Merging Processes in Galaxy Clusters

• 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
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• The Physics of Cluster Mergers
• Optical Analysis of Cluster Mergers
• X-Ray Observations of Cluster Mergers
• High Angular Resolution Cluster Observations with Chandra
• Observational Signatures and Statistics of Galaxy Cluster Mergers
• Radio Galaxies and Their Environment
• Diffuse Radio Sources and Cluster Mergers
• Mergers of Galaxy Clusters in Numerical Simulations
• Clusters, Cosmology and Mergers.