Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR)

Projects

Projects per year 2001 2008 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024 2029

• 25 Active
• 152 Finished

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  Astrophysics outreach sessions for children in care (CLA)

  Devereux, C. (PI)

  1/09/16 → 30/06/18

  Project: Other

  • Astrophysics 100%
  • Children in Care 100%
  • Foster Carers 66%
  • Virtual School 33%
  • Hard-to-reach Populations 33%

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

  Ulanowski, J. (PI), Hardcastle, M. (CoI) & Ritter, G. (CoI)

  1/08/16 → 1/02/17

  Project: Other

  • ARCHER 100%
  • Electromagnetic Scattering 100%
  • Approximation Technique 100%
  • Arbitrary Shape 100%
  • Scattering Property 100%

• AAO Distinguished Visitor

  Jones, H.

  5/07/16 → 5/07/18

  Project: Research

• Visiting Professorship

  Jones, H. (PI)

  4/07/16 → 3/07/17

  Project: Other

  • Professorship 100%
  • Torino 50%

• Bringing a Stargazing Opportunity to 47% of English State Pupils - Additional Funding

  Sarzi, M. (PI)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/07/16 → 31/03/17

  Project: Research

  • Early-type Galaxies 100%
  • Galaxies 100%
  • Assembly History 100%
  • Early-Type Galaxies 100%
  • Stellar Disks 50%

• Ultrastable Prototype high resolution astronomical spectrograpH

  Jones, H. (PI)

  1/06/16 → 30/11/16

  Project: Other

  • Ultra-stable 100%
  • Astronomical Spectrographs 100%
  • High-resolution 100%
  • High Resolution 100%
  • Spectrographs 100%

• LUCF: LOFAR-UK Compute Facility 2016-2019

  Hardcastle, M. (PI)

  1/04/16 → 31/03/19

  Project: Other

  • LOFAR 100%
  • Radio 41%
  • Sky Surveys 38%
  • Active Galactic Nuclei 23%
  • Radio Galaxy 18%

• DW: Tracing the dark matter comic web

  Devereux, C. (PI), Geach, J. (PI) & Hardcastle, M. (PI)

  21/03/16 → 20/03/19

  Project: Research

  • Daphne 100%
  • Research Position 100%
  • Radio Galaxies 100%
  • Lensing 100%
  • Comics 100%

• DW: Tracing the dark matter cosmic web

  Geach, J. (PI) & Hardcastle, M. (CoI)

  21/03/16 → 20/03/19

  Project: Other

  • Lensing 100%
  • Postdoctoral Research 100%
  • Cosmic Web 100%
  • Dark Matter 100%
  • Daphne 100%

• The VICS82 Survey: an international collaboration meeting

  Geach, J.

  16/02/16 → 31/07/16

  Project: Other

• Broadband Radio Recombination Line spectroscopy in the era of FAST & SKA

  Thompson, M. (PI)

  1/02/16 → 18/07/16

  Project: Other

  • LTE Model 100%
  • Broadband Radio 100%
  • Radio 100%
  • Non-LTE 100%
  • Stacking Technique 100%

• Understanding galaxy protoclusters with WEAVE LOFAR

  Smith, D.

  1/12/15 → 31/07/16

  Project: Other

• New Frontiers in Galaxy Evolution

  Kaviraj, S. (PI)

  1/12/15 → 31/07/16

  Project: Other

  • New Frontiers 100%
  • Early Universe 100%
  • Galaxy Evolution 100%
  • Cosmological Simulations 100%
  • Santander 100%

• Medical Physics - seeding new applied physics research at the University of Hertfordshire

  Ryan, S. (PI)

  1/12/15 → 31/07/16

  Project: Other

  • X-ray Luminescence 100%
  • Quantum Dots 100%
  • Biological Tissue 100%
  • X-ray 100%
  • Near Infrared 100%

• Gaia exploitation

  Jones, H.

  1/12/15 → 31/07/16

  Project: Other

• Radioastronomy for Development in Africa - A Newton Fund Project

  Thompson, M. (PI)

  1/10/15 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

  • Fund Project 100%
  • Newton Fund 100%
  • African Development 100%
  • Radio Astronomy 100%
  • Undergraduate Training 50%

• UH Centre for Astrophysics Research PATT - linked grant (2015-17)

  Hardcastle, M. (PI), Drew, J. (CoI), Brinks, E. (Researcher), Thompson, M. (Researcher), Lucas, P. (Researcher), Jones, H. (Researcher), Coppin, K. (Researcher), Pinfield, D. (Researcher), Ryan, S. (Researcher), Burningham, B. (Researcher), Geach, J. (Researcher), Napiwotzki, R. (Researcher), Stevens, J. (Researcher), Gledhill, T. (Researcher) & Tuomi, M. (Researcher)

  1/10/15 → 1/10/17

  Project: Research

  • Galaxies 100%
  • Near-IR 83%
  • Luminosity 80%
  • Milky Way Disk 66%
  • Astronomical Observations 66%

• Present results at IAU General Assembly

  Hardcastle, M.

  Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)

  1/06/15 → 30/06/16

  Project: Research

• GESTATE

  Lucas, P. (PI)

  European Commission (EC) - Horizon 2020

  1/05/15 → 30/04/17

  Project: Research

• BRIDGCE: BRIdging Disciplines of Galactic Chemical Evolution (BRIDGCE): The Rise of the Chemical Elements

  Kobayashi, C. (PI)

  1/04/15 → 31/03/18

  Project: Research

  • Metallicity 100%
  • Galaxies 45%
  • Active Galactic Nuclei 33%
  • Milky Way 31%
  • Supernovae 28%

• BRIDGCE: The Rise of Chemical Elements

  Rauscher, T. (PI)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/04/15 → 31/03/18

  Project: Research

• Real-time detection of Respirable Crystalline Silica

  Kaye, P. H., Greenaway, R. & Martin, B.

  Technology Strategy Board

  1/04/15 → 1/03/16

  Project: Research

• Hertfordshire Astronomy 2015-18

  Drew, J. (PI), Brinks, E. (Researcher), Chrysostomou, A. (Researcher), Cioni, M.-R. (Researcher), Coppin, K. (Researcher), Hardcastle, M. (Researcher), Jones, H. (CoI), Lucas, P. (Researcher), Pinfield, D. (CoI) & Thompson, M. (Researcher)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/04/15 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

  • Galaxies 100%
  • Radio 79%
  • Active Galactic Nuclei 77%
  • LOFAR 67%
  • Star Formation 64%

• The emergence of galaxies in the early universe

  Kaviraj, S.

  Santander UK

  15/01/15 → 31/07/15

  Project: Research

• Reaching out with Rosetta

  Jones, H.

  Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)

  1/01/15 → 30/06/15

  Project: Other

• Developing the Herts-Cal-Tech connection

  Smith, D.

  Santander UK

  1/01/15 → 14/07/15

  Project: Research

• Investigating the role of central supermassive black holes in quenching the star-formation activity of galaxies

  Sarzi, M.

  Santander UK

  1/01/15 → 1/07/15

  Project: Research

• CalExoPlan

  Pinfield, D. (PI) & Burningham, B. (CoI)

  European Commission (EC) - Horizon 2020

  1/10/14 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

  • Infrared Spectroscopic 100%
  • Spectroscopic Characteristics 100%
  • Near-infrared 100%
  • M Dwarfs 100%
  • M Dwarf Stars 100%

• Bringing a Stargazing Opportunity to 47% of English State Pupils

  Sarzi, M. (PI)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/10/14 → 1/10/16

  Project: Research

  • Gas Outflow 100%
  • Cold Gas 100%
  • Star Formation 100%
  • Galaxies 100%
  • Active Galactic nuclei 100%

• The cycle of life, death and rebirth in massive early-type galaxies, star formation, black holes and feedback

  Geach, J. (Researcher)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/10/14 → 1/09/19

  Project: Research

  • Early-type Galaxies 100%
  • Early-Type Galaxies 100%
  • Star Formation 78%
  • Active Galactic nuclei 66%
  • Active Galactic Nuclei 66%

• Training Grant Hertfordshire (ST/M503514/1) William English, Wayne Stimpson and Jonathan Westcott

  Drew, J.

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/10/14 → 30/09/18

  Project: Research

• CalExoPlan

  Burningham, B. (PI) & Pinfield, D. (CoI)

  European Commission (EC) - Horizon 2020

  1/10/14 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

  • Brown Dwarfs 100%
  • Brown Dwarf 81%
  • T Dwarfs 65%
  • Atmospherics 65%
  • T Dwarf Stars 65%

• Detecting and characterizing exoplanets by transit timing and radial volocities

  Jones, H.

  The Royal Society

  1/09/14 → 31/08/16

  Project: Research

• Algorithms for Habitable Planets

  Jones, H. (PI) & Tuomi, M. (CoI)

  The Leverhulme Trust

  1/09/14 → 30/08/16

  Project: Research

  • Harp 100%
  • Central Moments 75%
  • Radial Velocity Estimation 75%
  • Radial Velocity Data 75%
  • Color Difference 75%

• MTA fellowship

  da Silva de Souza, R. (PI)

  1/08/14 → 31/07/16

  Project: Research

• The Fuelling of Star Formation in primordial Galaxies

  Coppin, K. (PI)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/04/14 → 31/03/17

  Project: Research

  • Submillimeter Galaxies 100%
  • Galaxies 72%
  • Star Formation 60%
  • Deep Fields 54%
  • Submillimeter 48%

• The chemistry of the cold-phase interstellar medium of high redshift galaxies

  Geach, J.

  The Royal Society

  1/03/14 → 1/03/18

  Project: Research

• Pilot Research Study: Conversion Algorithm and Respirable Crystalline Silica

  Kaye, P. H., Martin, B. & Greenaway, R.

  Trolex Ltd

  1/02/14 → 1/05/14

  Project: Research

• The dynamics and energetics of radio-loud active galaxies

  Hardcastle, M. & Harwood, J.

  Santander UK

  1/11/13 → 31/07/14

  Project: Research

• Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs

  Jones, H. & Pinfield, D.

  Attendees

  1/09/13 → 31/12/13

  Project: Other

• Leibniz Foundation Prize, Impulsfond-2013-AIP-ERC/2

  Cioni, M.-R. (PI)

  31/07/13 → 29/09/13

  Project: Other

  • Leibniz 100%
  • Euro 100%
  • Autoimmune Pancreatitis 100%

• UH Centre for Astrophysics Research PATT-linked grant

  Drew, J. (PI), Chrysostomou, A. (Researcher), Coppin, K. (Researcher), Geach, J. (Researcher), Jones, H. (Researcher), Lucas, P. (Researcher), Pinfield, D. (Researcher) & Thompson, M. (Researcher)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  28/03/13 → 27/03/15

  Project: Research

  • Photometry 100%
  • M Dwarfs 88%
  • M Dwarf Stars 88%
  • Radial-Velocity Method 76%
  • Radial Velocity 64%

• CUGA (Consortium of Universities for Goonhilly Astronomy)

  Brinks, E. (PI)

  HEI: University of Durham

  1/02/13 → 31/07/14

  Project: Research

• Remote sensing methods for inferring chemical signatures in particle pollution

  Ryan, S. (PI)

  The Royal Society

  1/02/13 → 31/01/18

  Project: Research

• FISH: FaInt Supernovae and Hypernovae: Mechanism and Nucleosynthesis (FISH)

  Thielemann, F.-K. (PI), Rauscher, T. (Researcher) & Liebendoerfer, M. (Researcher)

  31/12/12 → 30/12/16

  Project: Other

  • Supernovae 100%
  • Hypernova 100%
  • Nucleosynthesis 100%
  • Fainting 100%
  • Hypernovae 100%

• SHYNE: Stellar Hydrodynamics Nucleosynthesis and Evolution (SHYNE)

  Hirschi, R. (PI) & Rauscher, T. (Researcher)

  31/10/12 → 30/10/17

  Project: Other

  • Nucleosynthesis 100%
  • Nuclear Fusion 100%
  • Hydrodynamics 100%
  • Nuclear Physics 66%
  • Nuclear Reaction Rates 33%

• Quota Studentships 2012

  Ryan, S. (PI)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/10/12 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

  • Flux Density 100%
  • Galactic Plane 95%
  • Massive Stars 79%
  • Massive Star 79%
  • Star Formation 70%

• RDMTPA: Research Data Management Training in Physics and Astronomy (RDMTPA)

  Worthington, B. (PI) & Hardcastle, M. (CoI)

  Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

  1/06/12 → 31/05/13

  Project: Research

  • Research Data Management 100%
  • Data Management 100%
  • Hertfordshire 38%
  • Microsite 33%
  • Astronomy 33%

• Hertfordshire Astronomy

  Drew, J. (PI), Brinks, E. (CoI), Hardcastle, M. (Researcher), Lucas, P. (Researcher), Pinfield, D. (Researcher) & Thompson, M. (Researcher)

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/04/12 → 1/03/15

  Project: Research

  • Galaxies 100%
  • Star Formation 72%
  • Radio Galaxy 69%
  • Radio Galaxies 66%
  • Luminosity 64%

• A travelling exhibition of the Herschel Hi-GAL Milky Way

  Thompson, M.

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  1/03/12 → 1/02/13

  Project: Research