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X-Ray Observations of Cluster Mergers Before 2000 AD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

David A. Buote

Abstract

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I review the evidence for cluster mergers from X-ray observations with Einstein and ROSAT. Different techniques to study cluster mergers via X-ray imaging and spectral data, and the current implications of measurements of cluster substructure for Ω0, are briefly discussed.

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II. Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 501 - 503
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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