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
Bowden A
(2014)
ON ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS OF SATELLITE GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mackey A
(2010)
EVIDENCE FOR AN ACCRETION ORIGIN FOR THE OUTER HALO GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM OF M31
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hodge J
(2013)
AN ALMA SURVEY OF SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES IN THE EXTENDED CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH: SOURCE CATALOG AND MULTIPLICITY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Alvarez M
(2012)
CONSTRAINTS ON THE IONIZING EFFICIENCY OF THE FIRST GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Oesch P
(2012)
THE BRIGHT END OF THE ULTRAVIOLET LUMINOSITY FUNCTION AT z ~ 8: NEW CONSTRAINTS FROM CANDELS DATA IN GOODS-SOUTH
in The Astrophysical Journal
Xue Y
(2012)
TRACKING DOWN THE SOURCE POPULATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNRESOLVED COSMIC 6-8 keV BACKGROUND
in The Astrophysical Journal
Collins M
(2013)
A KINEMATIC STUDY OF THE ANDROMEDA DWARF SPHEROIDAL SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bouwens R
(2011)
ULTRAVIOLET LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS FROM 132 z ~ 7 AND z ~ 8 LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES IN THE ULTRA-DEEP HUDF09 AND WIDE-AREA EARLY RELEASE SCIENCE WFC3/IR OBSERVATIONS
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
Becker G
(2012)
IRON AND a-ELEMENT PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST ONE BILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG , ,
in The Astrophysical Journal