  The formation of galaxies in hierarchical cosmogonies is studied using high
resolution N-body plus SPH hydrodynamics simulations. The collapse of structure
is followed self-consistently from Mpc scale filamentary structures to kpc
scale galactic objects. The characteristics and formation processes of the
galaxy like objects are studied in detail, along with the aggregation into a
poor cluster. Related studies consider the effects of modelling star formation,
the reliability of tracing galaxies in simulations, and tests of SPH methods.
This submission serves first to notify that the full text and figures of my
thesis are available in compressed PostScript form via anonymous ftp from
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compressed, 65 MB uncompressed). See the README file first. Second, this
submission contains the title page, abstract, table of contents, introductory
chapter, summary chapter, and references for my thesis. Those who are curious
about the work may scan these pages to identify which chapters may be
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