The large-scale structure of the Universe

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7088, 2006, Pages 1137-1144

  Springel, Volker ^a   Frenk, Carlos S ^b   White, Simon D M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION;

GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; RIPPLES; UNIVERSE;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL FEATURE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAS; GRAVITY; RIPPLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COSMIC STRUCTURE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; DARK MATTER; GAS; GRAVITY; HISTORY; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALE UP;

EID: 33646347149     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04805     Document Type: Review

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