clusters.pptVIP

IMPRS, April 8 X-ray morphologies of clusters * IMPRS, April 8 Merging galaxy clusters: radio and X-ray studies hierarchical structure formation in the universe still ongoing at z = 0 X-ray substructure radio emission cluster weather cosmological shocks weather in cluster gas themes of a commencing graduate school ... clusters are powerful testbeds for cosmological models - cluster mass and abundance ? ?M = 1 - gravitational lensing ? ?? ? 0.7 - cluster abundance with z ? ?M = 0.25 ± 0.1 Large-scale structure numerical simulations predict large-scale structure in the presence of (dominating) CDM, with ongoing collapse of the largest structures at z = 0 groups and clusters of galaxies = largest gravitationally bound and collapsed systems in the universe groups: 3 ··· ? 30 galaxies; clusters: up to a few 1000 R ~ 2 Mpc M ~ 1014 ··· 1015 M ? Local Group: ~ 35 members MW, M31, M33; all others dwarf galaxies Virgo Cluster: ~ 2100 members (Binggeli et al. 1985) Clusters of galaxies Abell Catalogue (POSS + ESO SSS): 1682 clusters (Abell 1958) 4073 “ (Abell, Corwin Olowin 1989) criterion: ? 50 galaxies with m3 ? m ? m3 + 2 contained within ‘Abell Radius’ ?A = 1.5’/z, i.e. RA = 1.5 ? h-1 Mpc covers 0.028 z 0.20 cD - single dominant cD galaxy (A2029, A2199) B - dominant binary, like Coma F - flattened (IRAS 09104+4109) L - linear array of galaxies (Perseus) C - single core of galaxies I - irregular distribution (Hercules) ? 50 m1 m2 m3 m3+2 3 mass components: visible galaxies, ICM, DM - galaxies : ~ 3% (optical, IR) - ICM : 10 ··· 15 % (X-rays) - DM : ~ 80% (?v , grav. lensing) Structures of galaxy clusters Coma A578 A1569 belief until ~ mid 80’s: “clusters are simple ...” however: ample evidence for substructure, rendered visible most convincingly in X-ray regime ? ‘true-nature-images’ of clusters! radial variations of centroids twists in X-ray isopho