In this thesis, I probe the stellar and dark matter component of galaxies in order to infer their evolutionary histories. I am doing this by studying two distinct galaxy population samples: (i) a high redshift sample at z∼1, and (ii) a high density environment sample of galaxies in the nearby Coma cluster. By comparing these samples to a sample of galaxies in the local Universe in a low density environment, I infer variation in their properties as a function of time and environment. For both samples, I create accurate dynamical models to infer the stellar Mass-to-Light ratios of the galaxies and their dark matter fractions. Furthermore, I model the stellar population of the galaxies using a full-spectrum technique while reproducing their star formation history in a non-parametric manner. In addition, I use IFS data for a subset of galaxies in the high density sample to create detailed dynamical models that strengthen the results found in that sample. Based on the quantities derived from these analyses, I present results on the IMF normalisation and dark matter fraction of galaxies in both samples. Furthermore, I studied the scaling relations of these galaxies and compared them to that observed for the ATLAS<sup>3D</sup> sample, which serves as a low density sample of the Local Universe, to infer variation in galaxy properties as a function of time and environment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:729834 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Shetty, Shravan |
| Contributors | Cappellari, Michele |
| Publisher | University of Oxford |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f3c5334e-c2fe-4005-be2c-4a977765a576 |
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