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
Steidel C
(2014)
STRONG NEBULAR LINE RATIOS IN THE SPECTRA of z ~ 2-3 STAR FORMING GALAXIES: FIRST RESULTS FROM KBSS-MOSFIRE
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Steiner J
(2011)
The spin of the black hole microquasar XTE J1550-564 via the continuum-fitting and Fe-line methods The spin of the BH in XTE J1550-564
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Su J
(2011)
THE UDF05 FOLLOW-UP OF THE HUBBLE ULTRA DEEP FIELD. III. THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION AT z ~ 6
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sugerman B
(2012)
THIRTY YEARS OF SN 1980K: EVIDENCE FOR LIGHT ECHOES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Suyu S
(2012)
DISENTANGLING BARYONS AND DARK MATTER IN THE SPIRAL GRAVITATIONAL LENS B1933+503
in The Astrophysical Journal
Suyu S
(2014)
COSMOLOGY FROM GRAVITATIONAL LENS TIME DELAYS AND PLANCK DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Suyu S
(2013)
TWO ACCURATE TIME-DELAY DISTANCES FROM STRONG LENSING: IMPLICATIONS FOR COSMOLOGY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Suyu S
(2010)
DISSECTING THE GRAVITATIONAL LENS B1608+656. II. PRECISION MEASUREMENTS OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT, SPATIAL CURVATURE, AND THE DARK ENERGY EQUATION OF STATE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sweet S
(2013)
Choirs, H i galaxy groups: catalogue and detection of star-forming dwarf group members
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Swinbank A
(2014)
An ALMA survey of sub-millimetre Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: the far-infrared properties of SMGs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Szomoru D
(2013)
THE STELLAR MASS STRUCTURE OF MASSIVE GALAXIES FROM z = 0 TO z = 2.5: SURFACE DENSITY PROFILES AND HALF-MASS RADII
in The Astrophysical Journal
Szomoru D
(2011)
MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES FROM ULTRA-DEEP HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE WIDE FIELD CAMERA 3 IMAGING: THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE AT z ~ 2
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sánchez S
(2012)
Integral field spectroscopy of a sample of nearby galaxies II. Properties of the H ii regions??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sánchez S
(2012)
CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey I. Survey presentation?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sánchez S
(2011)
PPAK Wide-field Integral Field Spectroscopy of NGC 628 - I. The largest spectroscopic mosaic on a single galaxy? Wide-field IFS of NGC 628
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
Tafelmeyer M
(2011)
Extremely metal-poor stars in classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans ( Corrigendum )
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tafelmeyer M
(2010)
Extremely metal-poor stars in classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies: Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tanvir N
(2012)
The structure of star clusters in the outer halo of M31 Halo star clusters of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tauber J
(2010)
Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Taylor S
(2012)
Cosmology using advanced gravitational-wave detectors alone
in Physical Review D
Taylor S
(2012)
Cosmology with the lights off: Standard sirens in the Einstein Telescope era
in Physical Review D
Taylor S
(2013)
Weighing the evidence for a gravitational-wave background in the first International Pulsar Timing Array data challenge
in Physical Review D
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