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
Wyatt M
(2012)
Herschel imaging of 61 Vir: implications for the prevalence of debris in low-mass planetary systems Debris in low-mass planetary systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Clements D
(2014)
Herschel Multitiered Extragalactic Survey: clusters of dusty galaxies uncovered by Herschel? and Planckâ€
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Auld R
(2012)
Herschel observations of Cen A: stellar heating of two extragalactic dust clouds Herschel observations of Cen A dust clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mittal R
(2012)
Herschel observations of extended atomic gas in the core of the Perseus cluster Herschel observations of the Perseus cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel observations of FIR emission lines in brightest cluster galaxies
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel photometry of brightest cluster galaxies in cooling flow clusters
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mittal R
(2011)
Herschel? observations of the Centaurus cluster - the dynamics of cold gas in a cool core Herschel observations of the Centaurus cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Becker G
(2011)
HIGH-REDSHIFT METALS. II. PROBING REIONIZATION GALAXIES WITH LOW-IONIZATION ABSORPTION LINES AT REDSHIFT SIX $^,$
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bothwell M
(2010)
High-resolution CO and radio imaging of ULIRGs: extended CO structures and implications for the universal star formation law
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hinkley S
(2013)
HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY OF THE Z CANIS MAJORIS SYSTEM DURING QUIESCENCE AND OUTBURST
in The Astrophysical Journal
Glotch TD
(2010)
Highly silicic compositions on the Moon.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Van Leeuwen F
(2009)
Hipparcos, the New Reduction
in Space Science Reviews
Bolton J
(2011)
How neutral is the intergalactic medium surrounding the redshift z = 7.085 quasar ULAS J1120+0641?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Gallo L
(2011)
How the effects of resonant absorption on black hole reflection spectra can mimic high-velocity outflows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Johnstone R
(2012)
Hydrogen two-photon continuum emission from the Horseshoe filament in NGC 1275 Two-photon emission in NGC 1275
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Banerji M
(2013)
Hyperluminous reddened broad-line quasars at z ~ 2 from the VISTA Hemisphere Survey and WISE all-sky survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Veras D
(2012)
Identifying non-resonant Kepler planetary systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Bolton J
(2012)
Improved measurements of the intergalactic medium temperature around quasars: possible evidence for the initial stages of He ii reionization at z ? 6 IGM temperature measurements around z ? 6 quasars
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
Greene Z
(2013)
IMPROVING THE PRECISION OF TIME-DELAY COSMOGRAPHY WITH OBSERVATIONS OF GALAXIES ALONG THE LINE OF SIGHT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kordopatis G
(2013)
In the thick of it: metal-poor disc stars in RAVE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vegetti S
(2014)
Inference of the cold dark matter substructure mass function at z = 0.2 using strong gravitational lenses
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Treu T
(2012)
INFERENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF Lya EMISSION OF z ~ 7 AND z ~ 8 GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Greiss S
(2012)
INITIAL DATA RELEASE OF THE KEPLER -INT SURVEY
in The Astronomical Journal
Miniutti G
(2012)
Insights on the X-ray weak quasar phenomenon from XMM-Newton monitoring of PHL 1092 Monitoring of the X-ray weak quasar PHL 1092
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sánchez S
(2012)
Integral field spectroscopy of a sample of nearby galaxies II. Properties of the H ii regions??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Huerta E
(2011)
Intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals in the Einstein Telescope. I. Signal-to-noise ratio calculations
in Physical Review D
Huerta E
(2011)
Intermediate-mass-ratio inspirals in the Einstein Telescope. II. Parameter estimation errors
in Physical Review D
Richardson C
(2014)
Interpreting the ionization sequence in AGN emission-line spectra
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
Pinto C
(2013)
Interstellar medium composition through X-ray spectroscopy of low-mass X-ray binaries
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mocz P
(2011)
Inverse-Compton ghosts and double-lobed radio sources in the X-ray sky Inverse-Compton ghosts and giant radio sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Laskar T
(2010)
Inverse-Compton X-rays from giant radio galaxies at z ~ 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hlavacek-Larrondo J
(2011)
Investigating a sample of strong cool core, highly luminous clusters with radiatively inefficient nuclei Radiatively inefficient cluster cores
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
James B
(2014)
INVESTIGATING NEARBY STAR-FORMING GALAXIES IN THE ULTRAVIOLET WITH HST /COS SPECTROSCOPY. I. SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AND INTERSTELLAR ABUNDANCE DETERMINATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kirkpatrick A
(2013)
INVESTIGATING THE PRESENCE OF 500 µm SUBMILLIMETER EXCESS EMISSION IN LOCAL STAR FORMING GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Nardini E
(2012)
Investigating the reflection contribution to the X-ray emission of Ton S180 X-ray reflection in Ton S180
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bendo G
(2012)
Investigations of dust heating in M81, M83 and NGC 2403 with the Herschel Space Observatory Dust heating in M81, M83 and NGC 2403
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Corradi R
(2009)
IPHAS and the symbiotic stars II. New discoveries and a sample of the most common mimics
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Becker G
(2012)
IRON AND a-ELEMENT PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST ONE BILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG , ,
in The Astrophysical Journal
Goulding N
(2013)
J-band variability of M dwarfs in the WFCAM Transit Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Antoja T
(2012)
Kinematic groups beyond the solar neighbourhood with RAVE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Sharma S
(2014)
KINEMATIC MODELING OF THE MILKY WAY USING THE RAVE AND GCS STELLAR SURVEYS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ural U
(2010)
Kinematic subpopulations in dwarf spheroidal galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Veljanoski J
(2013)
KINEMATICS OF OUTER HALO GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN M31
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kennicutt R. C.
(2011)
KINGFISH-Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with
Herschel: Survey Description and Image Atlas
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Donaldson Hanna K
(2012)
Laboratory emissivity measurements of the plagioclase solid solution series under varying environmental conditions
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Mofiz U
(2013)
Langmuir dark solitons in dense ultrarelativistic electron-positron gravito-plasma in pulsar magnetosphere
in Astrophysics and Space Science
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
Efstathiou G
(2010)
Large-angle correlations in the cosmic microwave background Large-angle correlations of the CMB
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society