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The Formation of Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

James E. Gunn
James E. Gunn*
Affiliation:
Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, NJ08544, USA.

Abstract

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The presently fashionable ideas for galaxy formation are reviewed briefly, and it is concluded that the standard isothermal heirarchy fits the available data best. A simple infall picture is presented which explains many of the observed properties of disk galaxies.

Type
VII. Galaxy Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 100: Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1983 , pp. 379 - 386
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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