8 papers
Mass, Age, and Space Distributions of Star Clusters
S. Michael Fall
This article reviews some recent studies of the mass, age, and space distributions of star clusters, with a primary focus on the large population of clusters in the interacting Ant…
Formation of Galactic Disks
S. Michael Fall
We review progress in understanding the formation of galactic disks in the standard cosmogonic scenario involving gravitational clustering of baryons and dark matter and dissipativ…
Formation and Disruption of Globular Star Clusters
S. Michael Fall, Qing Zhang
In the first part of this article, we review observations of the mass and luminosity functions of young and old star cluster systems. We also review some of the physical processes…
Global Evolution Models and the Extragalactic Background Light
S. Michael Fall
This article outlines a method to interpret the extragalactic background light in terms of the large-scale, average properties of galaxies, including the comoving densities of star…
Dust Absorption and Emission in Galaxies at High and Low Redshifts
S. Michael Fall
This article reviews three related topics: the extragalactic background l ight and its sources, evolution models for the dust absorption and emission in galaxies, and empirical con…
Building Galaxies: Conference Summary
S. Michael Fall
This article summarizes - from a personal perspective - some of the main themes that have emerged at this conference and in this field generally in the past few years.