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
Fabian A
(2012)
1H 0707-495 in 2011: an X-ray source within a gravitational radius of the event horizon 1H 0707-495 in 2011
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kennedy G
(2012)
99 Herculis: host to a circumbinary polar-ring debris disc A circumbinary polar-ring debris disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kennicutt Robert
(2011)
Allan Rex Sandage (
1926-
2010) OBITUARY
in OBSERVATORY
Wagg J
(2012)
[C II] LINE EMISSION IN MASSIVE STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z = 4.7
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bayliss K
(2012)
[O ii ] emitters at z ~ 4.6 in the GOODS field: a homogeneous measure of evolving star formation [O ii ] emitters at z ~ 4.6 in the GOODS field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bayliss K
(2011)
[O ii] emitters in the GOODS field at z~ 1.85: a homogeneous measure of evolving star formation [O ii] emitters in the GOODS field at z ~ 1.85
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jayaraman A
(2013)
A 10 000 star spectroscopic survey of the thick disc-halo interface: phase-space sub-structure in the thick disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Conn A
(2011)
A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. I.
in The Astrophysical Journal
Conn A
(2012)
A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. II. DISTANCES TO THE SATELLITES OF M31
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gallo L
(2013)
A blurred reflection interpretation for the intermediate flux state in Mrk 335
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jonker P
(2010)
A bright off-nuclear X-ray source: a type IIn supernova, a bright ULX or a recoiling supermassive black hole in CXO J122518.6+144545 A bright off-nuclear X-ray source
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Steiner J
(2012)
A broad iron line in LMC X-1 A broad iron line in LMC X-1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bouwens RJ
(2011)
A candidate redshift z ˜ 10 galaxy and rapid changes in that population at an age of 500 Myr.
in Nature
Cooke R
(2010)
A carbon-enhanced metal-poor damped Lya system: probing gas from Population III nucleosynthesis?? A carbon-enhanced metal-poor DLA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Broos P
(2011)
A CATALOG OF CHANDRA X-RAY SOURCES IN THE CARINA NEBULA
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Humphrey P
(2011)
A CENSUS OF BARYONS AND DARK MATTER IN AN ISOLATED, MILKY WAY SIZED ELLIPTICAL GALAXY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Watkins L
(2013)
A census of orbital properties of the M31 satellites
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tout C
(2011)
A common envelope binary star origin of long gamma-ray bursts LGRBs from common envelope evolution
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Auger M
(2011)
A compact early-type galaxy at z= 0.6 under a magnifying lens: evidence for inside-out growth Super-resolving a compact ETG at z = 0.6
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Botticella M
(2012)
A comparison between star formation rate diagnostics and rate of core collapse supernovae within 11 Mpc
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Melin J
(2012)
A comparison of algorithms for the construction of SZ cluster catalogues
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cackett E
(2012)
A COMPARISON OF BROAD IRON EMISSION LINES IN ARCHIVAL DATA OF NEUTRON STAR LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zimmerman N
(2011)
A Data-Cube Extraction Pipeline for a Coronagraphic Integral Field Spectrograph
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Lestrade J
(2012)
A DEBRIS disk around the planet hosting M-star GJ 581 spatially resolved with Herschel
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Harrison D
(2011)
A deconvolution map-making method for experiments with circular scanning strategies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Brasseur C
(2011)
A DEEP PHOTOMETRIC LOOK AT TWO OF ANDROMEDA'S DWARF SPHEROIDALS: X AND XVII
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bosman S
(2017)
A deep search for metals near redshift 7: the line of sight towards ULAS J1120+0641
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rossi A
(2012)
A deep search for the host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts with no detected optical afterglow
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Canning R
(2011)
A deep spectroscopic study of the filamentary nebulosity in NGC 4696, the brightest cluster galaxy in the Centaurus cluster The filaments of NGC 4696
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sakai S
(2012)
A DEEP, WIDE-FIELD Ha SURVEY OF NEARBY CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES: DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Bernard E
(2012)
A deep, wide-field study of Holmberg II with Suprime-Cam: evidence for ram pressure stripping A wide-field study of Holmberg II
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tabatabaei F
(2013)
A detailed study of the radio-FIR correlation in NGC 6946 with Herschel -PACS/SPIRE from KINGFISH
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sanders J
(2010)
A direct limit on the turbulent velocity of the intracluster medium in the core of Abell 1835 from XMM-Newton Turbulence in the core of Abell 1835
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
King A
(2011)
A DISTINCTIVE DISK-JET COUPLING IN THE SEYFERT-1 ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS NGC 4051
in The Astrophysical Journal
Riechers DA
(2013)
A dust-obscured massive maximum-starburst galaxy at a redshift of 6.34.
in Nature
Peñarrubia J
(2014)
A dynamical model of the local cosmic expansion
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kreckel K
(2014)
A FAR-IR VIEW OF THE STARBURST-DRIVEN SUPERWIND IN NGC 2146
in The Astrophysical Journal
Harrison D
(2011)
A fast 2D image reconstruction algorithm from 1D data for the Gaia mission
in Experimental Astronomy
Verbeek K
(2012)
A first catalogue of automatically selected ultraviolet-excess sources from the UVEX survey A first catalogue of UVEX UV-excess sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bolton J
(2010)
A first direct measurement of the intergalactic medium temperature around a quasar at z= 6 The IGM temperature around a quasar at z=6
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bothwell M
(2013)
A fundamental relation between the metallicity, gas content and stellar mass of local galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Díaz C
(2011)
A galaxy as the source of a C iv absorption system close to the epoch of reionization? Galaxy-QSO absorber pair at z= 5.719
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lee J
(2011)
A GALEX ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING SURVEY OF GALAXIES IN THE LOCAL VOLUME
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Mustill A
(2011)
A general model of resonance capture in planetary systems: first- and second-order resonances Resonance capture
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Letarte B
(2010)
A high-resolution VLT/FLAMES study of individual stars in the centre of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Collins M
(2010)
A Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopic survey of the faint M31 satellites And IX, And XI, And XII and And XIII?† The faint dSphs of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Collins M
(2013)
A KINEMATIC STUDY OF THE ANDROMEDA DWARF SPHEROIDAL SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Walton D
(2011)
A large catalogue of ultraluminous X-ray source candidates in nearby galaxies
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Leitherer C
(2010)
A LIBRARY OF THEORETICAL ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OF MASSIVE, HOT STARS FOR EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series