X-ray emission from clusters of galaxies and cosmological parameters |
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Authors: | KP Singh |
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Institution: | (1) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, 400 005 Mumbai, India |
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Abstract: | Clusters of galaxies are excellent probes of cosmic structure and evolution. X-ray studies of clusters provide some of their
key parameters, viz., temperature of the hot intra-cluster gas, its metallicity, X-ray luminosity and surface brightness giving
mass distribution and mass-flow rate in the case of cooling flows. X-ray measurements for a large sample of clusters have
lead to estimates of the total gravitating mass in them, which can be compared to the virial masses derived from dynamical
considerations and gravitational lensing in some of them. X-ray derived total masses are consistent with masses obtained from
the other methods after the effects due to the presence of cooling flows are taken into account in the analyses. Estimated
virial masses, lack of evolution in X-ray properties, and detection of several very hot clusters at high redshifts indicate
a Universe with a low value (≤ 0.3) for the Ω parameter. |
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Keywords: | Clusters of galaxies X-rays |
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