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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.

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@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