Michael Brown

Personal profile

Biography

I am an observational astronomer whose research interests include the evolution of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and the growth of galaxies over cosmic time. This research is undertaken in collaboration with Monash University PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and colleagues from around the world. We undertake this research using large surveys of the Universe including Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey (GAMA), theNOAO Deep Wide-field Survey (NDWFS), the Spitzer Deep Wide-Field Survey (SDWFS), the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey (AGES) and planned surveys with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder and TAIPAN.

In 2014, I published an atlas of 129 galaxy spectral energy distributions, which will be used to improve measurements of galaxy distances, colours and luminosities. I am best known for my measurements of galaxy growth over cosmic time and how galaxies populate dark matter halos. A key result of these studies is that the most massive galaxies grow relatively slowly and that the relationship between stellar mass and dark matter mass evolves very little over billions of years.

My students and postdoctoral fellows are currently measuring how galaxies grow over cosmic time, how the formation of stars within galaxies depends on environment, when AGNs are found within particular galaxy populations and the dependence of star formation on dark matter halo properties. If you are interested in PhD studies in astrophysics at Monash University or postdoctoral fellowship opportunities, do not hesitate to contact me.

Research area keywords

Galaxies
Active Galactic Nuclei
Astronomical Surveys
Cosmology
Large-Scale Structure

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Projects 2010 2018

1 Not started
10 Finished

Australian membership of the European 4MOST Consortium

Driver, S. P., Robotham, A. S. G., Couch, W. J., Hopkins, A. M., Asplund, M., Colless, M. M., Croom, S. M., Blake, C. A., Glazebrook, K., Parkinson, D. R., Seymour, N., zucker, D., trenti, M., Martell, S. L. & Brown, M.

The University of Western Australia, Australian National University , The University of Sydney, Swinburne University of Technology, The University of Queensland , Curtin University, Macquarie University, The University of Melbourne, Monash University, The University of New South Wales, Australian Astronomical Observatory

Project: Other

Doubling the power of a unique astronomical survey facility

Colless, M. M., da Cunha, E., Mackey, D., Croom, S. M., Blake, C. A., Taylor, E., Drinkwater, M. J., Davis, T. M., Brough, S., Wright, D., Driver, S., Brown, M., Norris, R. & Hopkins, A.

16/05/18 → 31/12/18

Project: Other

Victorian International Research Scholarship

Gracia, G., Parkash, V., Trevaskis, N. & Brown, M.

18/03/15 → 17/03/18

Project: Research

The Australian European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP)

Brown, M.

Australian Research Council (ARC)

1/01/15 → 31/12/15

Project: Research

Mapping the dark matter with early type galaxies

Brown, M., Davis, T., Jones, H., Mould, J., Webster, R., Colless, M., Hopkins, A., Lucey, J. & Peacock, J.

Australian Research Council (ARC)

24/03/14 → 24/03/17

Project: Research

Research Output 1995 2018

178 Article
3 Conference Paper
2 Comment / Debate
2 Conference article
2 More
- 1 Edited Book
- 1 Review Article

Calibrating the James Webb Space Telescope Filters as Star Formation Rate Indicators

Senarath, M. R., Brown, M. J. I., Cluver, M. E., Moustakas, J., Armus, L. & Jarrett, T. H., 20 Dec 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 869, 2, 7 p., L26.

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Deep Extragalactic VIsible Legacy Survey (DEVILS): Motivation, design, and target catalogue

Davies, L. J. M., Robotham, A. S. G., Driver, S. P., Lagos, C. P., Cortese, L., Mannering, E., Foster, C., Lidman, C., Hashemizadeh, A., Koushan, S., O'Toole, S., Baldry, I. K., Bilicki, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bremer, M. N., Brown, M. J. I., Bryant, J. J., Catinella, B., Croom, S. M., Grootes, M. W. & 9 others, Holwerda, B. W., Jarvis, M. J., Maddox, N., Meyer, M., Moffett, A. J., Phillipps, S., Taylor, E. N., Windhorst, R. A. & Wolf, C., 1 Jan 2018, In : Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480, 1, p. 768-799 32 p.

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Erratum: Calibrating Star Formation in WISE Using Total Infrared Luminosity (Astrophysical Journal (2017) 850 (68) DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa92c7))

Cluver, M. E., Jarrett, T. H., Dale, D. A., Smith, J. D. T., August, T. & Brown, M. J. I., 20 Jun 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal. 860, 2, 2 p., 177.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other

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Galaxy And Mass Assembly: The G02 field, Herschel-ATLAS target selection and data release 3

Baldry, I. K., Liske, J., Brown, M. J. I., Robotham, A. S. G., Driver, S. P., Dunne, L., Alpaslan, M., Brough, S., Cluver, M. E., Eardley, E., Farrow, D. J., Heymans, C., Hildebrandt, H., Hopkins, A. M., Kelvin, L. S., Loveday, J., Moffett, A. J., Norberg, P., Owers, M. S., Taylor, E. N. & 22 others, Wright, A. H., Bamford, S. P., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bourne, N., Bremer, M. N., Colless, M., Conselice, C. J., Croom, S. M., Davies, L. J. M., Foster, C., Grootes, M. W., Holwerda, B. W., Jones, D. H., Kafle, P. R., Kuijken, K., Lara-Lopez, M. A., López-Sánchez, R., Meyer, M. J., Phillipps, S., Sutherland, W. J., van Kampen, E. & Wilkins, S. M., 1 Mar 2018, In : Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474, 3, p. 3875-3888 14 p.

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Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Small-scale anisotropic galaxy clustering and the pairwise velocity dispersion of galaxies

Loveday, J., Christodoulou, L., Norberg, P., Peacock, J. A., Baldry, I. K., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brown, M. J. I., Colless, M., Driver, S. P., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., Kafle, P. R., Liske, J., Lopez-Sanchez, A. R. & Taylor, E. N., 1 Mar 2018, In : Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474, 3, p. 3435-3450 16 p.

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