2000/10/17 by Sabine Schindler, Schindler, Sabine
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0010319
9 pages, 5 figures. Review presented at the Vulcano Workshop 2000, Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics, F. Giovannelli, G. Mannocchi (eds.)
arxiv created 2000/10/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Clusters of galaxies can be used for very different kinds of cosmological tests. I review a few of the methods: determination of cluster masses and dark matter content, metal enrichment and its connection to the origin of the intra-cluster gas, and the dynamical state of clusters. The progress in the different fields expected from observations with the new X-ray satellites XMM and Chandra is pointed out.