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
Lee Induk
(2008)
Seoul National University Bright Quasar Survey in Optical (SNUQSO). I. First phase observations and results
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
McGee S
(2008)
Evolution in the discs and bulges of group galaxies since z 0.4
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aharonian F
(2008)
Exploring a SNR/molecular cloud association within HESS J1745-303
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tian Lirong
(2008)
Origins of coronal energy and helicity in NOAA 10030
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Swinbank A
(2008)
The properties of submm galaxies in hierarchical models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Quillen Alice C.
(2008)
An infrared survey of brightest cluster galaxies. I
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Aharonian F
(2008)
Search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilations around intermediate mass black holes with the HESS experiment
in Physical Review D
Frieman J
(2008)
THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY-II SUPERNOVA SURVEY: TECHNICAL SUMMARY
in The Astronomical Journal
Landt Hermine
(2008)
The near-infrared broad emission line region of active galactic nuclei. I. The observations
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Aharonian F
(2008)
Simultaneous HESS and Chandra observations of Sagitarius A$^{\star}$ during an X-ray flare
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Middelberg E
(2008)
DEEP AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE LARGE AREA SURVEY RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN LARGE AREA ISO SURVEY S1/ SPITZER WIDE-AREA INFRARED EXTRAGALCTIC FIELD
in The Astronomical Journal
Alexander D
(2008)
WEIGHING THE BLACK HOLES IN z ˜ 2 SUBMILLIMETER-EMITTING GALAXIES HOSTING ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
in The Astronomical Journal
Carter David
(2008)
The
Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey.: I.: Survey objectives and design
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Wake D
(2008)
The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: evolution of the clustering of luminous red galaxies since z = 0.6
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Croston J
(2008)
Galaxy-cluster gas-density distributions of the representative XMM-Newton cluster structure survey (REXCESS)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Wilman D. J.
(2008)
Unveiling the important role of groups in the evolution of massive galaxies: Insights from an infrared passive sequence at intermediate redshift
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Smith R
(2008)
A large population of recently quenched red-sequence dwarf galaxies in the outskirts of the Coma cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Clements D
(2008)
The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) - VIII. The nature of faint submillimetre galaxies in SHADES, SWIRE and SXDF surveys
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rawle T
(2008)
Stellar population gradients in early-type cluster galaxies with VIMOS IFU? Stellar population gradients
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Salomé P
(2008)
Observations of CO in the eastern filaments of NGC 1275
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Smail I
(2008)
A pilot survey for KX QSOs in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Aharonian F
(2008)
Very high energy gamma-ray observations of the galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 with HESS
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Balogh M
(2008)
Testing cold dark matter with the hierarchical build-up of stellar light
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aharonian F
(2008)
Chandra and HESS observations of the supernova remnant CTB 37B
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rauch Michael
(2008)
A population of faint extended line emitters and the host galaxies of optically thick QSO absorption systems
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Middelberg E
(2008)
ERRATUM: "DEEP AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE LARGE AREA SURVEY RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN LARGE AREA ISO SURVEY S1/ SPITZER WIDE-AREA INFRARED EXTRAGALACTIC FIELD" (2008, AJ, 135, 1276)
in The Astronomical 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
Aharonian F.
(2007)
H.E.S.S. observations of the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622:: Shell-type morphology and spectrum of a widely extended very high energy gamma-ray source
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
Rauscher Bernard J.
(2007)
Detectors for the
James Webb space telescope near-infrared spectrograph.: I.: Readout mode, noise model, and calibration considerations
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
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
Lane K
(2007)
The colour selection of distant galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Aharonian F.
(2007)
An exceptional very high energy gamma-ray flare of PKS 2155-304
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Liu Rui
(2007)
Kink-induced catastrophe in a coronal eruption
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Geach J. E.
(2007)
Spitzer identifications and classifications of submillimeter galaxies in giant, high-redshift, Lya-emission-line nebulae
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Smail Ian
(2007)
A very bright, highly magnified Lyman break galaxy at
z=3.07
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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
Davis M.
(2007)
The All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS) data sets
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Gilbert Holly
(2007)
Observational evidence supporting cross-field diffusion of neutral material in solar filaments
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Aharonian F
(2007)
Upper limits from HESS active galactic nuclei observations in 2005-2007
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jenkins L. P.
(2007)
Uncovering the near-IR dwarf galaxy population of the coma cluster with
Spitzer IRAC
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Lilly S. J.
(2007)
zCOSMOS:: A large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0<z<3 in the COSMOS field
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Moran Sean M.
(2007)
A wide-field survey of two
z ~ 0.5 galaxy clusters:: Identifying the physical processes responsible for the observed transformation of spirals into S0s
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Lehmer B. D.
(2007)
The X-ray evolution of early-type galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South
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 |