Observations of Metals in the Intra-Cluster Medium

2008/01/07 by Norbert Werner, N. Werner, F. Durret +4 · 96 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Abundance (ecology) #Abundance of the chemical elements #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Cluster (spacecraft) #Ecology #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy cluster #Nucleosynthesis #Physics #Stellar nucleosynthesis #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Supernova #Universe #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11214-008-9320-9

published in Space Science Reviews 134(1-4), 337-362 (Springer Science+Business Media) · 28 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews, special issue "Clusters of galaxies: beyond the thermal view", Editor J.S. Kaastra, Chapter 16; work done by an international team at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, organised by J.S. Kaastra, A.M. Bykov, S. Schindler & J.A.M. Bleeker

arxiv created 2008/01/07 · openalex publication_date 2008/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Because of their deep gravitational potential wells, clusters of galaxies retain all the metals produced by the stellar populations of the member galaxies. Most of these metals reside in the hot plasma which dominates the baryon content of clusters. This makes them excellent laboratories for the study of the nucleosynthesis and chemical enrichment history of the Universe. Here we review the history, current possibilities and limitations of the abundance studies, and the present observational status of X-ray measurements of the chemical composition of the intra-cluster medium. We summarise the latest progress in using the abundance patterns in clusters to put constraints on theoretical models of supernovae and we show how cluster abundances provide new insights into the star-formation history of the Universe.

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