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Galaxy formation and evolution

Lead Research Organisation: University of Cambridge

Department Name: Institute of Astronomy

Abstract

This programmatic five-year rolling grant application addresses one of the most important problems in extragalactic astronomy, the formation and evolution of galaxies, one of the ``big questions'' in the current PPARC Road Map, and is a defining objective of virtually every national decadal survey of astronomy. 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.

Funded Value:

£4,193,521

Funded Period:

Mar 07 - Mar 10

Funder:

STFC

Project Status:

Closed

Project Category:

Research Grant

Project Reference:

PP/E00105X/1

Principal Investigator:

Paul Hewett

Research Subject:

Astronomy - observation (100%)

Research Topic:

Data Handling & Storage (10%)

Extra-Galactic Astron.&Cosmol. (50%)

Galactic & Interstellar Astron (40%)

Organisations

University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation)

People	ORCID iD
Paul Hewett (Principal Investigator)
Gerard Gilmore (Co-Investigator)
Richard McMahon (Co-Investigator)	http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8447-8869
Max Pettini (Co-Investigator)
William Sutherland (Co-Investigator)
Robert Carswell (Co-Investigator)
Robert C Kennicutt (Co-Investigator)
W Evans (Co-Investigator)

Publications

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Fellhauer M (2008) The Cambridge N-Body Lectures

Bardayan D (2009) Direct measurements of (p, $ \gamma$ ) cross-sections at astrophysical energies using radioactive beams and the Daresbury Recoil Separator in The European Physical Journal A

Adelman-McCarthy J (2008) The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Abazajian K (2009) THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Adelman-McCarthy J (2007) The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Zucker D (2007) Andromeda X, a New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31: Photometry in The Astrophysical Journal

Hainline K (2009) REST-FRAME OPTICAL SPECTRA OF THREE STRONGLY LENSED GALAXIES AT z ~ 2 in The Astrophysical Journal

Walker M (2008) Systemic Proper Motions of Milky Way Satellites from Stellar Redshifts: The Carina, Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans Dwarf Spheroidals in The Astrophysical Journal

Tacconi L (2008) Submillimeter Galaxies at z ~ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO-H 2 Conversion Factor in The Astrophysical Journal

Rix S (2007) The Sightline to Q2343-BX415: Clues to Galaxy Formation in a Quasar Environment in The Astrophysical Journal

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

Belokurov V (2010) BIG FISH, LITTLE FISH: TWO NEW ULTRA-FAINT SATELLITES OF THE MILKY WAY in The Astrophysical Journal

Adén D (2009) A NEW LOW MASS FOR THE HERCULES dSph: THE END OF A COMMON MASS SCALE FOR THE DWARFS? in The Astrophysical Journal

Altavilla G (2009) TYPE Ia SNe ALONG REDSHIFT: THE $\mathcal {R}$(Si II) RATIO AND THE EXPANSION VELOCITIES IN INTERMEDIATE- z SUPERNOVAE in The Astrophysical Journal

Trujillo I (2009) UNVEILING THE NATURE OF M94's (NGC4736) OUTER REGION: A PANCHROMATIC PERSPECTIVE in The Astrophysical Journal

Weiß A (2009) THE LARGE APEX BOLOMETER CAMERA SURVEY OF THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH in The Astrophysical Journal

Chapman S (2008) Interferometric CO Observations of Submillimeter-faint, Radio-selected Starburst Galaxies at z ~ 2 in The Astrophysical Journal

Peter A (2007) Morphologies of Galaxies in and around a Protocluster at z = 2.300 in The Astrophysical Journal

Jorgenson R (2009) DIRECT EVIDENCE OF COLD GAS IN DLA 0812+32B in The Astrophysical Journal

Chapman S (2009) DO SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES REALLY TRACE THE MOST MASSIVE DARK-MATTER HALOS? DISCOVERY OF A HIGH- z CLUSTER IN A HIGHLY ACTIVE PHASE OF EVOLUTION in The Astrophysical Journal

Kennicutt R (2009) DUST-CORRECTED STAR FORMATION RATES OF GALAXIES. I. COMBINATIONS OF Ha AND INFRARED TRACERS in The Astrophysical Journal

Ibata R (2009) DENSITY AND KINEMATIC CUSPS IN M54 AT THE HEART OF THE SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY: EVIDENCE FOR A 10 4 M ? BLACK HOLE? in The Astrophysical Journal

Meurer G (2009) EVIDENCE FOR A NONUNIFORM INITIAL MASS FUNCTION IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE in The Astrophysical Journal

Ibata R (2007) The Haunted Halos of Andromeda and Triangulum: A Panorama of Galaxy Formation in Action in The Astrophysical Journal

McConnachie A (2008) A Trio of New Local Group Galaxies with Extreme Properties in The Astrophysical Journal

Huxor A (2009) THE DISCOVERY OF REMOTE GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN M33 in The Astrophysical Journal

Peñarrubia J (2009) THE SIGNATURE OF GALACTIC TIDES IN LOCAL GROUP DWARF SPHEROIDALS in The Astrophysical Journal

Overzier R (2008) Lyman Break Galaxies, Lya Emitters, and a Radio Galaxy in a Protocluster at z = 4.1 in The Astrophysical Journal

Smith M (2009) THE TILT OF THE HALO VELOCITY ELLIPSOID AND THE SHAPE OF THE MILKY WAY HALO in The Astrophysical Journal

Xue X (2008) The Milky Way's Circular Velocity Curve to 60 kpc and an Estimate of the Dark Matter Halo Mass from the Kinematics of ~2400 SDSS Blue Horizontal-Branch Stars in The Astrophysical Journal

Koposov S (2007) The Discovery of Two Extremely Low Luminosity Milky Way Globular Clusters in The Astrophysical Journal

Hainline L (2009) A MID-INFRARED IMAGING SURVEY OF SUBMILLIMETER-SELECTED GALAXIES WITH THE SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE in The Astrophysical Journal

Chen H (2009) HIGH-REDSHIFT STARBURSTING DWARF GALAXIES REVEALED BY ?-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS in The Astrophysical Journal

O'Dowd M (2009) POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN GALAXIES AT z ~ 0.1: THE EFFECT OF STAR FORMATION AND ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI in The Astrophysical Journal

Zirm A (2008) The Nascent Red Sequence at \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \norma in The Astrophysical Journal

Lehmer B (2009) THE CHANDRA DEEP PROTOCLUSTER SURVEY: EVIDENCE FOR AN ENHANCEMENT OF AGN ACTIVITY IN THE SSA22 PROTOCLUSTER AT z = 3.09 in The Astrophysical Journal

Menéndez-Delmestre K (2009) MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES: EXTENDED STAR FORMATION IN MASSIVE HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

Mateo M (2008) The Velocity Dispersion Profile of the Remote Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Leo I: A Tidal Hit and Run? in The Astrophysical Journal

De Jong R (2007) Stellar Populations across the NGC 4244 Truncated Galactic Disk in The Astrophysical Journal

Norris J (2010) BOO-1137-AN EXTREMELY METAL-POOR STAR IN THE ULTRA-FAINT DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXY BOÖTES I in The Astrophysical Journal

Dale D (2009) THE SPITZER LOCAL VOLUME LEGACY: SURVEY DESCRIPTION AND INFRARED PHOTOMETRY in The Astrophysical Journal

An J (2009) A THEOREM ON CENTRAL VELOCITY DISPERSIONS in The Astrophysical Journal

Lee J (2009) COMPARISON OF Ha AND UV STAR FORMATION RATES IN THE LOCAL VOLUME: SYSTEMATIC DISCREPANCIES FOR DWARF GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

Walker M (2009) LEO V: SPECTROSCOPY OF A DISTANT AND DISTURBED SATELLITE in The Astrophysical Journal

Gilmore G (2007) The Observed Properties of Dark Matter on Small Spatial Scales in The Astrophysical Journal

Bresolin F (2009) THE FLAT OXYGEN ABUNDANCE GRADIENT IN THE EXTENDED DISK OF M83 in The Astrophysical Journal

Geach J (2009) THE CHANDRA DEEP PROTOCLUSTER SURVEY: Lya BLOBS ARE POWERED BY HEATING, NOT COOLING in The Astrophysical Journal

Koposov S (2009) A QUANTITATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE OBSERVED POPULATION OF MILKY WAY SATELLITE GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

Koch A (2009) A SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION OF THE BOOTES II DWARF SPHEROIDAL in The Astrophysical Journal

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