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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.BACKGROUND MATERIAL

2.1.Background Cosmology

2.2.Structure Formation

2.3.Halo Formation

2.3.1.Halo Mass Distribution

2.3.2.Halo Formation Distribution

2.4.Halo Structure

3.PRE-GALACTIC EVOLUTION OF BARYONS

3.1.Cold or Hot Accretion (Shocks)

3.2.Cooling

3.2.1.Atomic

3.2.2.Compton Cooling

3.2.3.Molecular Hydrogen Cooling

3.3.Heating

3.3.1.Photoheating

3.3.2.Heating from Feedback

3.3.3.Preheating

3.3.4.Thermal Conduction

3.4.Fate of Cooling Gas

4.GALAXY INTERACTIONS

4.1.Galaxy Orbits

4.2.Gravitational Interactions

4.2.1.Mergers

4.2.2.Tidal Destruction

4.2.3.Harassment

4.3.Hydrodynamical Interactions

4.3.1.Ram pressure

5.GALACTIC STRUCTURE

5.1.Disk Formation

5.1.1.Sizes

5.1.2.Stability

5.1.3.Bars/Spiral Arms