Astrophysics

Understanding the formation of galaxies and their components, from globular clusters to supermassive black holes

C3 Astrophysics
Credit: J-PAS collaboration

This research line focuses on various aspects of galaxy formation and evolution. Both simulations and observations are used to understand how galaxies form and their properties evolve across the cosmological evolution of the Universe.

Specific topics

  • Development of theoretical models for studying the formation, growth and mergers of massive black holes within their host galaxies.  
  • Use of wide-area surveys to study active galaxies across redshift.
  • Use of hydrodynamical simulations to understand the formation of bar structures within galaxies and their role in shaping the global properties of the host galaxies. 
  • Study of globular cluster properties.

Related publications

  1. Scientific article 1 Overmassive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies Out to z similar to 0.9 in theVIPERS Survey
    M. Mezcua, M. Siudek, H. Suh, R. Valiante, D. Spinoso, and S. Bonoli
    Astrophys. J. Lett. 943, 1 (2023).
  2. Scientific article 2 Subhalo abundance matching through the lens of a hydrodynamicalsimulation
    G. Favole, A. D. Montero-Dorta, M. C. Artale, S. Contreras, I. Zehavi, and X. Xu
    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 509, 1614 (2022).
  3. Scientific article 3 Shock cooling of a red-supergiant supernova at redshift 3 in lensedimages
    W. Chen, P. L. Kelly, M. Oguri, T. J. Broadhurst, J. M. Diego, N. Emami, V. Filippenko, T. L. Treu, and A. Zitrin
    Nature 611, 256+ (2022).
  4. Scientific article 4 J-PLUS: Spectral evolution of white dwarfs by PDF analysis
    C. Lopez-Sanjuan, P. -E. Tremblay, A. Ederoclite, H. V. Ramio, J. M. Carrasco, J. Varela, A. J. Cenarro, A. Marin-Franch, T. Civera, S. Daflon, B. T. Gansicke, N. P. G. Fusillo, F. M. Jimenez-Esteban, J. Alcaniz, R. E. Angulo, D. Cristobal-Hornillos, R. A. Dupke, C. Hernandez-Monteagudo, M. Moles, and J. Sodre, et al.
    Astron. Astrophys. 658, (2022).
  5. Scientific article 5 A highly magnified star at redshift 6.2
    B. Welch, D. Coe, J. M. Diego, A. Zitrin, E. Zackrisson, P. Dimauro, Y. Jimenez-Teja, P. Kelly, G. Mahler, M. Oguri, F. X. Timmes, R. Windhorst, M. Florian, S. E. de Mink, R. J. Avila, J. Anderson, L. Bradley, K. Sharon, A. Vikaeus, S. McCandliss, et al.
    Nature 603, 815+ (2022).
  6. Scientific article 6 J-PAS: Measuring emission lines with artificial neural networks
    G. Martinez-Solaeche, R. M. Gonzalez Delgado, R. Garcia-Benito, A. de Amorim, E. Perez, J. E. Rodriguez-Martin, L. A. Diaz-Garcia, R. Cid Fernandes, C. Lopez-Sanjuan, S. Bonoli, A. J. Cenarro, R. A. Dupke, A. Marin-Franch, J. Varela, H. Vazquez Ramio, L. R. Abramo, D. Cristobal-Hornillos, M. Moles, J. Alcaniz, P. O. Baqui, et al.
    Astron. Astrophys. 647, (2021).
  7. Scientific article 7 Sustained formation of progenitor globular clusters in a giantelliptical galaxy
    J. Lim, E. Wong, Y. Ohyama, T. Broadhurst, and E. Medezinski
    Nat. Astron. 4, 153 (2020).
  8. Scientific article 8 J-PLUS: Unveiling the brightest end of the Lyff luminosity function at2.0 < z < 3.3 over 1000 deg(2)
    D. Spinoso, A. Orsi, C. Lopez-Sanjuan, S. Bonoli, K. Viironen, D. Izquierdo-Villalba, D. Sobral, S. Gurung-Lopez, A. Hernan-Caballero, A. Ederoclite, J. Varela, R. Overzier, J. Miralda-Escude, D. J. Muniesa, J. M. Vilchez, J. Alcaniz, R. E. Angulo, A. J. Cenarro, D. Cristobal-Hornillos, R. A. Dupke, et al.
    Astron. Astrophys. 643, (2020).