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Key Dates:
Conference:
18-22 July 2011
Contact:
gal2011@durham.ac.uk

Supported in part by the European
  Commission through CosmoComp
  (PITN-GA-2009-238356)

Durham Astronomy Links:
• Extragalactic Group
• Institute for Computational
    Cosmology


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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  • Group 1: The Milky Way and Resolved Stellar Populations
  • Group 2: The z > 1 Universe
  • Group 3: The z < 1 Universe
  • Group 4: Detailed Properties of Galaxies
  • Group 5: Clustering, Environment, and Large-Scale Structures
  • Group 6: Active Systems (AGN and Starbursts)
  • Group 7: Simulations


GROUP 1: The Milky Way and Resolved Stellar Populations

1.1 Barger	Understanding the Evolution of the Magellanic System | PDF
1.2 Kobayashi	Chemodynamical Simulations of the Milky Way Galaxy
1.3 Lux	Local dwarf galaxies and their links to galaxy formation | PDF
1.4 Makarova	Star formation history of UGCA 92 and IC 342 group structure | PDF
1.5 Mutch	The mid-life crisis of the Milky Way and M31 | PDF
1.6 Ruzicka	Stellar feedback and redistribution of gas in the Magellanic Clouds
1.7 Sibbons	The old- and intermediate-age population of the isolated Local Group dwarf galaxy NGC 6822 | PDF

GROUP 2: The z > 1 Universe

2.1 Arcila	Passive and Star-forming Galaxies at z~2 from the CFHT Legacy Survey.
2.2 Brammer	The Buildup of the Massive Red Sequence Since z~2 | PDF
2.3 Danielson	The properties of the interstellar medium in a star-forming galaxy at z=2.3 | PDF
2.4 Dominguez Sanchez	The evolution of quiescent galaxies at high redshifts (z > 1.4) | PDF
2.5 Gendre	The e-MERGE Survey: e-MERlin Galaxy Evolution Survey
2.6 Harrison	Extreme Gas Kinematics in Starburst-AGN Composite Galaxies | PDF
2.7 Henry	New Constraints on the Faint Population of Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies at z=5.7
2.8 Idiart	Galaxy Evolution Through the Cosmic Time | PDF
2.9 Jones	Resolved spectroscopy of gravitationally lensed z=2-3 galaxies
2.10 Kajisawa	Evolution of Galaxy Stellar Mass Function since z~3 | PDF

2.11 Kobayashi	A Model Prediction to the Nature of High-z Lyman-Alpha Emitters | PDF
2.12 Kornei	The Prevalence and Properties of Outflowing Winds at z = 1 | PDF
2.13 Law	Rest-Frame Optical Imaging of z ~ 2-3 Star-Forming Galaxies with HST/WFC3
2.14 Le Tiran	The Effect and Influence of Star Formation and Gas Accretion on the Turbulence in the ISM | PDF
2.15 Lorenzoni	Star-Forming Galaxies at z~8-9 from HST/WFC3: Implications for Reionization
2.16 Maier	Constraining the main drivers of galaxy evolution with near-infrared spectroscopy
2.17 Matsuda	Ly-alpha and H-alpha surveys for proto-clusters and giant gaseous nebulae at z=2-5 | PDF
2.18 McGrath	The Growth of Massive Quiescent Galaxies since z~2.5
2.19 Mosleh	The Evolution of the Mass-Size relation to z=3.5 in the GOODS-North Field | PDF
2.20 S. Newman	Outflows from massive star-forming clumps in z~2 galaxies | PDF

2.21 A. Newman	Investigating the Rapid Growth of Compact Massive Galaxies Between Redshifts 1 and 2 | PDF
2.22 Pannella	Star forming galaxies at high redshift: news from Herschel
2.23 Sawicki	The build-up of mass in faint UV-selected galaxies at high redshift | PDF
2.24 Schmidt	The Distribution of Star Formation in High Redshift Galaxies | PDF
2.25 Shanks	Extending Pure Luminosity Evolution Models to Herschel Wavelengths | PDF
2.26 Shirazi	Near-IR Integral Field Unit spectroscopic study of the 8 o’clock arc
2.27 Smit	Modelling the stellar populations of high redshift galaxies
2.28 Szomoru	The Hubble sequence at z~2 | PDF
2.29 van de Sande	A precise stellar velocity dispersion of a compact massive galaxy at z=1.80 using X-Shooter | PDF
2.30 Wake	The changing relationship between galaxy stellar mass and dark matter halo mass since z = 2 | PDF

2.31 Weiner	Measuring star formation and stellar populations at z=1-2 with infrared spectroscopy from HST
2.32 Weinmann	On the puzzling plateau in the specific star formation rate at z=2-7
2.33 Welikala	Substructure and stellar populations in z~1-3 galaxies using a pixel colour approach: systematics
2.34 Whitaker	Quiescent galaxies through cosmic time from (ultra-) low resolution NIR spectroscopy | PDF
2.35 Wilkins	Probing the Dust Obscuration of Star Forming Galaxies Over Cosmic History
2.36 Wisnioski	Clumpy Star-formation at z=1.5 in the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey
2.37 Wuyts	A resolved view on the SFR-mass diagram at 1 < z < 3 | PDF

GROUP 3: The z < 1 Universe

3.1 Bezanson	The Evolution of the Velocity Dispersion Function | PDF
3.2 Cole	Random Galaxy catalogues | PDF
3.3 Devereux	Evolution of the Elliptical Galaxy Luminosity Function Since z = 1 | PDF
3.4 Fritz	First results from the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey | PDF
3.5 Guo	The Satellite Luminosity Functions of Galaxies in SDSS
3.6 Kacprzak	Halo Gas and Galaxy Disk Kinematics of MgII Absorption Selected
3.7 Kellar	H-alpha Dots | PDF
3.8 Lehner	Probing Galactic Outflows and Infall with Lyman Limit Systems at z < 1
3.9 Leitner	Tracing the Assembly of Present-Day Star Forming Galaxies
3.10 Ly	A Search for Young Metal-poor Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts | PDF

3.11 Martinez-Manso	Velocity Dispersions and Stellar Populations of the z=1 Most Compact and Massive ETG's | PDF
3.12 Masters	The Morphology of Galaxies in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey | PDF
3.13 Matos	Paschen Star Formation History of the Universe | PDF
3.14 Murata	Chain galaxies in the COSMOS field | PDF
3.15 Nair	Secular Evolution of Galaxies
3.17 Patel	The UVJ Selection of Quiescent and Star Forming Galaxies: Separating Early and Late-Type Galaxies and Isolating Edge-on Spirals | PDF
3.18 Rodriguez-Puebla	Connecting the galaxy stellar/baryon mass function and galaxy scaling laws | PDF
3.19 Salim	Rejuvenated Early-type Galaxies at z~0.1 | PDF
3.20 Spekkens	Size Does Matter: the SFI++ Size-Luminosity Relation and the Spins of Halos Hosting Sc Galaxies | PDF

3.21 Tonini	The evolution of brightest cluster galaxies
3.22 Wilman	The hierarchical origins of observed galaxy morphology | PDF
3.23 Ziegler	The Cosmic Web and galaxy evolution around the most luminous X-ray cluster

GROUP 4: Detailed Properties of Galaxies

4.1 Antunano Vaquero	Lensing twins: probing the physics of galaxy formation with SLACS & OWLS | PDF
4.2 Arnold	Kinematic Signatures of Two-Phase Galaxy Formation
4.3 Bandara	Utilizing nature's telescope to resolve intermediate and high redshift galaxies
4.4 Boehm	Kinematics, structure and stellar populations of disks since z=1 | PDF
4.5 Comeron	Thick disks: the lair of missing baryons? | PDF
4.6 Ferre Mateu	Young Ages and other intriguing properties of Compact Massive Galaxies in the Local Universe | PDF
4.7 Forbes	Massive Galaxy Formation as Revealed by their Globular Cluster Systems
4.8 Haeussler	Measuring the physical properties of galaxy components in modern multi-wavelength surveys | PDF
4.9 Herrmann	Surface Brightness Profile Breaks in Dwarf Galaxies | PDF
4.10 Kalinova	Dynamical bulge-disk decomposition of spiral galaxies | PDF

4.11 Krabbe	The effects of the interaction on the kinematics, stellar population and metallicity of AM2322-821
4.12 Kuntschner	Spatially resolved star-formation in nearby early-type galaxies | PDF
4.13 Lablanche	The impact of bars on axisymmetric modelling of galaxies | PDF
4.14 Laesker	Total magnitude superior to bulge magnitude as Black Hole mass predictor | PDF
4.15 Lee	HST Pixel Analysis of the interacting galaxy system M51 | PDF
4.16 Maciel	Radial gradients and disc formation in spiral galaxies | PDF
4.17 Martinsson	The Disk-Mass Survey: Breaking the disk-halo degeneracy | PDF
4.18 McQuillin	Momentum driven feedback from galaxy nuclei | PDF
4.19 Micheva	Deep UBVRIHKs surface photometry of 45 BCGs
4.20 Moody	Two-dimensional kinematics of hydrodynamic galaxy merger simulations compared to observation

4.21 Nesvadba	Much more than just the 'fuel of star formation': On the role of molecular gas in galaxy evolution
4.22 Remus	The Outer Halos of Elliptical Galaxies
4.23 Sanchez	CALIFA: Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field spectroscopy Area Survey, Early Report | PDF
4.24 Spiniello	XLENS: The X-shooter Lens Survey – dark matter, IMF, and structure of 'The Cosmic Horseshoe'
4.25 Swartz	Feedback from circumnuclear star formation in normal barred galaxies
4.26 Treuthardt	An Investigation of the Apparent Counter-Winding Bar-Spiral Hybrid of NGC 3124 | PDF
4.27 van Eymeren	Lopsidedness in nearby galaxies | PDF
4.28 Williams	Bulgeless galaxies with big bulges: the stellar kinematics and populations of peanuts | PDF
4.29 Yukita	X-raying the Circumnuclear Star Formation in NGC 2903 | PDF

GROUP 5: Clustering, Environment, and Large-Scale Structures

5.1 Atlee	Clusters as a Galaxy Evolution Laboratory: A Multi-Wavelength Approach | PDF
5.2 Balogh	Group Environment Evolution Collaboration (GEEC)
5.3 Berrier	Galaxy Cluster Assembly and Environmental Effects on Galaxy Morphology | PDF
5.4 Beygu	Interacting Void Galaxies | PDF
5.5 Bielby	The WIRCam Deep Survey: Mass Selected Clustering to z~2 | PDF
5.6 Brassington	The Spitzer Interacting Galaxies Survey: The Behaviour of Cold Gas in Damp Mergers | PDF
5.7 Brough	Spatial kinematics of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and their close companions from IFU spectroscopy | PDF
5.8 Cautun	Topology of the Halos in the Cosmic Web | PDF
5.9 Cooke	Spatial anti-correlation of Lyman break galaxies based on their spectral features | PDF
5.10 Dalla Bontà`	Photometric analysis of Abell 1689

5.11 Faloon	Witnessing the Formation of a Massive Galaxy Cluster: Multiwavelength Study of a z~1 Supercluster
5.12 Francke	Clustering segregation of Lyman Alpha Emitter Galaxies at z=2.1 | PDF
5.13 Gillis	Probing Halo Mass Distributions through Weak Lensing | PDF
5.14 Giodini	Galaxy groups: a window on galaxy evolution
5.15 Gonzalez-Perez	Clustering of massive galaxies and the evolution of clustering with mass, for z < 2 | PDF
5.16 Hatch	Does environment matter at z > 2?
5.17 Hayashi	Star formation activities in a cluster and its surrounding structure at z=1.46 | PDF
5.18 Hickox	Clustering and dark matter halo masses of 870-um selected SMGs | PDF
5.19 Koyama	Red star forming galaxies in distant cluster outskirts: understanding environmental effects at z < 1 | PDF
5.20 Lanz	The Spitzer Interacting Galaxy Survey: IR-UV Photometry | PDF

5.21 Lin	A WISE-Chandra view of baryon content evolution in galaxy clusters | PDF
5.22 Lisker	The dwarf galaxy content of present-day clusters: SAM vs reality
5.23 Loubser	Mg2 gradients as a signature of brightest cluster galaxy evolution | PDF
5.24 Makarov	Groups of dwarfs | PDF
5.25 Mendel	The bimodality of compact groups: untangling the role of compact groups in galaxy evolution | PDF
5.26 Mendes de Oliveira	Considerations on the Formation Mechanism of Massive BCGs in Low-Density Environments | PDF
5.27 Mittal	Linking ICM Cooling and AGN heating with Star Formation, Cold Gas and Dust | PDF
5.28 Nikoloudakis	LRG clustering evolution to z=1.5 in Stripe 82
5.29 Noble	Infrared galaxies in a rich cluster at z=0.871
5.30 Nurmi	Fingerprints of merger events in the observed properties of galaxies in the galaxy groups | PDF

5.31 Parker	A Dynamical Investigation of Galaxy Evolution in Groups | PDF
5.32 Raichoor	Evolution of galaxies in the richest environments up to the highest redshifts | PDF
5.33 Scudder	Offsets in Metallicity and SFR as interaction markers in Compact Groups: large scale environment | PDF
5.34 Sepp	Differences and similarities of galaxy groups in the Millennium simulation and in the SDSS DR | PDF
5.35 Shirasaki	AGN and Galaxy Clustering at z = 0.3 to 3.0 measured by using the Japanese Virtual Observatory | PDF
5.36 Skibba	Are Brightest Halo Galaxies Central Galaxies? | PDF
5.37 Smith	Stripping and quenching of infalling dwarfs in the Coma cluster | PDF
5.38 Stott	The mass and size evolution of the most massive galaxies | PDF
5.39 Tadaki	Biased galaxy formation and evolution in two frontier clusters at z=1.6 ? | PDF
5.40 Tempel	Tracing the galaxy evolution in supercluster-void environment | PDF

5.41 Troischt	Determination of HI Deficiency in Galaxy Group WBL 368
5.42 Vazquez-Mata	Galaxy And Mass Assembly: Galaxy LF on host group properties | PDF
5.43 Viljoen	Brightest Cluster Galaxies: Analysis of Stellar Populations | PDF
5.44 Walker	Examining the Role of Environment in a Comprehensive Sample of Compact Groups | PDF
5.45 Wetzel	The Evolution of Galaxies in Groups and Clusters | PDF
5.46 Zehavi	Galaxy Clustering and Dark Matter Halos | PDF

GROUP 6: Active Systems (AGN and Starbursts)

6.1 Alaghband-Zadeh	IFU observations of high-z ULIRGs | PDF
6.2 Bessiere	Evidence of galaxy interaction from the optical morphologies of a sample of type II quasars | PDF
6.3 Bonzini	The Sub-mJy Radio Population in the E-CDFS: star formation and BH accretion | PDF
6.4 Cervantes Sodi	The galactic spin of AGN galaxies | PDF
6.5 Ching	Local Density of hot- and cold- mode accretors | PDF
6.6 Collet	Mechanical AGN Feedback in Moderately Strong High-Redshift Radio Galaxies | PDF
6.7 Fontanot	Galaxy activity in Semi-Analytical Models | PDF
6.8 Hamann	Quasar Absorption Lines as Probes of Quasar-SMBH-Host Galaxy Coevolution | PDF
6.9 Hau	The hyperluminous X-ray source HLX1 -- evidence for an intermediate mass black hole?
6.10 Karouzos	Merger-driven nuclear activity in galaxies: Close environment of AGN in the VISTA-VIDEO survey | PDF

6.11 Kartaltepe	The Role of Galaxy Mergers in High Redshift ULIRGs
6.12 Kirkpatrick	AGN and star formation activity in high redshift (U)LIRGs | PDF
6.13 Kurczynski	Estimating SFR from X-ray through radio: Which method works best at 1 < z < 3?
6.14 Lelli	Dynamics of Starbursting Dwarf Galaxies: I Zw 18 | PDF
6.15 Lietzen	Large scale environments of nearby AGN | PDF
6.16 Michalowski	Complete sample of millimetre-selected galaxies in the SHADES fields | PDF
6.17 Ramos Almeida	The triggering mechanisms of powerful AGN: evidence for galaxy interactions | PDF
6.18 Ross	The SDSS-III BOSS Quasar Survey: The Definitive Unobscured Quasar Luminosity Function | PDF
6.19 Shabala	AGN feedback and colour evolution of local galaxies | PDF
6.20 Sharples	KMOS: A New Observational Tool for Studies of Galaxy Evolution | PDF

6.21 Tanaka	Growing black holes in growing galaxies
6.22 Trainor	Galaxy Distributions as a Probe of QSO Environments at z~2-3 | PDF
6.23 Trouille	Building Up the Red-Sequence: The AGN-Starburst Connection
6.24 U	High-Resolution Molecular Gas Dynamics in the Center of NGC 6240 | PDF
6.25 Villarroel	In the Neighbourhood of Tame Monsters | PDF

GROUP 7: Simulations

7.1 Capelo	Feedback in early-type galaxies
7.2 Cloet-Osselaer	The dwarf galaxy dark-matter halo occupancy | PDF
7.3 Cui	Properties of fossil groups in cosmological simulations and galaxy formation models | PDF
7.4 Durier	Implementation of feedback in SPH: towards concordance of methods | PDF
7.5 Eliche-Moral	Formation of stellar inner discs and rings in spiral galaxies through minor mergers | PDF
7.6 Feldmann	Star formation in cosmological simulations of galaxies
7.7 Finlator	Numerical Simulations of High-Redshift Galaxy Populations | PDF
7.8 Guedes	Forming Massive Disk Galaxies in LCDM | PDF
7.9 Halle	Galaxies and the missing baryons | PDF
7.10 Han	Resolving Subhalos' Lives with the Hierarchical Bound-Tracing Algorithm | PDF

7.11 Hummels	Investigating the Angular Momentum Problem in Disk Galaxy Formation
7.12 Inoue	Thick disk and pseudobulge formation in a clump cluster | PDF
7.13 Jaacks	Properties of z > 6 Galaxies in Cosmological SPH Simulations | PDF
7.14 James	The Contribution of High-Mass X-ray Binaries to the Heating of the Intergalactic Medium
7.15 Kannan	Interaction between dark matter sub-halos & galactic gaseous discs
7.16 L'Huillier	Galaxy mass assembly: Mergers versus smooth accretion | PDF
7.17 Laporte	Brightest cluster galaxies and the impact of dry mergers on the core-cusp problem
7.18 Lowing	Disk Heating by Substructure Bombardment
7.19 Maccio	Formation of bulgeless massive galaxies in the LCDM model
7.20 Martig	Spiral galaxy formation in a cosmological context

7.21 Moster	Simulated galaxy merger trees - A new numerical tool
7.22 Muldrew	Measuring Environment and Feedback | PDF
7.23 Oser	Cosmological SPH Simulations: Formation and Evolution of massive Galaxies
7.24 Porter	Simulating Elliptical Galaxies Throughout the Fundamental Plane | PDF
7.25 Rahmati	The interplay between background and local ionizing radiation sources in shaping neutral gas | PDF
7.26 Reddick	Subhalo Abundance Matching in the Bolshoi Simulation Tested Against SDSS DR7 Galaxies | PDF
7.27 Schroyen	Angular momentum as a second parameter in dwarf galaxy evolution | PDF
7.28 Stringer	Numerical and analytic treatment of supernova feedback: The right answer for the wrong reasons? | PDF
7.29 Taranu	The Fundamental Plane of Galaxy Group Mergers | PDF
7.30 Tepper García	What are Broad Lyman-Alpha Absorbers?

7.31 Tescari	The impact of different feedback processes on Lya emission and the circumgal. medium at high z | PDF
7.32 van Daalen	The effects of galaxy formation on the matter power spectrum | PDF
7.33 Zheng	Radiative Transfer Modeling of Lyman Alpha Emitters and New Effects in Galaxy Clustering | PDF
7.34 Zukin	Self-Similar Secondary Infall: Trying to Understand Halo Formation | PDF

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