The galaxy halo formation rate
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The rate at which galaxy halos form is thought to play a key role in explaining many observable cosmological phenomena such as the initial epoch at which luminous matter forms and the distribution of active galaxies. Here we show how Press-Schechter theory can be used to provide a simple, completely analytic model of the halo formation rate. This model shows good agreement with both Monte-Carlo and N-body simulation results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9809330,
title = {The galaxy halo formation rate},
author = {W. J. Percival and L. Miller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9809330},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure, to appear in proceedings of the Xth Recontres de Blois, "The Birth of Galaxies," LaTeX style file included