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
Kennedy G
(2012)
Confusion limited surveys: using WISE to quantify the rarity of warm dust around Kepler stars Observing Kepler stars with WISE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Casewell S
(2012)
A photometric and astrometric investigation of the brown dwarfs in Blanco 1 Blanco 1 brown dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Moeckel N
(2011)
The formation of permanent soft binaries in dispersing clusters Permanent soft binaries in dispersing clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Veras D
(2011)
The great escape: how exoplanets and smaller bodies desert dying stars The great escape
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2013)
Blowing cold flows away: the impact of early AGN activity on the formation of a brightest cluster galaxy progenitor
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sánchez S
(2011)
PPAK Wide-field Integral Field Spectroscopy of NGC 628 - I. The largest spectroscopic mosaic on a single galaxy? Wide-field IFS of NGC 628
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Voyatzis G
(2013)
Multiplanet destabilization and escape in post-main-sequence systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kanekar N
(2013)
A search for H i 21 cm absorption towards a radio-selected quasar sample - II. A new low spin temperature DLA at high redshift
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Barnes L
(2011)
Galactic winds and extended Lya emission from the host galaxies of high column density quasi-stellar object absorption systems Galactic winds and extended Lya emission
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Barnabè M
(2010)
The non-evolving internal structure of early-type galaxies: the case study SDSS J0728+3835 at z= 0.206 The internal structure of ellipticals: J0728
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bothwell M
(2013)
A fundamental relation between the metallicity, gas content and stellar mass of local galaxies
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
Dunn R
(2010)
The radio properties of a complete, X-ray selected sample of nearby, massive elliptical galaxies
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
Van Wassenhove S
(2010)
Massive black holes lurking in Milky Way satellites Black holes in dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Patterson M
(2012)
An oxygen abundance gradient into the outer disc of M81? Oxygen abundances of M81 H ii regions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Li B
(2012)
An extended excursion set approach to structure formation in chameleon models Excursion set approach for chameleon models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Goddard Q
(2010)
On the fraction of star clusters surviving the embedded phase
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Macciò A
(2010)
Luminosity function and radial distribution of Milky Way satellites in a ?CDM Universe
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chiang C
(2012)
Re-examining the XMM-Newton spectrum of the black hole candidate XTE J1652-453 Re-examining XMM spectrum of XTE J1652-453
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Narayan R
(2011)
Bondi flow from a slowly rotating hot atmosphere A spin on Bondi flow
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Clements D
(2014)
Herschel Multitiered Extragalactic Survey: clusters of dusty galaxies uncovered by Herschel? and Planck†
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jayaraman A
(2013)
A 10 000 star spectroscopic survey of the thick disc-halo interface: phase-space sub-structure in the thick disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kruijssen J
(2012)
The dynamical state of stellar structure in star-forming regions Dynamical state of star-forming regions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Simion I
(2014)
Strong RR Lyrae excess in the Hercules-Aquila Cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jonker P
(2010)
A bright off-nuclear X-ray source: a type IIn supernova, a bright ULX or a recoiling supermassive black hole in CXO J122518.6+144545 A bright off-nuclear X-ray source
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mackey A
(2013)
Young accreted globular clusters in the outer halo of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mocz P
(2011)
Inverse-Compton ghosts and double-lobed radio sources in the X-ray sky Inverse-Compton ghosts and giant radio sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Scholz A
(2011)
Rotation periods for very low mass stars in Praesepe Rotation periods in Praesepe
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Potter A
(2012)
Towards a unified model of stellar rotation - II. Model-dependent characteristics of stellar populations Stellar populations including rotation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kendall S
(2011)
Spiral structure in nearby galaxies - I. Sample, data analysis and overview of results Spiral structure in nearby galaxies - I
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Laskar T
(2010)
Inverse-Compton X-rays from giant radio galaxies at z ~ 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nardini E
(2012)
Investigating the reflection contribution to the X-ray emission of Ton S180 X-ray reflection in Ton S180
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Evans N
(2014)
Extremely flat haloes and the shape of the galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Phillips N
(2010)
Target selection for the SUNS and DEBRIS surveys for debris discs in the solar neighbourhood
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Booth M
(2012)
Resolved debris discs around A stars in the Herschel DEBRIS survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2012)
Feeding compact bulges and supermassive black holes with low angular momentum cosmic gas at high redshift Feeding supermassive BHs with cosmic gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Collett T
(2012)
Constraining the dark energy equation of state with double-source plane strong lenses Constraining wDE with compound lenses
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mittal R
(2011)
Herschel? observations of the Centaurus cluster - the dynamics of cold gas in a cool core Herschel observations of the Centaurus cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Parkin T
(2012)
The gas-to-dust mass ratio of Centaurus A as seen by Herschel? The gas-to-dust mass ratio of Cen A
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wilkins D
(2011)
Determination of the X-ray reflection emissivity profile of 1H 0707-495 The emissivity profile of 1H 0707-495
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Canning R
(2013)
A multiwavelength view of cooling versus AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Binney J
(2014)
New distances to RAVE stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Salucci P
(2012)
Dwarf spheroidal galaxy kinematics and spiral galaxy scaling laws DSph galaxy kinematics and spiral galaxy scaling laws
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Moeckel N
(2012)
Exoplanets bouncing between binary stars Exoplanets bouncing between binary stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Christensen L
(2010)
X-shooter observations of the gravitational lens system CASSOWARY 5? X-shooter observations of CSWA 5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kains N
(2011)
Steady-state evolution of debris discs around solar-type stars Evolution of discs around solar-type stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tremblay G
(2012)
Residual cooling and persistent star formation amid active galactic nucleus feedback in Abell 2597 Residual cooling amid AGN feedback in A2597
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Collins M
(2011)
The kinematic identification of a thick stellar disc in M31?† The thick disc in M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society