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
Damiani F
(2014)
Gaia -ESO Survey: Empirical classification of VLT/Giraffe stellar spectra in the wavelength range 6440-6810 Å in the ? Velorum cluster, and calibration of spectral indices
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sharma S
(2014)
KINEMATIC MODELING OF THE MILKY WAY USING THE RAVE AND GCS STELLAR SURVEYS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kruijssen J
(2014)
What controls star formation in the central 500 pc of the Galaxy?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jorgenson R
(2014)
SPATIALLY RESOLVED EMISSION OF A HIGH-REDSHIFT DLA GALAXY WITH THE KECK/OSIRIS IFU
in The Astrophysical Journal
Belokurov V
(2014)
Precession of the Sagittarius stream
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Antoja T
(2014)
Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smiljanic R
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Deason A
(2014)
TriAnd and its siblings: satellites of satellites in the Milky Way halo
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ruel J
(2014)
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND VELOCITY DISPERSIONS OF GALAXY CLUSTERS FROM THE SPT-SZ SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Slater C
(2014)
THE COMPLEX STRUCTURE OF STARS IN THE OUTER GALACTIC DISK AS REVEALED BY PAN-STARRS1
in The Astrophysical Journal