A consolidated grant for Sheffield Astrophysics 2018-2021
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The aim of this proposal is to support a programme of internationally excellent research in astrophysics at Sheffield, building on our recent research achievements, and tied to the exploitation of leading international facilities supported by STFC and UKSA.
Planned Impact
The main ways in which our research makes an impact outside the academic community is via our knowledge exchange and outreach activities. To summarise:
1. Knowledge exchange. This is primarily based on the building of the ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM instruments, which has lead to the development of new new CCD detector, data acquisition and cooling systems, as well as stimulating a project to develop new techniques to use 3D printing build rigid, lightweight support structure for astronomical instruments.
2. Outreach. Over the last 5 years members of the Sheffield astrophsyics group have delivered 126 talks to schools and astronomical societies, have held 70 in-house workshops for school students, and been involved in 15 press releases, all based on their research activities.
Details are given in our Impact Plan that is included as an attachment.
1. Knowledge exchange. This is primarily based on the building of the ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM instruments, which has lead to the development of new new CCD detector, data acquisition and cooling systems, as well as stimulating a project to develop new techniques to use 3D printing build rigid, lightweight support structure for astronomical instruments.
2. Outreach. Over the last 5 years members of the Sheffield astrophsyics group have delivered 126 talks to schools and astronomical societies, have held 70 in-house workshops for school students, and been involved in 15 press releases, all based on their research activities.
Details are given in our Impact Plan that is included as an attachment.
Organisations
Publications
Mullaney J
(2021)
Processing GOTO data with the Rubin Observatory LSST Science Pipelines I: Production of coadded frames
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Könyves V
(2020)
Properties of the dense core population in Orion B as seen by the Herschel Gould Belt survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Romualdez LJ
(2021)
Publisher's Note: "Robust diffraction-limited near-infrared-to-near-ultraviolet wide-field imaging from stratospheric balloon-borne Platforms-Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope performance" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 91, 034501 (2020)].
in The Review of scientific instruments
Baran A
(2018)
Pulsations and eclipse-time analysis of HW Vir
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Misra R
(2019)
Puzzling blue dips in the black hole candidate Swift J1357.2 - 0933, from ULTRACAM, SALT, ATCA, Swift, and NuSTAR
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tadhunter C
(2018)
Quantifying the AGN-driven outflows in ULIRGs (QUADROS) - II. Evidence for compact outflow regions from HST [O III] imaging observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Spence R
(2018)
Quantifying the AGN-driven outflows in ULIRGs (QUADROS) III: measurements of the radii and kinetic powers of eight near-nuclear outflows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Batcheldor D
(2019)
Quantifying the AGN-driven outflows in ULIRGs (QUADROS) IV: HST/STIS spectroscopy of the sub-kpc warm outflow in F14394+5332
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bernhard E
(2022)
Quantifying the cool ISM in radio AGNs: evidence for late-time retriggering by galaxy mergers and interactions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | The award was used to fund a wide range of research that led to substantial progress in (a) understanding the links between the evolution actively accreting black holes and their host galaxies via far-IR observations taken with the Herschel satellite; (b) the way in which the most massive stars explode at the ends of their lives and the environments in which they do so; (c) the time variability of a range of astrophysical objects, and in particular compact stellar remnants. |
| Exploitation Route | The outcomes can and have been used to inform future research projects and applications for observing time on highly-oversubscribed observing facilities. |
| Sectors | Education Other |
| Description | The findings have been used to inform a variety of outreach activities, including talks to schools and amateur astronomy societies socities, as well as public lectures. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Title | Parameters of 15 Cataclysmic Variables |
| Description | VizieR online Data Catalogue associated with article published in journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society with title ' The evolutionary status of Cataclysmic Variables: eclipse modelling of 15 systems.' (bibcode: 2019MNRAS.486.5535M) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/486/5535 |