Quota Studentships
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
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.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Martin Ward (Training Grant Holder) |
Publications
Abramowski A
(2012)
Probing the extent of the non-thermal emission from the Vela X region at TeV energies with H.E.S.S.
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Abramowski A
(2013)
Search for photon-linelike signatures from dark matter annihilations with H.E.S.S.
in Physical review letters
Abramowski A
(2012)
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE ?-RAY EMISSION FROM THE STARBURST GALAXY NGC 253
in The Astrophysical Journal
Alaghband-Zadeh S
(2012)
Integral field spectroscopy of 2.0< z <2.7 submillimetre galaxies: gas morphologies and kinematics IFU spectroscopy of SMGs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Davis J
(2012)
XENON100 exclusion limit without considering L eff as a nuisance parameter
in Physical Review D
Dutson K
(2013)
A stacked analysis of brightest cluster galaxies observed with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dutson K
(2014)
A non-thermal study of the brightest cluster galaxy NGC 1275 - the Gamma-Radio connection over four decades
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Harris J
(2012)
IDENTIFYING BREAKS AND CURVATURE IN THE FERMI SPECTRA OF BRIGHT FLAT SPECTRUM RADIO QUASARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Harris J
(2014)
An investigation into the spectral properties of bright Fermi blazars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | A-Level - Being an Astronomer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 30 A-level students involved in careers talk about being an Astronomer Asked to return next year and the students appeared engaged and asked many questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | BBC Stargazing Live 2013 Gibside |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 1500 people attended the festival with many talks and activities taking place including a very popular spectroscope activity. Interviewed for Look North. Northern Echo article. Follow-up interviews for BBC Newcastle and BBC Tees. Many schools contacted us after this event wanting activities in their school. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Brainwave - Netpark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Brainwave 2012 - over 4,000 people visited NETPark to experience its summer science festival, including planetarium to see things "virtually" and then people could use telescopes themselves large numbers of people engaging in activities and creating interest in the science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | British Science Festival - Cosmology in Crisis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The annual British Science Festival which was hosted in Newcastle this year. We participated in the public exhibition day where members of the public (predominantly families) visited exhibits presented by a variety of scientific organisations. We took the whole of the Cosmology in Crisis exhibit which was originally developed for the Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2013 (more details available under than event) which included a 3D Movie and interactive exhibits explaining the research we are doing to understand dark matter N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| Description | British Science Festival - Planetarium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 45 minute planetarium shows for 7-11 year olds spending 30 mins in the planetarium and 15 minutes working with the Solar system in a suitcase. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Coxhoe Cub Scots - Astronomy Badges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | An evening at Cub Scouts to help them work towards their astronomy badge. The night was not clear so we could not use the telescopes. We did a planetarium show, plus activities to understand the scale of the solar system and the phases of the Moon. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Physicist of the Year Ceremony |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This was an event funded by the Ogden Trust where all the local schools nominated a pupil who excelled in Physics to be awarded 'Physicist of the Year'. Before the award giving we had an hour to demonstrate some of the research going on in Durham University Physics. We had various demonstrations, including a hands-on demonstration of a pair of scales showing that the Universe does not weigh enough if we just use what we see. We had a gravitational lensing demonstration where the visitors were the mass bending the light (this used a Xbox kinect and Wii controller). We also had a 3D interactive simulation where you can scan around the dark matter Universe. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Physics MasterClass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A number of A-Level student attended and were encouraged through several workshops and computer demonstrating to learn more about Particle Physics n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Primary School - Space is Big |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 35 Children attended the school visit. Successful visit, which resulted in a request to return in future years Return visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Searching for Exoplanets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School visit. Short slideshow followed by demonstration of transits, worksheet and questions. Q & A session was successful creating interest in the subject. Not know currently |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |