- Galaxies
- Cosmology
- Pulsars and supernovae
- VLBI and masers
- Radio Astronomy Instruments
- Radio Astronomy Techniques
- Computing
Specific project titles (and prospective supervisors) include the following: Ph.D. projects- Star formation and Magnetic fields in Nearby Galaxies (LSS, BK)
- HIPASS V2: An updated blind survey of the local universe (LSS, MM)
- Pushing the redshift boundary with deep HI observations (LSS, MM)
- Frequency Phase Transfer to calibrate Low Frequency Arrays (MR, RD)
- Galaxy Finding (LSS)
- Hidden supernovae and supernova hosts (SDR, LSS)
- Graphics Processor Units for Astronomy (LSS, RD)
- Sparse Aperture Arrays (LSS)
- The Epoch of Reionization (LSS)
- Ionospheric Propagation (LSS, RD)
- Centaurus A: the nearest Active Galaxy (IF, PJQ, LSS)
- Studies of the Polarisation of Southern AGNs with VLBI (RD, MR)
Honours/Vacation projects- Proper motions of water masers with VLBI (MR)
- The clustering of Galaxies and Quasars (LSS)
- The Velocity Function (LSS, MM)
- The lumpiness of dark matter (PJQ)
- The Unusual Companion of NGX 7531 (LSS, PJQ)
- The Tully-Fisher relation for Edge-on Galaxies (MM)
- Space Observatories and the Origin of Infrared Dust Emission (MM)
- The Distributed FX correlator (RD)
- Methanol Maser Polarisation (RD)
- Proper Motion of PSR1706-44 (RD)
- The Foreground of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LSS)
- Space VLBI observations of M87 (RD)
Please contact us for further details on the above, and other, proposals. |
A simulation of hydrogen gas in the later stages of the
evolving Universe. The light regions correspond to neutral
hydrogen; the remainder is ionized.
Credit: Steve Furlanetto et
al.
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