Merging Processes in Galaxy Clusters

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Feretti, L. (Editor), Gioia, I. M. (Editor), Giovannini, G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 272
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Mergers are the mechanisms by which galaxy clusters are assembled through the hierarchical growth of smaller clusters and groups. Major cluster mergers are the most energetic events in the Universe since the Big Bang. Many of the observed properties of clusters depend on the physics of the merging p...