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Infra-red studies of dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2005

Rachel Smith ,
Steve Phillipps  and
Roberto De Propris
Rachel Smith
Affiliation:
H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL email: [email protected]
Steve Phillipps
Affiliation:
H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL email: [email protected]
Roberto De Propris
Affiliation:
H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL email: [email protected]
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Dwarf galaxies are the most numerous type of galaxy in the local universe and are extremely important in the understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. A better understanding of the physics of dwarf galaxies is central to several current issues in observational cosmology. For example, simulations of galaxy evolution based on the Cold-Dark-Matter (CDM) model predict far more dwarfs than are observed locally. In the last 20 years there has been a huge amount of interest in the study of dwarf galaxies, partly due to these unanswered puzzles and also because of the improvements in the technology available.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Colloquium C198: Near-Field Cosmology with Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies , March 2005 , pp. 378 - 379
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© 2005 International Astronomical Union