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C Knigge - Astrophysics at Southampton

Staff

Lead 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

Other researchers

Professor Mark Sullivan

Associate Dean-Research

Research interests

  • Supernovae
  • Time domain astronomy
  • Cosmology
Connect with Mark

Email: M.Sullivan@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

Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
  • Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
  • Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei
Connect with Francesco

Email: F.Shankar@soton.ac.uk

Professor Matthew Middleton

Professor
Connect with Matthew

Email: M.J.Middleton@soton.ac.uk

Professor Sebastian Hoenig

Head of School

Research interests

  • Active Galactic Nuclei
  • Dust
  • Radiative transfer
Connect with Sebastian

Email: S.Hoenig@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Core-collapse supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey
M. Grayling, C. P. Gutiérrez, M. Sullivan, P. Wiseman, M. Vincenzi, L. Galbany, A. Möller, D. Brout, T. M. Davis, C. Frohmaier, O. Graur, L. Kelsey, C. Lidman, B. Popovic, M. Smith, M. Toy, B. E. Tucker, Z. Zontou, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, F. Andrade-Oliveira, J. Annis, J. Asorey, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, A. Carnero Rosell, D. Carollo, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, D. Friedel, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, D. Gruen, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton & D. L. Hollowood, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(1), 684-701
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad056
Type: article
Further evidence that galaxy age drives observed type Ia supernova luminosity differences
P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan, M. Smith & B. Popovic, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(4), 6214-6222
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad488
Type: article
The dark energy survey supernova program
M. Vincenzi, M. Sullivan, A. Möller, P. Armstrong, D. Brout, D. Carollo, B. A. Bassett, A. Carr, T. M. Davis, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, K. Glazebrook, O. Graur, L. Kelsey, R. Kessler, E. Kovacs, G. F. Lewis, C. Lidman, U. Malik, R. C. Nichol, B. Popovic, M. Sako, D. Scolnic, M. Smith, G. Taylor, B. E. Tucker, P. Wiseman, M. Aguena, S. Allam, J. Annis, J. Asorey, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, P. Fosalba & J. Frieman, 2023, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 1106-1127
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1404
Type: article
Concerning colour
L. Kelsey, M. Sullivan, P. Wiseman, P. Armstrong, R. Chen, D. Brout, T.M. Davis, M. Dixon, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, O. Graur, R. Kessler, C. Lidman, A. Möller, B. Popovic, B. Rose, D. Scolnic, M. Smith, M. Vincenzi, T.M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, O. Alves, J. Annis, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, D. Gruen, R.A. Gruendl, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, G. F. Lewis, J. Mena-Fernández, R. Miquel, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, M. Raveri, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, A. K. Romer, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, M. Schubnell, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, E. Suchyta, M.E.C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. L. Tucker & N. Weaverdyck, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(2), 3046–3063
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3711
Type: article
A galaxy-driven model of type Ia supernova luminosity variations
P. Wiseman, M. Vincenzi, M. Sullivan, L. Kelsey, B. Popovic, B. Rose, D. Brout, T. M. Davis, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, C. Lidman, A. Möller, D. Scolnic, M. Smith, M. Aguena, S. Allam, F. Andrade-Oliveira, J. Annis, E. Bertin, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, M. Costanzi, M. E. S. Pereira, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, D. Friedel, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, E. Gaztanaga, D. Gruen, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, M. March, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. K. Romer, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Soares- Santos, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, C. To & T. N. Varga, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(3), 4587 - 4605
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1984
Type: article