Astrophysics Research at the University of Leicester

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Our research aims to investigate a range of high-priority science topics in these areas: i. studying high-energy and high-redshift explosive transients and how they relate to gravitational wave eventsii. investigating the growth and evolution of the first stars and black holes in galaxiesiii. determining the properties of accretion disks in active galactic nucleiiv. measuring the fundamental properties of white dwarf stars, the remnants of stars like the Sunv. investigating the properties of exoplanets, brown dwarfs and low mass starsvi. determining the evolution of tidal disruption events in galaxies where stars are torn apart as they come close to a supermassive black vii. investigating the origin of the stars seen in the centre of the Milky Way galaxy viii. determining the structure of the Milky Way galaxy ix. investigating the auroral emission of exoplanets x. developing the concept of an intensity interferometry system for the Cherenkov Telescope Array to provide high-resolution images of cosmic objectsWe will deliver this programme by carrying out observations using a broad range of ground and space based observing facilities, including XMM-Newton, HST, Swift, GAIA, JWST, ALMA, VLT, VISTA, WHT, INT, LT, NGTS, GOTO and Spitzer, and by conducting numerical simulations using major High Performance Computer facilities such as DiRAC.