The Cosmological Mass Function

dc.creatorMonaco, Pierluigi
dc.date1997-10-08
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dc.descriptionThis thesis aims to review the cosmological mass function problem, both from the theoretical and the observational point of view, and to present a new mass function theory, based on realistic approximations for the dynamics of gravitational collapse. Chapter 1 gives a general introduction on gravitational dynamics in cosmological models. Chapter 2 gives a complete review of the mass function theory. Chapters 3 and 4 present the ``dynamical'' mass function theory, based on truncated Lagrangian dynamics and on the excursion set approach. Chapter 5 reviews the observational state-of-the-art and the main applications of the mass function theories described before. Finally, Chapter 6 gives conclusions and future prospects.
dc.descriptionPhD thesis, in press on Fund. Cosm. Phys.; 94 pages, figures included, fig. 3.7 simplified, Latex2e, epsfig
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9710085
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9710085
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/11624
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Cosmological Mass Function
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