The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Details The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

1998-08-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808050v1

Phys.Rept.310:97-195,1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

137 pages, 28 figures. LaTeX (aastex macros) plus encapsulated PostScript. To appear in Physics Reports

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-1573(98)00080-5

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect causes a change in the apparent brightness of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation towards a cluster of galaxies or any other reservoir of hot plasma. Measurements of the effect provide distinctly different information about cluster properties than X-ray imaging data, while combining X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect data leads to new insights into the structures of cluster atmospheres. The effect is redshift-independent, and so provides a unique probe of the structure of the Universe on the largest scales. The present review discusses the theory of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and collects published results for many clusters, presents the overall conclusions that may be drawn from the detections so far, and discusses the prospects for future research on the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects.

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