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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankGALAXYFORMATIONANDEVOLUTIONTherapidlyexpandingfieldofgalaxyformationliesattheinterfacesofastronomy,particlephysics,andcosmology.Coveringdiversetopicsfromthesedisciplines,allofwhichareneededtounderstandhowgalaxiesformandevolve,
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4、stronomers,cosmologists,andastroparticlephysiciststothebroadrangeofscienceunderlyingtheformationandevolutionofgalaxies.HOUJUNMOisProfessorofAstrophysicsattheUniversityofMassachusetts.Heisknownforhisworkontheformationandclusteringofgalaxiesandtheirdarkmatt
5、erhalos.FRANKVANDENBOSCHisAssistantProfessoratYaleUniversity,andisknownforhisstudiesoftheformation,dynamics,andclusteringofgalaxies.SIMONWHITEisDirectorattheMaxPlanckInstituteforAstrophysicsinGarching.Heisoneoftheoriginatorsofthemoderntheoryofgalaxyformat
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7、sFRANKVANDENBOSCHYaleUniversitySIMONWHITEMaxPlanchInstituteforAstrophysicsCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,Dubai,TokyoCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedinthe
8、UnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521857932©H.Mo,F.vandenBosch&S.White2010Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionan
