Abell 520: a Laboratory Experiment in Cluster Mergers

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Sep 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002cxo..prop.1325j&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #04800844

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #04800844

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Abell 520, a rich, z=0.201, X-ray luminous and hot cluster of galaxies is probably the best object known in which to study the effects of mergers upon the cluster environment. Existing X-ray data and radio data provide compelling evidence that a small, compact, sub-cluster plunged through the cluster core. This provides ideal circumstances for a detailed study of the merger's affect on the cluster gas, the evolution of its galaxy population, and the formation of radio halos. Existing radio and galaxy population data (velocities and photometry) coupled with Chandra data will provide a detailed picture of the physics of cluster mergers.

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