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
Martin R
(2010)
Supernova kicks and misaligned microquasars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Relaño M
(2010)
Spatially resolved study of the physical properties of the ionized gas in NGC 595
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Loh E
(2012)
H2 temperatures in the Crab Nebula H2 temperatures in the Crab Nebula
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Agnello A
(2012)
Virial sequences for thick discs and haloes: flattening and global anisotropy Thick discs and haloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
James B
(2013)
The merging dwarf galaxy UM 448: chemodynamics of the ionized gas from VLT integral field spectroscopy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Veras D
(2012)
The great escape - II. Exoplanet ejection from dying multiple-star systems Ejection from dying multiple-star systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tremblay G
(2012)
Residual cooling and persistent star formation amid active galactic nucleus feedback in Abell 2597 Residual cooling amid AGN feedback in A2597
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maddox N
(2012)
The large area KX quasar catalogue - I. Analysis of the photometric redshift selection and the complete quasar catalogue The large area KX quasar catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galametz M
(2012)
Mapping the cold dust temperatures and masses of nearby KINGFISH galaxies with Herschel Mapping the cold dust properties with Herschel
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hewett P
(2010)
Improved redshifts for SDSS quasar spectra Improved SDSS redshifts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Siebert A
(2011)
Detection of a radial velocity gradient in the extended local disc with RAVE A velocity gradient in the Galactic disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Budzynski J
(2011)
Dusty Mg ii absorbers: population statistics, extinction curves and gamma-ray burst sightlines Dusty Mg ii absorbers
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Walton D
(2011)
Comparing spectral models for ultraluminous X-ray sources with NGC 4517 ULX1 Spectral models for ULXs and NGC 4517 ULX1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Voyatzis G
(2013)
Multiplanet destabilization and escape in post-main-sequence systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Veras D
(2012)
Disrupting primordial planet signatures: the close encounter of two single-planet exosystems in the Galactic disc Disrupting primordial planet signatures
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Goddard Q
(2010)
On the fraction of star clusters surviving the embedded phase
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Richardson C
(2016)
Interpreting the ionization sequence in star-forming galaxy emission-line spectra
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sánchez S
(2011)
PPAK Wide-field Integral Field Spectroscopy of NGC 628 - I. The largest spectroscopic mosaic on a single galaxy? Wide-field IFS of NGC 628
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Booth M
(2012)
Resolved debris discs around A stars in the Herschel DEBRIS survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wilkins D
(2013)
The origin of the lag spectra observed in AGN: Reverberation and the propagation of X-ray source fluctuations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Swinbank A
(2014)
An ALMA survey of sub-millimetre Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: the far-infrared properties of SMGs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bird S
(2012)
Massive neutrinos and the non-linear matter power spectrum The matter power with neutrinos
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vasudevan R
(2010)
The power output of local obscured and unobscured AGN: crossing the absorption barrier with Swift / BAT and IRAS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Canning R
(2012)
Riding the wake of a merging galaxy cluster Abell 2146 BCG
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Simpson J
(2012)
Spectral matching for abundances and clustering analysis of stars on the giant branches of ? Centauri Abundances and clustering analysis of ? Cen
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Niederste-Ostholt M
(2012)
A tale twice told: the luminosity profiles of the Sagittarius tails The luminosity profiles of the Sagittarius tails
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Amorisco N
(2012)
Dark matter cores and cusps: the case of multiple stellar populations in dwarf spheroidals Multiple stellar population in dSphs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rauch M
(2011)
Filamentary infall of cold gas and escape of Lya and hydrogen ionizing radiation from an interacting high-redshift galaxy? Infall of gas and escape of radiation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Berry C
(2013)
Observing the Galaxy's massive black hole with gravitational wave bursts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cossins P
(2010)
The effects of opacity on gravitational stability in protoplanetary discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Birkby J
(2012)
Discovery and characterization of detached M dwarf eclipsing binaries in the WFCAM Transit Survey WTS: masses and radii of M dwarf EBs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kennedy G
(2011)
Searching for Saturn's dust swarm: limits on the size distribution of irregular satellites from km to micron sizes Seeking Saturn's swarm
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Woods P
(2011)
The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy programme: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud - Point source classification I SAGE-Spec - Point source classification I
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cook D
(2014)
Empirical ugri-UBVRc transformations for galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dutton A
(2013)
The SWELLS survey - V. A Salpeter stellar initial mass function in the bulges of massive spiral galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gallo L
(2011)
Multi-epoch X-ray observations of the Seyfert 1.2 galaxy Mrk 79: bulk motion of the illuminating X-ray source Multi-epoch X-ray observations of Mrk 79
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Karim A
(2013)
An ALMA survey of submillimetre galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: high-resolution 870 µm source counts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosales-Ortega F
(2011)
PPAK wide-field Integral Field Spectroscopy of NGC 628 - II. Emission line abundance analysis? Spatially resolved IFS abundance analysis of NGC 628
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Canning R
(2010)
Star formation in the outer filaments of NGC 1275 Star formation in NGC 1275
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Raimundo S
(2010)
Radiation pressure, absorption and AGN feedback in the Chandra Deep Fields Absorption in the Chandra Deep Fields
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Deason A
(2011)
The Milky Way stellar halo out to 40 kpc: squashed, broken but smooth The Milky Way stellar halo
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Scholz A
(2011)
Rotation periods for very low mass stars in Praesepe Rotation periods in Praesepe
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kennedy G
(2012)
Confusion limited surveys: using WISE to quantify the rarity of warm dust around Kepler stars Observing Kepler stars with WISE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Relaño M
(2012)
On how leakage can affect the star formation rate estimation using Ha luminosity Leakage effect on SFR estimates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Glushkova E
(2013)
Photometric study of open clusters Berkeley 96, Berkeley 97, King 12, NGC 7261, NGC 7296 and NGC 7788
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ogrean G
(2010)
Central galaxy growth and feedback in the most massive nearby cool core cluster The cool-core of RXCJ1504.1-0248
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aravena M
(2013)
Large gas reservoirs and free-free emission in two lensed star-forming galaxies at z = 2.7
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Erlund M
(2010)
Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN Two types of shock within a hotspot
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dervisoglu A
(2010)
Spin angular momentum evolution of the long-period Algols Spin angular momentum evolution of Algols
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ehlert S
(2011)
Extreme active galactic nucleus feedback and cool-core destruction in the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster MACS J1931.8-2634 Extreme feedback in MACS J1931.8-2634
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society