Extragalactic Astronomy at Durham 2008-2013
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Over recent years observational astronomers at Durham have been at the forefront of many major advances in the study of galaxies and cosmology. We have a publication and citation record which we believe speaks for itself (see proposal introduction). Durham astronomers currently lead major international projects that exploit many of the the world's foremost ground and space observatories. We will capitalize on our proven track record in AGN studies, precision spectrophotometric analysis of stellar populations in nearby galaxies, multiwavelength studies of galaxy populations at high redshift and panoramic QSO and galaxy surveys, to answer open questions which lie at the core of modern astrophysics. In this proposal we present the case for support of a coherent and comprehensive programme that builds on our strengths and seizes new opportunities. Our programme addresses key questions in the STFC Roadmap, such as ``What are the laws of physics in extreme conditions?'', ``How do galaxies, stars and planets form and evolve?'' and ``What is the Universe made of and how does it evolve?''. This proposal is constructed around the four core themes of our research: Theme A: AGN: outflows from black holes their growth and environment Theme B: Galaxy evolution and archaeology and closely related to this; Theme C: feedback and the formation of galaxies Theme D: Survey cosmology, using galaxies and clusters as probes of large scale structure and evolution There is a well established deep rooted synergy between our work and the research of the ICC group, and the instrumentation group (CfAI).
Publications
Morris S
(2009)
String-like Lagrangians from a generalized geometry
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
VERITAS Collaboration
(2009)
Radio imaging of the very-high-energy gamma-ray emission region in the central engine of a radio galaxy.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Jin C
(2009)
The Seyfert AGN RX J0136.9-3510 and the spectral state of super Eddington accretion flows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Stott J
(2009)
The evolution of the red sequence slope in massive galaxy clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Liu R
(2009)
IMPLOSION IN A CORONAL ERUPTION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sandman A
(2009)
Comparison of STEREO/EUVI Loops with Potential Magnetic Field Models
in Solar Physics
Acero F
(2009)
Detection of gamma rays from a starburst galaxy.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Poppett C
(2009)
Strategies for spectroscopy on extremely large telescopes - III. Remapping switched fibre systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Goulding A
(2009)
Towards a complete census of AGN in nearby Galaxies: a large population of optically unidentified AGN
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Croom S
(2009)
The 2dF???SDSS LRG and QSO survey: the QSO luminosity function at 0.4 < z < 2.6
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hudson M
(2010)
Colours of bulges and discs within galaxy clusters and the signature of disc fading on infall Colours of bulges and discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pratt G
(2010)
Gas entropy in a representative sample of nearby X-ray galaxy clusters (REXCESS): relationship to gas mass fraction
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Alexander D
(2010)
Searching for evidence of energetic feedback in distant galaxies: a galaxy wide outflow in a z ˜ 2 ultraluminous infrared galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lehnert MD
(2010)
Spectroscopic confirmation of a galaxy at redshift z = 8.6.
in Nature
Lu T
(2010)
Large-scale structure and dynamics of the most X-ray luminous galaxy cluster known - RX J1347-1145
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pope E
(2010)
Mass transport by buoyant bubbles in galaxy clusters Mass transport by buoyant bubbles
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wardlow J
(2010)
An AzTEC 1.1-mm survey for ULIRGs in the field of the Galaxy Cluster MS 0451.6-0305
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Richard J
(2010)
Abell 370 revisited: refurbished Hubble imaging of the first strong lensing cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Russell H
(2010)
Chandra observation of two shock fronts in the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2146 The merging cluster Abell 2146
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ebeling H
(2010)
The X-ray brightest clusters of galaxies from the Massive Cluster Survey The X-ray brightest MACS clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Limousin M
(2010)
MACS J1423.8+2404: gravitational lensing by a massive, relaxed cluster of galaxies at z = 0.54
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vignali C
(2010)
Discovery of Compton-thick quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuda Y
(2010)
A search for galaxies in and around an HI overdense region at z = 5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Bauer F
(2010)
X-RAY CONSTRAINTS ON THE ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI PROPERTIES IN SPITZER -INFRARED SPECTROGRAPH IDENTIFIED z ~ 2 ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Crighton N
(2010)
Galaxies at a redshift of ~0.5 around three closely spaced quasar sightlines
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Austermann J
(2010)
AzTEC half square degree survey of the SHADES fields â?? I. Maps, catalogues and source counts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sobral D
(2010)
The clustering and evolution of Ha emitters at z ~ 1 from HiZELS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rex M
(2010)
The far-infrared/submillimeter properties of galaxies located behind the Bullet cluster
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel photometry of brightest cluster galaxies in cooling flow clusters
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel observations of FIR emission lines in brightest cluster galaxies
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ivison R
(2010)
BLAST: the far-infrared/radio correlation in distant galaxies Bolometric FIR/radio correlation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahony E
(2010)
The RASSâ??6dFGS catalogue: a sample of X-ray selected AGN from the 6dF Galaxy Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Egami E
(2010)
The Herschel Lensing Survey (HLS): Overview
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gilbank D
(2010)
The Redshift One LDSS-3 Emission line Survey (ROLES): survey method and z~ 1 mass-dependent star formation rate density ROLES: method and SFRD
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Garn T
(2010)
Obscured star formation at z = 0.84 with HiZELS: the relationship between star formation rate and Ha or ultraviolet dust extinction
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Poppett C
(2010)
The dependence of the properties of optical fibres on length
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Messias H
(2010)
A MULTI-WAVELENGTH APPROACH TO THE PROPERTIES OF EXTREMELY RED GALAXY POPULATIONS. I. CONTRIBUTION TO THE STAR FORMATION RATE DENSITY AND ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS CONTENT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sawangwit U
(2010)
Cross-correlating WMAP 5 with 1.5 million LRGs: a new test for the ISW effect
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Greve T
(2010)
A LABOCA SURVEY OF THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH-SUBMILLIMETER PROPERTIES OF NEAR-INFRARED SELECTED GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Smith R
(2010)
Ultraviolet tails and trails in cluster galaxies: a sample of candidate gaseous stripping events in Coma Gaseous stripping candidates in Coma
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sawangwit U
(2010)
Beam profile sensitivity of the WMAP CMB power spectrum
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Kimura M
(2010)
Fibre Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Coppin K
(2010)
Detection of molecular gas in a distant submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.76 with Australia Telescope Compact Array
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Goulding A
(2010)
Towards a complete census of active galactic nuclei in nearby galaxies: the incidence of growing black holes The incidence of growing black holes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mullaney J
(2010)
Characterizing the far-infrared properties of distant X-ray detected AGNs: evidence for evolution in the infraredâ??X-ray luminosity ratio
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Negrello M
(2010)
The detection of a population of submillimeter-bright, strongly lensed galaxies.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Dunlop J
(2010)
The BLAST 250 µm-selected galaxy population in GOODS-South BLAST 250 µm galaxies in GOODS-South
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kashlinsky A
(2010)
A NEW MEASUREMENT OF THE BULK FLOW OF X-RAY LUMINOUS CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Swinbank A
(2010)
A Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS and ACS morphological study of z ~ 2 submillimetre galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Almeida U
(2010)
Particle acceleration and magnetic field structure in PKS 2155-304: optical polarimetric observations Optical polarimetry of PKS 2155-304
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | The programme funded by this grant produce a number of observational insights into fundamental features of galaxies, black holes and large-scale structure. To give just one example, using the newly-completed Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) we undertook the first survey of extreme starburst galaxies in the distant Universe, demonstrating that these galaxies are very likely to be the progenitors of the most massive galaxies seen today in the local Universe, but seen in an early and very active phase of formation. |
| Exploitation Route | Further academic research or through the development of new facilities (e.g. ELT and SKA) or observational programmes. |
| Sectors | Education |
| URL | http://www.astro.dur.ac.uk/Cosmology |
| Description | 6dFGS survey |
| Organisation | Australian Astronomical Observatory |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Data analysis and construction of the FP catalogue, i.e. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.443.1231C |
| Collaborator Contribution | Many other science contributions, e.g. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.444.3926J http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.445.2677S http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455..386S |
| Impact | now focused on mostly exclusively on 6dF++, i.e. TAIPAN http://www.taipan-survey.org/ Map the southern cosmography with ~110 k redshifts. First detailed map of the southern hemisphere peculiar velocities. |
| Description | 6dFGS survey |
| Organisation | Australian National University (ANU) |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data analysis and construction of the FP catalogue, i.e. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.443.1231C |
| Collaborator Contribution | Many other science contributions, e.g. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.444.3926J http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.445.2677S http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455..386S |
| Impact | now focused on mostly exclusively on 6dF++, i.e. TAIPAN http://www.taipan-survey.org/ Map the southern cosmography with ~110 k redshifts. First detailed map of the southern hemisphere peculiar velocities. |
| Description | Wide field astronomical surveys |
| Organisation | University of Hawaii |
| Department | Institute for Astronomy |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Durham an offical partnet in the Pan-STARRS consortium, which operate a telescope in Hawaii. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They provide the telscope and operations support. |
| Impact | The principle output is research papers published in refereed journals. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Seminars and invited talks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | All of the co-applicants on this grants have given numberous seminars and invited talks at universities and international meetings and conferences. These activities help to enhance the wider knowledge of our research, and foster new collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012 |