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Article Contents
- TITLE PAGE
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 2.OBSERVATIONAL ASPECTS
- 2.1.Elliptical galaxies
- 2.1.1.Luminosity profiles
- 2.1.2.Rotational properties
- 2.1.3.Correlations between
luminosity, velocity dispersion and metallicity
- 2.1.4.Gradients in metallicity and
mass-to-light ratio
- 2.2.Disc galaxies
- 2.2.1.Luminosity profiles
- 2.2.2.Rotational properties
- 2.3.The luminosity function of
galaxies
- 2.4.The clustering of galaxies
- 2.4.1.Visual impressions
- 2.4.2.Correlation functions
- 2.5.Angular fluctuations in the cosmic
microwave background
- 2.5.1.Dipole anisotropy
- 2.5.2.Quadrupole anisotropy
- 2.5.3.Small scale anisotropy
- 3.THE ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF
SMALL FLUCTUATIONS
- 3.1.Linear perturbations
- 3.2.Origin of fluctuations
- 3.3.Shape of the fluctuation spectrum
- 4.EVOLUTION OF MATTER AND RADIATION
FLUCTUATIONS
- 4.1.Damping of adiabatic
fluctuations
- 4.2.Isothermal density fluctuations
- 4.3.Residual radiation anisotropy
- 4.3.1.Dipole and quadrupole
anisotropy
- 4.3.2.Small scale anisotropy
- 4.4.Reionization and generation of
secondary fluctuations
- 5.FORMATION OF LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE
- 5.1.Newtonian theory for the growth of
small irregularities
- 5.2.Formation of pancakes from primeval
adiabatic perturbations
- 5.3.Hierarchical clustering
- 6.DISSIPATIONLESS GALAXY FORMATION
- 6.1.Dissipationless collapse and
violent relaxation
- 6.2.Numerical simulations
- 6.3.Angular momentum
- 7.GALAXY MERGERS
- 7.1.Cross-sections and merger rates
- 7.2.Properties of merged galaxies
- 7.2.1.Density profiles
- 7.2.2.Rotational properties
- 7.2.3.Clustering properties
- 7.2.4.Luminosity function of merged
objects
- 7.3.Do ellipticals form from mergers?
- 8.DISSIPATIONAL GALAXY FORMATION
- 8.1.Characteristic dissipative mass-scales
- 8.2.Angular momentum and dissipative collapse
- 8.3.The pancake theory of galaxy formation
- 8.4.Cloud coagulation and galaxy formation
- 8.5.Pregalactic radiation sources and
explosive theories of galaxy formation
- 9.PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY
- 9.1.Implications of GUTs
- 9.2.Massive neutrinos
- 9.3.Gravitinos
- 10.CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES