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The Challenge of Modelling Galactic Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Andreas Burkert
Andreas Burkert*
Affiliation:
University Observatory, University of Munich, Scheinerstr. 1, D-81679, Munich, Germany email: burkert@usm.lmu.de
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Abstract

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Detailed models of galactic disk formation and evolution require knowledge about the initial conditions under which disk galaxies form, the boundary conditions that affect their secular evolution and the microphysical processes that drive the multi-phase interstellar medium and regulate star formation. Unfortunately, up to now, most of these ingredients are still poorly understood. The challenge therefore is to still construct realistic models of galactic disks with predictive power.

Keywords

Galaxy: diskgalaxies: formationgalaxies: evolutionISM: generalISM: cloudshydrodynamicsturbulence
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Issue S254: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context , June 2008 , pp. 437 - 444
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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