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view Abstract Citations (90) References (8) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS The development of structure in the expanding universe. Silk, J. ; White, S. D. Abstract A model for clustering in an expanding universe is developed based on an application of the coagulation equation to the collision and aggregation of bound condensations. While the growth rate of clustering is determined by the rate at which density fluctuations reach the nonlinear regime and therefore depends on the initial fluctuation spectrum, the mass spectrum rapidly approaches a self-similar limiting form. This form is determined by the tidal processes which lead to the merging of condensations, and is not dependent on initial conditions. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: July 1978 DOI: 10.1086/182728 Bibcode: 1978ApJ...223L..59S Keywords: Astronomical Models; Big Bang Cosmology; Galactic Clusters; Condensation; Density Distribution; Galactic Evolution; Hubble Diagram; Mass Distribution; Mass Spectroscopy; Velocity Measurement; Astrophysics; Universe:Clustering; Universe: Structure full text sources ADS |
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