1. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology Astronomy Research at Durham

2. Astronomy at Durham

3. ~90 astronomers in 5 groups: Xgal theory & observations (45) Astronomical instrumentation (32) Gamma rays (9) High energy astro (3) Historical astronomy (1) Astronomy at Durham

4. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology The Institute for Computational Cosmology Funded by: JIF JREI Prof Peter Ogden Durham University  New building  Ogden Chair  New lectureship  COSMA-1 Supercomputer www.icc.dur.ac.uk The “Cosmology machine” The Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics Opened by Tony Blair on Oct/02

5. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology Key questions addressed at Durham 1.What is the universe made of? 2.What is the identity of the dark matter? 3.What are the values of the fundamental cosmological parameters? 4.What is the origin of cosmic structure? 5.How do galaxies form and evolve? 6.What is role of quasars in galaxy formation? 7.Astrophysics of extreme objects (black holes, gamma ray sources)

6. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology Research tools 1.Observations (space and ground-based telescopes) – Whole wavelength range from  -rays to radio – 4% of all worldwide telescope time (ESO VLT, Gemini) – Large surveys of galaxies and quasars – Targetted observations 2. Theory –Large supercomputer simulations –Analytical techniques (semi-analytic galaxy formation) –Modelling

7. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology The Cosmology Machine Titania 24 Sunfire processors 48 Gigabytes Centaur 128 UltraSparc III cluster 64 Gigabytes ram One of the largest supercomputers for academic research in the UK dedicated to numerical cosmology £650k JREI grant to Virgo £250k Sun Opened by Patricia Hewitt in Aug/01 COSMA-1 COSMA-3 £675k SRIF-2 -- ICC £55k SRIF-2 -- Sussex £75k PPARC – Virgo 2006  COSMA-2 £465k JIF grant to ICC £200k Sun March/04 Quintor 512 processors, 630 Gbytes ram, 60 Tbyte storage Total cost (2002-06)  £ 2, 370,000 PPARC contribution  £ 75,000

8. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology 1994 – 04 : 14 faculty appointments 1999 : £600k refurbishment instrumentation labs 2001 : £1 million for Ogden Centre 2003 : £1 million for Netpark instrumentation lab 2004 : £ 675k (SRIF-2) for Cosmology Machine 2004 -- : 4 new Professors University Support for Astronomy Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at Durham: 2005-2010

9. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at Durham: 2005-2010 Recent appointments: 2005 : Alastair Edge (Obs: extragalactic) 2004 : Martin Ward (Obs: X-rays, AGN/starburst, GRB) 2004 : Adrian Jenkins (50% e-Science Lecturer, ICC) 2002 : Tom Theuns (Theory, ICC) 2001 : Shaun Cole (Theory, ICC) 2000 : Simon Morris (Instrumentation & Obs) 2000 : Chris Done (accretion disks) Promotions and future appointments: 2004 : Richard Bower  Professor 2004 : Ian Smail  Professorial Fellow 2005 : Shaun Cole  Professor

10. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at Durham: 2005-2010

11. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology The 2dF galaxy redshift survey

13. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at Durham: 2005-2010 401 refereed papers since 2001 Ranked 1st in UK astronomy for citation impact in latest analysis by Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) 5 applicants (+MJW) in “highly-cited” ISI list (top 0.5%)  (total of 20 in UK) Publications

14. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at Durham: 2005-2010 Refereed papers by applicants C m = citations per paper mean for NASA ADS

15. University of Durham Institute for Computational Cosmology The Virgo consortium (based at Durham) The 2dF galaxy and QSO redshift survey The 2dF/SDSS Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) programme EC RTN on Physics of the IGM EC RTN SISCO (Durham coordinator) EC Alfa network programme (Durham coordinator) Major international collaborations: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at Durham: 2005-2010