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Formation and evolution of disk galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Joseph Silk
Joseph Silk*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Oxford Univ., Denys Wilkinson Bldg., 1 Keble Rd., Oxford OX1 3RHUK email: silk@astro.ox.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Global star formation is the key to understanding galaxy disk formation. This in turn depends on gravitational instability of disks and continuing gas accretion as well as minor merging. A key component is feedback from supernovae. Primary observational constraints on disk galaxy formation and evolution include the Schmidt-Kennicutt law, the Tully-Fisher relation and the galaxy luminosity function. I will review how theory confronts phenomenology, and discuss future prospects for refining our understanding of disk formation.

Keywords

stars: formationgalaxies: evolutionISMstarburst
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Issue S254: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context , June 2008 , pp. 401 - 410
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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