Clusters of galaxies: a fundamental pillar of cosmology

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2003-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303609v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Review given at the Vulcano Workshop 2002 "Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics", F. Giovannelli (ed.)(11 pag

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Clusters of galaxies are used in a variety of ways to do cosmology. Some of them are presented here. Their X-ray emitting gas allows us to determine the baryon fraction, dark matter distribution and the matter density $\Omega_{m}$ of the universe. Another interesting component is relativistic particles whose radio emission provide the measure of the magnetic fields ($\approx \mu G$) in the intra-cluster medium (ICM). The observation of distant clusters of galaxies is also important for cosmology. In particular the new X-ray satellites CHANDRA and XMM yield exciting new results for galaxy cluster physics and cosmology.

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