The GAlaxy Evolution and Assembly (GAEA) model - A tool for multi-wavelength and multi-epoch galaxy surveys
GAEA
Programma
RSN1
Attività: In Itinere; Data inizio: 2011; Data fine: 2030
gabriella.delucia gabriella.delucia@inaf.it
GAEA (GAlaxy Evolution and Assembly) e’ un modello teorico di ultima generazione, che segue la storia della formazione stellare e della metallicità delle galassie e dell’accrescimento del gas su buchi neri massicci in volumi cosmologici. Il modello, sviluppato negli scorsi anni da un gruppo internazionale di ricerca con un nucleo basato a Trieste, e’ rinomato all'interno della comunita' astronomica e usato in numerosi progetti con diversi obiettivi. Il buon accordo tra le predizioni del modello e diverse stime osservative a diverse epoche cosmiche, fanno di GAEA uno strumento utile e moderno per (i) interpretare i dati in un contesto cosmologico; (ii) testare/validare procedure di analisi dati; (iii) guidare la concezione e definizione di futuri programmi e strategie osservative.
GAEA (GAlaxy Evolution and Assembly) is a state-of-the-art theoretical model that follows the star formation, metallicity and black hole accretion history of galaxies in cosmological volumes. The model, developed over the past years by an international group of researchers with a core team based in Trieste, is well renowned by the astronomical community at large and is being used in a number of different projects with different goals. In fact, the good agreement between predictions from our model and a wealth of observational measurements at different cosmic epochs, makes GAEA a useful and timely tool to (i) interpret data in a cosmological framework; (ii) test/validate data analysis procedures; (iii) guide the conception and design of future observational programmes and strategies.
Ammassi, struttura a grande scala dell Universo e mezzo intergalattico
Cosmologia teorica ed osservativa
Galassie, AGN e loro evoluzione
| Struttura | Nfte | N0 | TI 2024 | TI 2025 | TI 2026 | TD 2024 | TD 2025 | TD 2026 | Nex | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.A. TRIESTE | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| OAS BOLOGNA | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 |
| O.A. CAPODIMONTE | 1 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| O.A. PADOVA | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Totali | 7 | 0 | 1.60 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.20 |
| # | Struttura | TI 2024 | TI 2025 | TI 2026 | TD 2024 | TD 2025 | TD 2026 | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tianjin Normal University (China) | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Università di Trieste | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.90 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Università di Padova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 5 | Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, Sezione di Astronomia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 6 | O.A. TRIESTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Osservatorio di Arcetri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Università di Salerno | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Totali | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 1.20 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.00 |
| Certi 2024 | Certi 2025 | Certi 2026 | Presunti 2024 | Presunti 2025 | Presunti 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
<p>Large-scale structure of the universe; Galaxy environments; Intergalactic medium phases; Galaxy; Galaxy Clusters; Galaxy groups; Galaxy physics; </p><p>Schede relative a progetti e/o programmi che utilizzano o pianificano di utilizzere GAEA: <span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">EuclM2; ELSA; SKA; SKA_Galev; 21cm_cosmology; </span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">MOONS-VLT-0; Infall; </span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">ZOOMING; GAZELLE; </span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">ETG12; hzMCgals; </span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">hizQGs; </span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">IMF-UP; GAUSP; AGNfeedback; DwarfGalaxies; NewIGM; INCC; </span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">4MOST-StePS.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">While GAEA does not represent the only theoretical model available to the INAF community, it is characterized by a unique level of sophistication, and includes detailed and tested prescriptions to account for physical processes that are typically neglected in similar models (e.g. non instantaneous recycling approximation, variable stellar initial mass function, H2-to-HI transition). GAEA is <span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">internationally renowned and among the most successful models published in the past years. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">The</span><span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;"> widespread use of GAEA within several collaborations, despite being built around a relatively small number of people, is evidence of a very strong interest also by INAF researchers. Indeed, to our knowledge, GAEA predictions are/will be employed in about 20 independent programmes/projects, some of which are based on very large international collaborations (EuclM2, SKA, </span>MOONS-VLT-0<span style="font-family: var(--bs-font-sans-serif); font-size: 1rem;">). A list of the programmes that mention GAEA or explicitly include team members is given in box 13 (Linee di ricerca).</span></p>
CINECA; Pleiadi; IA2
| # | Nome | Struttura | TI | Qualifica | Ruolo nel Progetto | FTE Impegnate (2024/2025/2026) | FTE Presunte (2024/2025/2026) | Extra | ||
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| 1 | gabriella.delucia | gabriella.delucia@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | Y | DIRIGENTE DI RICERCA | coordinatore | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 2 | fabio.fontanot | fabio.fontanot@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | core team | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 3 | michaela.hirschmann | michaela.hirschmann@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | Y | RICERCATORE | core team | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 4 | omima.osman | omima.osman@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | N | ASSEGNISTA | team - dust | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 5 | andrea.biviano | andrea.biviano@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | collaboratore (cluster dynamics) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 6 | olga.cucciati | olga.cucciati@inaf.it | OAS BOLOGNA | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | collaboratore (proto-clusters) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 7 | francesco.labarbera | francesco.labarbera@inaf.it | O.A. CAPODIMONTE | Y | RICERCATORE | collaboratore (variable IMF) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 8 | veronica.strazzullo | veronica.strazzullo@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | collaboratore (high-z clusters) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 9 | isabella.carucci | isabella.carucci@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | N | RICERCATORE | utente del modello (HI cosmology) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 10 | chiara.feruglio | chiara.feruglio@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | utente del modello (AGN) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 11 | fabrizio.fiore | fabrizio.fiore@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | Y | DIRIGENTE DI RICERCA | utente del modello (AGN) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| 12 | benedetta.vulcani | benedetta.vulcani@inaf.it | O.A. PADOVA | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | utente del modello (filaments) | X X X | X X X | X |
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| # | Nome | Struttura | TI | Qualifica | Ruolo nel Progetto | FTE Impegnate (2024/2025/2026) | FTE Presunte (2024/2025/2026) | Extra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lizhi.xie | xielizhi1988@163.com | Tianjin Normal University (China) | Y | RESEARCHER | core team | [0.3, 0.3, 0.3] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
| 2 | marta.spinelli | marta.spinelli@inaf.it | Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur | Y | Staff | team (HI cosmology) | [0.2, 0.2, 0.2] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
| 3 | sebastiano.cantarella | sebastiano.cantarella@inaf.it | Università di Trieste | N | PhD student | team (high-z galaxies) | [0.7, 0.7, 0.7] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
| 4 | vieri.cammelli | viericammelli@gmail.com | Università di Trieste | N | PhD student | collaboratore (coupling GAEA-PINOCCHIO) | [0.2, 0, 0] | [0.0, 0.2, 0.2] | 0.0 |
| 5 | pierluigi.monaco | pierluigi.monaco@inaf.it | Università di Trieste | Y | Professore associato | collaboratore (coupling GAEA-PINOCCHIO) | [0.1, 0.1, 0.1] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
| 6 | daria zakharova | dzakharovaa@gmail.com | Università di Padova | N | PhD student | collaboratore (filaments) | [0.3, 0, 0] | [0.0, 0.3, 0.3] | 0.0 |
| 7 | manuela.bischetti | manuela.bischetti@inaf.it | Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, Sezione di Astronomia | N | RTDA | utente del modello (AGN) | [0, 0, 0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
| 8 | stefano.cristiani | stefano.cristiani@inaf.it | O.A. TRIESTE | N | ASSOCIATO CON INCARICO DI RICERCA | utente del modello (IGM) | [0, 0, 0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
| 9 | leslie.hunt | leslie.hunt@inaf.it | Osservatorio di Arcetri | N | Associato INAF | utente del modello (HI galaxies) | [0, 0, 0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
| 10 | amata.mercurio@inaf.it | amata.mercurio@inaf.it | Università di Salerno | Y | Professore Associato | utente del modello (galaxies in clusters) | [0, 0, 0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | 0.0 |
The major past funding sources for this programme have been: European Research Council (StGDeLucia - funded TD and then TI position for De Lucia for five years, one PhD fellowships and two 4-year postdoctoral position - 750k€); the MERAC foundation (funded one postdoctoral position - 146k€); INAF (funded two PhD fellowships one of which was interrupted by the student for personal reasons - about 80k€). In the estimate given below, we have considered only 2/3 of the ERC grant to account for the fact that it was not entirely dedicated to GAEA developments/projects. The project has received funds from INAF in the form of a Theory Grant (grant assigned in 2022). The budget allocated (50k€) has been included in the numbers given in this section. As anticipated in the theory grant proposal, the entire budget was allocated to hire one postdoctoral fellow that has now been included as a team member, and who started on September 2023. In 2023, we were granted funding (one 2-year postdoctoral position) for a project focused on the exploitation of SKA and its precursors. The postdoc selection has been completed and the hired AdR should start in September. We have not included this funding to the numbers below as the project is only partially based on GAEA.
| # | Provenienza | Certi 2024 (k€) | Certi 2025 (k€) | Certi 2026 (k€) | Presun. 2024 (k€) | Presun. 2025 (k€) | Presun. 2026 (k€) | Totale Certi (k€) | Totale Presunti (k€) |
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| 1 | Theory Grant (2022) | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| # | Provenienza | Fondi 2024 (€) | Fondi 2025 (€) | Fondi 2026 (€) |
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