= Sandra Faber
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<Sandra Faber> contributed to the <cold dark matter> explanation of <galaxy formation>. With <George R. Blumenthal>, <Joel Primack> and <Martin Rees>, she developed the 1984 account in which small early particle <velocity dispersion> preserves galaxy-scale density fluctuations against <free streaming>.<Formation of galaxies and large-scale structure with cold dark matter by George R. Blumenthal and others>[Abstract: suppressed free streaming and the post-recombination fluctuation spectrum]{ref}
The central test connects particle behaviour to astronomical structure: the surviving fluctuation spectrum determines which scales can seed <galaxies> and <galaxy clusters>.
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{title=Portrait of <Sandra Faber>}
{source=https://currents.ucsc.edu/99-00/01-17/faber.html}
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