Professor Cedric Lacey's Outputs (13)

Cosmic evolution of the atomic and molecular gas contents of galaxies (2011)
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Lagos, C., Baugh, C., Lacey, C., Benson, A., Kim, H., & Power, C. (2011). Cosmic evolution of the atomic and molecular gas contents of galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418(3), 1649-1667. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19583.x

We study the evolution of the cold gas content of galaxies by splitting the interstellar medium into its atomic and molecular hydrogen components, using the galaxy formation model GALFORM in the Λ cold dark matter framework. We calculate the molecula... Read More about Cosmic evolution of the atomic and molecular gas contents of galaxies.

Modelling the dusty universe - II. The clustering of submillimetre-selected galaxies (2011)
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Almeida, C., Baugh, C., & Lacey, C. (2011). Modelling the dusty universe - II. The clustering of submillimetre-selected galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 417, 2057-2071. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19395.x

Massive, red galaxies in a hierarchical universe - II. Clustering of Extremely Red Objects (2011)
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Gonzalez-Perez, V., Baugh, C., Lacey, C., & Kim, J. (2011). Massive, red galaxies in a hierarchical universe - II. Clustering of Extremely Red Objects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 417(1), 517-531. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19294.x

We present predictions for the clustering of Extremely Red Objects (EROs) in a Λ cold dark matter universe, using a semi-analytical galaxy formation model in combination with a cosmological N-body simulation. EROs are red, massive galaxies observed a... Read More about Massive, red galaxies in a hierarchical universe - II. Clustering of Extremely Red Objects.

On the impact of empirical and theoretical star formation laws on galaxy formation (2011)
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Lagos, C., Lacey, C., Baugh, C., Bower, R., & Benson, A. (2011). On the impact of empirical and theoretical star formation laws on galaxy formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416(2), 1566-1584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19160.x

We investigate the consequences of applying different star formation laws in the galaxy formation model GALFORM. Three broad star formation laws are implemented: the empirical relations of Kennicutt and Schmidt and Blitz & Rosolowsky and the theoreti... Read More about On the impact of empirical and theoretical star formation laws on galaxy formation.

Numerical overcooling in shocks (2011)
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Creasey, P., Theuns, T., Bower, R., & Lacey, C. (2011). Numerical overcooling in shocks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415(4), 3706-3720. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19001.x

We present a study of cooling in radiative shocks simulated with smoothed particle hydrodynamics and adaptive mesh refinement codes. We obtain a similarity solution for a shock-tube problem in the presence of radiative cooling, and test how well the... Read More about Numerical overcooling in shocks.

The LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South : a photometric redshift survey of submillimetre galaxies (2011)
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Wardlow, J., Smail, I., Coppin, K., Alexander, D., Brandt, W., Danielson, A., …van der Werf, P. (2011). The LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South : a photometric redshift survey of submillimetre galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415(2), 1479-1508. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18795.x

We derive photometric redshifts from 17-band optical to mid-infrared photometry of 78 robust radio, 24-μm and Spitzer IRAC counterparts to 72 of the 126 submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) selected at 870 μm by LABOCA observations in the Extended Chandra D... Read More about The LABOCA survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South : a photometric redshift survey of submillimetre galaxies.

The spatial distribution of cold gas in hierarchical galaxy formation models (2011)
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Kim, H., Baugh, C., Benson, A., Cole, S., Frenk, C., Lacey, C., …Schneider, M. (2011). The spatial distribution of cold gas in hierarchical galaxy formation models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 414(3), 2367-2385. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18556.x

The distribution of cold gas in dark matter haloes is driven by key processes in galaxy formation: gas cooling, galaxy mergers, star formation and reheating of gas by supernovae. We compare the predictions of four different galaxy formation models fo... Read More about The spatial distribution of cold gas in hierarchical galaxy formation models.

The role of submillimetre galaxies in hierarchical galaxy formation (2011)
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González, J., Lacey, C., Baugh, C., & Frenk, C. (2011). The role of submillimetre galaxies in hierarchical galaxy formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 413(2), 749-762. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18169.x

We study the role of submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) in the galaxy formation process in the Λ cold dark matter cosmology. We use the Baugh et al. semi-analytical model, which matches the observed SMG number counts and redshift distribution by assuming... Read More about The role of submillimetre galaxies in hierarchical galaxy formation.

Which haloes host Herschel-ATLAS galaxies in the local Universe? (2011)
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Guo, Q., Cole, S., Lacey, C., Baugh, C., Frenk, C., Norberg, P., …van Kampen, E. (2011). Which haloes host Herschel-ATLAS galaxies in the local Universe?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 412(4), 2277-2285. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18051.x

We measure the projected cross-correlation between low-redshift (z < 0.5) far-infrared selected galaxies in the science demonstration phase (SDP) field of the Herschel-ATLAS (H-ATLAS) survey and optically selected galaxies from the Galaxy and Mass As... Read More about Which haloes host Herschel-ATLAS galaxies in the local Universe?.

The evolution of Lyman-break galaxies in the cold dark matter model (2011)
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Lacey, C., Baugh, C., Frenk, C., & Benson, A. (2011). The evolution of Lyman-break galaxies in the cold dark matter model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 412(3), 1828-1852. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18021.x

We make a detailed investigation of the properties of Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) in the ΛCDM model. We present predictions for two published variants of the GALFORM semi-analytical model: the Baugh et al. model, which has star formation at high reds... Read More about The evolution of Lyman-break galaxies in the cold dark matter model.

Modelling the spectral energy distribution of galaxies: introducing the artificial neural network (2011)
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Silva, L., Schurer, A., Granato, G., Almeida, C., Baugh, C., Frenk, C., …Selvestrel, D. (2011). Modelling the spectral energy distribution of galaxies: introducing the artificial neural network. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(3), 2043-2056. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17580.x

The spectral energy distribution (SED) of galaxies is a complex function of the star formation history and geometrical arrangement of stars and gas in galaxies. The computation of the radiative transfer of stellar radiation through the dust distribut... Read More about Modelling the spectral energy distribution of galaxies: introducing the artificial neural network.

Effects of cosmological model assumptions on galaxy redshift survey measurements (2011)
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Samushia, L., Percival, W., Guzzo, L., Wang, Y., Cimatti, A., Baugh, C., …Orsi, A. (2011). Effects of cosmological model assumptions on galaxy redshift survey measurements. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(3), 1993-2002. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17577.x

The clustering of galaxies observed in future redshift surveys will provide a wealth of cosmological information. Matching the signal at different redshifts constrains the dark energy driving the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe. In tand... Read More about Effects of cosmological model assumptions on galaxy redshift survey measurements.

The galaxies that reionized the Universe (2011)
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Raičević, M., Theuns, T., & Lacey, C. (2011). The galaxies that reionized the Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(2), 775-787. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17480.x

The Durham GALFORM semi-analytical galaxy formation model has been shown to reproduce the observed rest-frame 1500-Å luminosity function of galaxies well over the whole redshift range z= 5–10. We show that in this model, this galaxy population also e... Read More about The galaxies that reionized the Universe.