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The Mass Function of Cosmic Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

E. Audit
Affiliation:
DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France
R. Teyssier
Affiliation:
DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France
J.-M. Alimi
Affiliation:
DAEC, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France

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We have investigated some modifications to the Press & Schechter (PS) (1974) prescription resulting from shear and tidal effects (Audit & al. 1997a). These modifications rely on more realistic treatments of the collapse process than the standard approach based on the spherical model.

Type
IV. Structure Formation and Dark Matter
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1999 

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