Extragalactic Astronomy at Durham 2008-2013
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Over recent years observational astronomers at Durham have been at the forefront of many major advances in the study of galaxies and cosmology. We have a publication and citation record which we believe speaks for itself (see proposal introduction). Durham astronomers currently lead major international projects that exploit many of the the world's foremost ground and space observatories. We will capitalize on our proven track record in AGN studies, precision spectrophotometric analysis of stellar populations in nearby galaxies, multiwavelength studies of galaxy populations at high redshift and panoramic QSO and galaxy surveys, to answer open questions which lie at the core of modern astrophysics. In this proposal we present the case for support of a coherent and comprehensive programme that builds on our strengths and seizes new opportunities. Our programme addresses key questions in the STFC Roadmap, such as ``What are the laws of physics in extreme conditions?'', ``How do galaxies, stars and planets form and evolve?'' and ``What is the Universe made of and how does it evolve?''. This proposal is constructed around the four core themes of our research: Theme A: AGN: outflows from black holes their growth and environment Theme B: Galaxy evolution and archaeology and closely related to this; Theme C: feedback and the formation of galaxies Theme D: Survey cosmology, using galaxies and clusters as probes of large scale structure and evolution There is a well established deep rooted synergy between our work and the research of the ICC group, and the instrumentation group (CfAI).
Publications
Stott J
(2008)
Near-infrared evolution of brightest cluster galaxies in the most X-ray luminous clusters since z = 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rawle T
(2008)
Near ultraviolet-infrared colours of red-sequence galaxies in local clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Daddi E.
(2007)
Multiwavelength study of massive galaxies at z ~ 2.: II.: Widespread compton-thick active galactic nuclei and the concurrent growth of black holes and bulges
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Daddi E.
(2007)
Multiwavelength study of massive galaxies at z ~ 2.: I.: Star formation and galaxy growth
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Engel H
(2010)
MOST SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES ARE MAJOR MERGERS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wilman D
(2009)
MORPHOLOGICAL COMPOSITION OF z ~ 0.4 GROUPS: THE SITE OF S0 FORMATION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Yoshikawa T
(2010)
MOIRCS DEEP SURVEY. VI. NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF K -SELECTED STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z ~ 2
in The Astrophysical Journal
Menéndez-Delmestre K
(2009)
MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES: EXTENDED STAR FORMATION IN MASSIVE HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Menendez-Delmestre Karin
(2007)
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of high-redshift submillimeter galaxies:: First results
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Coppin K
(2010)
MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF CANDIDATE ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI-DOMINATED SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pope Alexandra
(2008)
Mid-infrared spectral diagnosis of submillimeter galaxies
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Pope E
(2010)
Mass transport by buoyant bubbles in galaxy clusters Mass transport by buoyant bubbles
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kilper G
(2009)
MASS COMPOSITION IN PRE-ERUPTION QUIET SUN FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Limousin M
(2010)
MACS J1423.8+2404: gravitational lensing by a massive, relaxed cluster of galaxies at z = 0.54
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuda Y
(2009)
Lya blobs like company: the discovery of a candidate 100 kpc Lya blob near to a radio galaxy with a giant Lya halo B3 J2330+3927 at z = 3.1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Ross N
(2008)
Luminous red galaxy clustering at z ? 0.7 - first results using AAOmega
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Almeida C
(2008)
Luminous red galaxies in hierarchical cosmologies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanderson A
(2009)
LoCuSS: the connection between brightest cluster galaxy activity, gas cooling and dynamical disturbance of X-ray cluster cores
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith G
(2010)
LoCuSS: Probing galaxy transformation physics with Herschel
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Aharonian F
(2008)
Limits on an energy dependence of the speed of light from a flare of the active galaxy PKS 2155-304.
in Physical review letters
Lu T
(2010)
Large-scale structure and dynamics of the most X-ray luminous galaxy cluster known - RX J1347-1145
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Liu Rui
(2007)
Kink-induced catastrophe in a coronal eruption
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Hau G
(2008)
Is NGC 3108 transforming itself from an early- to late-type galaxy - an astronomical hermaphrodite?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ivison R
(2008)
Interferometric imaging of the high-redshift radio galaxy, 4C 60.07: an SMA, Spitzer and VLA study reveals a binary AGN/starburst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chapman S. C.
(2008)
INTERFEROMETRIC CO OBSERVATIONS OF SUBMILLIMETER-FAINT, RADIO-SELECTED STARBURST GALAXIES AT
z ~ 2
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Swinbank AM
(2010)
Intense star formation within resolved compact regions in a galaxy at z = 2.3.
in Nature
Wilman R
(2009)
Integral field spectroscopy of ionized and molecular gas in cool cluster cores: evidence for cold feedback?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Huang J
(2009)
INFRARED SPECTROGRAPH SPECTROSCOPY AND MULTI-WAVELENGTH STUDY OF LUMINOUS STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z ? 1.9
in The Astrophysical Journal
Alonso-Herrero A
(2006)
Infrared power-law galaxies in the Chandra deep field-south:: Active galactic nuclei and ultraluminous infrared galaxies
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Liu R
(2009)
IMPLOSION IN A CORONAL ERUPTION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Coyner A
(2009)
IMPLICATIONS OF TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALIZED ULTRAVIOLET AND HARD X-RAY EMISSION FOR LARGE SOLAR FLARES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Luo B
(2010)
IDENTIFICATIONS AND PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS OF THE 2 Ms CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-SOUTH SOURCES
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Smith G
(2009)
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF A SPECTACULAR NEW STRONG-LENSING GALAXY CLUSTER: MACS J1149.5+2223 AT z = 0.544
in The Astrophysical Journal
O'Dea K
(2010)
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE FAR-ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES: THE ROLE OF STAR FORMATION IN COOLING FLOWS AND BCG EVOLUTION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rasmussen J
(2009)
HOT GAS HALOS AROUND DISK GALAXIES: CONFRONTING COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS WITH OBSERVATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sobral D
(2009)
HiZELS: a high-redshift survey of Ha emitters - II. The nature of star-forming galaxies at z = 0.84
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geach J
(2008)
HiZELS: a high-redshift survey of Ha emitters - I. The cosmic star formation rate and clustering at z = 2.23 ?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gerssen J
(2009)
Highly ionized gas on galaxy scales: mapping the interacting Seyfert galaxy LEDA 135736
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Tacconi LJ
(2006)
High-resolution millimeter imaging of submillimeter galaxies
in 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
Smail I
(2009)
Hidden Universe uncovered
in Nature
Aharonian F
(2008)
HESS upper limits for Kepler's supernova remnant
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Aharonian F
(2009)
HESS upper limit on the very high energy ? -ray emission from the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Aharonian F
(2009)
HESS OBSERVATIONS OF THE PROMPT AND AFTERGLOW PHASES OF GRB 060602B
in The Astrophysical Journal
Aharonian F
(2009)
HESS observations of ? -ray bursts in 2003-2007
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel photometry of brightest cluster galaxies in cooling flow clusters
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel observations of FIR emission lines in brightest cluster galaxies
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ivison R
(2010)
Herschel and SCUBA-2 imaging and spectroscopy of a bright, lensed submillimetre galaxy at z = 2.3
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Alexander David
(2006)
Hard X-ray production in a failed filament eruption
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Liu R
(2009)
HARD X-RAY EMISSION IN KINKING FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Description | The programme funded by this grant produce a number of observational insights into fundamental features of galaxies, black holes and large-scale structure. To give just one example, using the newly-completed Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) we undertook the first survey of extreme starburst galaxies in the distant Universe, demonstrating that these galaxies are very likely to be the progenitors of the most massive galaxies seen today in the local Universe, but seen in an early and very active phase of formation. |
Exploitation Route | Further academic research or through the development of new facilities (e.g. ELT and SKA) or observational programmes. |
Sectors | Education |
URL | http://www.astro.dur.ac.uk/Cosmology |
Description | 6dFGS survey |
Organisation | Australian Astronomical Observatory |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Data analysis and construction of the FP catalogue, i.e. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.443.1231C |
Collaborator Contribution | Many other science contributions, e.g. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.444.3926J http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.445.2677S http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455..386S |
Impact | now focused on mostly exclusively on 6dF++, i.e. TAIPAN http://www.taipan-survey.org/ Map the southern cosmography with ~110 k redshifts. First detailed map of the southern hemisphere peculiar velocities. |
Description | 6dFGS survey |
Organisation | Australian National University (ANU) |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Data analysis and construction of the FP catalogue, i.e. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.443.1231C |
Collaborator Contribution | Many other science contributions, e.g. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.444.3926J http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.445.2677S http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455..386S |
Impact | now focused on mostly exclusively on 6dF++, i.e. TAIPAN http://www.taipan-survey.org/ Map the southern cosmography with ~110 k redshifts. First detailed map of the southern hemisphere peculiar velocities. |
Description | Wide field astronomical surveys |
Organisation | University of Hawaii |
Department | Institute for Astronomy |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Durham an offical partnet in the Pan-STARRS consortium, which operate a telescope in Hawaii. |
Collaborator Contribution | They provide the telscope and operations support. |
Impact | The principle output is research papers published in refereed journals. |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Seminars and invited talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | All of the co-applicants on this grants have given numberous seminars and invited talks at universities and international meetings and conferences. These activities help to enhance the wider knowledge of our research, and foster new collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012 |