Research report 2004 - Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

Following the formation of galaxies and the first quasars on a supercomputer

Authors
Springel, Volker
Departments
Summary
Scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics have carried out the worldwide largest cosmological simulation of structure formation and used it to make accurate theoretical predictions for the growth of galaxies and supermassive black holes. For the first time, the model allows a detailed comparison of the theory of hierarchical galaxy formation to observations in a volume comparable to that of the largest spectroscopic redshift surveys, including rare objects such as the first quasars or massive galaxy clusters.

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