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Professor Martin Hardcastle

BA MA PhD ScD FInstP FIMA FRAS FBS FHEA CPhys, Professor of Astrophysics

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4223-1117

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1997 …2026

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Overview

Martin Hardcastle is an astrophysicist specializing in radio astronomy, high-energy astrophysics and the physics of active galactic nuclei. He has published more than 400 papers in refereed journals. A former Royal Society Research Fellow, he worked for Cambridge, Bristol and the Open University before moving to UH. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Astrophysics Research and then the Head of Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics before returning to full-time research in 2024.

Research interests

  • Physics of active galaxies, particularly radio-loud AGN
  • Groups and clusters of galaxies
  • High-energy astrophysics
  • Radio astronomy, particularly large surveys
  • Statistical techniques
  • Numerical hydrodynamics

18 successful PhD supervisions or co-supervisions covering most of the above topics; 4 current postgraduate students.

Teaching specialisms

High-energy astrophysics; extragalactic astronomy and cosmology; statistics; mathematics.

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  • Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release: The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources

    Hardcastle, M. J., Williams, W. L., Best, P. N., Croston, J. H., Duncan, K. J., Rottgering, H. J. A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T. W., Tasse, C., Callingham, J. R., Cochrane, R. K., Gasperin, F. D., Gurkan, G., Jarvis, M. J., Mahatma, V., Miley, G. K., Mingo, B., Mooney, S., Morabito, L. K. & O'Sullivan, S. P. & 3 others, Prandoni, I., Shulevski, A. & Smith, D. J. B., 19 Nov 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 622, A12.

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    145 Citations (Scopus)
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  • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - II. First data release

    Shimwell, T. W., Tasse, C., Hardcastle, M. J., Mechev, A. P., Williams, W. L., Best, P. N., Röttgering, H. J. A., Callingham, J. R., Dijkema, T. J., Gasperin, F. D., Hoang, D. N., Hugo, B., Mirmont, M., Oonk, J. B. R., Prandoni, I., Rafferty, D., Sabater, J., Smirnov, O., Weeren, R. J. V. & White, G. J. & 30 others, Atemkeng, M., Bester, L., Bonnassieux, E., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Chyży, K. T., Cochrane, R., Conway, J. E., Croston, J. H., Danezi, A., Duncan, K., Haverkorn, M., Heald, G. H., Iacobelli, M., Intema, H. T., Jackson, N., Jamrozy, M., Jarvis, M. J., Lakhoo, R., Mevius, M., Miley, G. K., Morabito, L., Morganti, R., Nisbet, D., Orrú, E., Smith, D. J. B., Harwood, J. J., Heesen, V., Mahatma, V. & Mingo, B., 12 Sept 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 622, p. 1-22 22 p., A1.

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    536 Citations (Scopus)
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  • LOFAR/H-ATLAS: The low-frequency radio luminosity - star-formation rate relation

    Gurkan, G., Hardcastle, M. J., Smith, D., Best, P. N., Bourne, N., Calistro-Rivera, G., Heald, G., Jarvis, M. J., Prandoni, I., Rottgering, H. J. A., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T., Tasse, C. & Williams, W. L., 11 Apr 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 475, 3, p. 3010-3028 sty016.

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    161 Citations (Scopus)
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  • Interpreting radiative efficiency in radio-loud AGNs

    Hardcastle, M. J., 5 Apr 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Astronomy. 2, 4, p. 273-274 2 p.

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    45 Citations (Scopus)
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  • A simulation-based analytic model of radio galaxies

    Hardcastle, M. J., 1 Apr 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 475, 2, p. 2768-2786 19 p.

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    134 Citations (Scopus)
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