Clusters and Superclusters of Galaxies

by A.C. Fabian (Editor)

Overview

Clusters and superclusters of galaxies are the largest objects in the Universe. They have been the subject of intense observational studies at a variety of wavelengths, from radio to X-ray which has provoked much theoretical debate and advanced our understanding of the recent evolution of the large-scale structure of the Universe. The current status of the subject is reviewed in this volume by active researchers who lectured at a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Cambridge, England in July 1991.
Much of the material is presented in a pedagogical manner and will appeal to scientists, astronomers and graduate students interested in extragalactic astronomy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789401050951
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/29/2012
Series:	Nato Science Series C: , #366
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Pages:	369
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Clusters of Galaxies: An Introductory Survey.- The Structure of Galaxy Clusters.- Environmental Influences on Galaxy Morphology.- Imaging the Hot Intracluster Medium.- Rosat Observations of Clusters of Galaxies.- X—Ray Spectral Images of Clusters.- Radio Studies of Clusters.- Far Infrared Emission from Clusters and Warming Flows.- The Intracluster Medium.- Cooling Flows in Clusters of Galaxies.- Emission—Line Nebulae in Clusters of Galaxies.- Clusters as Gravitational Lenses.- The Sunyaev—Zeldovich Effect.- Large—Scale Structure within Ten Thousand km/s.- Superclusters and Large—Scale Structure.- Distribution and Properties of Superclusters.- Galaxy Clusters Around Quasars.- X—Ray Evolution of Clusters of Galaxies.- Evolution of Clusters of Galaxies.- Cluster Evolution.- Strip—Mining the Southern Sky: Scratching the Surface.- Object Index.

Editorial Reviews

‘The book can certainly be recommended strongly to new postgraduate students, but many who are more familiar with the subject will also find it useful.'
The Observatory, 112:1111

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