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
Sibbons L
(2012)
The AGB population of NGC 6822: distribution and the C/M ratio from JHK photometry
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rémy-Ruyer A
(2014)
Gas-to-dust mass ratios in local galaxies over a 2 dex metallicity range
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cormier D
(2014)
The molecular gas reservoir of 6 low-metallicity galaxies from the Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey A ground-based follow-up survey of CO(1-0), CO(2-1), and CO(3-2)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Spina L
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Metallicity of the Chamaeleon I star-forming region
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Conrad C
(2014)
A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters I. Radial velocities and metallicities?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Boer T
(2012)
The star formation and chemical evolution history of the sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pinto C
(2012)
A phenomenological model for the X-ray spectrum of nova V2491 Cygni
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Letarte B
(2010)
A high-resolution VLT/FLAMES study of individual stars in the centre of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Piffl T
(2014)
The RAVE survey: the Galactic escape speed and the mass of the Milky Way
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pasetto S
(2012)
Thick disk kinematics from RAVE and the solar motion
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nardini M
(2011)
On the nature of the extremely fast optical rebrightening of the afterglow of GRB 081029
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kordopatis G
(2011)
A spectroscopic survey of thick disc stars outside the solar neighbourhood
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Boer T
(2011)
Deep wide-field imaging down to the oldest main sequence turn-offs in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Saito R
(2012)
VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Filgas R
(2011)
The two-component jet of GRB 080413B
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gazzano J
(2013)
Characterisation of the Galactic thin disc with CoRoT targets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jeffries R
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Kinematic structure in the Gamma Velorum cluster
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ciesla L
(2012)
Submillimetre photometry of 323 nearby galaxies from the Herschel Reference Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sánchez S
(2012)
Integral field spectroscopy of a sample of nearby galaxies II. Properties of the H ii regions??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Galliano F
(2011)
Non-standard grain properties, dark gas reservoir, and extended submillimeter excess, probed by Herschel in the Large Magellanic Cloud
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hebb L
(2010)
MML 53: a new low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary in the Upper Centaurus-Lupus region discovered by SuperWASP
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Husemann B
(2013)
CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey II. First public data release?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pinto C
(2013)
Interstellar medium composition through X-ray spectroscopy of low-mass X-ray binaries
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ciesla L
(2013)
Submillimetre photometry of 323 nearby galaxies from the Herschel Reference Survey (Corrigendum)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lestrade J
(2012)
A DEBRIS disk around the planet hosting M-star GJ 581 spatially resolved with Herschel
in Astronomy & Astrophysics