Why Do Galaxies Exist?

Author: Rees, Martin

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 51, Number 3, 1988, pp. 10-22

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 51:3, Spring 1988

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:51.3.Rees

Abstract

The clumping of matter necessary for the birth of galaxies may be the result of a primeval "accident" in the distribution of dark matter.