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
Aihara H
(2011)
ERRATUM: "THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III" (2011, ApJS, 193, 29)
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Aihara H
(2011)
THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Alaghband-Zadeh S
(2016)
Heavily reddened z ~ 2 Type 1 quasars - II. H a star formation constraints from SINFONI IFU observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Alaghband-Zadeh S
(2013)
Using [C i] to probe the interstellar medium in z ~ 2.5 sub-millimeter galaxies?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Alberts S
(2011)
THE EVOLUTION OF STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE OUTER DISKS OF SPIRAL GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Alexander D
(2011)
X-RAY SPECTRAL CONSTRAINTS FOR z ˜ 2 MASSIVE GALAXIES: THE IDENTIFICATION OF REFLECTION-DOMINATED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
in The Astrophysical Journal
Allen J
(2013)
Classification and analysis of emission-line galaxies using mean field independent component analysis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Allen J
(2011)
A strong redshift dependence of the broad absorption line quasar fraction A redshift dependence of the BALQSO fraction
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Alonso-Herrero A
(2012)
The NGC 7771+NGC 7770 minor merger: harassing the little one?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Alvarez M
(2012)
CONSTRAINTS ON THE IONIZING EFFICIENCY OF THE FIRST GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal