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Title:
The formation of galaxies
Authors:
Efstathiou, G.; Silk, J.
Affiliation:
AA(Cambridge University, Cambridge, England), AB(California, University, Berkeley, CA; CNRS, Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris, France)
Publication:
Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics (ISSN 0094-5846), vol. 9, Nov. 1983, p. 1-138.
Publication Date:
11/1983
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
BIG BANG COSMOLOGY, GALACTIC CLUSTERS, GALACTIC EVOLUTION, GALACTIC STRUCTURE, ANISOTROPY, BACKGROUND RADIATION, DENSITY WAVE MODEL, DISK GALAXIES, ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES, GALACTIC ROTATION, GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE, LUMINOSITY, PARTICLE THEORY
Bibliographic Code:
1983FCPh....9....1E

Abstract

Current models of galaxy formation are examined in a review of recent observational and theoretical studies. Observational data on elliptical galaxies, disk galaxies, luminosity functions, clustering, and angular fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background are summarized. Theoretical aspects discussed include the origin and early evolution of small fluctuations, matter and radiation fluctuations, the formation of large-scale structure, dissipationless galaxy formation, galaxy mergers, dissipational galaxy formation, and the implications of particle physics (GUTs, massive neutrinos, and gravitinos) for cosmology.
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