The evolution of galaxies from primeval irregulars to present-day ellipticals

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7084, 2006, Pages 644-647

  Mori, Masao ^a,b   Umemura, Masayuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

STELLAR CONTINUUM RADIATION; SUPERNOVAE BLOW GAS; THE BARYONIC GAS;

GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS; BUBBLE; COOLING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODEL;

ARTICLE; BARYON; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; GALAXY; GRAVITY; HISTOGRAM; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUPERNOVA;

EID: 33645450391     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04553     Document Type: Article

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