The Current Status of Galaxy Formation

Joe Silk (1,2,3), Gary A. Mamon (1) ((1) IAP, (2) JHU, (3) BIPAC, Oxford)

(Submitted on 12 Jul 2012 (v1), last revised 2 Aug 2012 (this version, v2))

Understanding galaxy formation is one of the most pressing issues in cosmology. We review the current status of galaxy formation from both an observational and a theoretical perspective, and summarise the prospects for future advances.

Comments:	Minor modifications incorporating the numerous comments received
Subjects:	Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
Cite as:	arXiv:1207.3080v2 [astro-ph.CO]

Submission history

From: Gary Mamon [view email]
[v1] Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:00:02 GMT (3146kb,D)
[v2] Thu, 2 Aug 2012 13:37:20 GMT (3143kb,D)