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
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