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
Calzetti D
(2010)
THE CALIBRATION OF MONOCHROMATIC FAR-INFRARED STAR FORMATION RATE INDICATORS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Cameron E
(2011)
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE GALAXIES AT z ~ 2: REST-FRAME OPTICAL MORPHOLOGIES WITH WFC3
in The Astrophysical Journal
Canizares P
(2012)
Testing Chern-Simons modified gravity with gravitational-wave detections of extreme-mass-ratio binaries
in Physical Review D
Canizares P
(2011)
The LISA Pathfinder DMU and Radiation Monitor
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Canizares P
(2010)
Pseudospectral collocation methods for the computation of the self-force on a charged particle: Generic orbits around a Schwarzschild black hole
in Physical Review D
Canizares P
(2011)
Tuning time-domain pseudospectral computations of the self-force on a charged scalar particle
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Canizares P
(2012)
Testing Chern-Simons modified gravity with observations of extreme-mass-ratio binaries
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Canizares P
(2011)
Time-domain modelling of Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
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
Canning R
(2014)
Filamentary star formation in NGC 1275
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Canning R
(2011)
Detection of optical coronal emission from 106-K gas in the core of the Centaurus cluster Coronal line emission in NGC 4696
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Canning R
(2013)
A multiwavelength view of cooling versus AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Canning R
(2011)
A deep spectroscopic study of the filamentary nebulosity in NGC 4696, the brightest cluster galaxy in the Centaurus cluster The filaments of NGC 4696
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
Cannon J
(2011)
THE M81 GROUP DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXY DDO 165. I. HIGH-VELOCITY NEUTRAL GAS IN A POST-STARBURST SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Cannon J
(2011)
THE M81 GROUP DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXY DDO 165. II. CONNECTING RECENT STAR FORMATION WITH INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM STRUCTURES AND KINEMATICS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Cantalupo S
(2012)
Detection of dark galaxies and circum-galactic filaments fluorescently illuminated by a quasar at z = 2.4 Dark galaxies and CGM illuminated by a QSO
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cantat-Gaudin T
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Stellar content and elemental abundances in the massive cluster NGC 6705
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cappetta M
(2012)
The first planet detected in the WTS: an inflated hot Jupiter in a 3.35 d orbit around a late F star Inflated HJ in close orbit around a late-F-star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Carballo-Bello J
(2012)
Outer density profiles of 19 Galactic globular clusters from deep and wide-field imaging Outer density profiles of globular clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Carilli C
(2013)
THE ANATOMY OF AN EXTREME STARBURST WITHIN 1.3 Gyr OF THE BIG BANG REVEALED BY ALMA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Carlberg R
(2011)
DENSITY VARIATIONS IN THE NW STAR STREAM OF M31
in The Astrophysical Journal
Carswell R
(2012)
The kinetic temperature in a damped Lyman a absorption system in Q2206-199 - an example of the warm neutral medium Warm neutral gas towards Q2206-199
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Casewell S
(2012)
A photometric and astrometric investigation of the brown dwarfs in Blanco 1 Blanco 1 brown dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Casewell S
(2012)
WD0837+185: THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF AN EXTREME MASS-RATIO WHITE-DWARF-BROWN-DWARF BINARY IN PRAESEPE
in The Astrophysical Journal