When did the Large Elliptical Galaxies Form?
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The simple reading of the evidence is that the large elliptical galaxies existed at about the present star mass and comoving number density at redshift z=2. This is subject to the usual uncertainties of measurement and interpretation in astronomy, but should be taken seriously because it is indicated by quite a few lines of evidence. And it might be a guide to a more perfect theory of galaxy formation.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0201015,
title = {When did the Large Elliptical Galaxies Form?},
author = {P. J. E. Peebles},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0201015},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages, conference proceedings