Ebook: The Epoch of Galaxy Formation

Scientists in the late twentieth century are not the first to view galaxy formation as a phenomenon worthy of explanation in terms of the known laws of physics. Already in 1754 Kant regarded the problem as essentially solved. In his Univerlal Natural Hutory and Theory 0/ the H eaven$ he wrote; "If in the immesurable space in which all the suns of the Milky Way have formed themselves, we assume a point around which, through some cause or other, the first formation of nature out of chaoo began, there the largest mass and a body of extraordinary attraction will have arisen which has thereby become capable of compelling all the systems in the process of being formed within an enormous sphere around it, to fall towards itself as their centre, and to build up a system around it on the great scale . . . . Observation puts this conjecture almost beyond doubt. " More than 200 years later, a similar note of confidence was voiced by Zel'dovicb at an IAU symposium held in Tallin in 1911; "Extrapolating . . . to the next symposium somewhere in the early eighties one can be pretty sure that the question of the formation of galaxies and clusters will be solved in the next few years. " Perhaps few astronomers today would share Kant's near certainty or feel that Zel'dovich's prophecy has been fulfilled, Many, however, will sympathize with the optimistic olltlook of these two statements.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Galaxy Formation: High Redshift or Low?....Pages 1-13
Observable Signatures of Young Galaxies....Pages 15-30
A Multicolor Search for Forming Galaxies....Pages 31-38
Lyman-Alpha Galaxies in 1988....Pages 39-56
Morphological Evolution of Radio Galaxies....Pages 57-62
High Redshift Radio Galaxies and Galaxy Formation....Pages 63-69
Deep Surveys of Field and Low-Flux-Radio Galaxies....Pages 71-83
Constraints on the Epoch of Galaxy Formation from Deep U-Band Counts....Pages 85-88
Lyman Line Absorption Systems....Pages 89-99
Damped Lyman Alpha Absorbers: The Progenitors of Galactic Disks....Pages 101-105
A Chemically Young Galaxy at z = 2.3....Pages 107-113
Lyman ? Emission from a Possible Primeval Galaxy at z = 2.5....Pages 115-120
The Quasar Redshift Cut-Off....Pages 121-133
Fifty-Three Multicolour Selected Quasars with Redshifts Greater Than Three....Pages 135-139
The Luminosity Function and Clustering of QSOs....Pages 141-145
High Redshift Quasars in the Cold Dark Matter Cosmology....Pages 147-152
The Intergalactic Medium and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation....Pages 153-161
A Cooling Flow Around the Quasar 3C196....Pages 163-166
Galaxy Evolution in High Density Environments....Pages 167-178
Evolution of Compact Groups and Formation of Ellipticals....Pages 179-183
Properties of Galaxy Clusters Associated with Quasars....Pages 185-189
History of Star Formation in Normal Galaxies....Pages 191-204
Recurrent Star Formation in Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 205-209
Constraints on Galaxy Formation from Cosmic Background Radiations....Pages 211-226
Explaining the Nagoya-Berkeley Submillimetre Background....Pages 227-234
Star Formation and the X-Ray Background....Pages 235-241
Galaxy Formation and Biased Clustering....Pages 243-256
Galaxy Clusters and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation....Pages 257-264
Exploring Origins for the Hubble Sequence....Pages 265-269
Galaxy Mergers in a CDM Model....Pages 271-274
Clustering and Dynamics in a Dissipative CDM N-Body Simulation....Pages 275-279
The Galaxy Luminosity Function: An Alternative to the Press and Schechter Technique....Pages 281-284
Galactic Evolution and Global Star Formation....Pages 285-308
Galaxy Formation and Cooling Flows....Pages 309-313
The Epoch of Galaxy Formation in Explosion Models....Pages 315-319
Recent Results on Cosmic Strings and Galaxy Formation....Pages 321-325
Galaxy Formation in Unstable Dark Matter Models....Pages 327-330
The Age of the Galaxy....Pages 331-338
The Nature and Age of the Galactic Thick Disk....Pages 339-344
A Simple Model for the Local Group of Galaxies....Pages 345-349
Future Observational Prospects....Pages 351-357
A New Deep AAT Redshift Survey....Pages 359-361
On the Interpretation of Galaxy Counts, and Color and Redshift Distributions....Pages 363-366
The Interpretation of Faint Galaxy Counts....Pages 367-368
Limits on Dust in Damped Lyman-Alpha Systems and the Obscuration of Quasars....Pages 369-370
The Stellar Content of Early-Type Galaxies in Dense Environments....Pages 371-373
A New Study of Absorption Line Density in QSO’s Ly? Forest....Pages 375-376
The Edinburgh/Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue....Pages 377-378
Mass-to-Light Ratios and the Age of Galaxies....Pages 379-381
Emission Lines and Star Formation in Radio Galaxies....Pages 383-385
The Age of the Radiogalaxy 0902+34 at the Redshift z=3.395....Pages 387-390
Statistics of Radio Galaxy Populations and Galaxy Formation....Pages 391-396
Simulations of the Visual Appearance of Galaxy Clusters at High Redshift....Pages 397-398
Central Galaxy Formation by Cooling Flows....Pages 399-400
Constraints on the amplitude of primordial density fluctuations....Pages 401-402
Spottiness in the Structure of the Microwave Background Radiation....Pages 403-404
Energetic Constraints on Spectral Distortions of the Microwave Background....Pages 405-406
CBR Polarization by Cosmic Dust at High Redshifts....Pages 407-408
Growth of Perturbations in a Collapsing Protogalaxy....Pages 409-410
The Turnaround Epoch of Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 411-412
The Correlations of Peaks in Random Noise....Pages 413-414
Density Maxima as Sites for Galaxy Formation....Pages 415-420
A Cross-Correlation Method to Test the Dependence of the Clustering of Galaxies on Luminosity....Pages 421-422
Constraints on the Formation Redshift of Bright Galaxies in Biased Scenarios....Pages 423-424
Biased Theories with Non-? Threshold....Pages 425-426
Sinking Satellites and Disk Heating of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 427-428
Galaxy Formation in Asymmetric Dark Haloes....Pages 429-430
Gas in a Cosmological N-Body Simulation....Pages 431-432
Dissipational Galaxy Formation....Pages 433-434
Tidal Origin of Starbursts and Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 435-436
The Topology of Large Scale Structure: Observations....Pages 437-438
Galaxy Formation: The Board Game....Pages 439-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-445

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Galaxy Formation: High Redshift or Low?....Pages 1-13
Observable Signatures of Young Galaxies....Pages 15-30
A Multicolor Search for Forming Galaxies....Pages 31-38
Lyman-Alpha Galaxies in 1988....Pages 39-56
Morphological Evolution of Radio Galaxies....Pages 57-62
High Redshift Radio Galaxies and Galaxy Formation....Pages 63-69
Deep Surveys of Field and Low-Flux-Radio Galaxies....Pages 71-83
Constraints on the Epoch of Galaxy Formation from Deep U-Band Counts....Pages 85-88
Lyman Line Absorption Systems....Pages 89-99
Damped Lyman Alpha Absorbers: The Progenitors of Galactic Disks....Pages 101-105
A Chemically Young Galaxy at z = 2.3....Pages 107-113
Lyman ? Emission from a Possible Primeval Galaxy at z = 2.5....Pages 115-120
The Quasar Redshift Cut-Off....Pages 121-133
Fifty-Three Multicolour Selected Quasars with Redshifts Greater Than Three....Pages 135-139
The Luminosity Function and Clustering of QSOs....Pages 141-145
High Redshift Quasars in the Cold Dark Matter Cosmology....Pages 147-152
The Intergalactic Medium and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation....Pages 153-161
A Cooling Flow Around the Quasar 3C196....Pages 163-166
Galaxy Evolution in High Density Environments....Pages 167-178
Evolution of Compact Groups and Formation of Ellipticals....Pages 179-183
Properties of Galaxy Clusters Associated with Quasars....Pages 185-189
History of Star Formation in Normal Galaxies....Pages 191-204
Recurrent Star Formation in Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 205-209
Constraints on Galaxy Formation from Cosmic Background Radiations....Pages 211-226
Explaining the Nagoya-Berkeley Submillimetre Background....Pages 227-234
Star Formation and the X-Ray Background....Pages 235-241
Galaxy Formation and Biased Clustering....Pages 243-256
Galaxy Clusters and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation....Pages 257-264
Exploring Origins for the Hubble Sequence....Pages 265-269
Galaxy Mergers in a CDM Model....Pages 271-274
Clustering and Dynamics in a Dissipative CDM N-Body Simulation....Pages 275-279
The Galaxy Luminosity Function: An Alternative to the Press and Schechter Technique....Pages 281-284
Galactic Evolution and Global Star Formation....Pages 285-308
Galaxy Formation and Cooling Flows....Pages 309-313
The Epoch of Galaxy Formation in Explosion Models....Pages 315-319
Recent Results on Cosmic Strings and Galaxy Formation....Pages 321-325
Galaxy Formation in Unstable Dark Matter Models....Pages 327-330
The Age of the Galaxy....Pages 331-338
The Nature and Age of the Galactic Thick Disk....Pages 339-344
A Simple Model for the Local Group of Galaxies....Pages 345-349
Future Observational Prospects....Pages 351-357
A New Deep AAT Redshift Survey....Pages 359-361
On the Interpretation of Galaxy Counts, and Color and Redshift Distributions....Pages 363-366
The Interpretation of Faint Galaxy Counts....Pages 367-368
Limits on Dust in Damped Lyman-Alpha Systems and the Obscuration of Quasars....Pages 369-370
The Stellar Content of Early-Type Galaxies in Dense Environments....Pages 371-373
A New Study of Absorption Line Density in QSO’s Ly? Forest....Pages 375-376
The Edinburgh/Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue....Pages 377-378
Mass-to-Light Ratios and the Age of Galaxies....Pages 379-381
Emission Lines and Star Formation in Radio Galaxies....Pages 383-385
The Age of the Radiogalaxy 0902+34 at the Redshift z=3.395....Pages 387-390
Statistics of Radio Galaxy Populations and Galaxy Formation....Pages 391-396
Simulations of the Visual Appearance of Galaxy Clusters at High Redshift....Pages 397-398
Central Galaxy Formation by Cooling Flows....Pages 399-400
Constraints on the amplitude of primordial density fluctuations....Pages 401-402
Spottiness in the Structure of the Microwave Background Radiation....Pages 403-404
Energetic Constraints on Spectral Distortions of the Microwave Background....Pages 405-406
CBR Polarization by Cosmic Dust at High Redshifts....Pages 407-408
Growth of Perturbations in a Collapsing Protogalaxy....Pages 409-410
The Turnaround Epoch of Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 411-412
The Correlations of Peaks in Random Noise....Pages 413-414
Density Maxima as Sites for Galaxy Formation....Pages 415-420
A Cross-Correlation Method to Test the Dependence of the Clustering of Galaxies on Luminosity....Pages 421-422
Constraints on the Formation Redshift of Bright Galaxies in Biased Scenarios....Pages 423-424
Biased Theories with Non-? Threshold....Pages 425-426
Sinking Satellites and Disk Heating of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 427-428
Galaxy Formation in Asymmetric Dark Haloes....Pages 429-430
Gas in a Cosmological N-Body Simulation....Pages 431-432
Dissipational Galaxy Formation....Pages 433-434
Tidal Origin of Starbursts and Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 435-436
The Topology of Large Scale Structure: Observations....Pages 437-438
Galaxy Formation: The Board Game....Pages 439-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-445
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