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
Aravena M
(2012)
Deep observations of CO line emission from star-forming galaxies in a cluster candidate at z =1.5 CO in galaxies in an overdensity at z = 1.5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aravena M
(2013)
Large gas reservoirs and free-free emission in two lensed star-forming galaxies at z = 2.7
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Audren B
(2013)
Neutrino masses and cosmological parameters from a Euclid-like survey: Markov Chain Monte Carlo forecasts including theoretical errors
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Auger M
(2011)
A compact early-type galaxy at z = 0.6 under a magnifying lens: evidence for inside-out growth
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Auger M
(2013)
Are group- and cluster-scale dark matter haloes overconcentrated?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Auger M
(2010)
DARK MATTER CONTRACTION AND THE STELLAR CONTENT OF MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES: DISFAVORING "LIGHT" INITIAL MASS FUNCTIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Auger M
(2010)
THE SLOAN LENS ACS SURVEY. X. STELLAR, DYNAMICAL, AND TOTAL MASS CORRELATIONS OF MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Auld R
(2012)
Herschel observations of Cen A: stellar heating of two extragalactic dust clouds Herschel observations of Cen A dust clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Babak S
(2010)
The Mock LISA Data Challenges: from challenge 3 to challenge 4
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Babak S
(2011)
Fundamental physics and cosmology with LISA
in Classical and Quantum Gravity