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
Dutton A
(2013)
The SWELLS survey - V. A Salpeter stellar initial mass function in the bulges of massive spiral galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Díaz C
(2011)
A galaxy as the source of a C iv absorption system close to the epoch of reionization? Galaxy-QSO absorber pair at z= 5.719
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eales S
(2012)
CAN DUST EMISSION BE USED TO ESTIMATE THE MASS OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM IN GALAXIES-A PILOT PROJECT WITH THE HERSCHEL REFERENCE SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel observations of FIR emission lines in brightest cluster galaxies
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Edge A
(2010)
Herschel photometry of brightest cluster galaxies in cooling flow clusters
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Efstathiou G
(2010)
Large-angle correlations in the cosmic microwave background Large-angle correlations of the CMB
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Efstathiou G
(2012)
A simple empirically motivated template for the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect Sunyaev-Zel'dovich template
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ehlert S
(2011)
Extreme active galactic nucleus feedback and cool-core destruction in the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster MACS J1931.8-2634 Extreme feedback in MACS J1931.8-2634
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eisenstein D
(2011)
SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS
in The Astronomical Journal
Eldridge J
(2011)
Runaway stars as progenitors of supernovae and gamma-ray bursts Runaway stars as progenitors of SNe and GRBs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Engelbracht C
(2010)
Enhanced dust heating in the bulges of early-type spiral galaxies
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Epstein C
(2010)
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FAINT ( I ~ 21 mag) MICROLENSED BULGE DWARF OGLE-2007-BLG-514S
in The Astrophysical Journal
Erb D
(2014)
THE Lya PROPERTIES OF FAINT GALAXIES AT z ~ 2-3 WITH SYSTEMIC REDSHIFTS AND VELOCITY DISPERSIONS FROM KECK-MOSFIRE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Erb D
(2010)
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN A YOUNG, UNREDDENED, LOW-METALLICITY GALAXY AT HIGH REDSHIFT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ercolano B
(2011)
The clearing of discs around late-type T Tauri stars: constraints from the infrared two-colour plane Disc clearing in M stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ercolano B
(2010)
Metallicity, planet formation and disc lifetimes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Erlund M
(2010)
Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN Two types of shock within a hotspot
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ertel S
(2012)
A peculiar class of debris disks from Herschel /DUNES A steep fall off in the far infrared
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Evans N
(2014)
Extremely flat haloes and the shape of the galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Evans N. W.
(2011)
ACCURATE MASS ESTIMATORS FOR NAVARRO-FRENK-WHITE HALOS
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Evans N. W.
(2011)
Chandrasekhar and modern stellar dynamics
in BULLETIN OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
Evans P
(2012)
SWIFT FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS OF CANDIDATE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT EVENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Fabian A
(2012)
1H 0707-495 in 2011: an X-ray source within a gravitational radius of the event horizon 1H 0707-495 in 2011
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fabian A
(2013)
X-ray emission from the ultramassive black hole candidate NGC 1277: implications and speculations on its origin
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Fabian A
(2012)
On the determination of the spin of the black hole in Cyg X-1 from X-ray reflection spectra Reflection and spin in Cyg X-1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fabian A
(2010)
X-ray Reflection
in Space Science Reviews
Fabian A
(2011)
A wide Chandra view of the core of the Perseus cluster A wider view of the Perseus cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fabian A
(2012)
Observational Evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Fabian A
(2011)
The energy source of the filaments around the giant galaxy NGC 1275 Power to the filaments
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fabian A
(2013)
Long XMM observation of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy IRAS 13224-3809: rapid variability, high spin and a soft lag
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Farihi J
(2012)
Scars of intense accretion episodes at metal-rich white dwarfs Intense metal accretion at white dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Feroz F
(2010)
Classifying LISA gravitational wave burst signals using Bayesian evidence
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Filgas R
(2011)
The two-component jet of GRB 080413B
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Frank K
(2013)
CHARACTERIZATION OF INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS OF 62 GALAXY CLUSTERS WITH XMM-NEWTON
in The Astrophysical Journal
Frebel A
(2013)
THE 300 km s -1 STELLAR STREAM NEAR SEGUE 1: INSIGHTS FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF ITS BRIGHTEST STAR
in The Astrophysical Journal
Friel E
(2014)
Gaia -ESO Survey: Properties of the intermediate age open cluster NGC 4815
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fulbright J
(2010)
THE RAVE SURVEY: RICH IN VERY METAL-POOR STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gagné M
(2011)
CARINA OB STARS: X-RAY SIGNATURES OF WIND SHOCKS AND MAGNETIC FIELDS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gair J
(2011)
Approximate waveforms for extreme-mass-ratio inspirals in modified gravity spacetimes
in Physical Review D
Gair J
(2010)
Exploring intermediate and massive black-hole binaries with the Einstein Telescope
in General Relativity and Gravitation
Gair J
(2010)
LISA extreme-mass-ratio inspiral events as probes of the black hole mass function
in Physical Review D
Gair J
(2010)
Nested sampling as a tool for LISA data analysis
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Gair J
(2011)
Forced motion near black holes
in Physical Review D
Gair J
(2011)
Constraining properties of the black hole population using LISA
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Galametz M
(2014)
Dissecting the origin of the submillimetre emission in nearby galaxies with Herschel and LABOCA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galametz M
(2012)
Mapping the cold dust temperatures and masses of nearby KINGFISH galaxies with Herschel Mapping the cold dust properties with Herschel
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galametz M
(2011)
Probing the dust properties of galaxies up to submillimetre wavelengths II. Dust-to-gas mass ratio trends with metallicity and the submm excess in dwarf galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Galametz M
(2013)
The thermal dust emission in N158-N159-N160 (LMC) star-forming complex mapped by Spitzer, Herschel and LABOCA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galametz M
(2013)
Calibration of the total infrared luminosity of nearby galaxies from Spitzer and Herschel bands
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galliano F
(2011)
Non-standard grain properties, dark gas reservoir, and extended submillimeter excess, probed by Herschel in the Large Magellanic Cloud
in Astronomy & Astrophysics