A Programme of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Technology in Cardiff 2016-19

我们提出了天体物理学、宇宙学和技术发展计划，用于研究我们自己和其他星系中恒星和行星的形成，以及星系如何形成和演化。该项目将结合来自世界级地面和天基天文台的观测数据，以及理论建模和模拟导致我们观察到的周围宇宙的过程。我们还将继续开发世界上最灵敏的超长红外波长探测器，以及利用“超材料”的相关光学元件，这些材料是由人类设计和制造的，具有最适合其任务的特性，而不是依赖于天然存在的矿物和塑料。这两个技术发展领域都有可能在天文学之外广泛应用，例如在安全扫描仪和生物医学成像等领域。用于成像的技术也可以扩展到光谱学，我们提出了一个计划，以发展获得大面积天空图像中每个点的光谱的能力，这对于了解在深度调查中发现的物体有多远，以及构成这些物体的气体条件是至关重要的。

We propose a programme of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Technology development for Astrophysics and Cosmology, to investigate star and planet formation in our own and other galaxies, and how galaxies form and evolve. This programme will combine observational data from world-class ground and space-based observatories, as well as theoretical modelling and simulations of the processes that result in the Universe we observe around us. We will also continue to develop the world's most sensitive detectors for very long infrared wavelengths, along with associated optical components utilising 'metamaterials' the class of materials designed and manufactured by human beings to have the properties best suited to their task, rather than relying on naturally occurring minerals and plastics. Both of these areas of technology development potentially have wide applications outside of Astronomy, in areas such as security scanners and bio-medical imaging for example. The technologies used for imaging can also be extended to undertake spectroscopy, and we propose a programme to develop the capability to obtain a spectrum of every point in a large area image of the sky, which is essential for understanding how far away the objects found in deep surveys are, but also what the conditions in the gas that make up these objects are.