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, the structure and morphology of rich clusters as inferred from X-ray observations of the ICM are reviewed. Changes in the efficiency of galaxy formation for different clusters and the origin of the intracluster medium are also discussed.


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    Title :

    Clusters of galaxies and the hot intracluster medium


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

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1990-01-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


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