The physics of galaxy formation [electronic resource] / Claudia Del P. Lagos.

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The physics of galaxy formation [electronic resource] / Claudia Del P. Lagos.

9783319015262 electronic book
3319015265 electronic book
9783319015255

Cham : Springer, 2014.

English

1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) : illustrations in color.

10.1007/978-3-319-01526-2 doi

QB857

523.1/12

This thesis addresses two of the central processes which underpin the formation of galaxies: the formation of stars and the injection of energy into the interstellar medium from supernovae, called feedback. In her work Claudia Lagos has completely overhauled the treatment of these processes in simulations of galaxy formation. Her thesis makes two major breakthroughs, and represents the first major steps forward in these areas in more than a decade. Her work has enabled, for the first time, predictions to be made which can be compared against new observations which probe the neutral gas content of galaxies, opening up a completely novel way to constrain the models. The treatment of feedback from supernovae, and how this removes material from the interstellar medium, is also likely to have a lasting impact on the field. Claudia Lagos Ph.D. thesis was nominated by the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis 2012.

Ph.D. Durham University [2013?]

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