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
Beirão P
(2010)
Far-infrared line imaging of the starburst ring in NGC 1097 with the Herschel /PACS spectrometer
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Corradi R
(2009)
IPHAS and the symbiotic stars II. New discoveries and a sample of the most common mimics
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Koubský P
(2010)
Properties and nature of Be stars 28. Implications of systematic observations for the nature of the multiple system with the Be star o Cassiopeæ and its circumstellar environment
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Tauber J
(2010)
Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Breddels M
(2010)
Distance determination for RAVE stars using stellar models
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Glushkova E
(2010)
Automated search for star clusters in large multiband surveys: II. Discovery and investigation of open clusters in the galactic plane
in Astronomy Letters
Glushkova E
(2010)
Photometry of the poorly studied galactic open star clusters King 13, King 18, King 19, King 20, NGC 136, and NGC 7245
in Astronomy Letters
Norris John E.
(2013)
THE MOST METAL-POOR STARS. IV. THE TWO POPULATIONS WITH [Fe/H] ?-3.0
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Evans N. W.
(2011)
ACCURATE MASS ESTIMATORS FOR NAVARRO-FRENK-WHITE HALOS
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Ammar M
(2012)
Third-order secular Solution of the variational equations of motion of a satellite in orbit around a non-spherical planet
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Mofiz U
(2013)
Langmuir dark solitons in dense ultrarelativistic electron-positron gravito-plasma in pulsar magnetosphere
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Mofiz U
(2011)
Growing electrostatic modes in the isothermal pair plasma of the pulsar magnetosphere
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Minniti D.
(2011)
The VVV Survey of the Milky Way: first year results
in Boletin de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia La Plata Argentina
Barb
(2011)
Advances in the VVV-2MASS photometric transformations from Galactic disk CASU catalogues: Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey
in Boletin de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia La Plata Argentina
Evans N. W.
(2011)
Chandrasekhar and modern stellar dynamics
in BULLETIN OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
Wyatt M
(2011)
Debris disk size distributions: steady state collisional evolution with Poynting-Robertson drag and other loss processes
in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Veras D
(2012)
Planetary orbital equations in externally-perturbed systems: position and velocity-dependent forces
in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Punturo M
(2010)
The third generation of gravitational wave observatories and their science reach
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Aasi J
(2012)
The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Babak S
(2011)
Fundamental physics and cosmology with LISA
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Gair J
(2011)
Constraining properties of the black hole population using LISA
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Antonucci F
(2012)
The LISA Pathfinder mission
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Feroz F
(2010)
Classifying LISA gravitational wave burst signals using Bayesian evidence
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Pontzen A
(2011)
Linearization of homogeneous, nearly-isotropic cosmological models
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Hild S
(2011)
Sensitivity studies for third-generation gravitational wave observatories
in Classical and Quantum Gravity