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Dr Peter Hargrave

Overview

Dr Peter Hargrave Email:Peter.Hargrave ( at astro.cf.ac.uk )
 Telephone:029 208 76682
 Location:N/1.18

Research Interests

Astronomy

Understanding the formation and evolution of cosmic dust, particularly where it is formed. This is especially important in the early Universe where fast-lived, massive stars would be the only source of dust. Recent work suggests that supernovae or their progenitor stars may be responsible for polluting the interstellar medium with lots of dust. We have recently observed the supernova remnant, Cassiopeia-A with the BLAST telescope, and will observe a selection of relatively young remnants with Herschel-SPIRE. These observations should throw some light on the question of whether fresh dust is formed in supernova explosions.

Technical

Cryogenic technology - cooling systems, heat switches, thermal engineering. Detector technology development - bolometers (TES & NTD sensors). Optical coatings.

Measures of Esteem

  • Member of the Herschel Calibration Steering Group.
  • On review panel for ACT - telescope design.

Teaching

  • Module organiser for PX1219, Electricity & Magnetism.
  • Deputy module organiser for PX0102, Motion & Energy.

Publications

  1. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) 2005: Observations of the Cassiopiea-A supernova remnant, P. C. Hargrave, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, E. L. Chapin, M. J. Devlin, S. Dicker, M. Griffin, J. O. Gundersen, M. Halpern, D. H. Hughes, J. Klein, G. Marsden, P. G. Martin, P. Mauskopf, C. B. Netterfield, L. Olmi, G. Patanchon, E. Pascale, M. Rex, D. Scott, C. Semisch, B. Sibthorpe, M. D. P. Truch, C. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, M. P. Viero, D. V. Wiebe, Submitted to ApJ.
  2. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) 2005: A 4 deg2 Galactic Plane Survey in Vulpecula, E. L. Chapin, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, C. Brunt, M. J. Devlin, S. Dicker, M. Griffin, J. O. Gundersen, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, D. H. Hughes, J. Klein, G. Marsden, P. G. Martin, P. Mauskopf, C. B. Netterfield, L. Olmi, E. Pascale, G. Patanchon, M. Rex, D. Scott, C. Semisch, M. D. P. Truch, C. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, M. P. Viero, D. V. Wiebe, Submitted to ApJ.
  3. SANEPIC: A Map-Making Method for Timestream Data From Large Arrays, , G. Patanchon, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, E. L. Chapin, M. J. Devlin, S. Dicker, M. Griffin, J. O. Gundersen, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, D. H. Hughes, J. Klein, G. Marsden, P. G. Martin, P. Mauskopf, C. B. Netterfield, L. Olmi, E. Pascale, M. Rex, D. Scott, C. Semisch, M. D. P. Truch, C. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, M. P. Viero, D. V. Wiebe, Submitted to ApJ.
  4. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) 2005: Calibration and Targeted Sources, M. D. P. Truch, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, E. L. Chapin, M. J. Devlin, S. Dicker, M. Griffin, J. O. Gundersen, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, D. H. Hughes, J. Klein, G. Marsden, P. G. Martin, P. Mauskopf, C. B. Netterfield, L. Olmi, G. Patanchon, E. Pascale, M. Rex, D. Scott, C. Semisch, C. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, M. P. Viero, D. V. Wiebe, Submitted to ApJ.
  5. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope:BLAST, E. Pascale, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, E. L. Chapin, M. J. Devlin, S. Dicker, M. Griffin, J. O. Gundersen, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, D. H. Hughes, J. Klein, G. Marsden, P. G. Martin, P. Mauskopf, C. B. Netterfield, L. Olmi, G. Patanchon, M. Rex, D. Scott, C. Semisch, M. D. P. Truch, C. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, M. P. Viero, D. V. Wiebe, Submitted to ApJ.
  6. Development of TES detectors for low-background far infrared space astronomy, P.Mauskopf, K.Isaak, M.Griffin, P.Hargrave, D.Morozov, A.Orlando, M.Bruijn, H.Hoevers, P.de Korte, J.van der Kuur, Proc. IRMMW-THz 2006, ISBN 1-4244-0399-5, page 205
  7. PILOT: MEASURING POLARIZATION IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, J.-Ph. Bernard , P. Ade , P. deBernardis , M. Giard, P. Hargrave, A.Laurens, B. Leriche, C. Leroy, Y. Longval, C. Marty, S. Madden, B. Maffei, S. Masi, C. Meny, M.-A. Miville-Deschˆenes, J. Narbonne, E. Pointecouteau, N. Ponthieu, I. Ristorcelli, L. Rodriguez, and G. Roudil. EAS Publications Series, 23 (2007) 189-203 DOI: 10.1051/eas:2007012
  8. A report on laboratory performance of the bolometric detector arrays for SPIRE/HSO: Part II , H. T. Nguyen, P. Ringold, P. A. R. Ade, J. Battle, J. W. Beeman, J. J. Bock, S. Elliott, P. C. Hargrave, B. Schulz, A. D. Turner, V. V. Hristov, M. Weilert, L. Zhang , Proc. SPIE Vol. 6275, 627518
  9. Thermal design of the SPICA/ESI instrument, Douglas K. Griffin, Hiroyuki Sugita, Lionel Duband, Nicolas Luchier, Berend Winter, Peter Hargrave Publication: Proc. SPIE Vol. 6275, 62750E
  10. Space-qualified MIR illumination sources, Darren Hayton, Peter Hargrave, Alistair Glasse, Proc. SPIE 6265, 62652E (2006)
  11. The 300-mK system for Herschel-SPIRE, Peter Hargrave, James Bock, Christine Brockley-Blatt, John Coker, Lionel Duband, Anne-Sophie Goizel, Douglas Griffin, Bruce Swinyard, and Berend Winter, Proc. SPIE 6275, 627513 (2006)
  12. Performance of flight model on-board calibration sources on Herschel-SPIRE, Peter Hargrave, Tim Waskett, Tanya Lim, and Bruce Swinyard, Proc. SPIE 6275, 627514 (2006)
  13. Preliminary results from Herschel-SPIRE flight instrument testing , Tanya Lim, Bruce Swinyard, Matthew Griffin, Asier Aramburu, Jean-Paul Baluteau, James Bock, Marc Ferlet, Trevor Fulton, Douglas Griffin, Steven Guest, Peter Hargrave, Kenneth King, Sarah Leeks, David Naylor, Edward Polehampton, Davide Rizzo, Eric Sawyer, Bernhard Schulz, Sunil Sidher, Locke Spencer, David Smith, Hien Trong Nguyen, Ivan Valtchanov, Tim Waskett, Adam Woodcraft , Publication: Proc. SPIE Vol. 6265, 62650F
  14. “Optical Design of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and Millimeter Bolometric Array Camera”, J. W. Fowler, M. D. Niemack, S. R. Dicker, A. M. Aboobaker, P. A. R. Ade, E. Battistelli, M. J. Devlin, R. P. Fisher, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, A. Hincks, M. Kaul, J. Klein, J. Lau, M. Limon, T. A. Marriage, P. D. Mauskopf, L. Page, S. T. Staggs, D. N. Swetz, E. Switzer, R. Thornton, C. E. Tucker
  15. OLIMPO: a multi-frequency survey of galaxy clusters and of the cosmic millimetric background, S. Masi, M. Calvo, L. Conversi, P. de Bernardis, M. De Petris, G. De Troia, A. Iacoangeli, L. Lamagna, C. Marini Bettolo, A. Melchiorri, F. Melchiorri, L. Nati, F. Nati, F. Piacentini, G. Polenta, E. Valiante, P. Ade, P. Hargrave, P. Mauskopf, A. Orlando, G. Pisano, G. Savini, C.Tucker, A. Boscaleri, S. Peterzen, S. Colafrancesco, Y. Rephaeli, G. Romeo, L. Salvaterra, A. Delbart, J.B. Juin, C. Magneville, J.P. Pansart, D. Yvon
  16. Giampaolo Pisano, Peter Hargrave, Matt Griffin, Patrick Collins, Jeffrey Beeman , Raul Hermoso “Thermal Illuminators for Far Infrared and Submillimetre Astronomical Instruments”, Applied Optics (2005) 44, P.3208
  17. First ground-based 200-μm observing with THUMPER on JCMT – sky characterization and planet maps, D. Ward-Thompson, P. A. R. Ade, H. Araujo, I. Coulson, J. Cox, G. R. Davis, Rh. Evans, M. J. Griffin, W. K. Gear, P. Hargrave, D. Hayton, B. J. Kiernan, S. J. Leeks, P. Mauskopf, D. Naylor, N. Potter, S. A. Rinehart, R. Sudiwala, C. R. Tucker, R. J. Walker and S. L. Watkin, MNRAS Volume 364 Issue 3 Page 843 - December 2005
  18. “The SCUBA Half Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) I - Survey Design and Data Analysis,", A. M. J. Mortier, S. Serjeant, J. S. Dunlop, S. E. Scott, P. Ade, O. Almaini, I. Aretxaga, C. Baugh, A. Benson, P. N. Best, A. Blain, J. Bock, C. Borys, A. Bressan, C. Carilli, E. L. Chapin, S. Chapman, D. Clements, K. Coppin, M. Crawford, M. Devlin, S. Dicker, L. Dunne, S. A. Eales, A. Edge, D. Farrah, M. Fox, C. Frenk, E. Gazta~naga, W. Gear, E. Gonzales-Solares, T.R. Greve, J. Grimes, J. Gundersen, M. Halpern, P. Hargrave, D. H. Hughes, R. J. Ivison, M.Jarvis, T. Jenness, R. Jimenez, E. van Kampen, A. King, C. Lacey, A. Lawrence, K. Lepage, G. L. Granato, R. G. Mann, G. Marsden, P. Mauskopf, B. Netter_eld, S. Olivier, L. Olmi, M. J. Page, J. Peacock, C. P. Pearson, W. J. Percival, A. Pope, R. S. Priddey, S. Rawlings, N. Roche, M. Rowan-Robinson, D. Scott, K. Sekiguchi, M. Seigar, L. Silva, C. Simpson, I. Smail, J. A. Stevens, T. Takagi, G. Tucker, C. Vlahakis, I. Waddington, J. Wagg, M. Watson & C. Willott, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 363, 509 (2005)
  19. I. Didschuns, A.L. Woodcraft, D. Bintley, P.C. Hargrave, “Thermal conductance measurements of bolted copper to copper joints at sub-Kelvin temperatures.”, Cryogenics 44 (2004) 293–299
  20. Peter Hargrave, Jeffrey Beeman, Patrick Collins, Iris Didschuns, Matthew Griffin, Brian Kiernan, Giampaolo Pisano, “In-Flight Calibration Sources for Herschel-SPIRE”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4850, p. 638-649
  21. Bruce Swinyard, Kjetil Dohlen, Didier Ferand, Jean-Paul Baluteau, Dominique Pouliquen, Pascal Dargent, Guy Michel, Jerome Martingnac, Peter Ade, Peter Hargrave, Matthew Griffin, Donald Jennings, Martin Caldwell, “The Imaging FTS for Herschel SPIRE”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4850, p. 698-709
  22. P.A.Collins, P.A.R.Ade, M.Caldwell, M. Ferlet, M.J.Griffin, P.C.Hargrave, M.R.Harman, D.L.Smith, B.M.Swinyard, “A Ground Calibration Facility for Herschel-SPIRE”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4850, p. 628-637
  23. Turner, A.D., Bock, J.J., Beeman, J.W., Glenn, J., Hargrave, P.C., Hristov, V.V., Nguyen, H.T., Rahman, F., Sethuraman, S., Woodcraft, A.L., “Si3N4 Micromesh Bolometer Array for Sub-millimeter Astrophysics”, Appl. Opt. Vol. 40, No. 28, 2001 4921-4932
  24. Hargrave PC. Maffei B. Hermoso R. Gannaway G. Griffin MJ. Ade PAR. Haynes CV. Tucker CE. Moseley SH. Bock JJ. Rodriguez L. “A low-background 3He bolometer array test facility and its use in evaluating prototype arrays for FIRST-SPIRE”. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors & Associated Equipment, vol.444, no.1-2, 11 April 2000, pp.427-33. Netherlands.
  25. “Time resolved electron motion on isolated polymer chains in solution”. K.J.Donovan, P.Hargrave, K.Scott, M.Somerton & S.Spagnoli. Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 17, 3731-3734
  26. “Time-differential PAC parameters for 111In-DTPA labeled vesicles”. P.C.Hargrave, F.A.Smith, K.Bown & R.Carr. Chem. Phys. Lett. 246 (1995) 626-631
  27. “Optical properties of multicellular tumour spheroids”. P.C.Hargrave, P.W.Nicholson, D.T.Delpy & M Firbank. Physics in Medicine & Biology, vol.41, no.6, June 1996, pp.1067-72.

Biography

PhD, University of London, 1997.

Current responsibilities

Postgraduate Students

Co-supervision of PhD students.