Clusters and Superclusters of Galaxies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Clusters of Galaxies: An Introductory Survey

   • Martin J. Rees

   Pages 1-15

3. The Structure of Galaxy Clusters

   • Simon D. M. White

   Pages 17-28

4. Environmental Influences on Galaxy Morphology

   • Augustus Oemler Jr.

   Pages 29-47

5. Imaging the Hot Intracluster Medium

   • C. Jones, W. Forman

   Pages 49-70

6. Rosat Observations of Clusters of Galaxies

   • H. Böhringer, R. A. Schwarz, U. G. Briel, W. Voges, H. Ebeling, G. Hartner et al.

   Pages 71-90

7. X—Ray Spectral Images of Clusters

   • Richard Mushotzky

   Pages 91-108

8. Radio Studies of Clusters

   • Walter Jaffe

   Pages 109-118

9. Far Infrared Emission from Clusters and Warming Flows

   • Joel N. Bregman

   Pages 119-130

10. The Intracluster Medium

    • C. L. Sarazin

    Pages 131-150

11. Cooling Flows in Clusters of Galaxies

    • A. C. Fabian

    Pages 151-169

12. Emission Line Nebulae in Clusters of Galaxies

    • Stefi A. Baum

    Pages 171-198

13. Clusters as Gravitational Lenses

    • G. Soucail

    Pages 199-218

14. The Sunyaev—Zeldovich Effect

    • A. N. Lasenby

    Pages 219-239

15. Large-Scale Structure within Ten Thousand km/s

    • D. Lynden-Bell

    Pages 241-251

16. Superclusters and Large-Scale Structure

    • G. Chincarini, L. Guzzo, R. Scaramella, G. Vettolani, A. Iovino

    Pages 253-274

17. Distribution and Properties of Superclusters

    • Neta A. Bahcall

    Pages 275-292

18. Galaxy Clusters Around Quasars

    • H. K. C. Yee

    Pages 293-309

19. X-Ray Evolution of Clusters of Galaxies

    • J. Patrick Henry

    Pages 311-322

20. Evolution of Clusters of Galaxies

    • Nick Kaiser

    Pages 323-330

Clusters and superclusters of galaxies are the largest objects in the Universe. They have been the subject of intense observational studies at a variety of wavelengths, from radio to X-ray which has provoked much theoretical debate and advanced our understanding of the recent evolution of the large-scale structure of the Universe. The current status of the subject is reviewed in this volume by active researchers who lectured at a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Cambridge, England in July 1991.
Much of the material is presented in a pedagogical manner and will appeal to scientists, astronomers and graduate students interested in extragalactic astronomy.

• Galaxy
• Gravity
• Quasar
• Universe
• astronomy

`The book can certainly be recommended strongly to new postgraduate students, but many who are more familiar with the subject will also find it useful.'
The Observatory, 112:1111

• Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  A. C. Fabian

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