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
Goulding A
(2010)
Towards a complete census of active galactic nuclei in nearby galaxies: the incidence of growing black holes The incidence of growing black holes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Lucia G
(2009)
On the role of the post-starburst phase in the buildup of the red sequence of intermediate-redshift clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chapin E
(2011)
A joint analysis of BLAST 250-500 µm and LABOCA 870 µm observations in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South BLAST and LABOCA observations of the ECDF-S
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith R
(2009)
A spectroscopic survey of dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster: stellar populations, environment and downsizing
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hartley W
(2008)
The clustering and abundance of star-forming and passive galaxies at z ~ 2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mullaney J
(2008)
Optical emission-line properties of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies and comparison active galactic nuclei Emission line properties of NLS1 AGN
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lira P
(2008)
An infrared study of the double nucleus in NGC 3256
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Coppin K
(2009)
A submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.76 in the LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field -South
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dariush A
(2010)
The mass assembly of galaxy groups and the evolution of the magnitude gap
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Casey C
(2011)
Spectroscopic characterization of 250-µm-selected hyper-luminous star-forming galaxies 250-µm galaxies at z>1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sobral D
(2010)
The clustering and evolution of Ha emitters at z ~ 1 from HiZELS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Crighton N
(2010)
Galaxies at a redshift of ~0.5 around three closely spaced quasar sightlines
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tamura N
(2006)
A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - I. Observation, data analysis and luminosity function
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Younger J
(2008)
Clarifying the nature of the brightest submillimetre sources: interferometric imaging of LH 850.02
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fanidakis N
(2011)
Grand unification of AGN activity in the ?CDM cosmology Grand unification of AGN activity
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geach J
(2011)
A GALEX/Spitzer survey of the Cl 0016+16 supercluster at z = 0.55: acceleration of the onset of star formation in satellite groups Star formation around Cl 0016+16
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
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
Hoyos C
(2011)
The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey - III. Structural parameters of galaxies using single Sérsic fits? Structural parameters of galaxies in Coma
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Casey C
(2009)
A search for neutral carbon towards two z = 4.05 submillimetre galaxies, GN???20 and GN???20.2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
LENAIN J
(2012)
VERY HIGH ENERGY ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI SYNCHROTRON SELF-COMPTON MODELING TOUR
in International Journal of Modern Physics D
Cimatti A
(2008)
SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer
in Experimental Astronomy
Appourchaux T
(2008)
POLAR investigation of the Sun-POLARIS
in Experimental Astronomy
Morris S
(2009)
String-like Lagrangians from a generalized geometry
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Lee Induk
(2008)
Seoul National University Bright Quasar Survey in Optical (SNUQSO). I. First phase observations and results
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Landt Hermine
(2008)
The near-infrared broad emission line region of active galactic nuclei. I. The observations
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Lilly S. J.
(2007)
zCOSMOS:: A large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0<z<3 in the COSMOS field
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Kilgard RE
(2006)
A
Chandra survey of nearby spiral galaxies.: I.: Point source catalogs (vol 159, pg 214, 2005)
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Luo B.
(2008)
THE
CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-SOUTH SURVEY: 2 Ms SOURCE CATALOGS
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Quillen Alice C.
(2008)
An infrared survey of brightest cluster galaxies. I
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Carter David
(2008)
The
Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey.: I.: Survey objectives and design
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Liu Rui
(2008)
The effect of magnetic reconnection and writhing in a partial filament eruption
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Treister E
(2006)
Spitzer number counts of active galactic nuclei in the goods fields
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Ivison R. J.
(2007)
AEGIS20: A radio survey of the Extended Groth Strip
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Davis M.
(2007)
The All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) data sets
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Alexander David
(2007)
Saturation of nonthermal hard X-ray emission in solar flares
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Menendez-Delmestre Karin
(2007)
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of high-redshift submillimeter galaxies:: First results
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Chapman S. C.
(2008)
INTERFEROMETRIC CO OBSERVATIONS OF SUBMILLIMETER-FAINT, RADIO-SELECTED STARBURST GALAXIES AT
z ~ 2
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Prestwich A. H.
(2007)
The orbital period of the Wolf-Rayet binary IC 10 X-1: Dynamic evidence that the compact object is a black hole
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Tian Lirong
(2008)
On the origin of magnetic helicity in the solar corona
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Rauch Michael
(2008)
A population of faint extended line emitters and the host galaxies of optically thick QSO absorption systems
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Gilbert Holly R.
(2008)
The filament-moreton wave interaction of 2006 December 6
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Jenkins L. P.
(2007)
Uncovering the near-IR dwarf galaxy population of the coma cluster with
Spitzer IRAC
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Alexander D. M.
(2008)
RELIABLE IDENTIFICATION OF COMPTON-THICK QUASARS AT z ˜ 2:
SPITZER MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF HDF-oMD49
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Silverman J. D.
(2008)
The evolution of agn host galaxies: From blue to red and the influence of large-scale structures
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Liu Rui
(2007)
Kink-induced catastrophe in a coronal eruption
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Vazquez Gerardo A.
(2007)
Constraints on accretion in ultraluminous X-ray sources from Spitzer IRS observations of NGC 4485/4490:: Infrared diagnostic diagrams
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Pope Alexandra
(2008)
THE NATURE OF FAINT
SPITZER-SELECTED DUST-OBSCURED GALAXIES
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Geach J. E.
(2006)
A panoramic mid-infrared survey of two distant clusters
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Steffen A. T.
(2007)
Chandra stacking constraints on the contribution of 24 µm
Spitzer sources to the unresolved cosmic X-ray background
in 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 |