The Halo Formation Rate and its link to the Global Star Formation Rate

The star formation history of the universe shows strong evolution with cosmological epoch. Although we know mergers between galaxies can cause luminous bursts of star formation, the relative importance of such mergers to the global star formation rate (SFR) is unknown. We present a simple analytic f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Percival, W, Miller, L, Ballinger, W
Format: Conference item
Published: 1999