The dusty, albeit ultraviolet bright infancy of galaxies
The largest galaxies acquire their mass early on, when the Universe is still youthful. Cold streams violently feed these young galaxies a vast amount of fresh gas, resulting in very efficient star formation. Using a well resolved hydrodynamical simulation of galaxy formation, we demonstrate that the...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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