tracers
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gamboa Lerena M. M.
(2020)
Angular resolution at map level in the QUBIC instrument
in Boletin de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia La Plata Argentina
Gascard T
(2023)
Experimental characterization of a planar phase-engineered metamaterial lenslet for millimeter astronomy.
in Applied optics
Gaudel M
(2023)
Gas kinematics around filamentary structures in the Orion B cloud
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gensior J
(2023)
The WISDOM of power spectra: how the galactic gravitational potential impacts a galaxy's central gas reservoir in simulations and observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ginsburg A
(2022)
ALMA-IMF II. Investigating the origin of stellar masses: Continuum images and data processing
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Giulietti M
(2022)
The far-infrared/radio correlation for a sample of strongly lensed dusty star-forming galaxies detected by Herschel
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Glass D
(2022)
Cool interstellar medium as an evolutionary tracer in ALMA-observed local dusty early-type galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Glenn Jason
(2019)
The Galaxy Evolution Probe
in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Goldie D
(2020)
First characterization of a superconducting filter-bank spectrometer for hyper-spectral microwave atmospheric sounding with transition edge sensor readout
in Journal of Applied Physics
Gratier P
(2020)
Quantitative inference of the H 2 column densities from 3 mm molecular emission: case study towards Orion B
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Greaves J
(2020)
Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus
in Nature Astronomy
Greaves J.
(2019)
V Boötis Revisited
in Br. Astron. Assoc
Greaves John
(2019)
Using the Six Astrometric Parameters from Gaia DR2 I: Confirming Common Proper Motion Pairs in the Washington Double Star Catalog
in Journal of Double Star Observations
Greenslade J
(2019)
A SCUBA-2 selected Herschel-SPIRE dropout and the nature of this population
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gudmundsson J
(2021)
The Simons Observatory: modeling optical systematics in the Large Aperture Telescope
in Applied Optics
Guise E
(2022)
Multiwavelength optical and NIR variability analysis of the Blazar PKS 0027-426
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gupta N
(2019)
Fractional polarization of extragalactic sources in the 500 deg2 SPTpol survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gutiérrez C
(2021)
The double-peaked Type Ic supernova 2019cad: another SN 2005bf-like object
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gómez-Rivera V
(2020)
Design and characterization of the MUSCAT detectors
Hagimoto M.
(2023)
Bright Extragalactic ALMA Redshift Survey (BEARS) III: Detailed study of emission lines from 71 Herschel targets
in arXiv e-prints