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Galaxy Formation

Galaxy Formation is the astrophysical process by which fluctuations in primordial density evolve under gravitational instability to form galaxies as gravitationally bound structures of stars, gas, and dark matter.

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The Structure of Cold Dark Matter Halos

The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 8.2K citations · Full text

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STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES ALONG THE HUBBLE SEQUENCE

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1998 · 6.6K citations · Full text

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The Dust Content and Opacity of Actively Star‐forming Galaxies

Daniela Calzetti, L. Armus, R. C. Bohlin et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2000 · 5.7K citations · Full text

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The Global Schmidt Law in Star‐forming Galaxies

Robert C. Kennicutt · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 5.2K citations · Full text

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Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars

Volker Springel, Simon D. M. White, Adrian Jenkins et al. · Nature · 2005 · 5.1K citations · Full text

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  1. LH
    Lars Hernquist

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    291 publications · 65.1K citations

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  2. VS
    Volker Springel

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany

    225 publications · 62.2K citations

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  3. CS
    Carlos S. Frenk

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    224 publications · 51.7K citations

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  4. AM
    Anton M. Koekemoer

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    271 publications · 31.5K citations

    96

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  5. MD
    Mark Dickinson

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    175 publications · 34.3K citations

    93

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  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    240 h-index

    4.6K publications

    657.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    212 h-index

    7.6K publications

    803.6K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    203 h-index

    2.9K publications

    369.8K citations

  4. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    198 h-index

    3K publications

    377.2K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    197 h-index

    2K publications

    249.7K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    194 h-index

    2.8K publications

    320.2K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    194 h-index

    1.6K publications

    236.6K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    194 h-index

    1.9K publications

    363.8K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 6.5K publications · 709.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    6.8K publications · 608K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    2.2K publications · 142.8K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 916 publications · 76.3K citations

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  5. Nature

    296 publications · 61.2K citations

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