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
Sweet S.M.
(2013)
Choirs, HI galaxy groups: Catalogue and detection of star-forming dwarf group members
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Žerjal M
(2013)
CHROMOSPHERICALLY ACTIVE STARS IN THE RADIAL VELOCITY EXPERIMENT (RAVE) SURVEY. I. THE CATALOG
in The Astrophysical Journal
Allen J
(2013)
Classification and analysis of emission-line galaxies using mean field independent component analysis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Feroz F
(2010)
Classifying LISA gravitational wave burst signals using Bayesian evidence
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Howlett C
(2012)
CMB power spectrum parameter degeneracies in the era of precision cosmology
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Bonvin C.
(2010)
CMB temperature anisotropy at large scales induced by a causal primordial magnetic field
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Hanson D
(2011)
CMB temperature lensing power reconstruction
in Physical Review D
Wilson C
(2013)
COLD DUST BUT WARM GAS IN THE UNUSUAL ELLIPTICAL GALAXY NGC 4125
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wyatt M
(2010)
Collisional evolution of eccentric planetesimal swarms Collisional evolution of eccentric debris
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kennedy G
(2011)
Collisional evolution of irregular satellite swarms: detectable dust around Solar system and extrasolar planets Evolution of irregular satellite swarms
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Moeckel N
(2011)
Collisional formation of very massive stars in dense clusters Collisional formation of very massive stars in dense clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lebzelter T
(2012)
Comparative modelling of the spectra of cool giants
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Krogager J
(2013)
Comprehensive study of a z = 2.35 DLA Galaxy: mass, metallicity, age, morphology and SFR from HST and VLT?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chiang C
(2013)
Confirmation of the nature of the absorber in IRAS 09104+4109
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
Pueyo L
(2012)
CONSTRAINING MASS RATIO AND EXTINCTION IN THE FU ORIONIS BINARY SYSTEM WITH INFRARED INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gair J
(2011)
Constraining properties of the black hole population using LISA
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Collett T
(2012)
Constraining the dark energy equation of state with double-source plane strong lenses Constraining wDE with compound lenses
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Koposov S
(2010)
CONSTRAINING THE MILKY WAY POTENTIAL WITH A SIX-DIMENSIONAL PHASE-SPACE MAP OF THE GD-1 STELLAR STREAM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Xia J
(2012)
Constraints on massive neutrinos from the CFHTLS angular power spectrum
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Antoja T
(2014)
Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Alvarez M
(2012)
CONSTRAINTS ON THE IONIZING EFFICIENCY OF THE FIRST GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sanders J
(2010)
Constraints on turbulent velocity broadening for a sample of clusters, groups and elliptical galaxies using XMM-Newton Turbulence in galaxy clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sazonov S
(2012)
CONTRIBUTION OF THE ACCRETION DISK, HOT CORONA, AND OBSCURING TORUS TO THE LUMINOSITY OF SEYFERT GALAXIES: INTEGRAL AND SPITZER OBSERVATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal