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Hot plasma in clusters of galaxies, the largest objects in the universe | Craig L. Sarazin
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10 Dec 2002 | Subject: | astro-ph | Abstract: | Clusters of galaxies are the largest organized structures in the Universe. They are important cosmological probes, since they are large enough to contain a fair sample of the materials in the Universe, but small enough to have achieved dynamical equilibrium. Clusters were first discovered as concentrations of hundreds of bright galaxies in a region about 3 megaparsecs (10 million light years) across. However, the dominant observed form of matter in clusters is hot, diffuse intergalactic gas. This intracluster plasma has typical temperatures of T ~ 7e7 K, and typical electron densities of n_e ~ 10^{-3} cm^{-3}. This intracluster plasma mainly emits X-rays, and typical cluster X-ray luminosities are L_X ~ 10^{43} - 10^{45} erg/s. The basic properties of and physical processes in the intracluster plasma will be reviewed. Important observational constraints on plasma processes in these systems will be discussed. Recent X-ray observations of clusters of galaxies with the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory will be highlighted. | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0301178 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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