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.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Vikram Singh Dhillon (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Kurtz D
(2013)
Hot DAVs: a probable new class of pulsating white dwarf stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Littlefair S
(2013)
A J-band detection of the sub-stellar mass donor in SDSS J1433+1011
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Littlefair S
(2014)
A parameter study of the eclipsing CV in the Kepler field, KIS J192748.53+444724.5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Littlefair S
(2014)
The substellar companion in the eclipsing white dwarf binary SDSS J141126.20+200911.1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Marsh T
(2020)
Optical, X-ray, and ?-ray observations of the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar 4FGL J0427.8-6704
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Marsh T
(2014)
The planets around NN Serpentis: still there?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2014)
WASP 1628+10 - an EL CVn-type binary with a very low mass stripped red giant star and multiperiodic pulsations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted PF
(2013)
Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system.
in Nature
McAllister M
(2019)
The evolutionary status of Cataclysmic Variables: eclipse modelling of 15 systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McAllister M
(2017)
Using Gaussian processes to model light curves in the presence of flickering: the eclipsing cataclysmic variable ASASSN-14ag
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| 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 |