Bob Nichol (ICG Portsmouth) FUAP: FAR UNIVERSE ADVISORY PANEL FUAP Official Remit • One of five advisory panels created to provide long-term
advice to PPAN at STFC
• Our science remit is “parts of the astronomy and space
science programmes concerned with the global properties of
our galaxy, with objects beyond our galaxy, and with
cosmology.”
• Our tasks are:
 Draft and maintain a roadmap describing current and future research
opportunities in their areas, for presentation and approval by PPAN.
 Consult and interact with the community to ensure its views are canvassed and
there is an appropriate and effective route for communication with STFC on strategic
programmatic issues.
 Make an independent presentation to PPAN on the relevant panel area in years in
which an STFC Programmatic Review takes place, thereby providing community
input to the programmatic review process.
FUAP Membership • Sarah Bridle
• Anthony Challinor
• Chris Conselice
• Shude Mao
• Rob Fender
• Bob Nichol (chair)
• Paul O'Brien
 A long‐term science roadmap for the extra‐galacCc community which we will be updated over the coming years and provide PPAN and STFC with our science prioriCes for the coming decades.  A posiCve statement on the faciliCes, projects and experiments needed both today and in the future to achieve the science roadmap and maintain UK leadership in strategic areas.  A broad view of the UK science producCvity, which could include all aspects of a successful and healthy UK astronomical community. Other Panels Universe Advisory Panel (NUAP) is chaired by Michele Dougherty and is focused on the contents of our Galaxy ParCcle Astrophysics Advisory Panel (PAAP) is chaired by Philip Mauskopf and there are obvious potenHal overlaps with FUAP, e.g., CMB research, cosmic‐ray experiments, etc. Ground‐based Review (GBR) is chaired by Michael Rowan‐Robinson and was established by STFC to review present and future opHcal/IR/radio faciliHes available to UK astronomers. This review is focused mainly on such faciliHes and is tasked with performing a major community review of these faciliHes before the Autumn. The GBR will report to STFC and the PPAN advisory panels by the end of October, and will then be dissolved. Present SituaHon  We have craSed an iniHal science strategy document  This document is now open for consultaHon, see hSp://research.icg.port.ac.uk/fuap‐quesConnaire  Established website for informaHon hSp://research.icg.port.ac.uk/wikis/fuap Cosmology • What are the physical laws that govern the
beginning of the Universe?
• What is the origin of large-scale structures in
the Universe?
• What is the nature of the dark matter and dark
energy?
• Is our present model of cosmology based on
the correct laws of physics and assumptions?
First Light • How and when did the first stars and black holes
in the Universe form?
• What are the best ways to find these first objects
in the Universe?
• How and when did the Universe become reionized?
• How and when did the Universe become enriched
with all the complex elements we see today?
Galaxies • How do galaxies form and evolve?
• What is the role of environment and interactions
in galaxy evolution?
• What are the contents of galaxies and the details
of their internal structures and mechanisms?
• What lies between the galaxies?
Extreme Astrophysics • Do our laws of physics on Earth apply under
extreme conditions in the Universe?
• What is the astrophysics behind accretion of
matter and energetic feedback around compact
objects?
• What are the sources of gravitational waves and
neutrinos?
• How and where does relativistic particle
acceleration occur?
Next Steps  Web questionnaire ends July 10th
 Read, digest and update science strategy
document by end of July
 Next map facilities to science (August)
 Consult with community (late August/early
September)
 First report by mid-september
 Presentation to PPAN by end of September
Final Comments  STFC budget “ok” for this year, but life
gets tough next year and beyond
 We have some breathing space to make
some priorities
 Everything we do is public (see webpage)
 We know people are wary of too much
consultation, but we need it!
 Thank you!