Galaxy formation and evolution 2010 - 2015
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Institute of Astronomy
Abstract
TThis programmatic five-year rolling grant application addresses one of the most important problems in extragalactic astronomy, the formation and evolution of galaxies. The task is one of the key goals in the current STFC Road Map and is a defining objective of virtually every national decadal survey world-wide. A full understanding of galaxy formation and evolution requires multiple lines of attack. Observations of the resolved stellar populations in the Milky Way and its Local Group companions provide a detailed fossil record of the dynamical assemblies of the galaxies, the formation of stars, and the buildup of heavy elements over a wide range of mass scales and initial conditions. At the other end of the scale, observations of distant galaxies spanning lookback times of up to 12 Gyr provide direct measurements of the evolution of galaxy populations and the buildup of stars and metals with cosmic time. Finally, measurements of the large-scale star formation and abundance properties of nearby galaxies form a vital astrophysical bridge between the studies of nearby resolved stellar populations and the distant high-redshift investigations, by allowing us to characterise the evolutionary properties of the Hubble sequence and the complex ``gastrophysical'' processes that regulate the accretion of gas and the formation of stars in galaxies. In this rolling grant application we propose a series of investigations that will advance our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution on all three fronts.
Organisations
Publications
Minniti D
(2010)
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way
in New Astronomy
Potter A
(2010)
Magnetic field evolution of white dwarfs in strongly interacting binary star systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gair J
(2010)
LISA extreme-mass-ratio inspiral events as probes of the black hole mass function
in Physical Review D
Zoghbi A
(2010)
X-ray reprocessing and reverberation in the AGN 1H0707-495
Koposov S
(2010)
CONSTRAINING THE MILKY WAY POTENTIAL WITH A SIX-DIMENSIONAL PHASE-SPACE MAP OF THE GD-1 STELLAR STREAM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Watkins L
(2010)
The masses of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies The masses of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smart R
(2010)
The distance to the cool T9 brown dwarf ULAS J003402.77-005206.7
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Zwitter T
(2010)
Distance determination for RAVE stars using stellar models II. Most likely values assuming a standard stellar evolution scenario*
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Norris J
(2010)
AN EXTREMELY CARBON-RICH, EXTREMELY METAL-POOR STAR IN THE SEGUE 1 SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bonsor A
(2010)
Post-main-sequence evolution of A star debris discs Post-main-sequence evolution of debris discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Marinucci A
(2010)
The X-ray spectral signatures from the complex circumnuclear regions in the Compton thick AGN NGC 424
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Banerji M
(2010)
Exploring the luminosity evolution and stellar mass assembly of 2SLAQ luminous red galaxies between redshifts 0.4 and 0.8
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Werner N
(2010)
Feedback under the microscope - II. Heating, gas uplift and mixing in the nearest cluster core AGN heating and gas uplift in M87
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lagattuta D
(2010)
ADAPTIVE OPTICS OBSERVATIONS OF B0128+437: A LOW-MASS, HIGH-REDSHIFT GRAVITATIONAL LENS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Raimundo S
(2010)
AGN properties in a cosmological evolution scenario
Hurley J
(2010)
Formation of binary millisecond pulsars by accretion-induced collapse of white dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Reis R
(2010)
Black hole accretion discs in the canonical low-hard state
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Norris J
(2010)
BOO-1137-AN EXTREMELY METAL-POOR STAR IN THE ULTRA-FAINT DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXY BOÖTES I
in The Astrophysical Journal
Treu T
(2010)
THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hilbert S
(2010)
Reducing distance errors for standard candles and standard sirens with weak-lensing shear and flexion maps Reducing distance errors with weak-lensing maps
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Niederste-Ostholt M
(2010)
The tidal tails of the ultrafaint globular cluster Palomar 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
PeƱarrubia J
(2010)
The impact of dark matter cusps and cores on the satellite galaxy population around spiral galaxies Impact of cusps and cores on the satellite population
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dunn R
(2010)
The radio properties of a complete, X-ray selected sample of nearby, massive elliptical galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Russell H
(2010)
The X-ray luminous cluster underlying the bright radio-quiet quasar H1821+643
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Owen J
(2010)
Radiation-hydrodynamic models of X-ray and EUV photoevaporating protoplanetary discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society