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EISCAT_3D: Fine-scale structuring, scintillation, and electrodynamics (FINESSE)

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Daniel Whiter

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Earth's aurora
  • Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms
  • Effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere
Connect with Daniel

Email: D.Whiter@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Robert Fear

Professor
Research interests
  • Magnetic reconnection
  • Large-scale solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
  • Global magnetospheric dynamics
Connect with Robert

Email: R.C.Fear@soton.ac.uk

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Observing the Effects of Quasar Feedback on Massive Galaxy Formation

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Manda Banerji

Associate Dean (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion)
Research interests
  • Galaxy formation and evolution
  • Active galaxies and supermassive black holes
  • Wide-field imaging and spectroscopic surveys
Connect with Manda

Email: M.Banerji-Wright@soton.ac.uk

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Ulbricht - Constraining Modified Newtonian Dynamics via Magnetically Levitated Particles

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Hendrik Ulbricht

Professor of Physics
Research interests
  • Hendrik's main research interests concern experimental tests of fundamental theories of Natur…
  • The Ulbricht group performs quantum experimental research on the preparation and analysis of …
Connect with Hendrik

Email: H.Ulbricht@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Alexander Belyaev

Professor of Physics
Research interests
  • Theory and phenomenology of elementary particle physics and cosmology beyond the standard mod…
  • Supersymmetry, extra-dimensions and technicolor and their Dark Matter cosmological connection…
Connect with Alexander

Email: A.Belyaev@soton.ac.uk

Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics
Research interests
  • Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
  • Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
  • Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei
Connect with Francesco

Email: F.Shankar@soton.ac.uk

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The impact of magnetic reconnection on the dynamics and energetics of collisionless shockwaves (enhanced research expenses)

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A Hierarchical Bayesian approach to optimising hypertension management strategies

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics
Research interests
  • Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
  • Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
  • Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei
Connect with Francesco

Email: F.Shankar@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor of Astrophysics
Research interests
  • accretion phenomena and associated outflows
  • cataclysmic variables
  • close binaries
Connect with Christian

Email: C.Knigge@soton.ac.uk

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A High-Speed Multi-beam Camera For Time-Domain Astrophysics

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A low-noise large-area X-ray detector for optical astronomy

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tony Bird

Associate Dean (Education)
Research interests
  • My main research interest is in instrumentation and data analysis for high energy astrophysic…
  • I am a co-investigator for the IBIS imaging telescope on the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL…
  • I am responsible for compilation of the all-sky survey from IBIS.
Connect with Tony

Email: A.J.Bird@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor of Astrophysics
Research interests
  • accretion phenomena and associated outflows
  • cataclysmic variables
  • close binaries
Connect with Christian

Email: C.Knigge@soton.ac.uk

Professor Diego Altamirano

Professor
Connect with Diego

Email: D.Altamirano@soton.ac.uk

Professor Poshak Gandhi

Professor of Astrophysics
Research interests
  • Data-intensive Astronomy
  • Time-domain astrophysics, Black Holes, Lunar astronomy
  • Novel survey techniques on anything in the cosmos, really.
Connect with Poshak

Email: Poshak.Gandhi@soton.ac.uk

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A new seed-photon based X-ray spectral unification scheme for AGN and black hole X-ray binaries

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    Not active
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A NICER look at accreting compact objects and a future look with eXTP

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A smart algorithm for optimising hypertension management strategies

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics
Research interests
  • Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
  • Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
  • Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei
Connect with Francesco

Email: F.Shankar@soton.ac.uk