Clusters and Superclusters of Galaxies

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-94-010-5095-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 366, 369 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Nato Science Series C:

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fabian, A. C.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Gravitation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.