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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.

Publications

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Raimundo S (2010) AGN properties in a cosmological evolution scenario

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Abadie J (2010) All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run in Physical Review D

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Abadie J (2012) All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the second joint LIGO-Virgo run in Physical Review D

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Hezaveh Y (2013) ALMA OBSERVATIONS OF SPT-DISCOVERED, STRONGLY LENSED, DUSTY, STAR-FORMING GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

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Weiß A (2013) ALMA REDSHIFTS OF MILLIMETER-SELECTED GALAXIES FROM THE SPT SURVEY: THE REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION OF DUSTY STAR-FORMING GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

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Decarli R (2013) AN ALMA SURVEY OF SUB-MILLIMETER GALAXIES IN THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH: SUB-MILLIMETER PROPERTIES OF COLOR-SELECTED GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

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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

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Hodge J (2013) AN ALMA SURVEY OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES IN THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH: SOURCE CATALOG AND MULTIPLICITY in The Astrophysical Journal

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Wang S (2013) AN ALMA SURVEY OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES IN THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-SOUTH: THE AGN FRACTION AND X-RAY PROPERTIES OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

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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