The Current Status of Galaxy Formation
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2012-09-07 v3
Abstract
Understanding galaxy formation is one of the most pressing issues in cosmology. We review the current status of galaxy formation from both an observational and a theoretical perspective, and summarise the prospects for future advances.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1207.3080,
title = {The Current Status of Galaxy Formation},
author = {Joe Silk and Gary A. Mamon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.3080},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Minor change in Sect. 6 (resolution of ERIS simulation). Note that the figures of the arXiv version are typically sharper than on the published version