Galaxy Formation

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction, History and Outline....Pages 3-19
The Large Scale Structure of the Universe....Pages 20-40
Galaxies....Pages 41-70
Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 71-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
The Theoretical Framework....Pages 109-132
An Introduction to Relativistic Gravity....Pages 133-151
The Friedman World Models....Pages 152-185
The Determination of Cosmological Parameters....Pages 186-216
The Thermal History of the Universe....Pages 217-232
Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe....Pages 233-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
The Evolution of Fluctuations in the Standard Big Bang....Pages 253-273
The Simplest Picture of Galaxy Formation and Why It Fails....Pages 274-292
Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation....Pages 293-307
Correlation Functions and the Spectrum of the Initial Fluctuations....Pages 308-330
Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation....Pages 331-360
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
The Post-Recombination Universe — the Dark Ages....Pages 363-378
The Evolution of Galaxies and Active Galaxies with Cosmic Epoch....Pages 379-417
The Evolution of Star and Element Formation Rates with Cosmic Epoch....Pages 418-447
Diffuse Intergalactic Gas....Pages 448-465
Final Things....Pages 466-492
Back Matter....Pages 493-536