A consolidated grant for Sheffield Astrophysics 2021-2024
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 led to the development of new CCD detectors, data acquisition and cooling systems, as well as stimulating a project to develop new additive manufacturing techniques in metal to build complex, rigid, lightweight components for astronomical instruments.
2. Outreach. The Sheffield astrophysics group give regular talks to schools and general audiences. We also give regular in-house masterclasses and workshops to school students and teachers. Over the last five years, members of the group have delivered more than 112 such talks/events, and been involved in 19 press releases, all based on their research activities.
Details are given in our attached Pathways to Impact document.
1. Knowledge exchange. This is primarily based on the building of the ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM instruments, which has led to the development of new CCD detectors, data acquisition and cooling systems, as well as stimulating a project to develop new additive manufacturing techniques in metal to build complex, rigid, lightweight components for astronomical instruments.
2. Outreach. The Sheffield astrophysics group give regular talks to schools and general audiences. We also give regular in-house masterclasses and workshops to school students and teachers. Over the last five years, members of the group have delivered more than 112 such talks/events, and been involved in 19 press releases, all based on their research activities.
Details are given in our attached Pathways to Impact document.
Organisations
Publications
Armas Padilla M
(2022)
A Tentative 114 minute Orbital Period Challenges the Ultracompact Nature of the X-Ray Binary 4U 1812-12
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Bestenlehner J
(2022)
Melnick 33Na: a very massive colliding-wind binary system in 30 Doradus
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brown A
(2022)
Characterizing eclipsing white dwarf M dwarf binaries from multiband eclipse photometry
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Burdge KB
(2022)
A dense 0.1-solar-mass star in a 51-minute-orbital-period eclipsing binary.
in Nature
Burdge KB
(2022)
A 62-minute orbital period black widow binary in a wide hierarchical triple.
in Nature
Burhanudin U
(2023)
Pan-chromatic photometric classification of supernovae from multiple surveys and transfer learning for future surveys
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Burhanudin U
(2021)
Light-curve classification with recurrent neural networks for GOTO: dealing with imbalanced data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Camisassa M
(2023)
A hidden population of white dwarfs with atmospheric carbon traces in the Gaia bifurcation
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chandra V
(2022)
The SN Ia runaway LP 398-9: detection of circumstellar material and surface rotation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Clark C
(2023)
The TRAPUM L -band survey for pulsars in Fermi -LAT gamma-ray sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society