Research project

A low-noise large-area X-ray detector for optical astronomy

Research groups:
Lead researcher:

Professor Tony Bird
Other researchers:

Professor Christian Knigge,

Professor Diego Altamirano,

Professor Poshak Gandhi
Research funder:

Research England
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

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

Multiwavelength Accretion and Astronomical Transients

Our group carries out frontline research on observational astrophyics. We study black holes across the electromagnetic spectrum, the formation and growth.