Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy

by Edited by John S. Mulchaey , Alan Dressler , Augustus Oemler

• ISBN13: 9780521143523
• ISBN10: 0521143527
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-10
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Clusters of galaxies are the largest and most massive collapsed systems in the Universe. In addition to containing thousands of galaxies, these systems contain large amounts of hot, X-ray-emitting gas and dark matter. This volume contains a series of review papers on this exciting and important astronomical topic by international leaders in the field. The work is appropriate as an introduction for physics and astronomy graduate students as well as a reference source for professionals.

Table of Contents

Introduction

List of participants

Galaxy clusters as probes of cosmology and astrophysics

Clusters of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Clustering studies with the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

X-ray surveys of low-redshift clusters

X-ray clusters at high redshift

The red sequence technique and high-redshift galaxy clusters

Probing dark matter in clusters

Clusters of galaxies: an x-ray perspective

Cool gas in clusters of galaxies

Using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect to probe the gas in clusters

The formation of early-type galaxies: observations to z≈1

Evolution of early-type galaxies in clusters

Star-forming galaxies in clusters

The stellar content of galaxy clusters

Modeling stellar populations in cluster galaxies

The chemistry of galaxy clusters

Interactions and mergers of cluster galaxies

Evolutionary processes in clusters

Interaction of galaxies with the intracluster medium Jacqueline

The difference between clusters and groups: a journey from cluster cores to their outskirts and beyond

Galaxy groups at intermediate redshift and the mechanisms of galaxy evolution

The intragroup medium

Symposium summary

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