Clusters of Galaxies: Beyond the Thermal View

✍ Scribed by J. S. Kaastra, A. M. Bykov, S. Schindler, J. A. M. Bleeker (auth.), Jelle Kaastra (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 418
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Clusters of galaxies are the largest structures in the Universe. Most of the visible matter is in the form of hot gas permeating the volume of the cluster. The bulk of this gas is in thermal equilibrium in the dark matter-dominated potential. This book discusses all aspects of cluster physics beyond this thermal view. It covers topics such as the warm-hot intergalactic medium outside the clusters, non-thermal radiation components, shocks, equilibration processes and the chemical evolution of these structures. The topics are covered from an observational, theoretical and numerical point of view.

This volume provides a useful reference for astronomers and graduate students, in particular for those who are working in high-energy astrophysics and extra-galactic astronomy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-6
Clusters of Galaxies: Beyond the Thermal View....Pages 1-6
Clusters of Galaxies: Setting the Stage....Pages 7-24
FUV and X-Ray Absorption in the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium....Pages 25-49
Soft X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Excess Emission from Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 51-70
Nonthermal Phenomena in Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 71-92
Observations of Extended Radio Emission in Clusters....Pages 93-118
Cosmological Shock Waves....Pages 119-140
Equilibration Processes in the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium....Pages 141-153
Thermal Radiation Processes....Pages 155-190
Nonthermal Radiation Mechanisms....Pages 191-206
Particle Acceleration Mechanisms....Pages 207-227
Simulation Techniques for Cosmological Simulations....Pages 229-268
Thermodynamical Properties of the ICM from Hydrodynamical Simulations....Pages 269-293
Numerical Simulations of the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium....Pages 295-310
Non-Thermal Processes in Cosmological Simulations....Pages 311-335
Observations of Metals in the Intra-Cluster Medium....Pages 337-362
Metal Enrichment Processes....Pages 363-377
The Chemical Enrichment of the ICM from Hydrodynamical Simulations....Pages 379-403
Future Instrumentation for the Study of the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium....Pages 405-418

✦ Subjects

Astrophysics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences