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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 astrophysics.
  • I am a co-investigator for the IBIS imaging telescope on the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL space telescope mission, operating successfully since its launch in 2001.
  • 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
  • Social Impact of Astronomy
  • Time-domain astrophysics, Black Holes, Lunar astronomy
Connect with Poshak

Email: Poshak.Gandhi@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs