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
Efstathiou G
(2010)
Large-angle correlations in the cosmic microwave background Large-angle correlations of the CMB
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Canning R
(2010)
Star formation in the outer filaments of NGC 1275 Star formation in NGC 1275
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Skok J
(2010)
Spectrally distinct ejecta in Syrtis Major, Mars: Evidence for environmental change at the Hesperian-Amazonian boundary
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Glushkova E
(2010)
Photometry of the poorly studied galactic open star clusters King 13, King 18, King 19, King 20, NGC 136, and NGC 7245
in Astronomy Letters
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
Schiminovich D
(2010)
The GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey - II. The star formation efficiency of massive galaxies GASS II: the SFE of massive galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Li Y
(2010)
SPITZER 70 µm EMISSION AS A STAR FORMATION RATE INDICATOR FOR SUB-GALACTIC REGIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Treu T
(2010)
THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Calzetti D
(2010)
THE CALIBRATION OF MONOCHROMATIC FAR-INFRARED STAR FORMATION RATE INDICATORS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Norris J
(2010)
CHEMICAL ENRICHMENT IN THE FAINTEST GALAXIES: THE CARBON AND IRON ABUNDANCE SPREADS IN THE BOÖTES I DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXY AND THE SEGUE 1 SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal