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
Paraskeva E
(2020)
First systematic high-precision survey of bright supernovae I. Methodology for identifying early bumps
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Park S
(2018)
The early dynamical evolution of star clusters near the Galactic Centre
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Parsons S
(2020)
A pulsating white dwarf in an eclipsing binary
in Nature Astronomy
Parsons S
(2021)
Magnetic white dwarfs in post-common-envelope binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Parsons S
(2018)
The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pierce J
(2019)
Do AGN triggering mechanisms vary with radio power? - I. Optical morphologies of radio-intermediate HERGs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pierce J
(2023)
Galaxy interactions are the dominant trigger for local type 2 quasars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Platais I
(2018)
HST Astrometry in the 30 Doradus Region. II. Runaway Stars from New Proper Motions in the Large Magellanic Cloud
in The Astronomical Journal
Pomohaci R
(2019)
A pilot survey of the binarity of Massive Young Stellar Objects with K -band adaptive optics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Prentice S
(2019)
Investigating the properties of stripped-envelope supernovae; what are the implications for their progenitors?
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 |