Astronomy 350
Lecture 40, Dec 5
Fall 2011
Lecture Notes:
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Formation of Cosmic Structures
starting point: tiny density
fluctuations
gravitational (Jeans) instability
cold dark matter (CDM)
hierarchical structure formation
cosmos in a computer: the state of the art
the growth of structure:
theory
,
observation
the cosmic web
a galaxy cluster merger
millenium simulation:
evolution
over time,
zoom into snapshot
simulation of
Milky Way formation
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields
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