e-MERLIN Time Awards
e-MERLIN is operated by the University of Manchester as a National Facility of the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and is available for use on a peer-review basis, with observing proposals dealt with by the Panel for Allocation of Telescope Time (PATT). During the first 5 semesters of e-MERLIN operations ~50% of observing time has been allocated to 12 large legacy projects and most of the remaining time will be allocated via PATT to standard proposals solicited prior to each observing semester.
Shared-risk 'Cycle-0' observations started in February 2012, with some limitations in observing capabilities. Some commissioning and development work may still take place. Shared risk observations will be carried out on a best-effort basis, but essential system work will take priority over PATT observations. The continuum bandwidth at C-band is currently limited to 512MHz. The full 2GHz bandwidth will not become available until a later semester.
Time was awarded in the following categories:
A: Higher priority -- No commitment is given to complete observations in this category although most are likely to be observed. (Lo) means that the Lovell telescope may be included.
B: Lower priority -- No commitment is given to complete observations in this category although substantial numbers are likely to be observed. For certain projects, this may include observations with a subset of the MERLIN array.
Targets of Opportunity: Observations are not guaranteed, but in the past all or almost all of the observations in this category are usually completed, if triggered.
| CODE | TITLE (may be shortened) | PI | L-Band TIME AWARDED | C-Band TIME AWARDED | K-Band TIME AWARDED | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12A-005 | Disentangling the Nature of Powerful Radio Galaxies at z~3 | Dr Edo Ibar | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-006 | e-MERLIN observations of three unusual radio sources in M31 | Dr Megan Argo | 1 run B | - | Started | |
| 12A-007 | 0800+608: a laboratory for jet physics | Neal Jackson | 3 runs B | - | Started | |
| 12A-008 | A search for SN/SNRs in IC2497 | Dr Megan Argo | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-009 | Characterising the ULX population in the interacting system Arp 147 | Dr Megan Argo | 2 runs B | - | Started | |
| 12A-010 | Radio-"quiet" quad lenses and CDM substructure in galaxies | Neal Jackson | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-011 | Detection of AGN cores in mass-selected elliptical galaxies | Neal Jackson | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-012 | Jet Production in the Neutron star X-ray Binary Cygnus X-2 | Prof Ralph Spencer | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-013 | Stellar evolution after a very late thermal pulse | Albert Zijlstra | - | 2 runs B | - | - |
| 12A-014 | Imaging the water vapour from MG J0414+0534 at redshift 2.64 | Dr. John McKean | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-015 | WR 147 | Richard Davis | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-016 | An e-MERLIN Survey of Compact Objects in Orion | Simon Garrington | 1 run B | 2 runs B | - | Started |
| 12A-017 | Intermediate-Scale Structure of the Spine-Sheath Jet in a Blazar | Professor David Roberts | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-018 | Expansion and evolution of planetary nebulae | Albert Zijlstra | - | 2 runs B | - | - |
| 12A-019 | Morphological Study of AGN and Star Formation | Dr Caitlin Casey | 3 runs B | - | - | Started |
| 12A-020 | The deepest radio imaging of M82 ever! | Dr Melanie Gendre | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-021 | Why are jets and lobes of core-dominated triple blazars often misaligned | Dr Andrzej Marecki | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-022 | Confirmation of restarted activity in 0932+075 | Dr Andrzej Marecki | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-023 | The evolving ejecta and CSM of the gamma-ray nova V407 Cyg | Dr Tim OBrien | 1 run A (Lo) | 1 run A (Lo) | - | Started |
| 12A-024 | Comparing star-formation and molecular gas morphology | Dr. John McKean | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-025 | A sensitive study of the peculiar jet structure HST-1 in M87 | Marcello Giroletti | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-026 | The FR Divide Through Environmental Effects | Ms Tamela Maciel | 2 runs B | - | - | - |
| 12A-027 | Classifying Radio Emitters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | Mariangela Vitale | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-028 | Investigating intermittent radio jets to unveil AGN-galaxy feedback | Dr Emanuela Orru | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-029 | Accretion history of 10^5 Super-massive Black Holes: A pilot study | Prof Andreas Eckart | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-030 | MERLIN observations of the disc-dominated FRI radio source B2 0722+30 | Elisabetta Liuzzo | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-031 | The Disk/Jet Connection in Radio Quiet AGN | Professor Ian McHardy | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-032 | The Hyperyoung HII region G24.78+0.08 A1 | Dr Alvaro Sanchez-Monge | - | 1 run A (Lo) | - | - |
| 12A-033 | Star formation and gravitational lensing in a high-z system | Valeriu Tudose | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-034 | Formaldehyde Absorption and Emission in NGC3079 | Willem Baan | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-035 | Are colliding-wind binary systems causing variable methanol masers | Dr Adam Avison | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-036 | Spectral Structure and Particle Acceleration in the Hotspots of FRI | Mr Jeremy Harwood | - | 5 runs B | - | - |
| 12A-037 | Detailed Radio Imaging of Herschel High-z, Red Galaxies | Prof Scott Chapman | 4 runs A (Lo) | - | - | Started |
| 12A-038 | The boiling face of Betelgeuse | Dr Anita Richards | - | 1 run A (Lo) | - | - |
| 12A-039 | eMERLIN follow up of the ongoing outburst in o Ceti in C-Band | Dr Sandra Etoka | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-040 | Angular size of the OH maser shell of OH 104.9+2.4 | Dr. Dieter Engels | 1 run B | - | - | - |
| 12A-041 | Collimation of the equatorial wind from S140 IRS1 | Mr Luke Maud | 1 run B | - | - | Started |
| 12A-042 | High-resolution imaging of star formation and AGN activity | Matthieu Bethermin | 3 runs A (Lo) | - | - | Started |
| 12A-043 | PG1700+518 - Rosetta Stone QSO? | prof dr Peter Barthel | - | 1 run B | - | - |
| 12A-044 | Radio observations of a CSS galaxy | Dr Magdalena Kunert-Bajrasz | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-045 | Astrometry with e-MERLIN finding gravitational wave rockets | Prof Ian Browne | - | Commissioning | - | - |
| 12A-046 | NGC 3718 - The northern Centaurus A | Dr. Jens Zuther | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-047 | A glimpse into the earliest stage of star formation | Dr Jaime E Pineda | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-048 | On the nature of the nuclear emission of the extreme galaxy IRAS010 | Monica Valencia-S | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-049 | Measuring the real far-infrared--radio correlation | Dr Matt Jarvis | 4 runs A | - | - | Started |
| 12A-050 | An multi-wavelength study of a Class I protobinary in Taurus | Miss Joanna Bulger | 1 run A (Lo) | 1 run A (Lo) | - | Started |
| 12A-051 | An eMerlin investigation of the radio emission from massive exoplanets | Dr. Luca Ricci | 2 runs A (Lo) | - | Started | |
| 12A-052 | Does every AGN have a jet? | Professor Andy Lawrence | - | 3 runs B | - | - |
| 12A-053 | Towards a semi-empirical model of the e-MERLIN primary beam | Dr Ian Heywood | Commissioning | - | - | - |
| 12A-054 | Pilot observations for the e-MERLIN gravitational lensing legacy survey | Dr Stephen Serjeant | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-055 | The distance to classical nova V1723 Aql | Dr Stewart Eyres | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-056 | The peculiar central star of the planetary nebula Sh2-71 | Dr Myfanwy Lloyd | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-058 | Testing the major merger - starburst - AGN connection | Dr Lingyu Wang | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-059 | Radio Observation for Star Fomration and AGN Activities in LIRGs | Kouichiro Nakanishi | 1 run B | - | - | - |
| 12A-060 | Testing black hole grand unification with the most massive black holes | Petrus van Oers | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-061 | Combined radio/infrared monitoring of brown dwarfs | Dr Jenny Patience | - | - | - | - |
| CODE | TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY | PI | L-Band TIME AWARDED | C-Band TIME AWARDED | K-Band TIME AWARDED | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12A-T001 | Faraday rotation measure towards an accreting Galactic black hole | Dr Anthony Rushton | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-T002 | Verifying the ubiquity of the disc-jet connection | Dr. James Miller-Jones | - | Up to 3 runs (1 trigger) | - | - |
| 12A-T003 | Target of Opportunity observations of X-ray binary state transitions | Dr Anthony Rushton | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-T004 | Probing Type Ia supernova progenitors with eMERLIN | Dr. Miguel Perez-Torres | 6 runs (up to 3 triggers) | - | 1 trigger | |
| 12A-T005 | Probing the radio emission of core-collapse supernovae of all types | Dr. Miguel Perez-Torres | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-T006 | Unveiling the nature of near-IR detected supernovae in LIRGs | Dr. Miguel Perez-Torres | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-T007 | eMERLIN mapping the dynamical changes of the 1665 MHz outburst | Dr Sandra Etoka | - | - | - | - |
| 12A-T008 | Search for mechanisms of periodic variability of 6.7 GHz methanol masers | dr Marian Szymczak | - | - | - | - |
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