Some assembly required: the structural evolution and mass assembly of galaxies at z<5

Author(s):
Hill, A.
Published
2018
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

This thesis investigates the structural evolution and assembly of galaxies since the first few billions years after the big bang. It makes use of the CANDELs and UVISTA galaxy surveys, the EAGLE hydrodynamical simulation as well as spectroscopy from XShooter on the VLT. Within this thesis I attempt to answer when stellar mass was assembled onto galaxies, where those stars were deposited as well as the physical mechanisms which underly that assembly.

Galaxies evolutionGalaxies formationGalaxies structureGalaxies kinematics and dynamicsGravitational lensing strong
Defense date
2018-04-18
Language
English
Supervisor(s)
Franx, M.
Advisor(s)
Muzzin, A.
Committee member(s)
Caputti, K.; Dokkum, P. van; Wel, A. van der; Hodge, J.; Schaye, J.; Werff, P. van der; Röttgering, H.J.A.
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Sterrewacht, Science, Leiden University, Leiden
hdl
1887/61630
ISBN(s)
9789402810059