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Search for Primeval Galaxies with the “Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

H. Hippelein ,
K. Meisenheimer ,
E. Thommes ,
R. Fockenbrock  and
H.-J. Röser
H. Hippelein
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D–69117 Heidelberg, Germany
K. Meisenheimer
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D–69117 Heidelberg, Germany
E. Thommes
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D–69117 Heidelberg, Germany
R. Fockenbrock
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D–69117 Heidelberg, Germany
H.-J. Röser
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D–69117 Heidelberg, Germany

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Understanding the formation of galaxies is certainly one of the major challenges in astrophysics. Observationally, the most important insight will be provided by the detection and study of primeval galaxies. With the large telescopes and the efficient detectors available today, it seems feasible to observe those early stages of galaxy evolution directly. Despite considerable efforts with different techniques (Cowie et al. 1990; De Propris et al. 1993; Pritchet & Hartwick 1990; Thompson et al. 1995; Djorgovski et al. 1993) no primeval galaxy is found yet, in contradiction with predictions by model calculations (e.g. Baron & White 1987). What could be the reason for this lack of sucess?

Type
Galaxies in Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 171: New Light on Galaxy Evolution , 1996 , pp. 287 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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