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
Clément B
(2012)
Evolution of the observed Ly a luminosity function from z = 6.5 to z = 7.7: evidence for the epoch of reionization?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cockcroft R
(2011)
THE M33 GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM WITH PAndAS DATA: THE LAST OUTER HALO CLUSTER?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Cockcroft R
(2012)
Unearthing foundations of a cosmic cathedral: searching the stars for M33's halo
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Collett T
(2013)
Reconstructing the lensing mass in the Universe from photometric catalogue data
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
Collins M
(2014)
THE MASSES OF LOCAL GROUP DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES: THE DEATH OF THE UNIVERSAL MASS PROFILE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Collins M
(2011)
The scatter about the 'Universal' dwarf spheroidal mass profile: a kinematic study of the M31 satellites And V and And VI Scatter about Universal dwarf spheroidal mass
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Collins M
(2010)
A Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopic survey of the faint M31 satellites And IX, And XI, And XII and And XIII?† The faint dSphs of M31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Collins M
(2013)
A KINEMATIC STUDY OF THE ANDROMEDA DWARF SPHEROIDAL SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Conn A
(2013)
THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE M31 SATELLITE SYSTEM; STRONG EVIDENCE FOR AN INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION OF SATELLITES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Conn A
(2012)
A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. II. DISTANCES TO THE SATELLITES OF M31
in The Astrophysical Journal
Conn A
(2011)
A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. I.
in The Astrophysical Journal
Conn B
(2012)
SLICING THE MONOCEROS OVERDENSITY WITH SUPRIME-CAM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Conrad C
(2014)
A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters I. Radial velocities and metallicities?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cook D
(2014)
Empirical ugri-UBVRc transformations for galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cook D
(2014)
Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) SEDs and physical properties
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cook D
(2014)
The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cooke R
(2010)
A carbon-enhanced metal-poor damped Lya system: probing gas from Population III nucleosynthesis?? A carbon-enhanced metal-poor DLA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cooke R
(2013)
The explosion energy of early stellar populations: the Fe-peak element ratios in low-metallicity damped Lya systems?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cooke R
(2010)
A newly discovered DLA and associated Lya emission in the spectra of the gravitationally lensed quasar UM 673A,B? A DLA and associated Lya emission in UM 673A,B
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cooke R
(2014)
PRECISION MEASURES OF THE PRIMORDIAL ABUNDANCE OF DEUTERIUM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Cooke R
(2012)
A new candidate for probing Population III nucleosynthesis with carbon-enhanced damped Lya systems A new candidate CEMP DLA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cooke R
(2011)
The most metal-poor damped Lya systems: insights into chemical evolution in the very metal-poor regime? The most metal-poor DLAs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cormier D
(2014)
The molecular gas reservoir of 6 low-metallicity galaxies from the Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey A ground-based follow-up survey of CO(1-0), CO(2-1), and CO(3-2)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics