Galaxy Evolution and Feedback across Different Environments (IAU S359)

IAU S359 brings together the active galactic nuclei and galaxy evolution science communities, to share their knowledge on these processes.

Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (Edited by), William Foreman (Edited by), Roderik Overzier (Edited by), Rogério Riffel (Edited by)

9781108490689, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 May 2021

524 pages
25.4 x 18.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.98 kg

'… this is certainly worth looking at in your library …' Steve Phillipps, The Observatory

The goal of IAU Symposium 359 on 'Galaxy Evolution and Feedback across Different Environments' (GALFEED) was to bring together the active galactic nuclei (AGN) and galaxy evolution scientific communities. The AGN phase occurs in most galaxies and critically influences their evolution, so it is important to study the two processes together and for researchers, in both topics, to learn from one another. They ask key questions such as: How do galaxies acquire their gas and how efficiently is it transformed into stars? How is the supermassive black hole in a galaxy center fuelled to become an AGN? What is the main physical mechanism that quenches star formation? How powerful are the stellar and AGN feedback processes in regulating galaxy evolution? And what is the role of the environment on galaxy evolution and AGN triggering? Astronomers engage in these discussions spanning from early galaxies to the present day.

1. Formation and Early Growth of Galaxies and SMBHs Roderik Overzier
2. Cosmic Noon Cristina Furlanetto and Sebastian Sanchez
3. Evolution of Galaxies and AGN in High-Density Environments from High to Low Redshifts João Steiner and William Forman
4. Secular Evolution and Internal Processes: Mass Quenching, Stellar and AGN Feedback over Different Z's Tiago Ricci and Marina Trevisan
5. Secular Evolution and Internal Processes: Mechanisms for Fueling Star Formation and AGN Thaisa Storchi Bergmann and Daniel Ruschel Dutra
6. The Present-Day Universe: Spatially Resolved Studies of Stellar and Gas Content, Excitation and Metallicity Ana Chies Santos
7: Discussion – Questions and Answers.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB], Cosmology & the universe [PGK], Astronomy, space & time [PG]