X-ray observations of clusters of galaxies
Abstract
X-ray observations of clusters provide key information on the dark matter, on the formation of structures in the Universe, and can be used to constrain the cosmological parameters. I review our current knowledge, with emphasis on recent XMM and Chandra results.
- Publication:
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Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology
- Pub Date:
- 2005
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0508159
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0508159
- Bibcode:
- 2005bmri.conf...77A
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 40 pages, 37 figures. Review article based on invited summer school lectures at "Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology", July 2004, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy. To appear in Proc. Enrico Fermi, International School of Physics Course CLIX, eds. F. Melchiorri &