1997/09/29 by Michael J. West, West, Michael J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9709289
10 pages, 7 figures. Invited review to be published in the proceedings of the Rencontres Astrophysiques meeting "A New Vision of an Old Cluster: Untangling Coma Berenices", eds. F. Durret et al., held in Marseille, France 17-20 June 1997
arxiv created 1997/09/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Clusters of galaxies are often embedded in larger-scale superclusters with dimensions of tens or perhaps even hundreds of Mpc. Observational and theoretical evidence suggest an important connection between cluster properties and their surroundings, with cluster formation being driven primarily by the infall of material along large-scale filaments. Nowhere is this connection more obvious than the Coma cluster.