X-ray observations of the mass and entropy distributions in nearby galaxy clusters

2006/07/10 by G. W. Pratt, Pratt, G. W.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0607199

11 pages, 4 figures. Invited review to appear in the proceedings of the XLIst Rencontres de Moriond, XXVIth Astrophysics Moriond Meeting: "From dark halos to light", Eds. L.Tresse, S. Maurogordato and J. Tran Thanh Van. Typos corrected, added references

arxiv created 2006/07/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

I review some important aspects of the structural and statistical properties of the nearby X-ray galaxy cluster population, discussing the new constraints on mass profiles, the mass-temperature relation, and the entropy of the intracluster medium which have become available from recent X-ray observations.

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