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
ZIPFEL J
(2011)
Bounce Rock-A shergottite-like basalt encountered at Meridiani Planum, Mars
in Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Bonsor A
(2011)
Dynamical effects of stellar mass-loss on a Kuiper-like belt Dynamical effects of stellar mass-loss
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mortlock D
(2012)
Probabilistic selection of high-redshift quasars Probabilistic quasar selection
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Potter A
(2012)
Towards a unified model of stellar rotation - II. Model-dependent characteristics of stellar populations Stellar populations including rotation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Veljanoski J
(2013)
Newly discovered globular clusters in NGC 147 and NGC 185 from PAndAS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Karczewski O
(2013)
A multiwavelength study of the Magellanic-type galaxy NGC 4449 - I. Modelling the spectral energy distribution, the ionization structure and the star formation history
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bosman S
(2017)
A deep search for metals near redshift 7: the line of sight towards ULAS J1120+0641
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Quider A
(2010)
A study of interstellar gas and stars in the gravitationally lensed galaxy 'the Cosmic Eye' from rest-frame ultraviolet spectroscopy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sijacki D
(2011)
Gravitational recoils of supermassive black holes in hydrodynamical simulations of gas-rich galaxies Recoils of black holes in gas-rich galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bolton J
(2012)
Improved measurements of the intergalactic medium temperature around quasars: possible evidence for the initial stages of He ii reionization at z ? 6 IGM temperature measurements around z ? 6 quasars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Veras D
(2014)
The great escape - III. Placing post-main-sequence evolution of planetary and binary systems in a Galactic context
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hlavacek-Larrondo J
(2011)
Investigating a sample of strong cool core, highly luminous clusters with radiatively inefficient nuclei Radiatively inefficient cluster cores
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sil'chenko O
(2012)
Ages and abundances in large-scale stellar discs of nearby S0 galaxies Discs of S0 galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Martin R
(2011)
Tidal warping and precession of Be star decretion discs Tidal warping of Be star decretion discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rauch M
(2013)
Extended and filamentary Lya emission from the formation of a protogalactic halo at z = 2.63?â€
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Diaz J
(2014)
Balancing mass and momentum in the Local Group
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Allen J
(2011)
A strong redshift dependence of the broad absorption line quasar fraction A redshift dependence of the BALQSO fraction
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ponti G
(2010)
Relativistic disc reflection in the extreme NLS1 IRAS13224-3809 Relativistic reflection in IRAS13224-3809
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Van Wassenhove S
(2010)
Massive black holes lurking in Milky Way satellites Black holes in dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chiang C
(2013)
Confirmation of the nature of the absorber in IRAS 09104+4109
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Steiner J
(2012)
A broad iron line in LMC X-1 A broad iron line in LMC X-1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fabian A
(2011)
A wide Chandra view of the core of the Perseus cluster A wider view of the Perseus cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zoghbi A
(2011)
X-ray reverberation close to the black hole in RE J1034+396 Reverberation in RE J1034+396
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Allen J
(2013)
Classification and analysis of emission-line galaxies using mean field independent component analysis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kennedy G
(2012)
99 Herculis: host to a circumbinary polar-ring debris disc A circumbinary polar-ring debris disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society