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Do Pregalactic Shocks Trigger or Prevent Galaxy Formation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Jes Madsen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

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Shock waves from supernova explosions in early stellar generations are likely to play an important role as a feedback mechanism in all models of galaxy formation. In particular in the explosive scenario, where the large scale distribution of galaxies is attributed to fragmentation of cooling gas in huge shocks expanding in a homogeneous medium.

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Appendix 1: Poster Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

References

Madsen, J., Mon.Not.R.astr.Soc. 1987. (In press).Google Scholar