Abstract The luminous material in clusters of galaxies falls primarily into two forms — the visible galaxies and the X-ray emitting intracluster medium. The hot intracluster medium is the major observed baryonic component of clusters with a mass equal to or greater than that of the stellar matter. In this paper we review the structure and morphology of rich clusters as inferred from X-ray observations of the ICM. We also discuss changes in the efficiency of galaxy formation for different clusters and the origin of the intracluster medium.


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    Title :

    Clusters of galaxies and the hot intracluster medium


    Contributors:
    Jones, C. (author) / Forman, W. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 10 , 2 ; 209-216


    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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