Published 1990 | Version v1
Book

Cooling flows in clusters of galaxies

Creators

  • 1. Cambridge Univ. (UK). Inst. of Astronomy

Description

Cooling flows appear to be relatively common in the centers of the hot gaseous atmospheres of clusters and groups of galaxies. They also occur in many early-type galaxies. In this paper a personal view of the current status of the observation and theory of cooling flows is presented. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press.
Imprint Place
Cambridge (UK)
ISBN
0 521 38105 3
Imprint Title
Imaging X-ray astronomy: a decade of Einstein Observatory achievements
Imprint Pagination
348 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 175-190.

Conference

Title
a decade of Einstein Observatory achievements.
Acronym
Symposium on imaging X-ray astronomy
Dates
13-15 Nov 1988.
Place
Cambridge, MA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
22036128
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAS COOLING; STAR EVOLUTION; TELESCOPES; X-RAY DETECTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; COOLING; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY