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N-Body Methods and the Formation of Large-Scale Structure

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Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 219))

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I review the N-body techniques that have been used to study the evolution of large-scale structure in the Universe. After a brief summary of the initial conditions expected in universes dominated by weakly interacting massive particles, I discuss the nonlinear structure found in neutrino-dominated and cold dark matter dominated models. The cold dark matter model currently appears the most attractive possibility and is able to reproduce observed structures from galaxy halos up to rich galaxy clusters. The distribution of galaxy formation sites in this model may be biased in the manner required to make a flat universe consistent with dynamical constraints from galaxy groups and clusters and from the Local Supercluster.

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  1. Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

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White, S.D.M. (1988). N-Body Methods and the Formation of Large-Scale Structure. In: Unruh, W.G., Semenoff, G.W. (eds) The Early Universe. NATO ASI Series, vol 219. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4015-4_7

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