Upcoming Events

CfAI Seminar Programme

Wednesday 27th June: OCW107 1pm

Peng Jia: Space debris from detection to observation.

Vladimir Morozov: New Variations of Light Sheet Microscopy Techniques

Tuesday 3rd July: OCW107 3pm

Roland Bacon (CRAL, University of Lyon): Science prospects with MUSE at the VLT

Abstract: The Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is an integral field spectrograph with unique capabilities on the Very Large Telescope. With its high sensitivity and by providing a complete view of the optical spectrum over 1 arcmin2 it has been a tremendous breakthrough in the way galactic and extragalactic observations are performed. I will present a few examples where MUSE’s transformational science capabilities are demonstrated. The success of MUSE calls for new ideas for the next generation of VLT instruments, and I will present the concept of a blue-MUSE: a wider field of view, higher resolution, blue-optimised version of MUSE.

Wednesday 4th July: OCW017 2pm

Denis Fappani (Thales)

Thales is a company that produces custom optics, they manufactured the refractive camera optics for SALT-HRS for example. Denis will give an overview about the capabilites of his company

CfAI is one of the major research groups in the Physics Department at Durham with approximately 70 staff and research students. It is distributed across two physical locations, one of which is in the new Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics on the University science site in Durham, and the other is at the North East Technology Park (NETPark), an internationally recognised location for science and technology companies, based about ten miles away in Sedgefield, Co. Durham.

CfAI develops state-of-the-art instruments for application across a wide range of disciplines including astronomical instrumentation, biophysics, remote sensing and fusion diagnostics. Research outputs can be found by following the links to individual research areas listed in the menu on the left or by a search of Durham Research Online. We also have close links with the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy and the Institute for Computational Cosmology.