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
Rosales-Ortega F
(2010)
PINGS: the PPAK IFS Nearby Galaxies Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosales-Ortega F
(2011)
PPAK wide-field Integral Field Spectroscopy of NGC 628 - II. Emission line abundance analysis? Spatially resolved IFS abundance analysis of NGC 628
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ross N
(2012)
THE SDSS-III BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY: QUASAR TARGET SELECTION FOR DATA RELEASE NINE
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Rossi A
(2011)
The Swift/ Fermi GRB 080928 from 1 eV to 150 keV
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rossi A
(2012)
A deep search for the host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts with no detected optical afterglow
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ruchti G
(2011)
OBSERVATIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE METAL-POOR THICK DISK OF THE MILKY WAY AND INSIGHTS INTO ITS ORIGINS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ruchti G
(2011)
METAL-POOR LITHIUM-RICH GIANTS IN THE RADIAL VELOCITY EXPERIMENT SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ruchti G
(2010)
ORIGINS OF THE THICK DISK AS TRACED BY THE ALPHA ELEMENTS OF METAL-POOR GIANT STARS SELECTED FROM RAVE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rudie G
(2012)
THE TEMPERATURE-DENSITY RELATION IN THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM AT REDSHIFT ? z ? = 2.4
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rudie G
(2013)
THE COLUMN DENSITY DISTRIBUTION AND CONTINUUM OPACITY OF THE INTERGALACTIC AND CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM AT REDSHIFT ? z ? = 2.4
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rudie G
(2012)
THE GASEOUS ENVIRONMENT OF HIGH- z GALAXIES: PRECISION MEASUREMENTS OF NEUTRAL HYDROGEN IN THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM OF z ~ 2-3 GALAXIES IN THE KECK BARYONIC STRUCTURE SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ruel J
(2014)
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND VELOCITY DISPERSIONS OF GALAXY CLUSTERS FROM THE SPT-SZ SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ruff A
(2011)
THE SL2S GALAXY-SCALE LENS SAMPLE. II. COSMIC EVOLUTION OF DARK AND LUMINOUS MASS IN EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Russell H
(2012)
Shock fronts, electron-ion equilibration and intracluster medium transport processes in the merging cluster Abell 2146 The merging cluster Abell 2146
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Russell H
(2010)
Chandra observation of two shock fronts in the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2146 The merging cluster Abell 2146
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Russell H
(2011)
A merger mystery: no extended radio emission in the merging cluster Abell 2146 The merging cluster Abell 2146
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Russell H
(2012)
The X-ray luminous cluster underlying the z = 1.04 quasar PKS 1229-021 The X-ray luminous cluster underlying PKS 1229-021
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Russell H
(2010)
The X-ray luminous cluster underlying the bright radio-quiet quasar H1821+643
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Rémy-Ruyer A
(2014)
Gas-to-dust mass ratios in local galaxies over a 2 dex metallicity range
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sacco G
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: processing FLAMES-UVES spectra
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Saito R
(2012)
VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sakai S
(2012)
A DEEP, WIDE-FIELD Ha SURVEY OF NEARBY CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES: DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Sakari C
(2011)
DETAILED CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES OF FOUR STARS IN THE UNUSUAL GLOBULAR CLUSTER PALOMAR 1
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sale S
(2010)
The structure of the outer Galactic disc as revealed by IPHAS early A stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Salomé P
(2011)
A very extended molecular web around NGC 1275
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Salucci P
(2012)
Dwarf spheroidal galaxy kinematics and spiral galaxy scaling laws DSph galaxy kinematics and spiral galaxy scaling laws
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Salvatore M
(2010)
Definitive evidence of Hesperian basalt in Acidalia and Chryse planitiae
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
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
Sanders J
(2010)
Constraints on turbulent velocity broadening for a sample of clusters, groups and elliptical galaxies using XMM-Newton Turbulence in galaxy clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanders J
(2010)
Deep high-resolution X-ray spectra from cool-core clusters Deep X-ray spectra from cool-core clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanders J
(2011)
Revealing O vii from stacked X-ray grating spectra of clusters, groups and elliptical galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Sanders J
(2013)
Velocity width measurements of the coolest X-ray emitting material in the cores of clusters, groups and elliptical galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanders J
(2012)
Deep Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observations of AWM 7 - I. Investigating X-ray surface brightness fluctuations X-ray surface brightness fluctuations in AWM 7
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sandstrom K
(2013)
THE CO-TO-H 2 CONVERSION FACTOR AND DUST-TO-GAS RATIO ON KILOPARSEC SCALES IN NEARBY GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sandstrom K
(2010)
Mapping far-IR emission from the central kiloparsec of NGC 1097
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sathyaprakash B
(2012)
Scientific objectives of Einstein Telescope
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Savaglio S
(2012)
Supersolar metal abundances in two galaxies at z ~ 3.57 revealed by the GRB 090323 afterglow spectrum? Supersolar metallicity in two z~ 3.57 galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sazonov S
(2012)
CONTRIBUTION OF THE ACCRETION DISK, HOT CORONA, AND OBSCURING TORUS TO THE LUMINOSITY OF SEYFERT GALAXIES: INTEGRAL AND SPITZER OBSERVATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Scholz A
(2011)
Rotation periods for very low mass stars in Praesepe Rotation periods in Praesepe
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sesana A
(2011)
Reconstructing the massive black hole cosmic history through gravitational waves
in Physical Review D
Sharma S
(2014)
KINEMATIC MODELING OF THE MILKY WAY USING THE RAVE AND GCS STELLAR SURVEYS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sheehan C
(2010)
Forming the first planetary systems: debris around Galactic thick disc stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Sibbons L
(2012)
The AGB population of NGC 6822: distribution and the C/M ratio from JHK photometry
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Siebert A
(2011)
THE RADIAL VELOCITY EXPERIMENT (RAVE): THIRD DATA RELEASE
in The Astronomical Journal
Siebert A
(2011)
Detection of a radial velocity gradient in the extended local disc with RAVE A velocity gradient in the Galactic disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sijacki D
(2011)
Gravitational recoils of supermassive black holes in hydrodynamical simulations of gas-rich galaxies Recoils of black holes in gas-rich galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sil'chenko O
(2012)
Ages and abundances in large-scale stellar discs of nearby S0 galaxies Discs of S0 galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Simion I
(2014)
Strong RR Lyrae excess in the Hercules-Aquila Cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society