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Hierarchical galaxy formation

S. Cole C. Lacey C. Baugh C. Frenk

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We describe the GALFORM semi-analytic model for calculating the formation and evolution of galaxies in hierarchical clustering cosmologies. It improves upon, and extends, the earlier scheme developed by Cole et al. (1994). The model employs a new Monte-Carlo algorithm to follow the merging evolution of dark matter halos with arbitrary mass resolution. It incorporates realistic descriptions of the density profiles of dark matter halos and the gas they contain; it follows the chemical evolution of gas and stars, and the associated production of dust; and it includes a detailed calculation of the sizes of disks and spheroids. Wherever possible, our prescriptions for modelling individual physical processes are based on results of numerical simulations. They require a number of adjustable parameters which we fix by reference to a small subset of local galaxy data. This results in a fully specified model of galaxy formation which can be �

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S. Cole

C. Lacey

C. Baugh

C. Frenk

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Cole, S., Lacey, C., Baugh, C., Frenk, C. (2000). Hierarchical galaxy formation. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03879.x

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Tahun Terbit: 2000
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 1519×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03879.x
Akses: Open Access ✓