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Clusters and superclusters of galaxies are the largest objects in the Universe. They have been the subject of intense observational studies at a variety of wavelengths, from radio to X-ray which has provoked much theoretical debate and advanced our understanding of the recent evolution of the large-scale structure of the Universe. The current status of the subject is reviewed in this volume by active researchers who lectured at a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Cambridge, England in July 1991.
Much of the material is presented in a pedagogical manner and will appeal to scientists, astronomers and graduate students interested in extragalactic astronomy.
List of contents
Clusters of Galaxies: An Introductory Survey.- The Structure of Galaxy Clusters.- Environmental Influences on Galaxy Morphology.- Imaging the Hot Intracluster Medium.- Rosat Observations of Clusters of Galaxies.- X-Ray Spectral Images of Clusters.- Radio Studies of Clusters.- Far Infrared Emission from Clusters and Warming Flows.- The Intracluster Medium.- Cooling Flows in Clusters of Galaxies.- Emission-Line Nebulae in Clusters of Galaxies.- Clusters as Gravitational Lenses.- The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect.- Large-Scale Structure within Ten Thousand km/s.- Superclusters and Large-Scale Structure.- Distribution and Properties of Superclusters.- Galaxy Clusters Around Quasars.- X-Ray Evolution of Clusters of Galaxies.- Evolution of Clusters of Galaxies.- Cluster Evolution.- Strip-Mining the Southern Sky: Scratching the Surface.- Object Index.
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`The book can certainly be recommended strongly to new postgraduate students, but many who are more familiar with the subject will also find it useful.'
The Observatory, 112:1111
