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
(2011)
Collisional evolution of irregular satellite swarms: detectable dust around Solar system and extrasolar planets Evolution of irregular satellite swarms
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kennedy G
(2012)
99 Herculis: host to a circumbinary polar-ring debris disc A circumbinary polar-ring debris disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Kennicutt R
(2012)
Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kennicutt R. C.
(2011)
KINGFISH-Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with
Herschel: Survey Description and Image Atlas
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Kennicutt RC
(2010)
Astrophysics: Young stars in young galaxies.
in Nature
Kennicutt Robert
(2011)
Allan Rex Sandage (
1926-
2010) OBITUARY
in OBSERVATORY
Kim H
(2012)
The contribution of star-forming galaxies to fluctuations in the cosmic background light SFGs and fluctuations in the CBL
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
King A
(2011)
A DISTINCTIVE DISK-JET COUPLING IN THE SEYFERT-1 ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS NGC 4051
in The Astrophysical Journal
King A
(2012)
AN EXTREME X-RAY DISK WIND IN THE BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IGR J17091-3624
in The Astrophysical Journal
King A
(2013)
REGULATION OF BLACK HOLE WINDS AND JETS ACROSS THE MASS SCALE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kirkpatrick A
(2013)
INVESTIGATING THE PRESENCE OF 500 µm SUBMILLIMETER EXCESS EMISSION IN LOCAL STAR FORMING GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kirkpatrick A
(2014)
UNTANGLING THE NATURE OF SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF COLD DUST PROPERTIES IN STAR FORMING GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kiss L
(2011)
A search for new members of the ß Pictoris, Tucana-Horologium and e Cha moving groups in the RAVE data base New members of young moving groups
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Koda J
(2012)
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS IN THE ARM AND INTERARM REGIONS OF M51
in The Astrophysical Journal
Koposov S
(2011)
ACCURATE STELLAR KINEMATICS AT FAINT MAGNITUDES: APPLICATION TO THE BOÖTES I DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Koposov S
(2013)
ERRATUM: "THE SAGITTARIUS STREAMS IN THE SOUTHERN GALACTIC HEMISPHERE" (2012, ApJ, 750, 80)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Koposov S
(2012)
THE SAGITTARIUS STREAMS IN THE SOUTHERN GALACTIC HEMISPHERE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Koposov S
(2014)
Discovery of a cold stellar stream in the ATLAS DR1 data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Koposov S
(2013)
SAGITTARIUS STREAM THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS FROM SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY STRIPE 82
in The Astrophysical Journal
Koposov S
(2010)
CONSTRAINING THE MILKY WAY POTENTIAL WITH A SIX-DIMENSIONAL PHASE-SPACE MAP OF THE GD-1 STELLAR STREAM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kordopatis G
(2013)
In the thick of it: metal-poor disc stars in RAVE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kordopatis G
(2013)
Through thick and thin: Structure of the Galactic thick disc from extragalactic surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kordopatis G
(2011)
Automatic stellar spectra parameterisation in the IR Ca ii triplet region
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kordopatis G
(2011)
A spectroscopic survey of thick disc stars outside the solar neighbourhood
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kordopatis G
(2013)
THE RADIAL VELOCITY EXPERIMENT (RAVE): FOURTH DATA RELEASE
in The Astronomical Journal
Kornei K
(2010)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STELLAR POPULATIONS AND Lya EMISSION IN LYMAN BREAK GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kos J
(2013)
DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BAND AT 8620 Å IN RAVE: A NEW METHOD FOR DETECTING THE DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BAND IN SPECTRA OF COOL STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kostrzewa-Rutkowska Z
(2013)
A PLAUSIBLE (OVERLOOKED) SUPER-LUMINOUS SUPERNOVA IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY STRIPE 82 DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kostrzewa-Rutkowska Z
(2014)
The evolution of late-type galaxies from CASSOWARY lensing systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Koubský P
(2010)
Properties and nature of Be stars 28. Implications of systematic observations for the nature of the multiple system with the Be star o Cassiopeæ and its circumstellar environment
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kreckel K
(2014)
A FAR-IR VIEW OF THE STARBURST-DRIVEN SUPERWIND IN NGC 2146
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kreckel K
(2013)
MAPPING DUST THROUGH EMISSION AND ABSORPTION IN NEARBY GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Krogager J
(2013)
Comprehensive study of a z = 2.35 DLA Galaxy: mass, metallicity, age, morphology and SFR from HST and VLT?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kruczek N
(2011)
C IV EMISSION AND THE ULTRAVIOLET THROUGH X-RAY SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF RADIO-QUIET QUASARS
in The Astronomical Journal
Kruijssen J
(2014)
What controls star formation in the central 500 pc of the Galaxy?
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
Krühler T
(2011)
Photometric redshifts for gamma-ray burst afterglows from GROND and Swift /UVOT
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Krühler T
(2011)
The SEDs and host galaxies of the dustiest GRB afterglows
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lagattuta D
(2010)
COSMIC EVOLUTION OF VIRIAL AND STELLAR MASS IN MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lagattuta D
(2010)
ADAPTIVE OPTICS OBSERVATIONS OF B0128+437: A LOW-MASS, HIGH-REDSHIFT GRAVITATIONAL LENS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lagattuta D
(2012)
SHARP - I. A high-resolution multiband view of the infrared Einstein ring of JVAS B1938+666 SHARP - I. JVAS B1938+666
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lamarre J
(2010)
Planck pre-launch status: The HFI instrument, from specification to actual performance
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Laskar T
(2010)
Inverse-Compton X-rays from giant radio galaxies at z ~ 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lau H
(2011)
Spin-down of massive rotating stars Spin-down of massive rotating stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Le Bourlot J
(2012)
Surface chemistry in the interstellar medium I. H 2 formation by Langmuir-Hinshelwood and Eley-Rideal mechanisms
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Leaman R
(2012)
THE RESOLVED STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF AN ISOLATED DWARF GALAXY: A VLT AND KECK SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF WLM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lebzelter T
(2012)
Comparative modelling of the spectra of cool giants
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lee J
(2011)
A GALEX ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING SURVEY OF GALAXIES IN THE LOCAL VOLUME
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Leitherer C
(2010)
A LIBRARY OF THEORETICAL ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OF MASSIVE, HOT STARS FOR EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series