Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...232....1s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 232, Aug. 15, 1979, p. 1-17.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Models, Astrophysics, Background Radiation, Cosmology, Galactic Clusters, Intergalactic Media, Bremsstrahlung, Compton Effect, Computerized Simulation, Evolution (Development), Photoionization, Time Dependence
Scientific paper
A set of computer models for the evolution of intercluster matter (ICM) in expanding cosmologies which includes processes of electron impact ionization/excitation, radiative and dielectronic recombination, thermal bremsstrahlung, Compton scattering, and photoionization is presented. The thermal, ionization, and excitation histories of major constituents were found as functions of time, and predictions of emission spectra, the possible distortions of the cosmic 3 K microwave background, and optical depths of absorption troughs in QSO continua at various redshifts were obtained. It is concluded that the present Friedmann cosmology can be dominated by hot intercluster matter which would contain H and He in their cosmic ratio and traces of heavier elements. For a narrow range of parameters it is possible to generate cosmologies with a closure density of ICM which do not exceed the diffuse X-ray measurements. In open cosmologies distortion of the 3 K microwave background occurs, while closed cases show negligible change from the unperturbed spectrum.
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