Merging Processes in Galaxy Clusters

L. Feretti, I.M. Gioia, G. Giovannini (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-5984-0 (ISBN)

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Mergers are the mechanisms by which galaxy clusters are assembled through the hierarchical growth of smaller clusters and groups. Major cluster mergers are the most energetic events in the Universe since the Big Bang. Many of the observed properties of clusters depend on the physics of the merging process. These include substructure, shock, intra cluster plasma temperature and entropy structure, mixing of heavy elements within the intra cluster medium, acceleration of high-energy particles, formation of radio halos and the effects on the galaxy radio emission.

This book reviews our current understanding of cluster merging from an observational and theoretical perspective, and is appropriate for both graduate students and researchers in the field.

The Physics of Cluster Mergers.- Optical Analysis of Cluster Mergers.- X-Ray Observations of Cluster Mergers.- High Angular Resolution Cluster Observations with Chandra.- Observational Signatures and Statistics of Galaxy Cluster Mergers.- Radio Galaxies and Their Environment.- Diffuse Radio Sources and Cluster Mergers.- Mergers of Galaxy Clusters in Numerical Simulations.- Clusters, Cosmology and Mergers.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 272
Zusatzinfo	XV, 320 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
ISBN-10	90-481-5984-9 / 9048159849
ISBN-13	978-90-481-5984-0 / 9789048159840
Zustand	Neuware