Dave Clements
Warning
This website is under construction. Things are a bit thin here at the moment, but images, links, and other fun things will be coming along real soon now. Promise!
Teaching
Click here for resources for the 3rd year lab unit Astronomical Image Processing.
Click here for graduate student instrumentation lectures.
Research
Much of the history of star and galaxy formation in the universe is hidden by dust. My research is concerned with
using long wavelength observations, in the mid- to far-IR and submillimetre, to see through the obscuring dust and
to uncover the role and internal physics of dusty objects in the history of the universe.
As part of this work I am involved with a wide range of observational programmes. These include:
- The Planck Surveyor
This is an ESA mission to survey the entire sky at submm and short radio wavelengths. Its main goal is to better
understand the cos,mic microwave background, but it will also produce an all-sky survey of far-IR and submm luminous
objects in the local and distant universe. This will give us unique new insights into dusty galaxies and the
processes that drive them.
- The Herschel Observatory
This is an ESA space observatory that will operate in the far-Infrared. As an observatory, it is a general purpose
telescope. My main interest is in the study of distant galaxies with Herschel, and I am involved with several large
scale surveys that will be undertaken with Herschel.
- SPICA
SPICA is a proposed Japanese infrared space observatory. It will be the successor to Herschel and, since it will
have a large cooled primary, it will provide a massive boost in sensitivity compared to Herschel. I am part
of a team putting together a proposal for a Spectrometer instrument for SPICA, base din part on our work with the
SPIRE instrument for Herschel.
- SCUBA2
SCUBA2 is the next generation of ground-based submm instruments. It will operate at the JCMT and will represent a
factor of 1000 increase in capability over the previous generatioon of submm cameras. I am involved in a number
of extragalactic survey progarmmes with SCUBA2, including the deep extragalactic survey, and the SASSy all sky
survey. I am also involved with observations using SCUBA, including a significant role in the SHADES large area
SCUBA survey.
- Spitzer
Spitzer is NASA's infrared space telescope, and is currently operating. I am part of the SWIRE legacy team which
has conducted the largest area survey with Spitzer, and am invovled in a number of other observational programmes.
Resources
The Planck Input Catalog
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