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
{Marino}, R.~A. And {Rosales-Ortega}, F.~F. And {S{\'a}nchez}, S.~F. And {Gil De Paz}, A. And {V{\'{\i}}lchez}, J. And {Miralles-Caballero}, D. And {Kehrig}, C. And {P{\'e}rez-Montero}, E. And {Stanishev}, V. And {Iglesias-P{\'a}ramo}, J. And {D{\'{\i}}az}, A.~I. And {Castillo-Morales}, A. And {Kennicutt}, R. And {L{\'o}pez-S{\'a}nchez}, A.~R. And {Galbany}, L. And {Garc{\'{\i}}a-Benito}, R. And {Mast}, D. And {Mendez-Abreu}, J. And {Monreal-Ibero}, A. And {Husemann}, B. And {Walcher}, C.~J. An
(2013)
The O3N2 and N2 abundance indicators revisited: improved calibrations based on CALIFA and T$_{e}$-based literature data
in \aap
{Huynh}, M.~T. And {Norris}, R.~P. And {Coppin}, K.~E.~K. And {Emonts}, B.~H.~C. And {Ivison}, R.~J. And {Seymour}, N. And {Smail}, I. And {Smol{\v C}i{\'c}}, V. And {Swinbank}, A.~M. And {Brandt}, W.~N. And {Chapman}, S.~C. And {Dannerbauer}, H. And {De Breuck}, C. And {Greve}, T.~R. And {Hodge}, J.~A. And {Karim}, A. And {Knudsen}, K.~K. And {Menten}, K.~M. And {van Der Werf}, P.~P. And {Walter}, F. And {Weiss}, A.
(2013)
Physical conditions of the gas in an ALMA [C II]-identified submillimetre galaxy at z = 4.44
in \mnras
Kennicutt R
(2012)
Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Fabian A
(2012)
Observational Evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Van Den Berg M
(2023)
The osteometric identification of castrated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and the significance of castration in tracing human-animal relationships in the North.
in Archaeological and anthropological sciences
Walton D
(2011)
A large catalogue of ultraluminous X-ray source candidates in nearby galaxies
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Haehnelt M
(2010)
Probing dark matter, galaxies and the expansion history of the Universe with Ly a in absorption and emission
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Harrison D
(2011)
A deconvolution map-making method for experiments with circular scanning strategies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Starkenburg E
(2013)
The extremely low-metallicity tail of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mennella A
(2011)
Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Spina L
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: the first abundance determination of the pre-main-sequence cluster gamma Velorum
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ponti G
(2012)
Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 XI. Reverberation of the Fe K a line
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Zacchei A
(2011)
Planck early results. V. The Low Frequency Instrument data processing
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Donati P
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Reevaluation of the parameters of the open cluster Trumpler 20 using photometry and spectroscopy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pinto C
(2013)
Interstellar medium composition through X-ray spectroscopy of low-mass X-ray binaries
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sánchez S
(2012)
Integral field spectroscopy of a sample of nearby galaxies II. Properties of the H ii regions??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tafelmeyer M
(2011)
Extremely metal-poor stars in classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans ( Corrigendum )
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Spina L
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Metallicity of the Chamaeleon I star-forming region
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cantat-Gaudin T
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Stellar content and elemental abundances in the massive cluster NGC 6705
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Abadie J
(2012)
First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Boer T
(2011)
Deep wide-field imaging down to the oldest main sequence turn-offs in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lebzelter T
(2012)
Comparative modelling of the spectra of cool giants
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Singh R
(2013)
The nature of LINER galaxies: Ubiquitous hot old stars and rare accreting black holes
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rémy-Ruyer A
(2013)
Revealing the cold dust in low-metallicity environments I. Photometry analysis of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey with Herschel ?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Walsh J
(2012)
The light element abundance distribution in NGC 5128 from planetary nebulae
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Botticella M
(2012)
A comparison between star formation rate diagnostics and rate of core collapse supernovae within 11 Mpc
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
González Delgado R
(2014)
The star formation history of CALIFA galaxies: Radial structures
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Magrini L
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Abundance ratios in the inner-disk open clusters Trumpler 20, NGC 4815, NGC 6705
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Arav N
(2012)
Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 X. Lower limit on the distance of the absorber from HST COS and STIS spectroscopy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rojas-Arriagada A
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: metallicity and kinematic trends in the Milky Way bulge
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cormier D
(2014)
The molecular gas reservoir of 6 low-metallicity galaxies from the Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey A ground-based follow-up survey of CO(1-0), CO(2-1), and CO(3-2)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pasetto S
(2012)
Thin disk kinematics from RAVE and the solar motion
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rossi A
(2011)
The Swift/ Fermi GRB 080928 from 1 eV to 150 keV
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Greiner J
(2010)
The nature of "dark" gamma-ray bursts
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jeffries R
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Kinematic structure in the Gamma Velorum cluster
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Westmoquette M
(2013)
Piecing together the puzzle of NGC 5253: abundances, kinematics and WR stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lodieu N
(2012)
First T dwarfs in the VISTA Hemisphere Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Krühler T
(2011)
Photometric redshifts for gamma-ray burst afterglows from GROND and Swift /UVOT
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lestrade J
(2012)
A DEBRIS disk around the planet hosting M-star GJ 581 spatially resolved with Herschel
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bergemann M
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: radial metallicity gradients and age-metallicity relation of stars in the Milky Way disk
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rémy-Ruyer A
(2014)
Gas-to-dust mass ratios in local galaxies over a 2 dex metallicity range
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Preibisch T
(2011)
Deep wide-field near-infrared survey of the Carina Nebula
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pierini D
(2012)
First simultaneous optical/near-infrared imaging of an X-ray selected, high-redshift cluster of galaxies with GROND The galaxy population of XMMU J0338.7 + 0030 at z = 1.1?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nardini M
(2011)
On the nature of the extremely fast optical rebrightening of the afterglow of GRB 081029
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hughes T
(2014)
A resolved analysis of cold dust and gas in the nearby edge-on spiral NGC 891
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sacco G
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: processing FLAMES-UVES spectra
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Van Leeuwen F
(2013)
The HIPPARCOS parallax for Polaris
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pasetto S
(2012)
Thick disk kinematics from RAVE and the solar motion
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pinto C
(2012)
A phenomenological model for the X-ray spectrum of nova V2491 Cygni
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pinto C
(2012)
Reflection and dissipation of Alfvén waves in interstellar clouds
in Astronomy & Astrophysics