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
Clarke S
(2022)
RJ-plots: An improved method to classify structures objectively
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuura M
(2022)
Spitzer and Herschel studies of dust in supernova remnants in the Small Magellanic Cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Irani I
(2022)
Less Than 1% of Core-collapse Supernovae in the Local Universe Occur in Elliptical Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Priestley F
(2022)
The widths of magnetized filaments in molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bron E
(2022)
Learning from model grids: Tracers of the ionization fraction in the ISM
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Bonne L
(2022)
A potential new phase of massive star formation A luminous outflow cavity centred on an infrared quiet core
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lunde E
(2022)
The TolTEC camera: optical alignment and characterization
Muñoz-Echeverría M
(2022)
Multi-probe analysis of the galaxy cluster CL J1226.9+3332: Hydrostatic mass and hydrostatic-to-lensing bias
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Peretto N.
(2022)
Meeting contribution: The earliest stages of star cluster formation
in Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Wevers T
(2022)
An elliptical accretion disk following the tidal disruption event AT 2020zso
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Artis E.
(2022)
Massive merging cluster PSZ2G091 as seen by the NIKA2 camera
in arXiv e-prints
Liu B
(2022)
Massive Molecular Gas Reservoir in a Luminous Submillimeter Galaxy during Cosmic Noon
in The Astrophysical Journal
Perotto L
(2022)
The NIKA2 Sunyaev-Zeldovich Large Program: Precise galaxy cluster physics for an accurate cluster-based cosmology
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Pursiainen M
(2022)
SN 2018bsz: A Type I superluminous supernova with aspherical circumstellar material
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Singha M
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) Locating the [O III] wing component in luminous local Type 1 AGN
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hensley B
(2022)
The Simons Observatory: Galactic Science Goals and Forecasts
in The Astrophysical Journal
Urquhart J. S.
(2022)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: SSEDIGISM-ATLASGAL in Galactic disc (Urquhart+, 2021)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Peretto N
(2022)
Galactic star formation with NIKA2 (GASTON): Filament convergence and its link to star formation
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Onori F
(2022)
The nuclear transient AT 2017gge: a tidal disruption event in a dusty and gas-rich environment and the awakening of a dormant SMBH
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Ejlali G
(2022)
Dust Emission in Galaxies at Millimeter Wavelengths: Cooling of star forming regions in NGC6946
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Lara-López M
(2022)
The Fornax3D project: The environmental impact on gas metallicity gradients in Fornax cluster galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Athikkat-Eknath G
(2022)
Investigating variations in the dust emissivity index in the Andromeda Galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wells M
(2022)
ATLASGAL - star forming efficiencies and the Galactic star formation rate
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Zotti G
(2022)
New extragalactic research paths opened by Planck
Audibert A
(2022)
CO in the ALMA Radio-source Catalogue (ARC): The molecular gas content of radio galaxies as a function of redshift
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Niculescu-Duvaz M
(2022)
Dust masses for a large sample of core-collapse supernovae from optical emission line asymmetries: dust formation on 30-year time-scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Otter J
(2022)
Resolved Molecular Gas Observations of MaNGA Post-starbursts Reveal a Tumultuous Past
in The Astrophysical Journal
Young L
(2022)
Erratum: "The Evolution of NGC 7465 as Revealed by Its Molecular Gas Properties" (2021, ApJ, 909, 98)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Neralwar K
(2022)
The SEDIGISM survey: Molecular cloud morphology I. Classification and star formation
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ginsburg A
(2022)
ALMA-IMF II. Investigating the origin of stellar masses: Continuum images and data processing
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smirnova-Pinchukova I
(2022)
The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS) No obvious signature of AGN feedback on star formation, but subtle trends
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ajeddig H
(2022)
Probing the role of magnetic fields in star-forming filaments: NIKA2-Pol commissioning results toward OMC-1
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Pan GA
(2022)
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate.
in Nature materials
Pan Grace
(2022)
Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate
in APS March Meeting Abstracts
Neralwar K
(2022)
The SEDIGISM survey: Molecular cloud morphology II. Integrated source properties
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wang J
(2022)
Formation of the SDC13 Hub-filament System: A Cloud-Cloud Collision Imprinted on the Multiscale Magnetic Field
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abdalla E
(2022)
Cosmology intertwined: A review of the particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology associated with the cosmological tensions and anomalies
in Journal of High Energy Astrophysics