Clusters of Galaxies
Jelle . Ed(S): Kaastra
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Description for Clusters of Galaxies
Hardback. This book reviews the physics of clusters of galaxies beyond the standard thermal view. It covers topics such as the warm-hot intergalactic medium outside the clusters, non-thermal radiation components, and the chemical evolution of these structures. Editor(s): Kaastra, Jelle. Num Pages: 422 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVB; WNX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 879.
The existence of soft excess emission originating from clusters of galaxies, de ned as em- sion detected below 1 keV in excess over the usual thermal emission from hot intracluster gas (hereafter the ICM) has been claimed since 1996. Soft excesses are particularly - portant to detect because they may (at least partly) be due to thermal emission from the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium, where as much as half of the baryons of the Universe could be. They are therefore of fundamental cosmological importance. Soft excess emission has been observed (and has also given rise to controversy) in a number of ... Read more
The existence of soft excess emission originating from clusters of galaxies, de ned as em- sion detected below 1 keV in excess over the usual thermal emission from hot intracluster gas (hereafter the ICM) has been claimed since 1996. Soft excesses are particularly - portant to detect because they may (at least partly) be due to thermal emission from the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium, where as much as half of the baryons of the Universe could be. They are therefore of fundamental cosmological importance. Soft excess emission has been observed (and has also given rise to controversy) in a number of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
Number of Pages
418
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387788746
SKU
V9780387788746
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About Jelle . Ed(S): Kaastra
sronl.nl.~kaastra/ Jelle Kaastra studied astrophysics at Utrecht University. He obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy in 1985 with a thesis on Solar flares. After that he joined the Netherlands Institute for Space Research SRON, first in Leiden, and from 1994 in Utrecht, where he currently is employed as a senior scientist. He is an expert on high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and ... Read more
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