Dwarf Galaxies in Voids: Dark Matter Halos and Gas Cooling

Galaxy surveys have shown that luminous galaxies are mainly distributed in large filaments and galaxy clusters. The remaining large volumes are virtually devoid of luminous galaxies. This is in concordance with the formation of the large-scale structure in the universe as derived from cosmological s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matthias Hoeft, Stefan Gottlöber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/693968