Merging Processes in Galaxy Clusters

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 p...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Feretti, L. (Editor), Gioia, I. M. (Editor), Giovannini, G. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 272
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