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X-Rays from Clusters of Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

J.L. Culhane
J.L. Culhane*
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, England

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The discovery of the extended sources of X-ray emission associated with clusters of galaxies was undoubtedly one of the most significant observations carried out by the Uhuru satellite (Gursky et al (1971), Giacconi et al (1974)). At the present time, there are more than 30 identifications and suggested associations of X-ray sources with clusters of galaxies although extended emission has been directly observed in less than 10 cases.

The mechanism for X-ray emission from such large objects is of considerable interest. X-rays could be generated by the inverse Compton interactions of microwave background photons with populations of relativistic electrons distributed throughout the clusters. Alternatively the radiation may be due to Bremsstrahlung from hot (T ≃ 108 °K) gas which constitutes an intracluster medium. Progress in understanding the extended X-ray sources and in determining the emission mechanism has come from observations of the X-ray structure and spectra of the cluster sources and it is the purpose of this review to present the current status of these observations.

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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 4 , Issue 1: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XVIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1976 (Part I) , 1977 , pp. 293 - 309
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Copyright © Reidel 1977

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