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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankGALAXYFORMATIONANDEVOLUTIONTherapidlyexpandingfieldofgalaxyformationliesattheinterfacesofastronomy,particlephysics,andcosmology.Coveringdiversetopicsfromthesedisciplines,allofwhichareneededtounderstandhowgalaxiesformandevolve,thisbookisidealforresearchersenteringthefiel
2、d.IndividualchaptersexploretheevolutionoftheUniverseasawholeanditsparticleandradi-ationcontent;linearandnonlineargrowthofcosmicstructures;processesaffectingthegaseousanddarkmattercomponentsofgalaxiesandtheirstellarpopulations;theformationofspiralandellipticalgalaxies;centralsupermassiveblackholesa
3、ndtheactivityassociatedwiththem;galaxyinteractions;andtheintergalacticmedium.Emphasizingbothobservationalandtheoreticalaspects,thisbookprovidesacoherentintro-ductionforastronomers,cosmologists,andastroparticlephysiciststothebroadrangeofscienceunderlyingtheformationandevolutionofgalaxies.HOUJUNMOis
4、ProfessorofAstrophysicsattheUniversityofMassachusetts.Heisknownforhisworkontheformationandclusteringofgalaxiesandtheirdarkmatterhalos.FRANKVANDENBOSCHisAssistantProfessoratYaleUniversity,andisknownforhisstudiesoftheformation,dynamics,andclusteringofgalaxies.SIMONWHITEisDirectorattheMaxPlanckInstit
5、uteforAstrophysicsinGarching.Heisoneoftheoriginatorsofthemoderntheoryofgalaxyformationandhasreceivednumerousinternationalprizesandhonors.Jointlyandseparatelytheauthorshavepublishedalmost500papersintherefereedprofessionalliterature,mostofthemontopicsrelatedtothesubjectofthisbook.GALAXYFORMATIONANDE
6、VOLUTIONHOUJUNMOUniversityofMassachusettsFRANKVANDENBOSCHYaleUniversitySIMONWHITEMaxPlanchInstituteforAstrophysicsCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,Dubai,TokyoCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUni
7、tedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521857932©H.Mo,F.vandenBosch&S.White2010Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionan
