Cosmological Aspects of X-ray Clusters of Galaxies

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Velen, Germany, June 6-18, 1993

Buch | Hardcover

516 Seiten

1994
Kluwer Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7923-3058-5 (ISBN)

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This volume examines X-ray clusters of galaxies and their role in understanding the structure and evolution of the universe. Topics include: X-ray clusters; cluster environments; cluster masses and dynamics; cooling flows and chemical abundances; cluster lensing and the Sunyaev-Sel'dovich effect.

The presentations of this NATO Advanced Study Institute centre around X-ray clusters of galaxies and their role in understanding the structure and evolution of the universe. Reminiscences of the beginning of the extra-solar X-ray astronomy some 30 years ago, of subsequent X-ray satellites which, among other discoveries, found galaxy clusters to be an important new class of intrinsically bright X-ray sources, and highlights from the most recent All Sky Survey by ROSAT serve as an introduction. The topics range from X-ray clusters and cluster environments to cluster masses and dynamics, cooling flows and chemical abundances, cluster lensing and the Sunyaev-Sel'dovich effect, cluster formation and evolution to large-scale structure in the universe and cosmological parameters. The reviews, introducing the various topics, generally conclude with presentations of current and future work and are frequently followed by shorter research notes pertaining to ongoing projects. More than 200 figures illustrate the discussions, more than 20 tables and many quotations in the text provide numerical data for almost 100 clusters of galaxies and give new estimates for the cosmological parameters.
Together with a sample of equations, this text should constitute a useful collection of empirical and theoretical quantities and relations in extragalactic X-ray astronomy and cosmology.

1. The Present and the Past of X-Ray Astronomy. 2. X-Ray Clusters and Cluster Environments. 3. Cluster Masses and Dynamics. 4. Cooling Flows and Chemical Abundances. 5. Cluster Lensing and Sunyaev-Sel'dovich Effect. 6. Cluster Formation and Evolution. 7. Large-Scale Structure. 8. Structure and Cosmological Parameters.

Reihe/Serie	NATO Science Series: C: Mathematical & Physical Sciences ; v. 441
Zusatzinfo	200 figures, 20 tables, indexes
Sprache	englisch
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-7923-3058-7 / 0792330587
ISBN-13	978-0-7923-3058-5 / 9780792330585
Zustand	Neuware