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A PATT Linked Grant for Sheffield Astrophysics

Lead Research Organisation: University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

We wish to apply for a renewal of our PATT Linked Grant to support the observational research programmes of the Sheffield Astrophysics Group.

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Baran A (2018) Pulsations and eclipse-time analysis of HW Vir in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Green M (2018) High-speed photometry of Gaia14aae: an eclipsing AM CVn that challenges formation models in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Aranzana E (2018) Fourier time lags in the dwarf nova SS Cygni in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Snaid S (2018) Flickering in AGB stars: probing the nature of accreting companions in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Parsons S (2018) The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Wang ? L (2019) The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn in The Astronomical Journal

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Nieder L (2019) Detection and Timing of Gamma-Ray Pulsations from the 707 Hz Pulsar J0952-0607 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Föhring D (2019) Atmospheric scintillation noise in ground-based exoplanet photometry in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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McAllister M (2019) The evolutionary status of Cataclysmic Variables: eclipse modelling of 15 systems in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Meza E (2019) Lower atmosphere and pressure evolution on Pluto from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988-2016 in Astronomy & Astrophysics

 
Description This grant payed for us to perform observing runs on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope with our high-speed camera ULTRACAM. Using ULTRACAM, we have made a number of breakthroughs in our understanding of the structure and evolution of close binary stars.
Exploitation Route Our findings provide the observational underpinning of our understanding of close binary star structure and evolution.
Sectors Education
URL http://www.vikdhillon.staff.shef.ac.uk/ultracam/
 
Description Advanced Grant
Amount € 3,500,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Research Council (ERC) 
Sector Public
Country Belgium
Start 01/2014 
End 12/2018