Clusters of Galaxies
Clusters of Galaxies
Alan Dressler, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution, California
Augustus Oemler, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution, California
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GBPClusters of galaxies are the largest and most massive collapsed systems in the Universe, and as such they are valuable probes of cosmological structure and galaxy evolution. The advent of extensive galaxy surveys, large ground-based facilities, space-based missions such as HST, Chandra and XMM-Newton and detailed numerical simulations makes a particularly exciting time to be involved in this field. The review papers in this volume span a comprehensive range of research in this area, including theoretical expectations for the growth of structure, survey techniques to identify clusters, metal production and the intracluster medium, galaxy evolution in the cluster environment and group-cluster connections. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this volume is appropriate both as an introduction to this topic for physics and astronomy graduate students, and as a reference source for professional research astronomers.
- Prevalent reviews on an important astronomical topic
- Written by the world's leading researchers in this field
- Contains historical notes on the topic
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August 2010Paperback
9780521143523
398 pages
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- List of participants
- 1. Galaxy clusters as probes of cosmology and astrophysics August E. Evrard
- 2. Clusters of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Robert C. Nichol
- 3. Clustering studies with the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey Warrick J. Couch, Matthew M. Colless and Roberto de Propris
- 4. X-ray surveys of low-redshift clusters Alastair C. Edge
- 5. X-ray clusters at high redshift Piero Rosati
- 6. The red sequence technique and high-redshift galaxy clusters Michael D. Gladders
- 7. Probing dark matter in clusters Ian Smail
- 8. Clusters of galaxies: an x-ray perspective Richard F. Mushotzky
- 9. Cool gas in clusters of galaxies Megan Donahue and G. Mark Voit
- 10. Using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect to probe the gas in clusters Mark Birkinshaw
- 11. The formation of early-type galaxies: observations to z≈1 Tommaso Treu
- 12. Evolution of early-type galaxies in clusters Marijn Franx
- 13. Star-forming galaxies in clusters Alan Dressler
- 14. The stellar content of galaxy clusters Roger L. Davies
- 15. Modeling stellar populations in cluster galaxies Bianca M. Poggianti
- 16. The chemistry of galaxy clusters Alvio Renzini
- 17. Interactions and mergers of cluster galaxies J. Christopher Mihos
- 18. Evolutionary processes in clusters Ben Moore
- 19. Interaction of galaxies with the intracluster medium Jacqueline H. van Gorkom
- 20. The difference between clusters and groups: a journey from cluster cores to their outskirts and beyond Richard G. Bower and Michael L. Balogh
- 21. Galaxy groups at intermediate redshift and the mechanisms of galaxy evolution Ray G. Carlberg
- 22. The intragroup medium John S. Mulchaey
- 23. Symposium summary Jeremiah P. Ostriker
- Credits.
