Professor Michael Edmunds
M.A., Ph.D., FRAS, FInstP, CPhys
Teams and roles for Michael Edmunds
Emeritus Professor
Publication
2026
- Landt, H. et al., 2026. Discussion: The future is our future. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 20 (S387), pp.353-363. (10.1017/s1743921324002680)
2023
- Edmunds, M. G. 2023. Astronomical measurements 1923–2023: a century of astonishing progress. Measurement Science and Technology 34 (12) 121001. (10.1088/1361-6501/acf1bc)
2017
- Edmunds, M. 2017. Founders of the RAS: Francis Baily. Astronomy & Geophysics 58 (1), pp.1.11. (10.1093/astrogeo/atx018)
2011
- Edmunds, M. G. 2011. An Initial Assessment of the Accuracy of the Gear Trains in the Antikythera Mechanism. Journal for the History of Astronomy 42 (3), pp.307-320.
- Edmunds, M. G. and Freeth, T. 2011. Using Computation to Decode the First Known Computer. Computer 44 (7), pp.32-39. (10.1109/MC.2011.134)
2010
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2010. Submillimetre variability of Eta Carinae: cool dust within the outer ejecta. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters 401 (1), pp.L48-L52. (10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00784.x)
2007
- Ward-Thompson, D. et al. 2007. The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope legacy survey of nearby atar-forming regions in the Gould Belt. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 119 (858), pp.855-870. (10.1086/521277)
2006
- Freeth, T. et al. 2006. Decoding the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculator Known as the Antikythera Mechanism [Letter]. Nature 444 , pp.587-591. (10.1038/nature05357)
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2006. Submillimetre Emission from Eta Carinae. Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society 372 , pp.1133-1139. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10921.x)
2005
- Edmunds, M. G. and Gomez, H. L. 2005. Dust in supernovae and supernova remnants. Presented at: The Fate of Most Massive Stars Grand Teton National Park, WY, USA 23-28 May 2004. Published in: Humphreys, R. and Stanek, K. Z. eds. The Fate of Most Massive Stars: Proceedings of a Meeting held at Jackson Lake Grand Lodge, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, 23-28 May 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series Vol. 332. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. , pp.324-331.
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2005. Iron Needles in Supernova Remnants?. Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society 361 , pp.1012-1014. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09241.x)
2004
- Dunne, L. et al. 2004. Dust production in supernovae. New Astronomy Reviews 48 (7-8), pp.611-614. (10.1016/j.newar.2003.12.052)
- Gray, M. D. and Edmunds, M. G. 2004. Modification of Dust Grain Structure by Sputtering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 349 (2), pp.491- 502. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07502.x)
- Morgan, H. L. et al., 2004. Cold dust in Supernovae - the origin of dust in high redshift galaxies. Presented at: Astrophysics of Dust 2003 Estes Park , CO, USA 26 - 30 May 2003.
2003
- Dunne, L. , Eales, S. A. and Edmunds, M. G. 2003. A Census of Metals at High and Low Redshift and the Connection Between Submillimetre Sources and Spheroid Formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 341 (2), pp.589-598. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06440.x)
- Dunne, L. et al. 2003. Type II Supernovae as a significant source of interstellar dust. Nature 424 , pp.285-287. (10.1038/nature01792)
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2003. Cold Dust in Kepler's Supernova Remnant. The Astrophysical Journal 597 , pp.L33-L36. (10.1086/379639)
- Gomez, H. L. and Edmunds, M. G. 2003. Dust Formation in Early Galaxies. Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society 343 , pp.427-442. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06681.x)
- James, A. et al., 2003. A new method to determine the relation between dust mass and submm luminosity. Presented at: Galaxy evolution : theory and observations Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México 8 - 12 April 2002. Published in: Avila-Reese, V. et al., Galaxy evolution : theory and observations : Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México, abril 8-12, 2002. Revista mexicana de astronomía y astrofisíca (RevMexAA)- Serie de Conferencias Vol. 17. Cozumel, Mexico: Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. , pp.269-269.
2002
- James, A. et al., 2002. SCUBA observations of galaxies with metallicity measurements: a new method for determining the relation between submillimetre luminosity and dust mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (3), pp.753-761. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05660.x)
2001
- Edmunds, M. G. , Dunne, L. and Eales, S. A. 2001. An Elementary Model for the Dust Cycle in Galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 328 (1), pp.223-236. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04859.x)
2000
- Dunne, L. et al., 2000. The SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey -- I. First measurements of the submillimetre luminosity and dust mass functions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 315 (1), pp.115-139. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03386.x)
- Edmunds, M. G. and Morgan, P. 2000. The Antikythera Mechanism: still a mystery of Greek astronomy?. Astronomy & Geophysics 41 (6), pp.6.10-6.17. (10.1046/j.1468-4004.2000.41610.x)
1998
- Edmunds, M. G. and Eales, S. A. 1998. Maximum dust masses in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 299 (2), pp.L29-L31. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01971.x)
1997
- Eales, S. A. and Edmunds, M. G. 1997. A robust method for investigating galactic evolution in the submillimetre waveband -- II. The submillimetre background and source counts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 286 (3), pp.732-744. (10.1093/mnras/286.3.732)
- Edmunds, M. G. , Phillipps, S. and Eales, S. A. 1997. Global chemical evolution. Presented at: 37th Herstmonceux Conference Cambridge, UK 1-5 July 1996. Published in: Wall, J. V. , Tanvir, N. R. and Aragon -Salamanca, A. eds. The Hubble Space Telescope and the high redshift universe / 37th Herstmonceux Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 1-5, 1996. River Edge, NJ: World Scientific. , pp.131-132.
1996
- Eales, S. A. and Edmunds, M. G. 1996. The implications of large dust masses at high redshifts: a first look at galactic evolution in the submillimetre waveband. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 280 (4), pp.1167-1180. (10.1093/mnras/280.4.1167)
1990
- Phillipps, S. , Edmunds, M. G. and Davies, J. I. 1990. A surface brightness-metallicity relation for dwarf galaxies - The effect of density thresholds for star formation?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 244 (1), pp.168-172.
Articles
- Dunne, L. , Eales, S. A. and Edmunds, M. G. 2003. A Census of Metals at High and Low Redshift and the Connection Between Submillimetre Sources and Spheroid Formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 341 (2), pp.589-598. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06440.x)
- Dunne, L. et al., 2000. The SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey -- I. First measurements of the submillimetre luminosity and dust mass functions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 315 (1), pp.115-139. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03386.x)
- Dunne, L. et al. 2003. Type II Supernovae as a significant source of interstellar dust. Nature 424 , pp.285-287. (10.1038/nature01792)
- Dunne, L. et al. 2004. Dust production in supernovae. New Astronomy Reviews 48 (7-8), pp.611-614. (10.1016/j.newar.2003.12.052)
- Eales, S. A. and Edmunds, M. G. 1997. A robust method for investigating galactic evolution in the submillimetre waveband -- II. The submillimetre background and source counts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 286 (3), pp.732-744. (10.1093/mnras/286.3.732)
- Eales, S. A. and Edmunds, M. G. 1996. The implications of large dust masses at high redshifts: a first look at galactic evolution in the submillimetre waveband. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 280 (4), pp.1167-1180. (10.1093/mnras/280.4.1167)
- Edmunds, M. G. 2023. Astronomical measurements 1923–2023: a century of astonishing progress. Measurement Science and Technology 34 (12) 121001. (10.1088/1361-6501/acf1bc)
- Edmunds, M. 2017. Founders of the RAS: Francis Baily. Astronomy & Geophysics 58 (1), pp.1.11. (10.1093/astrogeo/atx018)
- Edmunds, M. G. 2011. An Initial Assessment of the Accuracy of the Gear Trains in the Antikythera Mechanism. Journal for the History of Astronomy 42 (3), pp.307-320.
- Edmunds, M. G. , Dunne, L. and Eales, S. A. 2001. An Elementary Model for the Dust Cycle in Galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 328 (1), pp.223-236. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04859.x)
- Edmunds, M. G. and Eales, S. A. 1998. Maximum dust masses in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 299 (2), pp.L29-L31. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01971.x)
- Edmunds, M. G. and Freeth, T. 2011. Using Computation to Decode the First Known Computer. Computer 44 (7), pp.32-39. (10.1109/MC.2011.134)
- Edmunds, M. G. and Morgan, P. 2000. The Antikythera Mechanism: still a mystery of Greek astronomy?. Astronomy & Geophysics 41 (6), pp.6.10-6.17. (10.1046/j.1468-4004.2000.41610.x)
- Freeth, T. et al. 2006. Decoding the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculator Known as the Antikythera Mechanism [Letter]. Nature 444 , pp.587-591. (10.1038/nature05357)
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2003. Cold Dust in Kepler's Supernova Remnant. The Astrophysical Journal 597 , pp.L33-L36. (10.1086/379639)
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2005. Iron Needles in Supernova Remnants?. Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society 361 , pp.1012-1014. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09241.x)
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2006. Submillimetre Emission from Eta Carinae. Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society 372 , pp.1133-1139. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10921.x)
- Gomez, H. L. and Edmunds, M. G. 2003. Dust Formation in Early Galaxies. Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society 343 , pp.427-442. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06681.x)
- Gomez, H. L. et al. 2010. Submillimetre variability of Eta Carinae: cool dust within the outer ejecta. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters 401 (1), pp.L48-L52. (10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00784.x)
- Gray, M. D. and Edmunds, M. G. 2004. Modification of Dust Grain Structure by Sputtering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 349 (2), pp.491- 502. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07502.x)
- James, A. et al., 2002. SCUBA observations of galaxies with metallicity measurements: a new method for determining the relation between submillimetre luminosity and dust mass. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (3), pp.753-761. (10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05660.x)
- Landt, H. et al., 2026. Discussion: The future is our future. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 20 (S387), pp.353-363. (10.1017/s1743921324002680)
- Phillipps, S. , Edmunds, M. G. and Davies, J. I. 1990. A surface brightness-metallicity relation for dwarf galaxies - The effect of density thresholds for star formation?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 244 (1), pp.168-172.
- Ward-Thompson, D. et al. 2007. The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope legacy survey of nearby atar-forming regions in the Gould Belt. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 119 (858), pp.855-870. (10.1086/521277)
Conferences
- Edmunds, M. G. and Gomez, H. L. 2005. Dust in supernovae and supernova remnants. Presented at: The Fate of Most Massive Stars Grand Teton National Park, WY, USA 23-28 May 2004. Published in: Humphreys, R. and Stanek, K. Z. eds. The Fate of Most Massive Stars: Proceedings of a Meeting held at Jackson Lake Grand Lodge, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, 23-28 May 2004. Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series Vol. 332. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. , pp.324-331.
- Edmunds, M. G. , Phillipps, S. and Eales, S. A. 1997. Global chemical evolution. Presented at: 37th Herstmonceux Conference Cambridge, UK 1-5 July 1996. Published in: Wall, J. V. , Tanvir, N. R. and Aragon -Salamanca, A. eds. The Hubble Space Telescope and the high redshift universe / 37th Herstmonceux Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 1-5, 1996. River Edge, NJ: World Scientific. , pp.131-132.
- James, A. et al., 2003. A new method to determine the relation between dust mass and submm luminosity. Presented at: Galaxy evolution : theory and observations Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México 8 - 12 April 2002. Published in: Avila-Reese, V. et al., Galaxy evolution : theory and observations : Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México, abril 8-12, 2002. Revista mexicana de astronomía y astrofisíca (RevMexAA)- Serie de Conferencias Vol. 17. Cozumel, Mexico: Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. , pp.269-269.
- Morgan, H. L. et al., 2004. Cold dust in Supernovae - the origin of dust in high redshift galaxies. Presented at: Astrophysics of Dust 2003 Estes Park , CO, USA 26 - 30 May 2003.
Biography
Mike Edmunds is Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University andformer Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy. He was educated atCambridge, but has lived and worked in Wales for over 35 years. His mainresearch career involved the determination and interpretation of theabundances of the chemical elements in the Universe, and investigation ofthe origin of interstellar dust. Later work has partly focused on thehistory of astronomy, and on Science in Society activity. Mike is Chair theAntikythera Mechanism Research Project, Chair of the Astronomical HeritageCommittee of the Royal Astronomical Society, a former member of two UKResearch Councils (the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and the Science and Technology Facilities Council), and can occasionally be seenin his one-man play about Newton "Sir Isaac Remembers...".
Contact Details
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Queen's Buildings - West Building Extension, Room WX/3.08, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
+44 29208 76881
Queen's Buildings - West Building Extension, Room WX/3.08, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
