A Dream of Fair Theaters

Semi-analytic modelling of galaxy formation: the local Universe

“…The semi‐analytic approach to galaxy formation was formulated in White & Frenk (1991), but this approach was not Monte Carlo‐based and thus could only predict average quantities. The Monte Carlo approach was primarily developed independently by two main groups, which we shall refer to as the ‘Munich’ group (Kauffmann, White & Guiderdoni 1993, hereafter KWG93; Kauffmann, Guiderdoni & White 1994; Kauffmann 1995; Kauffmann 1996a,b; Kauffmann & Charlot 1998; Kauffmann, Nusser & Steinmetz 1997) and the ‘Durham’ group (Cole et al 1994, hereafter CAFNZ94; Heyl et al 1995; Baugh, Cole & Frenk 1996a,b; Baugh et al 1997), because the majority of the members of these groups are associated with the Max‐Planck‐Institut für Astrophysik in Garching, near Munich, Germany, and the University of Durham, UK, respectively. Similar models have also been investigated by Lacey & Silk (1991) and Lacey et al (1993).…”