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
O'Brien M
(2023)
Gaia white dwarfs within 40 pc - III. Spectroscopic observations of new candidates in the Southern hemisphere
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Niu Z
(2023)
The Dusty Red Supergiant Progenitor and the Local Environment of the Type II SN 2023ixf in M101
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Munday J
(2023)
An Eclipsing 47 minute Double White Dwarf Binary at 400 pc
Munday J
(2023)
Two decades of optical timing of the shortest-period binary star system HM Cancri
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Munday J
(2023)
An eclipsing 47 min double white dwarf binary at 400 pc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Morgado BE
(2023)
A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit.
in Nature
Mong Y
(2021)
Searching for Fermi GRB optical counterparts with the prototype Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mong Y
(2023)
Self-supervised clustering on image-subtracted data with deep-embedded self-organizing map
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society