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25 April 2024

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The Evolution of Galaxy Clusters Across Cosmic Time
M. Arnaud ; H. Bohringer ; C. Jones ; B. McNamara ; T. Ohashi ; D. Patnaude ; K. Arnaud ; M. Bautz ; A. Blanchard ; J. Bregman ; G. Chartas ; J. Croston ; L. David ; M. Donahue ; A. Fabian ; A. Finoguenov ; A. Furuzawa ; S. Gallagher ; Y. Haba ; A. Hornschemeier ; S. Heinz ; J. Kaastra ; W. Kapferer ; G. Lamer ; A. Mahdavi ; K. Makishima ; K. Matsushita ; K. Nakazawa ; P. Nulsen ; P. Ogle ; E. Perlman ; T. Ponman ; D. Proga ; G. Pratt ; S. Randall ; G. Richards ; K. Romer ; M. Ruszkowski ; R. Schmidt ; R. Smith ; H. Tananbaum ; J. Vrtilek ; D. Worrall ;
Date:	27 Feb 2009
Abstract:	The large scale structure of the present Universe is determined by the growth of dark matter density fluctuations and by the dynamical action of dark energy and dark matter. While much progress has been made in recent years in constraining the cosmological parameters, and in reconstructing the evolution in the large--scale structure of the dark matter distribution, we still lack an understanding of the evolution of the baryonic component of the Universe. Located at nodes of the cosmic web, clusters of galaxies are the largest collapsed structures in the Universe with total masses up to 10$^{15}$ M$_{sun}$. Over 80% of their mass resides in the form of dark matter. The remaining mass is composed of baryons, most of which (about 85%) is a diffuse, hot plasma that radiates primarily in X-rays. X-ray observations of the evolving cluster population provide a unique opportunity to address such open and fundamental questions as: How do hot diffuse baryons dynamically evolve in dark matter potentials? How and when was the excess energy which we observe in the intergalactic medium generated? What is the cosmic history of heavy-element production and circulation? Our current knowledge comes primarily from detailed studies of clusters in the relatively nearby Universe (z$<$0.5). Major advances will come from high throughput, high spectral and spatial resolution X-ray observations that measure the thermodynamical properties and metal content of the first low mass clusters emerging at z $sim$ 2 and directly trace their evolution into today’s massive clusters.
Source:	arXiv, 0902.4890
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