Clusters of Galaxies
Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy

Series of review papers covering clusters of galaxies and related phenomena.

John S. Mulchaey (Edited by), Alan Dressler (Edited by), Augustus Oemler (Edited by)

9780521143523, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 June 2010

398 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.53 kg

Review of the hardback: '… this is a timely and substantial addition to the field.' The Observatory

Clusters of galaxies are the largest and most massive collapsed systems in the Universe, and as such they are valuable probes of cosmological structure and galaxy evolution. The advent of extensive galaxy surveys, large ground-based facilities, space-based missions such as HST, Chandra and XMM-Newton and detailed numerical simulations makes a particularly exciting time to be involved in this field. The review papers in this volume span a comprehensive range of research in this area, including theoretical expectations for the growth of structure, survey techniques to identify clusters, metal production and the intracluster medium, galaxy evolution in the cluster environment and group-cluster connections. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this volume is appropriate both as an introduction to this topic for physics and astronomy graduate students, and as a reference source for professional research astronomers.

Introduction
List of participants
1. Galaxy clusters as probes of cosmology and astrophysics August E. Evrard
2. Clusters of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Robert C. Nichol
3. Clustering studies with the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey Warrick J. Couch, Matthew M. Colless and Roberto de Propris
4. X-ray surveys of low-redshift clusters Alastair C. Edge
5. X-ray clusters at high redshift Piero Rosati
6. The red sequence technique and high-redshift galaxy clusters Michael D. Gladders
7. Probing dark matter in clusters Ian Smail
8. Clusters of galaxies: an x-ray perspective Richard F. Mushotzky
9. Cool gas in clusters of galaxies Megan Donahue and G. Mark Voit
10. Using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect to probe the gas in clusters Mark Birkinshaw
11. The formation of early-type galaxies: observations to z?1 Tommaso Treu
12. Evolution of early-type galaxies in clusters Marijn Franx
13. Star-forming galaxies in clusters Alan Dressler
14. The stellar content of galaxy clusters Roger L. Davies
15. Modeling stellar populations in cluster galaxies Bianca M. Poggianti
16. The chemistry of galaxy clusters Alvio Renzini
17. Interactions and mergers of cluster galaxies J. Christopher Mihos
18. Evolutionary processes in clusters Ben Moore
19. Interaction of galaxies with the intracluster medium Jacqueline H. van Gorkom
20. The difference between clusters and groups: a journey from cluster cores to their outskirts and beyond Richard G. Bower and Michael L. Balogh
21. Galaxy groups at intermediate redshift and the mechanisms of galaxy evolution Ray G. Carlberg
22. The intragroup medium John S. Mulchaey
23. Symposium summary Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Credits.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB], Galaxies & stars [PGM]