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
Amaro-Seoane P
(2012)
Low-frequency gravitational-wave science with eLISA/NGO
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Amaro-Seoane P
(2012)
Tidal disruptions of separated binaries in galactic nuclei Tidal disruptions of separated binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Amin M
(2012)
Oscillons after Inflation
in Physical Review Letters
Amin M
(2012)
Scale-dependent growth from a transition in dark energy dynamics
in Physical Review D
Ammar M
(2012)
Third-order secular Solution of the variational equations of motion of a satellite in orbit around a non-spherical planet
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Amorisco N
(2012)
Line profiles from discrete kinematic data Line profiles from discrete kinematic data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Amorisco N
(2012)
Dark matter cores and cusps: the case of multiple stellar populations in dwarf spheroidals Multiple stellar population in dSphs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Amorisco N
(2012)
A TROUBLESOME PAST: CHEMODYNAMICS OF THE FORNAX DWARF SPHEROIDAL
in The Astrophysical Journal
Amorisco N
(2013)
The core size of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Amorisco N
(2011)
Phase-space models of the dwarf spheroidals? Phase-space models of the dwarf spheroidals
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society