Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from supernova-driven outflows

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7278, 2010, Pages 203-206

  Governato, F ^a   Brook, C ^b   Mayer, L ^c   Brooks, A ^d   Rhee, G ^e   Wadsley, J ^f   Jonsson, P ^a   Willman, B ^g   Stinson, G ^f   Quinn, T ^a   Madau, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BARYON; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 74549223748     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08640     Document Type: Article

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