Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE
Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE
About the Project High redshift galaxies discovered using submillimetre surveys of the sky (so-called submillimetre galaxies) are likely ancestors of present-day massive early-type galaxies. Thanks to the Herschel Space Observatory, … Read More Read More
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Revealing the Hidden Light: Understanding the cosmic dust and cold gas in nearby galaxies.
Revealing the Hidden Light: Understanding the cosmic dust and cold gas in nearby galaxies.
About the Project Over half the light ever emitted by stars in the Universe having been absorbed by cosmic dust, and the situation is worse (>90%) when looking at regions … Read More Read More
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Numerical Simulations of Thermonuclear Burning Spread on the Neutron Star Surface
Numerical Simulations of Thermonuclear Burning Spread on the Neutron Star Surface
About the Project This project aims to study the extreme physical conditions on neutron star surfaces. Type I X-ray bursts, or thermonuclear bursts, are explosive events that occur on the … Read More Read More
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Extreme Physics Around Black Holes: Exploring Accretion Disk Dynamics at the Edge of the Event Horizon
Extreme Physics Around Black Holes: Exploring Accretion Disk Dynamics at the Edge of the Event Horizon
About the Project Black holes in our Galaxy, with masses between 5 and 15 times that of our Sun, form when massive stars explode in supernovae. These dense objects are … Read More Read More
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Photoevaporation of discs around binary stars, by binary stars.
Photoevaporation of discs around binary stars, by binary stars.
About the Project Most stars form in binary or multiple systems, and furthermore, they form in clusters with tens, to thousands of other stars. The most populous clusters contain massive … Read More Read More
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Mid-infrared spectroscopy of massive stars
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of massive stars
About the Project Massive stars are rare, but nevertheless influence the evolution of galaxies through their mechanical, chemical and radiative feedback. Recent space missions (notably Spitzer, Herschel, JWST) permit mid-infrared … Read More Read More
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How accreting white dwarfs evolve
How accreting white dwarfs evolve
About the Project How accreting white dwarfs evolve Accreting white dwarfs are some of the most dynamic objects in the Universe, changing their brightness drastically on all timescales from seconds … Read More Read More
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High-speed astrophysics with ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM
High-speed astrophysics with ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM
About the Project ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM are high-speed optical cameras that can take hundreds/thousands of CCD images per second simultaneously in three/five colours, respectively. They have been mounted on the … Read More Read More
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Finding and measuring growing black holes in the next generation of astronomical surveys
Finding and measuring growing black holes in the next generation of astronomical surveys
About the Project Finding and measuring growing black holes in the next generation of astronomical surveys Dr James Mullaney j.mullaney@sheffield.ac.uk (Supervisor 2: Prof. Stuart Littlefair) It is now generally accepted … Read More Read More
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Discovering neutron star astrophysics from the study of radio pulsars
Discovering neutron star astrophysics from the study of radio pulsars
About the Project We welcome applicants to join Dr Greg Ashton for a project developing new approaches to study radio pulsars and discovery new neutron star astrophysics within the astronomy … Read More Read More
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