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Quota Studentships

Lead Research Organisation: Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute

Abstract

Doctoral Training Partnerships: a range of postgraduate training is funded by the Research Councils. For information on current funding routes, see the common terminology at https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/how-we-fund-studentships/. Training grants may be to one organisation or to a consortia of research organisations. This portal will show the lead organisation only.

Publications

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Tanvir NR (2013) A 'kilonova' associated with the short-duration ?-ray burst GRB 130603B. in Nature

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Cano Z (2013) A new method for estimating the bolometric properties of Ibc supernovae in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Morgan L (2013) Estimating column density from ammonia (1,1) emission in star-forming regions in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Riffel R (2015) Differences between CO- and calcium triplet-derived velocity dispersions in spiral galaxies: evidence for central star formation? in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Wilcox H (2015) The XMM Cluster Survey: testing chameleon gravity using the profiles of clusters in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Anderson J (2015) On the environments of Type Ia supernovae within host galaxies in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Alam S (2015) THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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Anders F (2016) Galactic archaeology with asteroseismology and spectroscopy: Red giants observed by CoRoT and APOGEE in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Leloudas G (2016) The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole in Nature Astronomy

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Le Brun A (2016) The scatter and evolution of the global hot gas properties of simulated galaxy cluster populations in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

 
Description Ogden Science Officer
Amount £30,000 (GBP)
Organisation Ogden Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2013 
End 03/2015
 
Description National Schools Observatory 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Enhanced interest and uptake of STEM subjects

Increasing schools registration on NSO - more than 4000 currently
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014
URL http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/