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
Lemasle B
(2012)
VLT/FLAMES spectroscopy of red giant branch stars in the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lentati L
(2013)
Variations in the fundamental constants in the QSO host J1148+5251 at z = 6.4 and the BR1202-0725 system at z = 4.7
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lestrade J
(2012)
A DEBRIS disk around the planet hosting M-star GJ 581 spatially resolved with Herschel
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Letarte B
(2010)
A high-resolution VLT/FLAMES study of individual stars in the centre of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lewis A
(2011)
The shape of the CMB lensing bispectrum
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Lewis G
(2013)
PAndAS IN THE MIST: THE STELLAR AND GASEOUS MASS WITHIN THE HALOS OF M31 AND M33
in The Astrophysical Journal
Li B
(2012)
An extended excursion set approach to structure formation in chameleon models Excursion set approach for chameleon models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Li Y
(2013)
STAR FORMATION RATES IN RESOLVED GALAXIES: CALIBRATIONS WITH NEAR- AND FAR-INFRARED DATA FOR NGC 5055 AND NGC 6946
in The Astrophysical Journal
Li Y
(2010)
SPITZER 70 µm EMISSION AS A STAR FORMATION RATE INDICATOR FOR SUB-GALACTIC REGIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Li Y
(2013)
TESTING FOR AZIMUTHAL ABUNDANCE GRADIENTS IN M101
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lisse C
(2012)
SPITZER EVIDENCE FOR A LATE-HEAVY BOMBARDMENT AND THE FORMATION OF UREILITES IN ? CORVI At ~1 Gyr
in The Astrophysical Journal
Liu G
(2013)
THE Paa LUMINOSITY FUNCTION OF H II REGIONS IN NEARBY GALAXIES FROM HST /NICMOS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lodato G
(2011)
Resolution requirements for smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of self-gravitating accretion discs Resolving fragmentation in SPH simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lodieu N
(2012)
First T dwarfs in the VISTA Hemisphere Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Loh E
(2011)
A SURVEY OF MOLECULAR HYDROGEN IN THE CRAB NEBULA
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Loh E
(2012)
H2 temperatures in the Crab Nebula H2 temperatures in the Crab Nebula
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lohfink A
(2012)
THE BLACK HOLE SPIN AND SOFT X-RAY EXCESS OF THE LUMINOUS SEYFERT GALAXY FAIRALL 9
in The Astrophysical Journal
Luo B
(2011)
REVEALING A POPULATION OF HEAVILY OBSCURED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT z ˜ 0.5-1 IN THE CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-SOUTH
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ma Y
(2011)
Testing a direction-dependent primordial power spectrum with observations of the cosmic microwave background
in Physical Review D
Macciò A
(2010)
Luminosity function and radial distribution of Milky Way satellites in a ?CDM Universe
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
MacGregor M
(2013)
MILLIMETER EMISSION STRUCTURE IN THE FIRST ALMA IMAGE OF THE AU Mic DEBRIS DISK
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mackey A
(2010)
EVIDENCE FOR AN ACCRETION ORIGIN FOR THE OUTER HALO GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM OF M31
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mackey A
(2010)
Deep Gemini/GMOS imaging of an extremely isolated globular cluster in the Local Group
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mackey A
(2013)
Young accreted globular clusters in the outer halo of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Madden S
(2013)
An Overview of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Maddox N
(2012)
The large area KX quasar catalogue - I. Analysis of the photometric redshift selection and the complete quasar catalogue The large area KX quasar catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Madej O
(2010)
A relativistically broadened O viii Lya line in the ultracompact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Magdis G
(2013)
Mid- to far-infrared properties of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei
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
Mao Y
(2012)
CHARACTERIZING ULTRAVIOLET AND INFRARED OBSERVATIONAL PROPERTIES FOR GALAXIES. I. INFLUENCES OF DUST ATTENUATION AND STELLAR POPULATION AGE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Marble A
(2010)
AN AROMATIC INVENTORY OF THE LOCAL VOLUME
in The Astrophysical Journal
Marinucci A
(2010)
The X-ray spectral signatures from the complex circumnuclear regions in the Compton thick AGN NGC 424
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Martin N
(2014)
THE PAndAS FIELD OF STREAMS: STELLAR STRUCTURES IN THE MILKY WAY HALO TOWARD ANDROMEDA AND TRIANGULUM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Martin R
(2011)
Tidal warping and precession of Be star decretion discs Tidal warping of Be star decretion discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Martin R
(2010)
Supernova kicks and misaligned microquasars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maschberger T
(2011)
Global mass segregation in hydrodynamical simulations of star formation Global mass segregation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maschberger T
(2010)
Properties of hierarchically forming star clusters Hierarchically forming star clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mast D
(2014)
The effects of spatial resolution on integral field spectrograph surveys at different redshifts - The CALIFA perspective
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Matijevic G
(2010)
DOUBLE-LINED SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY STARS IN THE RAVE SURVEY
in The Astronomical Journal
Matijevic G
(2012)
EXPLORING THE MORPHOLOGY OF RAVE STELLAR SPECTRA
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Matijevic G
(2011)
SINGLE-LINED SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY STAR CANDIDATES IN THE RAVE SURVEY
in The Astronomical Journal
Matthews B
(2010)
Resolving debris discs in the far-infrared: Early highlights from the DEBRIS survey
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
McConnachie A
(2010)
THE PHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A VAST STELLAR SUBSTRUCTURE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF M33
in The Astrophysical Journal
McKean J
(2010)
The mass distribution of a moderate redshift galaxy group and brightest group galaxy from gravitational lensing and kinematics Gravitational lensing by a galaxy group
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Meixner M
(2013)
THE HERschel INVENTORY OF THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, A HERSCHEL OPEN TIME KEY PROGRAM
in The Astronomical Journal
Melin J
(2012)
A comparison of algorithms for the construction of SZ cluster catalogues
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mennella A
(2011)
Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mentuch Cooper E
(2012)
SPATIALLY RESOLVED STELLAR, DUST, AND GAS PROPERTIES OF THE POST-INTERACTING WHIRLPOOL GALAXY SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Menéndez-Delmestre K
(2013)
MAPPING THE CLUMPY STRUCTURES WITHIN SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES USING LASER-GUIDE STAR ADAPTIVE OPTICS SPECTROSCOPY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Michael Shull J
(2012)
CRITICAL STAR FORMATION RATES FOR REIONIZATION: FULL REIONIZATION OCCURS AT REDSHIFT z ˜ 7
in The Astrophysical Journal