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
Meinke J
(2020)
Planar Self-similar Antennas for Broadband Millimeter-Wave Measurements
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Sugai H
(2020)
Updated Design of the CMB Polarization Experiment Satellite LiteBIRD
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Ade P
(2020)
The Experiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Soliman A
(2020)
Optical Design and Characterization of 40-GHz Detector and Module for the BICEP Array
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Cukierman A.
(2019)
Microwave Multiplexing on the Keck Array
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Ade P. A. R.
(2020)
The Experiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM)
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Fasano A.
(2019)
The KISS Experiment
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Fasano A
(2019)
The KISS 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
Rowe S
(2022)
The MUSCAT Readout Electronics Backend: Design and Pre-deployment Performance
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Karkare K
(2020)
Full-Array Noise Performance of Deployment-Grade SuperSpec mm-Wave On-Chip Spectrometers
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Nightingale J
(2021)
PyAutoLens: Open-Source Strong Gravitational Lensing
in Journal of Open Source Software
Nightingale J
(2023)
PyAutoGalaxy: Open-Source Multiwavelength Galaxy Structure & Morphology
in Journal of Open Source Software
Chinone Y
(2020)
Results of gravitational lensing and primordial gravitational waves from the POLARBEAR experiment
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Peretto N.
(2022)
Meeting contribution: The earliest stages of star cluster formation
in Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Seth Anil C.
(2021)
Revealing Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (ReveaLLAGN)
in JWST Proposal. Cycle 1
Clark P
(2021)
On the emergent system mass function: the contest between accretion and fragmentation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ruffa I
(2019)
The AGN fuelling/feedback cycle in nearby radio galaxies - II. Kinematics of the molecular gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Tojeiro R
(2020)
Decoupling the rotation of stars and gas - II. The link between black hole activity and simulated IFU kinematics in IllustrisTNG
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Henshaw J
(2019)
'The Brick' is not a brick : a comprehensive study of the structure and dynamics of the central molecular zone cloud G0.253+0.016
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
Izquierdo A
(2021)
The Cloud Factory II: gravoturbulent kinematics of resolved molecular clouds in a galactic potential
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Priestley F
(2023)
NEATH - II. N2H+ as a tracer of imminent star formation in quiescent high-density gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Priestley F
(2023)
Do simulated molecular clouds look like real ones?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society