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The current status of galaxy formation

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Silk, Joseph, Mamon, Gary A.·2012·Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
DOI 10.1088/1674-4527/12/8/004
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Understanding galaxy formation is one of the most pressing issues in cosmology. We review the current status of galaxy formation from both an observational and a theoretical perspective, and summarize the prospects for future advances.

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  • Galactic outflows are ubiquitous in galaxies containing active star formation or supermassive black hole activity.

    “Galactic outflows are ubiquitous in galaxies containing active star formation or supermassive black hole activity.”

    From The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way (2024) · cites this paper as Silk & Mamon 2012

    Section 4.2 discusses supernova-driven winds, and sections 2.7 and 4.5 discuss outflows driven by active supermassive black holes. These passages support the association with star formation and black-hole activity, but they do not establish that outflows are ubiquitous in galaxies with either activity. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • The Milky Way is at the critical mass where both supernova and black hole feedback are expected to be active.

    “Coincidentally, our Galaxy is at the critical mass where one expects both the SNe and black hole feedback to be active.”

    From The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way (2024) · cites this paper as Silk & Mamon 2012

    Section 2.2 links supernova regulation to star-formation efficiency in local star-forming galaxies and identifies a similar efficiency in the Milky Way disk. Section 4.5 discusses black-hole feedback in massive elliptical galaxies, but our copy does not place the Milky Way at a critical mass where both forms of feedback are expected to be active. No page numbers were available in the indexed passages. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Silk, J., & Mamon, G. A.
Affiliations
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
ORCID
Venue
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Published
2012-08
Volume
12
Issue
8
Pages
917-946
ISSN
1674-4527 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1088/1674-4527/12/8/004
OpenAlex
W2143755705
Cited by
294
References
218
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FWCI
8.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Keywords
galaxy formation, cosmology, observational constraints, theoretical model, future prospects

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