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
Walker S
(2012)
X-ray observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 2029 to the virial radius A2029 at the virial radius
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Walker S
(2012)
Further X-ray observations of the galaxy cluster PKS 0745-191 to the virial radius and beyond PKS 0745-191 at the virial radius
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Walker M
(2010)
ERRATUM: "A UNIVERSAL MASS PROFILE FOR DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES?" (2009, ApJ, 704, 1274)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wagg J
(2012)
[C II] LINE EMISSION IN MASSIVE STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z = 4.7
in The Astrophysical Journal
Voyatzis G
(2013)
Multiplanet destabilization and escape in post-main-sequence systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Viel M
(2010)
The effect of neutrinos on the matter distribution as probed by the intergalactic medium
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Vieira JD
(2013)
Dusty starburst galaxies in the early Universe as revealed by gravitational lensing.
in Nature
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
Verbeek K
(2012)
Spectroscopic follow-up of ultraviolet-excess objects selected from the UVEX survey Spectroscopic follow-up of UV-excess objects
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Veras D
(2012)
Planetary orbital equations in externally-perturbed systems: position and velocity-dependent forces
in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy