A Study of the Radial and Azimuthal Gas Distribution in Massive Galaxy Clusters

Clusters of galaxies are particularly interesting astrophysical systems, are the largest bound structures in the Universe, and contain fair sample of cosmic ingredients. Studies of cluster abundance as a function of mass and redshift were critical in establishing the standard model of cosmology. Thi...

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Main Author: Nurgaliev, Daniyar Rashidovich
Other Authors: Stubbs, Christopher William
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11514
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274621