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.

Publications

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Snaid S (2018) Flickering in AGB stars: probing the nature of accreting companions in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Green M (2018) A 15.7-Minute AM CVn Binary Discovered in K2 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Baran A (2018) Pulsations and eclipse-time analysis of HW Vir in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Parsons S (2018) The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Hynes R (2019) Optical and X-ray correlations during the 2015 outburst of the black hole V404 Cyg in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Pala A (2019) Evidence for mass accretion driven by spiral shocks onto the white dwarf in SDSS J123813.73-033933.0 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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McAllister M (2019) The evolutionary status of Cataclysmic Variables: eclipse modelling of 15 systems in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Föhring D (2019) Atmospheric scintillation noise in ground-based exoplanet photometry 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