Contributions

  • Feretti, L. - Contributor
  • Gioia, I. M. - Contributor
  • Giovannini, G. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

79,000 words, Guess

Page Count

316 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101402005318
  • ISBN-139781402005312
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002071094
  • OCLC Control Number49784024
  • Better World Books9781402005312
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC523.1/12
  • LCCQB858.7 .M47 2002
  • LCCQB4QC178QC173.5-173.

Description

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Astrophysics and space science library -- v. 272

Links

Other Editions

  • Merging processes in galaxy clustersKluwer Academic Publishers2002-01-01

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