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
Pettitt A
(2019)
Young stars as tracers of a barred-spiral Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Perotto L.
(2023)
The NIKA2 Sunyaev-Zeldovich Large Program: Sample and upcoming product public release
in arXiv e-prints
Perotto L.
(2019)
Calibration and Performance of the NIKA2 camera at the IRAM 30-meter Telescope
in arXiv e-prints
Perotto L
(2022)
The NIKA2 Sunyaev-Zeldovich Large Program: Precise galaxy cluster physics for an accurate cluster-based cosmology
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Perotto L
(2020)
Calibration and performance of the NIKA2 camera at the IRAM 30-m Telescope
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Perley D
(2021)
Real-time discovery of AT2020xnd: a fast, luminous ultraviolet transient with minimal radioactive ejecta
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Peretto N.
(2022)
Meeting contribution: The earliest stages of star cluster formation
in Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Peretto N
(2023)
Star cluster progenitors are dynamically decoupled from their parent molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Peretto N
(2022)
Galactic star formation with NIKA2 (GASTON): Filament convergence and its link to star formation
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Peretto N
(2020)
GASTON: Galactic Star Formation with NIKA2 A new population of cold massive sources discovered
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Parrag E
(2021)
SN 2019hcc: a Type II supernova displaying early O ii lines
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pantoni L.
(2023)
IAS/CEA Evolution of Dust in Nearby Galaxies (ICED): the spatially-resolved dust properties of NGC4254
in arXiv e-prints
Pan Grace
(2022)
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate
in APS March Meeting Abstracts
Pan GA
(2022)
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate.
in Nature materials
Pan G
(2022)
Synthesis and electronic properties of Nd n + 1 Ni n O 3 n + 1 Ruddlesden-Popper nickelate thin films
in Physical Review Materials
Paiella A.
(2020)
In-flight performance of the LEKIDs of the OLIMPO experiment
in arXiv e-prints
Paiella A
(2019)
Erratum: Kinetic inductance detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: design and pre-flight characterization
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Paiella A
(2020)
In-Flight Performance of the LEKIDs of the OLIMPO Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Paiella A
(2019)
Kinetic inductance detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: design and pre-flight characterization
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Otter Justin
(2022)
Resolved Molecular Gas Observations of MaNGA Post-starbursts Reveal a Tumultuous Past
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
Otter J
(2022)
Resolved Molecular Gas Observations of MaNGA Post-starbursts Reveal a Tumultuous Past
in The Astrophysical Journal