Cosmological Aspects of X-Ray Clusters of Galaxies

By Waltraut C. Seitter

Preface. 1. The Present and the Past of X-Ray Astronomy. 2. X-Ray Clusters and Cluster Environments. 3. Cluster Masses and Dynamics. 4. Cooling Flows and Chemical Abundances. 5. Cluster Lensing and Sunyaev--Sel'dovich Effect. 6. Cluster Formation and Evolution. 7. Large-Scale Structure. 8. Structure and Cosmological Parameters. Author Index. Object Index. Subject Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792330587
• ISBN13: 9780792330585
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"