TY - JOUR
T1 - The Sunyaev-Zeldovich MITO project
AU - D'Alba, L.
AU - Melchiorri, F.
AU - De Petris, M.
AU - Orlando, A.
AU - Lamagna, L.
AU - Rephaeli, Y.
AU - Colafrancesco, S.
AU - Signore, M.
AU - Kreysa, E.
PY - 2001/3
Y1 - 2001/3
N2 - Compton scattering of the cosmic microwave background radiation by electrons in the hot gas in clusters of galaxies - the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (S-Z) effect - has long been recognized as a uniquely important feature, rich in cosmological and astrophysical information. We briefly describe the effect, and emphasize the need for detailed S-Z and X-ray measurements of nearby clusters in order to use the effect as a precise cosmological probe. This is the goal of the MITO project, whose first stage consisted of observations of the S-Z effect in the Coma cluster. We report the results of these observations.
AB - Compton scattering of the cosmic microwave background radiation by electrons in the hot gas in clusters of galaxies - the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (S-Z) effect - has long been recognized as a uniquely important feature, rich in cosmological and astrophysical information. We briefly describe the effect, and emphasize the need for detailed S-Z and X-ray measurements of nearby clusters in order to use the effect as a precise cosmological probe. This is the goal of the MITO project, whose first stage consisted of observations of the S-Z effect in the Coma cluster. We report the results of these observations.
KW - Clusters of galaxies
KW - Compton scattering
KW - Cosmological parameters
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U2 - 10.1016/S1387-6473(00)00155-X
DO - 10.1016/S1387-6473(00)00155-X
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AN - SCOPUS:0042692853
SN - 1387-6473
VL - 45
SP - 329
EP - 335
JO - New Astronomy Reviews
JF - New Astronomy Reviews
IS - 4-5
ER -