Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apj...483l...1p&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Letters v.483, p.L1
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
54
Galaxies: Formation, Cosmology: Large-Scale Structure Of Universe
Scientific paper
The evidence for early assembly of the central parts of the giant galaxies is a challenge for the adiabatic cold dark matter (CDM) model for structure formation; it more readily fits an isocurvature version where homogeneity is broken by CDM that is the remnant of a massive scalar field frozen from quantum fluctuations during inflation. In this picture the primeval CDM mass distribution is proportional to the square of a random Gaussian process, so for a given power spectrum the prominent upward density fluctuations have contrast about three times that of a Gaussian process. This could lead to the assembly of spheroids at redshift z ~ 10 in concentrations outside of which generally smaller fluctuations become the Ly alpha forest at z ~ 3 and dwarf galaxies at z ~ 1, as the evidence suggests.
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