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
Simionescu A
(2012)
LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS IN THE PERSEUS GALAXY CLUSTER
in The Astrophysical Journal
Simionescu A
(2011)
Baryons at the edge of the X-ray-brightest galaxy cluster.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Simion I
(2014)
Strong RR Lyrae excess in the Hercules-Aquila Cloud
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
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
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
Sibbons L
(2012)
The AGB population of NGC 6822: distribution and the C/M ratio from JHK photometry
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sheehan C
(2010)
Forming the first planetary systems: debris around Galactic thick disc stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Sharma S
(2014)
KINEMATIC MODELING OF THE MILKY WAY USING THE RAVE AND GCS STELLAR SURVEYS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sesana A
(2011)
Reconstructing the massive black hole cosmic history through gravitational waves
in Physical Review D
Scholz A
(2011)
Rotation periods for very low mass stars in Praesepe Rotation periods in Praesepe
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
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
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
Sathyaprakash B
(2012)
Scientific objectives of Einstein Telescope
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
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
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
Salvatore M
(2010)
Definitive evidence of Hesperian basalt in Acidalia and Chryse planitiae
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets