To appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 277,
Burkina Faso, December 2010, Tracing the Ancestry of Galaxies (on the
Land of our Ancestors), eds. C. Carignan, F. Combes & K. Freeman.
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astro-ph/1102.0283
Abstract: I review the outstanding problems in galaxy formation theory, and the role of feedback in resolving them. I address the efficiency of star formation, the galactic star formation rate, and the roles of supernovae and supermassive black holes.
Key Words: galaxy, formation, active galactic nuclei, feedback
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