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How Galaxies Don't Form
Stacy McGaugh
I review current theories of disk galaxy formation. All fail in the light of recent data for low surface brightness galaxies. The difficulty stems from the presence of a unique acc…
astro-ph1998
Optical Galaxy Selection
Stacy McGaugh
Our view of the properties of galaxies is strongly affected by the way in which we survey for them. I discuss some aspects of selection effects and methods to compensate for them.…