For Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics recognises ground-breaking astronomical breakthrough UCLan’s Professor Derek Ward-Thompson is one of the 347 world-leading scientists who formed the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration and who will share the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. For the eighth year, and known as the ‘Oscars of Read More …
JHI MSc student Graham Fleming discusses his surprising discovery in the Taurus star-forming region with Helen Klus at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2019. The annual meeting was hosted by Lancaster University. The full research paper entitled “Revealing the Two `Horns’ of Taurus with GAIA DR2” can be found Read More …
Among the 32 thousand stars observed in short cadence in the first 2 months of science operations, asteroseismic data from the TESS space mission revealed 5 rare roAp stars, including the fastest pulsator in this class. 5th of June 2019 – Using asteroseismic techniques, an international team searched for pulsations in a Read More …
The Jeremiah Horrocks Lecture -May 2019 How to take a picture of a black hole Professor Derek Ward-Thompson Jeremiah Horrocks , UCLan The recorded lecture can be viewed here. Wednesday 8th May 2019 7.00pm Darwin Lecture Theatre University of Central Lancashire Refreshments available from 6pm in Darwin Foyer A Read More …
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87. A public lecture on the discovery given by Prof. Derek Ward-Thompson can be viewed here. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes Read More …
Boris is a multi-physics software designed by JHI lecturer Dr Serban Lepadatu, to solve three-dimensional magnetisation dynamics problems, coupled with a self-consistent charge and spin transport solver, heat flow solver with temperature-dependent material parameters, and mechanical stress-strain solver in arbitrary multi-layered structures and shapes. The software is intended for research Read More …
Physics Students from UCLan have won a “Physics Challenge” competition against other Universities in a prestigious event that is organised by the UK & ROI’s professional body, the Institute of Physics (IOP). The challenge was to build an Analogue Voltmeter without using any pre-formed parts, with the rules also stipulating Read More …
Speaker: Dr Kevin Bowman Jeremiah Horrocks , UCLan Thursday 11th April 2019 7.00pm Darwin Lecture Theatre University of Central Lancashire. The Showcase starts at 5.30pm in Foster Building, Foster Social Space Event poster: Moon Landing Poster Abstract On July 20th 1969, one of the greatest feats ever achieved by the human Read More …
Speaker Professor John D. Barrow FRS, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project Tuesday 5th March 2019 7.00pm Darwin Lecture Theatre University of Central Lancashire Lecture poster: JHI Lecture March 2019 Abstract We will explain the concept of the expanding universe – what exactly is Read More …
Tom Davison, a postgraduate student at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, took this composite of of several exposures of the Moon during Monday morning’s total lunar eclipse at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands. Tom is currently working at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on Read More …