Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR)

Projects

Projects per year 2001 2008 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2027

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• 22 Active
• 150 Finished

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  RadioNet: Effelsburg 100m Telescope Travel award

  Jones, H.

  Opticon RadioNet Pilot

  24/03/24 → 28/03/24

  Project: Research

  • astronomy 100%
  • telescopes 81%
  • travel 67%
  • infrared astronomy 46%
  • radio observation 39%

• CESRA workshop 2023: Radio emissions from Sun to Earth

  Gordovskyy, M.

  Private Individuals

  3/07/23 → 7/07/23

  Project: Research

  • heliosphere 100%
  • radio emission 75%
  • sun 59%
  • space weather 37%
  • solar corona 32%

• IAU Symposium: Cosmic Masers

  Coppin, K.

  20/03/23 → 24/03/23

  Project: Research

  • masers 100%
  • Japan 90%
  • students 88%
  • costs 66%

• UK SRC Bridging work (Hertfordshire)

  Hardcastle, M.

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/10/22 → 1/10/23

  Project: Research

• Birth of Elements

  Kobayashi, C.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• IRIS Digital Asset -Enabling IRIS Access for Radio & mm-wavelength Astronomy

  Hardcastle, M.

  1/10/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • documentation 100%
  • radio astronomy 97%
  • astronomy 77%
  • wavelengths 34%
  • performance 32%

• Alan Turing Institute Enrichment Placement Scheme_Mike Smith

  Geach, J. & Smith, M.

  The Alan Turing Institute

  7/09/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Other

  • Astrophysics 100%

• Antiviral-QAuCuNPs: Creation of gold nanocluster modified copper nanoparticles in colloids to enhance their antiviral performance against coronaviruses including COVID-19

  Ren, G., Ryan, S., Gorog, D., Stair, J. & Timms, A.

  3/05/21 → 2/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Gold Nanoclusters 100%
  • Nanoclusters 77%
  • Colloids 64%
  • Viruses 52%
  • nanoclusters 49%

• Under the lens: Deciphering the star-formation physics in the early Universe

  Forbrich, J. & Rybak , M.

  1/05/21 → 30/04/24

  Project: Research

  • galaxies 100%
  • universe 92%
  • star formation 84%
  • lenses 67%
  • physics 57%

• Hertfordshire astronomy 2021-2024

  Hardcastle, M. & Smith, D.

  1/04/21 → 30/03/24

  Project: Research

  • LOFAR 100%
  • radio 56%
  • extremely low frequencies 21%
  • learning 17%
  • halos 16%

• LUCF: LOFAR-UK Compute Facility 2021-2024

  Hardcastle, M.

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

  • LOFAR 100%
  • radio 35%
  • sky 30%
  • detection 28%
  • northern sky 24%

• ClearSky: cloud-free monitoring of UK agriculture

  Geach, J.

  1/12/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• IOP Bell-Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund (Tracy Garratt)

  Hardcastle, M.

  1/10/20 → 1/10/22

  Project: Research

  • research support 100%
  • students 75%

• EXOhSPEC

  Jones, H.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• IAA: STFC Impact Accelerator Account

  Geach, J.

  31/03/20 → 30/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Accelerator 100%
  • Continuation 67%
  • Funding 55%

• Star Formation across the Universe

  Forbrich, J. & Geach, J.

  20/01/20 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

  • star formation 100%
  • baths 96%
  • universe 87%

• STFC Hertfordshire 2019 DTP

  Thompson, M.

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• The dark side of the star formation history of the Universe

  Coppin, K.

  1/09/19 → 31/08/20

  Project: Other

  • dust 100%
  • star formation 89%
  • universe 77%
  • galaxies 69%
  • histories 58%

• Detecting Clouds and measuring C/O ratio in a planetary mass object

  Burningham, B.

  1/08/19 → 30/09/19

  Project: Other

  • planetary mass 100%
  • retrieval 36%
  • atmospheres 24%

• LSST:UK Phase B submission - Herts component

  Kaviraj, S. & Geach, J.

  1/07/19 → 31/03/23

  Project: Other

  • dwarf galaxies 100%
  • merger 61%
  • stripping 49%
  • galaxies 47%
  • stellar mass 46%

• LOFAR-UK compute facility

  Hardcastle, M.

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Other

  • software development 100%
  • radio 79%
  • antenna 74%
  • sky 73%
  • observatory 70%

• STFC Impact Acceleration Account

  Geach, J. & Hardcastle, M.

  11/02/19 → 30/09/20

  Project: Other

  • funding 100%
  • researchers 73%
  • stakeholders 65%
  • technology transfer 41%
  • public sector 40%

• G2G: from galaxies to the ground

  Geach, J. & Smith, D.

  1/02/19 → 31/08/19

  Project: Other

  • Galaxies 100%
  • Crops 79%
  • Earth (planet) 59%
  • Satellites 55%
  • Imaging techniques 54%

• RAS MNRAS editor honorarium

  Drew, J.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Other

  • academic research 100%

• Gas flows: the evolution of gas in and around galaxies

  Geach, J.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/21

  Project: Other

  • gases 100%
  • university research 94%

• HOTH: Harmonising Observations and THeory

  Geach, J.

  1/10/18 → 31/03/21

  Project: Other

  • universe 100%
  • astrophysics 71%
  • galaxies 44%
  • habitats 29%
  • cosmos 29%

• Brown Dwarfs with Gaia

  Jones, H.

  3/09/18 → 31/01/22

  Project: Other

• EXOhSPEC

  Jones, H. & Martin, B.

  2/04/18 → 31/03/20

  Project: Other

  • Spectrographs 100%
  • Telescopes 62%

• ASTROSENSE: applying astrophysics algorithms to remote sensing data

  Geach, J.

  2/04/18 → 1/04/21

  Project: Other

  • Astrophysics 100%
  • Remote sensing 70%
  • galaxies 38%
  • Imaging techniques 37%
  • Machine learning 36%

• DARA Big Data: Colombia

  Thompson, M., Sarzi, M. & Geach, J.

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Other

  • Big data 100%
  • Students 77%
  • Data Science 70%
  • Agriculture 28%
  • Medical Physics 22%

• Newton STFC-NARIT Capacity Building for Thai Radio Astronomy Phase 2

  Thompson, M., Forbrich, J., Dale, J. & Krause, M.

  1/04/18 → 31/03/20

  Project: Other

  • radio astronomy 100%
  • Thailand 68%
  • radio telescopes 59%
  • education 56%
  • newton 40%

• Hertfordshire Astronomy 2018-2021

  Hardcastle, M., Jones, H., Pinfield, D., Thompson, M., Gledhill, T., Lucas, P., Drew, J., Napiwotzki, R., Sarzi, M., Brinks, E., Smith, D., Coppin, K., Kaviraj, S., Dale, J., Krause, M., Kobayashi, C. & Ryan, S.

  1/04/18 → 31/03/21

  Project: Other

  • radio 100%
  • LOFAR 68%
  • radio galaxies 62%
  • galaxies 48%
  • active galactic nuclei 25%

• JTD2018: Joining the dots: retrieval analysis of brown dwarfs, isolated planetary mass objects and directly imaged exoplanets

  Burningham, B.

  31/03/18 → 30/03/20

  Project: Other

  • planetary mass 100%
  • extrasolar planets 76%
  • retrieval 73%
  • museums 68%
  • histories 38%

• A UK-Africa Data Science Network: Capturing the SKA-Driven Data Transformation

  Thompson, M. & Geach, J.

  1/03/18 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

• Development through Radio Astronomy Global Network

  Forbrich, J. & Thompson, M.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Other

  • radio astronomy 100%
  • economic development 36%
  • radio telescopes 23%
  • telecommunication 18%
  • commerce 16%

• The Sensory Universe

  Geach, J. & Gallaway, M.

  1/01/18 → 30/09/18

  Project: Other

  • Universe 100%
  • Hertfordshire 77%
  • Science Communication 74%
  • Young Adults 61%
  • History 35%

• Understanding the bright, high-redshift tail of the submillimetre galaxy population

  Geach, J.

  1/12/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Other

  • galaxies 100%
  • augmentation 83%

• OIC: Optical Insect Counting for Rothamsted Insect Survey

  Stopford, C., Martin, B., Greenaway, R. & Stanley, W.

  8/11/17 → 7/02/18

  Project: Other

  • insects 100%
  • counting 49%
  • suction 31%
  • traps 21%

• Modal noise solutions for small fibres

  Jones, H.

  16/10/17 → 17/11/17

  Project: Other

  • Fibers 100%

• PATT Observing Support at the University of Hertfordshire 2017-2019

  Hardcastle, M.

  1/10/17 → 30/09/19

  Project: Other

  • students 100%
  • astrophysics 86%
  • extrasolar planets 54%
  • travel 49%
  • proposals 46%

• Lens Optimisation and Rapid Prototyping

  Martin, B.

  4/09/17 → 3/04/19

  Project: Other

  • Rapid prototyping 100%
  • Lighting fixtures 93%
  • Lenses 92%

• Development of a National Facility for Mexican Radio Astronomy at Tulancingo

  Thompson, M. & Forbrich, J.

  1/08/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • radio astronomy 100%
  • antennas 78%
  • radio telescopes 71%
  • education 59%
  • Deep Space Network 50%

• DARA 2: Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy Phase 2

  Forbrich, J., Thompson, M. & Hardcastle, M.

  1/04/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Other

  • radio astronomy 100%
  • education 84%
  • very long base interferometry 56%
  • parabolic reflectors 52%
  • radio telescopes 38%

• Newton STFC-NARIT Capacity building for Thai Radio Astronomy

  Thompson, M.

  1/02/17 → 31/03/18

  Project: Other

  • radio astronomy 100%
  • newton 46%
  • developing nations 43%
  • radio communication 33%
  • parabolic reflectors 26%

• EXOhSPEC

  Jones, H.

  1/02/17 → 30/04/18

  Project: Other

  • Thailand 100%

• SPHERE PP: The study of the behaviour of physical systems rendered as mathematical models implemented through the use of numerical computational algorithms.

  Collett, J. & Connors, B.

  1/12/16 → 31/03/17

  Project: Other

  • physics 100%
  • funding 13%
  • time 6%
  • education 6%

• Unveiling the Hidden Universe: Low-surface-brightness Science with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

  Kaviraj, S.

  1/12/16 → 31/07/17

  Project: Research

• GQ: Galaxy Quest

  Geach, J.

  1/12/16 → 31/05/17

  Project: Other

  • Galaxies 100%
  • Multicarrier modulation 90%
  • Learning algorithms 59%
  • Imaging techniques 54%
  • Machine learning 52%

• Astrophysics outreach sessions for children in care (CLA)

  Devereux, C.

  1/09/16 → 30/06/18

  Project: Other

  • commitment 100%
  • Group 45%

• ADDA: ADDA: efficiency and user accessibility of computations of electromagnetic scattering from arbitrary particles

  Ulanowski, J., Hardcastle, M. & Ritter, G.

  1/08/16 → 1/02/17

  Project: Other

  • Scattering 100%
  • Computer systems 69%