Steven Allen
Professor of Physics and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Web page: https://xoc.stanford.edu/
Bio
Steve Allen leads the X-ray Astronomy and Observational Cosmology (XOC) group (https://xoc.stanford.edu/) at Stanford, which has interests spanning the astrophysics of galaxies and galaxy clusters, studies of dark matter and dark energy, and the development of advanced detectors for future satellite missions.
Administrative Appointments
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Department Head, LSST Science Department, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2014 - Present)
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Department Head, Department of Observational and Experimental Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2005 - 2014)
Honors & Awards
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Sophie and Tycho Brahe Visiting Professorship, University of Copenhagen (2012)
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Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society (2008)
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Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Royal Society (1999)
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Charles and Katherine Darwin Research Fellowship, Darwin College, Cambridge (1995)
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, UK Science and Engineering Research Council (1993)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Lynx Science and Technology Definition Team (2016 - 2022)
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Member, American Physical Society (2018 - Present)
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Member, Athena Wide Field Imager Consortium (2016 - Present)
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Chair, LSST Steering Committee, SLAC (2014 - Present)
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Member, Athena Science Study Team (2014 - Present)
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Member, American Astronomical Society (AAS) (2006 - Present)
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Member, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (2005 - Present)
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Member, Institute of Physics (1993 - Present)
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Member, Royal College of Science Association (1990 - Present)
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DOE Point of Contact, LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (2015 - 2019)
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Co-chair, Clusters Working Group, LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (2012 - 2017)
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Member, High Energy Astrophysics Division Nomination Committee, NASA (2011 - 2012)
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Co-chair, Astro-H Cosmology Science Working Group (2010 - 2017)
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Member, Science Definition Team, International X-ray Observatory (2008 - 2011)
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Member, Chandra Users' Committee, Chandra X-ray Observatory (2008 - 2011)
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Chair, Constellation-X Large Scale Structure panel, NASA (2007 - 2008)
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Member, KIPAC Executive Committee (2006 - 2014)
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Associate, Dark Cosmology Center, Copenhagen (2005 - 2015)
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Member, Constellation-X Facility Science Team, NASA (2004 - 2008)
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Member, Constellation-X Galaxy Clusters Science panel, NASA (2004 - 2008)
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Member, Governing Body, Darwin College, Cambridge (1996 - 1999)
Professional Education
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B. Sc., Imperial College, University of London., Physics (1990)
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Ph.D., University of Cambridge., Astronomy (1995)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Observational astrophysics and cosmology; galaxies, galaxy clusters, dark matter and dark energy; applications of statistical methods; X-ray astronomy; X-ray detector development; optical astronomy; mm-wave astronomy; radio astronomy; gravitational lensing.
2024-25 Courses
- Introduction to Observational Astrophysics
PHYSICS 100 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Studies in Applied Physics
APPPHYS 290 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Independent Research and Study
PHYSICS 190 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Research
PHYSICS 490 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Thesis Research
PHYSICS 205 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Studies in Applied Physics
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Graduate Observational Astrophysics
PHYSICS 301 (Spr) - Introduction to Observational Astrophysics
PHYSICS 100 (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Introduction to Observational Astrophysics
PHYSICS 100 (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Astrophysics Laboratory
PHYSICS 301 (Spr) - Introduction to Observational Astrophysics
PHYSICS 100 (Spr)
- Graduate Observational Astrophysics
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Josephine Wong -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Sanskriti Das, Artem Poliszczuk, Zhefu Yu -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Anthony Flores, Haley Stueber, Chloe Taylor -
Doctoral (Program)
Mahiro Abe, Umang Agarwal, Ben Alexander, Drew Ames, Christina Bell, Sanha Cheong, Samuel Condon, Jason Corbin, Jeffrey Kwan, Bo Liu, Tom Liu, Yuka Nakato, Dominic Petruzzi, Theo Schutt, Bahrudin Trbalic, Liangyu Wu
All Publications
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Advancing Precision Particle Background Estimation for Future X-Ray Missions: Correlated Variability between the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Chandra/XMM-Newton
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2024; 970 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ad47c6
View details for Web of Science ID 001268658300001
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A Generative Model for Realistic Galaxy Cluster X-Ray Morphologies
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2024; 969 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ad5183
View details for Web of Science ID 001259059400001
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The Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters at High Spatial Resolution with Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)
UNIVERSE
2024; 10 (7)
View details for DOI 10.3390/universe10070273
View details for Web of Science ID 001277620700001
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Optical Photometric Indicators of Galaxy Cluster Relaxation
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2024; 967 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ad41de
View details for Web of Science ID 001220260300001
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Improved noise performance from the next-generation buried-channel p-MOSFET SiSeROs
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2023; 9 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.026001
View details for Web of Science ID 001031359600016
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SPT-CL J2215-3537: A Massive Starburst at the Center of the Most Distant Relaxed Galaxy Cluster
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2023; 947 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/acc6c2
View details for Web of Science ID 000976744700001
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The Concentration-Mass relation of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters: agreement between observations and ?CDM simulations
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2023; 521 (1): 790-799
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stad585
View details for Web of Science ID 000951204600041
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The Evolution and Mass Dependence of Galaxy Cluster Pressure Profiles at 0.05 <= z <= 0.60 and 4 x 10(14) M (circle dot) <= M (500) <= 30 x 10(14) M (circle dot)
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2023; 944 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/acb33d
View details for Web of Science ID 000940666300001
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Reduction of cosmic-ray induced background in astronomical X-ray imaging detectors via image segmentation methods
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2023
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2677095
View details for Web of Science ID 001259432500010
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Chandra measurements of gas homogeneity and turbulence a intermediate radii in the Perseus Cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2023; 518 (2): 2954-2970
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stac3285
View details for Web of Science ID 000898988700027
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BASS. XXXVI. Constraining the Local Supermassive Black Hole-Halo Connection with BASS DR2 AGNs
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2022; 938 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8f8e
View details for Web of Science ID 000868169500001
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X-ray morphology of cluster-mass haloes in self-interacting dark matter
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2022; 516 (1): 1302-1319
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stac2376
View details for Web of Science ID 000849496600013
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CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2022; 926 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ac1596
View details for Web of Science ID 000754057900001
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Cosmological constraints from gas mass fractions of massive, relaxed galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2022; 510 (1): 131-145
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stab3390
View details for Web of Science ID 000736094100008
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Mitigating the effects of particle background on the Athena Wide Field Imager
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2022; 8 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.018001
View details for Web of Science ID 000780829700049
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Towards precision particle background estimation for future X-ray missions: correlated variability between Chandra ACIS and AMS
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2022
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2629520
View details for Web of Science ID 000865607100055
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Development and characterization of a fast and low noise readout for the next generation x-ray charge-coupled devices
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
2022; 8 (2): 12
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.026005
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First results on SiSeRO devices: a new x-ray detector for scientific instrumentation
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
2022; 8 (2): 12
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.026006
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Single electron Sensitive Readout (SiSeRO) X-ray detectors: Technological progress and characterization
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2022
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2629050
View details for Web of Science ID 000860926800021
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X-ray speed reading with the MCRC: a low noise CCD readout ASIC enabling readout speeds of 5 Mpixel/s/channel
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2022
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2629049
View details for Web of Science ID 000860926800057
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Very Large Array Radio Study of a Sample of Nearby X-Ray and Optically Bright Early-type Galaxies
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
2022; 258 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4365/ac366c
View details for Web of Science ID 000746692800001
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The history of metal enrichment traced by X-ray observations of high-redshift galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2021; 507 (4): 5195-5204
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stab2430
View details for Web of Science ID 000702151300034
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Quiescent galaxies in a virialized cluster at redshift 2: evidence for accelerated size growth
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2021; 507 (4): 5272-5280
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stab2459
View details for Web of Science ID 000702151300041
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Stability of Cool Cores during Galaxy Cluster Growth: A Joint Chandra/SPT Analysis of 67 Galaxy Clusters along a Common Evolutionary Track Spanning 9 Gyr
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2021; 918 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ac0bba
View details for Web of Science ID 000692875700001
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A shock near the virial radius of the Perseus Cluster
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2021; 652
View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/202140673
View details for Web of Science ID 000688233900006
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Spectroscopic quantification of projection effects in the SDSS redMaPPer galaxy cluster catalogue
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2021; 505 (1): 33-44
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stab1243
View details for Web of Science ID 000671453100003
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Measuring H-0 using X-ray and SZ effect observations of dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2021; 504 (1): 1062-1076
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stab948
View details for Web of Science ID 000656137100076
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Reducing the Athena WFI charged particle background: Results from Geant4 simulations
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2021
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2561124
View details for Web of Science ID 000674737700062
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Identifying charged particle background events in X-ray imaging detectors with novel machine learning algorithms
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2021
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2562354
View details for Web of Science ID 000674737700039
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Progress toward fast, low-noise, low-power digital CCDs for Lynx and other high-energy astrophysics missions
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2021
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2561441
View details for Web of Science ID 000674737700134
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The environmental dependence of X-ray AGN activity at z similar to 0.4
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2020; 498 (3): 4095-4108
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/staa2682
View details for Web of Science ID 000587752500079
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A Multiwavelength Study of the Cool Core Cluster MACS J1447.4+0827
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
2020; 160 (3)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-3881/ab9ff3
View details for Web of Science ID 000560678300001
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Deep XMM-Newton observations of the most distant SPT-SZ galaxy cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2020; 496 (2): 1554–64
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/staa1581
View details for Web of Science ID 000561118000039
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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cosmological constraints from cluster abundances and weak lensing
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2020; 102 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.023509
View details for Web of Science ID 000545870300002
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Characterization of the Particle-induced Background of XMM-Newton EPIC-pn: Short- and Long-term Variability
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2020; 891 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ab698a
View details for Web of Science ID 000537773700001
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Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
2020; 159 (3)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-3881/ab6a96
View details for Web of Science ID 000522479000019
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The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
2020; 247 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4365/ab6993
View details for Web of Science ID 000519104700001
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An X-ray detection of star formation in a highly magnified giant arc
NATURE ASTRONOMY
2020; 4 (2): 159-166
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41550-019-0888-7
View details for Web of Science ID 000512983200018
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Spectroscopic confirmation of a mature galaxy cluster at a redshift of 2
NATURE
2020; 577 (7788): 39-+
Abstract
Galaxy clusters are the most massive virialized structures in the Universe and are formed through the gravitational accretion of matter over cosmic time1. The discovery2 of an evolved galaxy cluster at redshift z = 2, corresponding to a look-back time of 10.4 billion years, provides an opportunity to study its properties. The galaxy cluster XLSSC 122 was originally detected as a faint, extended X-ray source in the XMM Large Scale Structure survey and was revealed to be coincident with a compact over-density of galaxies2 with photometric redshifts of 1.9 ± 0.2. Subsequent observations3 at millimetre wavelengths detected a Sunyaev-Zel'dovich decrement along the line of sight to XLSSC 122, thus confirming the existence of hot intracluster gas, while deep imaging spectroscopy from the European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) revealed4 an extended, X-ray-bright gaseous atmosphere with a virial temperature of 60 million Kelvin, enriched with metals to the same extent as are local clusters. Here we report optical spectroscopic observations of XLSSC 122 and identify 37 member galaxies at a mean redshift of 1.98, corresponding to a look-back time of 10.4 billion years. We use photometry to determine a mean, dust-free stellar age of 2.98 billion years, indicating that star formation commenced in these galaxies at a mean redshift of 12, when the Universe was only 370 million years old. The full range of inferred formation redshifts, including the effects of dust, covers the interval from 7 to 13. These observations confirm that XLSSC 122 is a remarkably mature galaxy cluster with both evolved stellar populations in the member galaxies and a hot, metal-rich gas composing the intracluster medium.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-019-1829-4
View details for Web of Science ID 000505617400022
View details for PubMedID 31894143
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MCRC V1: development of integrated readout electronics for next generation X-ray CCD detectors for future satellite observatories
X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy
2020
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2561741
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Tiny-box: a tool for the versatile development and characterization of low noise fast x-ray imaging detectors
X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy
2020
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2561826
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Ellipticity of brightest cluster galaxies as tracer of halo orientation and weak-lensing mass bias
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 490 (4): 4889–97
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stz2913
View details for Web of Science ID 000504000300029
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Phenotypic redshifts with self-organizing maps: A novel method to characterize redshift distributions of source galaxies for weak lensing
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 489 (1): 820-841
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stz2162
View details for Web of Science ID 000489292800061
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Methods for cluster cosmology and application to the SDSS in preparation for DES Year 1 release
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 488 (4): 4779-4800
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stz1949
View details for Web of Science ID 000484349700025
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Powerful AGN jets and unbalanced cooling in the hot atmosphere of IC 4296
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 488 (2): 1917-1925
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stz1728
View details for Web of Science ID 000482332500028
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Suppressed effective viscosity in the bulk intergalactic plasma
NATURE ASTRONOMY
2019; 3 (9): 832-837
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41550-019-0794-z
View details for Web of Science ID 000485096800014
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Dark Energy Surveyed Year 1 results: calibration of cluster mis-centring in the redMaPPer catalogues
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 487 (2): 2578-2593
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stz1361
View details for Web of Science ID 000474919700076
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Magnetic fields and extraordinarily bright radio emission in the X-ray faint galaxy group MRC 0116+111
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 486 (4): 5430-5440
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stz1228
View details for Web of Science ID 000474908200072
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Cluster Cosmology Constraints from the 2500 deg(2) SPT-SZ Survey: Inclusion of Weak Gravitational Lensing Data from Magellan and the Hubble Space Telescope
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2019; 878 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ab1f10
View details for Web of Science ID 000471624300004
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Cooling in the X-ray halo of the rotating, massive early-type galaxy NGC 7049
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 484 (2): 2886-2895
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stz185
View details for Web of Science ID 000462302600104
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Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and X-ray scaling relations from weak lensing mass calibration of 32 South Pole Telescope selected galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 483 (3): 2871-2906
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/sty3088
View details for Web of Science ID 000462280000002
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A Detailed Study of the Most Relaxed SPT-selected Galaxy Clusters: Properties of the Cool Core and Central Galaxy
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2019; 870 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf394
View details for Web of Science ID 000455820100031
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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: weak lensing mass calibration of redMaPPer galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2019; 482 (1): 1352–78
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/sty2711
View details for Web of Science ID 000454575300095
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Spectroscopic Confirmation of Five Galaxy Clusters at z > 1.25 in the 2500 deg(2) SPT-SZ Survey
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2019; 870 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/aaeed0
View details for Web of Science ID 000454541100007
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US Contributions to the Athena Wide Field Imager
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2019
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2528532
View details for Web of Science ID 000511172300026
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Detection of polarized gamma-ray emission from the Crab nebula with the Hitomi Soft Gamma-ray Detector
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psy118
View details for Web of Science ID 000456072300015
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Thermodynamic properties, multiphase gas, and AGN feedback in a large sample of giant ellipticals
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2018; 481 (4): 4472-4504
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/sty2565
View details for Web of Science ID 000454575100018
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The XXL Survey XVII. X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich properties of the redshift 2.0 galaxy cluster XLSSC 122
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2018; 620
View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201630096
View details for Web of Science ID 000450930100002
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Gas Perturbations in the Cool Cores of Galaxy Clusters: Effective Equation of State, Velocity Power Spectra, and Turbulent Heating
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2018; 865 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/aadae3
View details for Web of Science ID 000445277100006
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Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 98 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.043526
View details for Web of Science ID 000442810800005
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Hitomi X-ray observation of the pulsar wind nebula G21.5-0.9
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psy027
View details for Web of Science ID 000439655600009
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Hitomi X-ray studies of Giant Radio Pulses from the Crab pulsar.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Nihon Tenmon Gakkai
2018; 70 (2)
Abstract
To search for giant X-ray pulses correlated with the giant radio pulses (GRPs) from the Crab pulsar, we performed a simultaneous observation of the Crab pulsar with the X-ray satellite Hitomi in the 2 - 300 keV band and the Kashima NICT radio observatory in the 1.4 - 1.7 GHz band with a net exposure of about 2 ks on 25 March 2016, just before the loss of the Hitomi mission. The timing performance of the Hitomi instruments was confirmed to meet the timing requirement and about 1,000 and 100 GRPs were simultaneously observed at the main and inter-pulse phases, respectively, and we found no apparent correlation between the giant radio pulses and the X-ray emission in either the main or inter-pulse phases. All variations are within the 2 sigma fluctuations of the X-ray fluxes at the pulse peaks, and the 3 sigma upper limits of variations of main- or inter-pulse GRPs are 22% or 80% of the peak flux in a 0.20 phase width, respectively, in the 2 - 300 keV band. The values become 25% or 110% for main or inter-pulse GRPs, respectively, when the phase width is restricted into the 0.03 phase. Among the upper limits from the Hitomi satellite, those in the 4.5-10 keV and the 70-300 keV are obtained for the first time, and those in other bands are consistent with previous reports. Numerically, the upper limits of main- and inter-pulse GRPs in the 0.20 phase width are about (2.4 and 9.3) ×10-11 erg cm-2, respectively. No significant variability in pulse profiles implies that the GRPs originated from a local place within the magnetosphere and the number of photon-emitting particles temporally increases. However, the results do not statistically rule out variations correlated with the GRPs, because the possible X-ray enhancement may appear due to a > 0.02% brightening of the pulse-peak flux under such conditions.
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx083
View details for PubMedID 32020916
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC6999749
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Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2018; 4 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402
View details for Web of Science ID 000439235200002
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ALMA observation of the disruption of molecular gas in M87
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2018; 475 (3): 3004-3009
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/sty047
View details for Web of Science ID 000427141900010
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XMM-Newton X-ray and HST weak gravitational lensing study of the extremely X-ray luminous galaxy cluster Cl J120958.9+495352 (z=0.902)
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2018; 610
View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201730913
View details for Web of Science ID 000427142500003
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Hitomi observations of the LMC SNR N 132 D: Highly redshifted X-ray emission from iron ejecta
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx151
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600008
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Temperature structure in the Perseus cluster core observed with Hitomi
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psy004
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600003
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Hitomi observation of radio galaxy NGC 1275: The first X-ray microcalorimeter spectroscopy of Fe-K alpha line emission from an active galactic nucleus
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx147
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600005
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Measurements of resonant scattering in the Perseus Cluster core with Hitomi SXS
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx127
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600002
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Search for thermal X-ray features from the Crab nebula with the Hitomi soft X-ray spectrometer
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx072
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600006
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Atomic data and spectral modeling constraints from high-resolution X-ray observations of the Perseus cluster with Hitomi
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx156
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600004
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Glimpse of the highly obscured HMXB IGR J16318-4848 with Hitomi
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx154
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600009
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Atmospheric gas dynamics in the Perseus cluster observed with Hitomi
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx138
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600001
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Hitomi X-ray studies of giant radio pulses from the Crab pulsar
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018; 70 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psx083
View details for Web of Science ID 000432287600007
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Cluster mass calibration at high redshift: HST weak lensing analysis of 13 distant galaxy clusters from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2018; 474 (2): 2635–78
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx2666
View details for Web of Science ID 000424343600088
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Reducing the Athena WFI Background with the Science Products Module: Lessons from Chandra ACIS
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2018
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2313864
View details for Web of Science ID 000452819200105
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The Athena WFI Science Products Module
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2018
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2312785
View details for Web of Science ID 000452819200036
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Characterizing Particle Background of ATHENA WFI for the Science Products Module: Swift XRT Full Frame and XMM-PN Small Window Mode Observations
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2018
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2313717
View details for Web of Science ID 000452819200104
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Centre-excised X-ray luminosity as an efficient mass proxy for future galaxy cluster surveys
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2018; 473 (3): 3072–79
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx2554
View details for Web of Science ID 000423809400015
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Cold dark energy constraints from the abundance of galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2018; 473 (3): 3882–94
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx2549
View details for Web of Science ID 000423809400079
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The metallicity of the intracluster medium over cosmic time: further evidence for early enrichment
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2017; 472 (3): 2877–88
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx2200
View details for Web of Science ID 000413088400032
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Solar abundance ratios of the iron-peak elements in the Perseus cluster
NATURE
2017; 551 (7681): 478-+
Abstract
The metal abundance of the hot plasma that permeates galaxy clusters represents the accumulation of heavy elements produced by billions of supernovae. Therefore, X-ray spectroscopy of the intracluster medium provides an opportunity to investigate the nature of supernova explosions integrated over cosmic time. In particular, the abundance of the iron-peak elements (chromium, manganese, iron and nickel) is key to understanding how the progenitors of typical type Ia supernovae evolve and explode. Recent X-ray studies of the intracluster medium found that the abundance ratios of these elements differ substantially from those seen in the Sun, suggesting differences between the nature of type Ia supernovae in the clusters and in the Milky Way. However, because the K-shell transition lines of chromium and manganese are weak and those of iron and nickel are very close in photon energy, high-resolution spectroscopy is required for an accurate determination of the abundances of these elements. Here we report observations of the Perseus cluster, with statistically significant detections of the resonance emission from chromium, manganese and nickel. Our measurements, combined with the latest atomic models, reveal that these elements have near-solar abundance ratios with respect to iron, in contrast to previous claims. Comparison between our results and modern nucleosynthesis calculations disfavours the hypothesis that type Ia supernova progenitors are exclusively white dwarfs with masses well below the Chandrasekhar limit (about 1.4 times the mass of the Sun). The observed abundance pattern of the iron-peak elements can be explained by taking into account a combination of near- and sub-Chandrasekhar-mass type Ia supernova systems, adding to the mounting evidence that both progenitor types make a substantial contribution to cosmic chemical enrichment.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature24301
View details for Web of Science ID 000416043700039
View details for PubMedID 29132142
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A uniform metallicity in the outskirts of massive, nearby galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2017; 470 (4): 4583-4599
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx1542
View details for Web of Science ID 000408207600058
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Resonant scattering in the Perseus Cluster: spectral model for constraining gas motions with Astro-H (vol 435, pg 3111, 2013)
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2017; 470 (2): 1848
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx1065
View details for Web of Science ID 000406839900041
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Witnessing the growth of the nearest galaxy cluster: thermodynamics of the Virgo Cluster outskirts
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2017; 469 (2): 1476-1495
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx919
View details for Web of Science ID 000406629100015
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Optical-SZE scaling relations for DES optically selected clusters within the SPT-SZ Survey
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2017; 468 (3): 3347–60
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx594
View details for Web of Science ID 000402808700066
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The Remarkable Similarity of Massive Galaxy Clusters from z similar to 0 to z similar to 1.9
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2017; 843 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7740
View details for Web of Science ID 000404347000028
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Weighing the giants - V. Galaxy cluster scaling relations(vol 463, pg 3582, 2016)
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2017; 467 (3): 3443-3446
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx337
View details for Web of Science ID 000398419400070
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Hitomi Constraints on the 3.5 keV Line in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
2017; 837 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/2041-8213/aa61fa
View details for Web of Science ID 000396122600001
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A series of shocks and edges in Abell 2219
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2017; 464 (3): 2896-2909
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw2384
View details for Web of Science ID 000393647600031
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Improved measurements of turbulence in the hot gaseous atmospheres of nearby giant elliptical galaxies
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2017; 472 (2): 1659-1676
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stx2030
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Weighing the giants - V. Galaxy cluster scaling relations
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 463 (4): 3582-3603
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw2250
View details for Web of Science ID 000393568200014
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COSMOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS FROM GALAXY CLUSTERS IN THE 2500 SQUARE-DEGREE SPT-SZ SURVEY
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2016; 832 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/832/1/95
View details for Web of Science ID 000388743800025
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SPT-GMOS: A GEMINI/GMOS-SOUTH SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF GALAXY CLUSTERS IN THE SPT-SZ SURVEY
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
2016; 227 (1)
View details for DOI 10.3847/0067-0049/227/1/3
View details for Web of Science ID 000388205600002
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Cosmology and astrophysics from relaxed galaxy clusters - V. Consistency with cold dark matter structure formation
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 462 (1): 681-688
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw1707
View details for Web of Science ID 000383516700077
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Deep Chandra study of the truncated cool core of the Ophiuchus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 460 (3): 2752-2764
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw1171
View details for Web of Science ID 000381204600036
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The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster
NATURE
2016; 535 (7610): 117-?
Abstract
Clusters of galaxies are the most massive gravitationally bound objects in the Universe and are still forming. They are thus important probes of cosmological parameters and many astrophysical processes. However, knowledge of the dynamics of the pervasive hot gas, the mass of which is much larger than the combined mass of all the stars in the cluster, is lacking. Such knowledge would enable insights into the injection of mechanical energy by the central supermassive black hole and the use of hydrostatic equilibrium for determining cluster masses. X-rays from the core of the Perseus cluster are emitted by the 50-million-kelvin diffuse hot plasma filling its gravitational potential well. The active galactic nucleus of the central galaxy NGC 1275 is pumping jetted energy into the surrounding intracluster medium, creating buoyant bubbles filled with relativistic plasma. These bubbles probably induce motions in the intracluster medium and heat the inner gas, preventing runaway radiative cooling--a process known as active galactic nucleus feedback. Here we report X-ray observations of the core of the Perseus cluster, which reveal a remarkably quiescent atmosphere in which the gas has a line-of-sight velocity dispersion of 164 ± 10 kilometres per second in the region 30-60 kiloparsecs from the central nucleus. A gradient in the line-of-sight velocity of 150 ± 70 kilometres per second is found across the 60-kiloparsec image of the cluster core. Turbulent pressure support in the gas is four per cent of the thermodynamic pressure, with large-scale shear at most doubling this estimate. We infer that a total cluster mass determined from hydrostatic equilibrium in a central region would require little correction for turbulent pressure.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature18627
View details for Web of Science ID 000379015600035
View details for PubMedID 27383985
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Suzaku observations of a shock front tracing the western edge of the giant radio halo in the Coma Cluster
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2016; 68
View details for DOI 10.1093/pasj/psv126
View details for Web of Science ID 000377426700020
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The nature and energetics of AGN-driven perturbations in the hot gas in the Perseus Cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 458 (3): 2902-2915
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw520
View details for Web of Science ID 000375799000046
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Cosmology and astrophysics from relaxed galaxy clusters - IV. Robustly calibrating hydrostatic masses with weak lensing
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 457 (2): 1522-1534
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw005
View details for Web of Science ID 000373580500033
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Cosmology and astrophysics from relaxed galaxy clusters - III. Thermodynamic profiles and scaling relations
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 456 (4): 4020-4039
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv2899
View details for Web of Science ID 000372265800046
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STAR-FORMING BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES AT 0.25 < z < 1.25: A TRANSITIONING FUEL SUPPLY
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2016; 817 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/817/2/86
View details for Web of Science ID 000369437900003
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The ASTRO-H (Hitomi) X-ray Astronomy Satellite
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2016
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2232379
View details for Web of Science ID 000387731500019
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Deep Chandra observation and numerical studies of the nearest cluster cold front in the sky
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 455 (1): 846-858
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv2358
View details for Web of Science ID 000368005900091
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A UNIFORM CONTRIBUTION OF CORE-COLLAPSE AND TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE TO THE CHEMICAL ENRICHMENT PATTERN IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE VIRGO CLUSTER
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
2015; 811 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/811/2/L25
View details for Web of Science ID 000364478600011
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A Suzaku search for dark matter emission lines in the X-ray brightest galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2015; 451 (3): 2447-2461
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv1142
View details for Web of Science ID 000360833700015
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New constraints on f(R) gravity from clusters of galaxies
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2015; 92 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.044009
View details for Web of Science ID 000359118800004
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Gas density fluctuations in the Perseus Cluster: clumping factor and velocity power spectrum
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2015; 450 (4): 4184-4197
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv900
View details for Web of Science ID 000360824000062
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A MEASUREMENT OF GRAVITATIONAL LENSING OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND BY GALAXY CLUSTERS USING DATA FROM THE SOUTH POLE TELESCOPE
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2015; 806 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/806/2/247
View details for Web of Science ID 000357129500102
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X-RAY CAVITIES IN A SAMPLE OF 83 SPT-SELECTED CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES: TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF AGN FEEDBACK IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES OUT TO z=1.2
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2015; 805 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/35
View details for Web of Science ID 000354991300035
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Cosmology and astrophysics from relaxed galaxy clusters - I. Sample selection
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2015; 449 (1): 199-219
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv219
View details for Web of Science ID 000355345600017
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Spectroscopic needs for imaging dark energy experiments (vol 63, pg 81, 2015)
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2015; 65: 112-113
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.12.008
View details for Web of Science ID 000349725300012
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The growth of the galaxy cluster Abell 85: mergers, shocks, stripping and seeding of clumping
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2015; 448 (3): 2971-2986
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stv217
View details for Web of Science ID 000351507000075
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Distance probes of dark energy
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2015; 63: 2-22
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.05.007
View details for Web of Science ID 000344824400002
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Exploiting cross correlations and joint analyses
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2015; 63: 42–54
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.02.009
View details for Web of Science ID 000344824400004
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Spectroscopic needs for imaging dark energy experiments
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2015; 63: 81-100
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.06.007
View details for Web of Science ID 000344824400007
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GALAXY CLUSTERS DISCOVERED VIA THE SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT IN THE 2500-SQUARE-DEGREE SPT-SZ SURVEY
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
2015; 216 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0067-0049/216/2/27
View details for Web of Science ID 000350899000006
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Weighing the giants - IV. Cosmology and neutrino mass
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2015; 446 (3): 2205-2225
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu2096
View details for Web of Science ID 000350272300001
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X-ray bright active galactic nuclei in massive galaxy clusters - III. New insights into the triggering mechanisms of cluster AGN
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2015; 446 (3): 2709-2729
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu2091
View details for Web of Science ID 000350272300040
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Turbulent heating in galaxy clusters brightest in X-rays
NATURE
2014; 515 (7525): 85-?
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature13830
View details for Web of Science ID 000344187500033
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THE REDSHIFT EVOLUTION OF THE MEAN I EMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND ENTROPY PROFILES IN 80 SPT-SELECTED GALAXY CLUSTERS
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2014; 794 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/794/1/67
View details for Web of Science ID 000342581200067
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Robust weak-lensing mass calibration of Planck galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 443 (3): 1973-1978
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu1423
View details for Web of Science ID 000342920400010
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THE RELATION BETWEEN GAS DENSITY AND VELOCITY POWER SPECTRA IN GALAXY CLUSTERS: QUALITATIVE TREATMENT AND COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
2014; 788 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/788/1/L13
View details for Web of Science ID 000337134100005
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Cosmology and astrophysics from relaxed galaxy clusters - II. Cosmological constraints
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 440 (3): 2077-2098
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu368
View details for Web of Science ID 000334744000015
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MEASURING THE STELLAR MASSES OF z similar to 7 GALAXIES WITH THE SPITZER ULTRAFAINT SURVEY PROGRAM (SURFS UP)
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
2014; 786 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/2041-8205/786/1/L4
View details for Web of Science ID 000334929600004
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SPITZER ULTRA FAINT SURVEY PROGRAM (SURFS UP). I. AN OVERVIEW
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2014; 785 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/108
View details for Web of Science ID 000335736800027
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The origin of cold gas in giant elliptical galaxies and its role in fuelling radio-mode AGN feedback
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 439 (3): 2291-2306
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stu006
View details for Web of Science ID 000334114900005
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Weighing the Giants - II. Improved calibration of photometry from stellar colours and accurate photometric redshifts
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 439 (1): 28-47
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1946
View details for Web of Science ID 000333297700023
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Weighing the Giants - III. Methods and measurements of accurate galaxy cluster weak-lensing masses
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 439 (1): 48-72
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt2129
View details for Web of Science ID 000333297700024
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Weighing the Giants - I. Weak-lensing masses for 51 massive galaxy clusters: project overview, data analysis methods and cluster images
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 439 (1): 2-27
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1945
View details for Web of Science ID 000333297700022
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Azimuthally resolved X-ray spectroscopy to the edge of the Perseus Cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 437 (4): 3939-3961
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt2209
View details for Web of Science ID 000329177100072
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X-ray bright active galactic nuclei in massive galaxy clusters - II. The fraction of galaxies hosting active nuclei
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2014; 437 (2): 1942-1949
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt2025
View details for Web of Science ID 000331617000070
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SPT-3G: A Next-Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiment on the South Pole Telescope
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2014
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2057305
View details for Web of Science ID 000354387400043
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The ASTRO-H X-ray Astronomy Satellite
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2014
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2055681
View details for Web of Science ID 000354529100065
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PROBING THE EXTREME REALM OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS FEEDBACK IN THE MASSIVE GALAXY CLUSTER, RX J1532.9+3021
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2013; 777 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/777/2/163
View details for Web of Science ID 000326218800082
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Resonant scattering in the Perseus Cluster: spectral model for constraining gas motions with Astro-H
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2013; 435 (4): 3111-3121
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1506
View details for Web of Science ID 000325774700027
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A uniform metal distribution in the intergalactic medium of the Perseus cluster of galaxies.
Nature
2013; 502 (7473): 656-658
Abstract
Most of the metals (elements heavier than helium) produced by stars in the member galaxies of clusters currently reside within the hot, X-ray-emitting intra-cluster gas. Observations of X-ray line emission from this intergalactic medium have suggested a relatively small cluster-to-cluster scatter outside the cluster centres and enrichment with iron out to large radii, leading to the idea that the metal enrichment occurred early in the history of the Universe. Models with early enrichment predict a uniform metal distribution at large radii in clusters, whereas those with late-time enrichment are expected to introduce significant spatial variations of the metallicity. To discriminate clearly between these competing models, it is essential to test for potential inhomogeneities by measuring the abundances out to large radii along multiple directions in clusters, which has not hitherto been done. Here we report a remarkably uniform iron abundance, as a function of radius and azimuth, that is statistically consistent with a constant value of ZFe = 0.306 ± 0.012 in solar units out to the edge of the nearby Perseus cluster. This homogeneous distribution requires that most of the metal enrichment of the intergalactic medium occurred before the cluster formed, probably more than ten billion years ago, during the period of maximal star formation and black hole activity.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature12646
View details for PubMedID 24172976
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A uniform metal distribution in the intergalactic medium of the Perseus cluster of galaxies.
Nature
2013; 502 (7473): 656-658
Abstract
Most of the metals (elements heavier than helium) produced by stars in the member galaxies of clusters currently reside within the hot, X-ray-emitting intra-cluster gas. Observations of X-ray line emission from this intergalactic medium have suggested a relatively small cluster-to-cluster scatter outside the cluster centres and enrichment with iron out to large radii, leading to the idea that the metal enrichment occurred early in the history of the Universe. Models with early enrichment predict a uniform metal distribution at large radii in clusters, whereas those with late-time enrichment are expected to introduce significant spatial variations of the metallicity. To discriminate clearly between these competing models, it is essential to test for potential inhomogeneities by measuring the abundances out to large radii along multiple directions in clusters, which has not hitherto been done. Here we report a remarkably uniform iron abundance, as a function of radius and azimuth, that is statistically consistent with a constant value of ZFe = 0.306 ± 0.012 in solar units out to the edge of the nearby Perseus cluster. This homogeneous distribution requires that most of the metal enrichment of the intergalactic medium occurred before the cluster formed, probably more than ten billion years ago, during the period of maximal star formation and black hole activity.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature12646
View details for PubMedID 24172976
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A multiwavelength view of cooling versus AGN heating in the X-ray luminous cool-core of Abell 3581
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2013; 435 (2): 1108-1125
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt1345
View details for Web of Science ID 000325264600017
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THERMODYNAMICS OF THE COMA CLUSTER OUTSKIRTS
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2013; 775 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/775/1/4
View details for Web of Science ID 000324615800004
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X-ray cluster constraints on non-Gaussianity
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2013
View details for DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/004
View details for Web of Science ID 000324032800007
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A combined measurement of cosmic growth and expansion from clusters of galaxies, the CMB and galaxy clustering
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2013; 432 (2): 973-985
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt514
View details for Web of Science ID 000319832300010
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The rapid evolution of AGN feedback in brightest cluster galaxies: switching from quasar-mode to radio-mode feedback
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2013; 431 (2): 1638-1658
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt283
View details for Web of Science ID 000318345200051
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THE NATURE OF FILAMENTARY COLD GAS IN THE CORE OF THE VIRGO CLUSTER
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2013; 767 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/767/2/153
View details for Web of Science ID 000317346800056
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Ripping apart at the seams: the network of stripped gas surrounding M86
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2013; 430 (3): 2401-2410
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stt060
View details for Web of Science ID 000319260500068
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X-ray bright active galactic nuclei in massive galaxy clusters - I. Number counts and spatial distribution
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2013; 428 (4): 3509-3525
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/sts288
View details for Web of Science ID 000318232000054
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REGULATION OF BLACK HOLE WINDS AND JETS ACROSS THE MASS SCALE
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2013; 762 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/762/2/103
View details for Web of Science ID 000313008900037
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LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS IN THE PERSEUS GALAXY CLUSTER
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2012; 757 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/757/2/182
View details for Web of Science ID 000309108500075
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On the thermodynamic self-similarity of the nearest, most relaxed, giant ellipticals
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2012; 425 (4): 2731-2740
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21245.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000318270500011
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Baryons in the outskirts of the X-ray brightest galaxy cluster
Conference on Exploring the X-ray Universe - Suzaku and Beyond (SUZAKU)
AMER INST PHYSICS. 2012
View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3696143
View details for Web of Science ID 000302776900001
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The ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory
Conference on Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012 - Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2012
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.926190
View details for Web of Science ID 000312391600054
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A wide Chandra view of the core of the Perseus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2011; 418 (4): 2154-2164
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19402.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000298088100004
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Core-collapse supernova enrichment in the core of the Virgo cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2011; 418 (4): 2744-2753
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19664.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000298088100054
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Violent interaction between the active galactic nucleus and the hot gas in the core of the galaxy cluster Sersic 159-03
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2011; 415 (4): 3369-3379
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18957.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000294204900036
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X-ray spectroscopy of the Virgo Cluster out to the virial radius
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2011; 414 (3): 2101-2111
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18526.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000292977600022
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Baryons at the Edge of the X-ray-Brightest Galaxy Cluster
SCIENCE
2011; 331 (6024): 1576-1579
Abstract
Studies of the diffuse x-ray-emitting gas in galaxy clusters have provided powerful constraints on cosmological parameters and insights into plasma astrophysics. However, measurements of the faint cluster outskirts have become possible only recently. Using data from the Suzaku x-ray telescope, we determined an accurate, spatially resolved census of the gas, metals, and dark matter out to the edge of the Perseus Cluster. Contrary to previous results, our measurements of the cluster baryon fraction are consistent with the expected universal value at half of the virial radius. The apparent baryon fraction exceeds the cosmic mean at larger radii, suggesting a clumpy distribution of the gas, which is important for understanding the ongoing growth of clusters from the surrounding cosmic web.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1200331
View details for PubMedID 21436446
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Extreme active galactic nucleus feedback and cool-core destruction in the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster MACS J1931.8-2634
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2011; 411 (3): 1641-1658
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17801.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000287486400018
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Testing General Relativity on Cosmic Scales with the Observed Abundance of Massive Clusters
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS SUPPLEMENT
2011: 179-187
View details for Web of Science ID 000297432600016
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Cosmological Parameters from Observations of Galaxy Clusters
ANNUAL REVIEW OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, VOL 49
2011; 49: 409-470
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-astro-081710-102514
View details for Web of Science ID 000295819800011
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HIGH-REDSHIFT X-RAY COOLING-CORE CLUSTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE LUMINOUS RADIO-LOUD QUASAR 3C 186
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2010; 722 (1): 102-111
View details for DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/722/1/102
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Feedback under the microscope - I. Thermodynamic structure and AGN-driven shocks in M87
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 407 (4): 2046-2062
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17220.x
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Feedback under the microscope - II. Heating, gas uplift and mixing in the nearest cluster core
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 407 (4): 2063-2074
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16755.x
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The observed growth of massive galaxy clusters - III. Testing general relativity on cosmological scales
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 406 (3): 1796-1804
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16799.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000280669200024
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The observed growth of massive galaxy clusters - IV. Robust constraints on neutrino properties
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 406 (3): 1805-1814
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16794.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000280669200025
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The observed growth of massive galaxy clusters - II. X-ray scaling relations
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 406 (3): 1773-1795
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16993.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000280669200023
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The observed growth of massive galaxy clusters - I. Statistical methods and cosmological constraints
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 406 (3): 1759-1772
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16992.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000280669200022
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Herschel photometry of brightest cluster galaxies in cooling flow clusters
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2010; 518
View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201014572
View details for Web of Science ID 000281527200048
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Ram-pressure stripping of the cool core of the Ophiuchus Cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 405 (3): 1624-1633
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16596.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000279022900013
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Herschel observations of FIR emission lines in brightest cluster galaxies
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2010; 518
View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201014569
View details for Web of Science ID 000281527200047
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The radio properties of a complete, X-ray selected sample of nearby, massive elliptical galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2010; 404 (1): 180-197
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16314.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000276794600039
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The ASTRO-H Mission
Conference on Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010 - Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2010
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.857875
View details for Web of Science ID 000285506200027
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CONSTRAINING DARK ENERGY AND GRAVITY WITH X-RAY GALAXY CLUSTERS
7th International Heidelberg Conference on Dark Matter in Astrophysics and Particle Physics (DARK 2009)
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD. 2010: 426–439
View details for Web of Science ID 000278563100034
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Constraints on turbulent pressure in the X-ray halos of giant elliptical galaxies from resonant scattering
27th IAU General Assembly
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2010: 297–297
View details for DOI 10.1017/S1743921310009385
View details for Web of Science ID 000290186900124
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Constraints on modified gravity from the observed X-ray luminosity function of galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2009; 400 (2): 699-704
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15510.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000271786800013
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Chandra measurements of non-thermal-like X-ray emission from massive, merging, radio halo clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2009; 399 (3): 1307-1327
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15359.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000270902100017
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Constraints on turbulent pressure in the X-ray haloes of giant elliptical galaxies from resonant scattering
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2009; 398 (1): 23-32
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14860.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000269136800020
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Revealing the magnetic field in a distant galaxy cluster: discovery of the complex radio emission from MACS J0717.5+3745
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2009; 503 (3): 707-720
View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/200912520
View details for Web of Science ID 000269727100007
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CONSTRAINING GRAVITY AT LARGE SCALES WITH X-RAY GALAXY CLUSTER STUDIES
Conference on Dark Energy, Dark Matter - Observation, Experiments and Theories
E D P SCIENCES. 2009: 149–151
View details for DOI 10.1051/eas/0936021
View details for Web of Science ID 000269211400021
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REVEALING THE PROPERTIES OF DARK MATTER IN THE MERGING CLUSTER MACS J0025.4-1222
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2008; 687 (2): 959-967
View details for Web of Science ID 000260566700015
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The prospects for constraining dark energy with future X-ray cluster gas mass fraction measurements
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2008; 388 (3): 1265-1278
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13460.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000258808300029
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Dark matter and baryons in the X-ray luminous merging galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2008; 681 (1): 187-196
View details for Web of Science ID 000257290100016
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New constraints on dark energy from the observed growth of the most X-ray luminous galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2008; 387 (3): 1179-1192
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13311.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000256732700020
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Cool X-ray emitting gas in the core of the Centaurus cluster of galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2008; 385 (3): 1186-1200
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12952.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000254604600007
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Active galactic nuclei-induced cavities in NGC 1399 and NGC 4649
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2008; 383 (3): 923-930
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12651.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000252851500009
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Improved constraints on dark energy from Chandra X-ray observations of the largest relaxed galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2008; 383 (3): 879-896
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12610.x
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Wide field X-ray telescope mission
Conference on Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008 - Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2008
View details for DOI 10.1117/12.789122
View details for Web of Science ID 000259563700045
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Fields and filaments in the core of the Centaurus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2007; 382 (1): 67-72
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12368.x
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The dark matter haloes of massive, relaxed galaxy clusters observed with Chandra
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2007; 379 (1): 209-221
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11928.x
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Monitoring the bidirectional relativistic jets of the radio galaxy 3C 338
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2007; 659 (1): 225-234
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A kinematical approach to dark energy studies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2007; 375 (4): 1510-1520
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11419.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000244419500036
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The relation between accretion rate and jet power in X-ray luminous elliptical galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2006; 372 (1): 21-30
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10778.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000240823800002
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Fe emission and ionized excess absorption in the luminous quasar 3C 109 with XMM-Newton
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2006; 371 (1): 283-292
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10642.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000239863700041
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Magnetic fields in the centre of the Perseus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2006; 368 (4): 1500-1506
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10244.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000237812700002
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A very deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster: shocks, ripples and conduction
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2006; 366 (2): 417-428
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09896.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000234975500006
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The low-power nucleus of PKS 1246-410 in the Centaurus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2006; 365 (3): 705-711
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09705.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000234853600001
- Magnetic fields in the center of the Perseus Cluster MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 2006; 368: 1500 - 1506
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Constraining dark energy with X-ray galaxy clusters, supernovae and the cosmic microwave background
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2005; 360 (2): 555-564
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09067.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000229642800013
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A deep Chandra observation of the Centaurus cluster: bubbles, filaments and edges
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2005; 360 (1): L20-L24
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00037.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000229908100041
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The prevalence of cooling cores in clusters of galaxies at z approximate to 0.15-0.4
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2005; 359 (4): 1481-1490
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08999.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000229640600023
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VLA polarimetry observations of PKS 2322-123: estimating magnetic fields in the Abell 2597 cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2005; 359 (4): 1229-1236
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08984.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000229640600003
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Constraints on dark energy from Chandra observations of the largest relaxed galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2004; 353 (2): 457-467
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08080.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000224054100010
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An improved approach to measuring H-0 using X-ray and SZ observations of galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2004; 352 (4): 1413-1420
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08032.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000223290600032
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Mapping small-scale temperature and abundance structures in the core of the Perseus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2004; 349 (3): 952-972
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07576.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000220847700019
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A unique small-scale gravitational arc in A1201
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2003; 599 (2): L69-L72
View details for Web of Science ID 000187452200005
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A preference for a non-zero neutrino mass from cosmological data
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2003; 346 (2): 593-600
View details for Web of Science ID 000186698700028
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A deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster: shocks and ripples
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2003; 344 (3): L43-U2
View details for Web of Science ID 000185253400002
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Cosmological constraints from the local X-ray luminosity function of the most X-ray-luminous galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2003; 342 (1): 287-298
View details for Web of Science ID 000183549500030
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Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster A478: The interaction of hot gas and radio plasma in the core, and an improved determination of the compton y-parameter
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2003; 587 (2): 619-624
View details for Web of Science ID 000182159400014
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The peculiar cooling flow cluster RX J0820.9+0752
Conference on Matter and Energy in Clusters of Galaxies
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 2003: 437–441
View details for Web of Science ID 000186286300033
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X-rays from clusters of galaxies
21st Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD. 2003: 197–208
View details for Web of Science ID 000229995900018
- Mapping small-scale temperature and abundance structures in the core of the Perseus cluster MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 2003; 349: 952 - 972
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Accretion onto the supermassive black hole in M87
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2003; 582 (1): 133-140
View details for Web of Science ID 000180000600014
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The peculiar cooling flow cluster RX j0820.9+0752
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 337 (3): 938-952
View details for Web of Science ID 000179648100021
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A survey of molecular hydrogen in the central galaxies of cooling flows
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 337 (1): 49-62
View details for Web of Science ID 000179273700005
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Exciting molecular hydrogen in the central galaxies of cooling flows
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 337 (1): 63-70
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Chandra observations of Abell 2199
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 336 (1): 299-308
View details for Web of Science ID 000178373600037
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Cosmological constraints from Chandra observations of galaxy clusters
ROYAL SOC. 2002: 2005-2017
Abstract
Chandra observations of rich, relaxed galaxy clusters allow the properties of the X-ray gas and the total gravitating mass to be determined precisely. Here, we present results for a sample of the most X-ray luminous, dynamically relaxed clusters known. We show that the Chandra data and independent gravitational lensing studies provide consistent answers on the mass distributions in the clusters. The mass profiles exhibit a form in good agreement with the predictions from numerical simulations. Combining Chandra results on the X-ray gas mass fractions in the clusters with independent measurements of the Hubble constant and the mean baryonic matter density in the Universe, we obtain a tight constraint on the mean total matter density of the Universe, Omega(m), and an interesting constraint on the cosmological constant, Omega(Lambda). We also describe the 'virial relations' linking the masses, X-ray temperatures and luminosities of galaxy clusters. These relations provide a key step in linking the observed number density and spatial distribution of clusters to the predictions from cosmological models. The Chandra data confirm the presence of a systematic offset of ca. 40% between the normalization of the observed mass-temperature relation and the predictions from standard simulations. This finding leads to a significant revision of the best-fit value of sigma(8) inferred from the observed temperature and luminosity functions of clusters.
View details for DOI 10.1098/rsta.2002.1056
View details for Web of Science ID 000178003600009
View details for PubMedID 12804243
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Conduction and cooling flows
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 335 (1): L7-L11
View details for Web of Science ID 000177790700002
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Chandra observations of RX J1347.5-1145: the distribution of mass in the most X-ray-luminous galaxy cluster known
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 335 (2): 256-266
View details for Web of Science ID 000177851600005
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Magnetic fields in the Centaurus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 334 (4): 769-776
View details for Web of Science ID 000177589800005
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Cosmological constraints from the X-ray gas mass fraction in relaxed lensing clusters observed with Chandra
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 334 (2): L11-L15
View details for Web of Science ID 000177258500001
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The missing soft X-ray luminosity in cluster cooling flows
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 332 (3): L50-L54
View details for Web of Science ID 000175664400002
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Deep inside the core of Abell 1795: the Chandra view
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2002; 331 (3): 635-648
View details for Web of Science ID 000175270500011
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The X-ray virial relations for relaxed lensing clusters observed with Chandra
Workshop on Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Galaxy Clusters
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 2002: 195–198
View details for Web of Science ID 000178406700030
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Chandra and the black hole in M87
MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference on Lighthouses of the Universe
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. 2002: 443–449
View details for Web of Science ID 000179560500063
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The X-ray virial relations for relaxed lensing clusters observed with Chandra
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 328 (3): L37-L41
View details for Web of Science ID 000172925600003
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The intracluster iron distribution around 4C+55.16
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 328 (1): L5-L10
View details for Web of Science ID 000172484900002
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Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1835
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 327 (4): 1057-1070
View details for Web of Science ID 000172343900005
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Magnetic fields in the 3C 129 cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 326 (1): 2-10
View details for Web of Science ID 000171019300004
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Chandra X-ray observations of the 3C 295 cluster core
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 324 (4): 842-858
View details for Web of Science ID 000170033400007
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Chandra measurements of the distribution of mass in the luminous lensing cluster Abell 2390
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 324 (4): 877-890
View details for Web of Science ID 000170033400009
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ASCA and ROSAT observations of nearby cluster cooling flows
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 322 (3): 589-613
View details for Web of Science ID 000168126300014
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Accretion onto nearby supermassive black holes: Chandra constraints on the dominant cluster galaxy NGC 6166
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2001; 550 (1): L19-L23
View details for Web of Science ID 000167605400005
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BeppoSAX observations of three distant, highly luminous clusters of galaxies: RXJ1347-1145, Zwicky 3146 and Abell 2390
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 322 (1): 187-194
View details for Web of Science ID 000167630100021
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Chandra imaging of the X-ray core of Abell 1795
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2001; 321 (2): L33-U1
View details for Web of Science ID 000172807100002
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Chandra constraints on the supermassive black hole in NGC 6166
X-Ray Astronomy 2000 Conference
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 2001: 517–522
View details for Web of Science ID 000175482700065
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A Chandra observation of the radio galaxy 4C+55.16
Symposium on New Century of X-Ray Astronomy
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 2001: 108–111
View details for Web of Science ID 000176731500021
- Magnetic fields in the 3C219 cluster MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 2001; 326: 2 - 15
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BeppoSAX observations of very hot cooling-flow clusters of galaxies
X-Ray Astronomy 2000 Conference
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 2001: 387–392
View details for Web of Science ID 000175482700047
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Chandra imaging of the complex X-ray core of the Perseus cluster
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2000; 318 (4): L65-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000165455700005
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X-ray colour maps of the cores of galaxy clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2000; 318 (3): 733-746
View details for Web of Science ID 000165454900014
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The ROSAT Brightest Cluster Sample - IV. The extended sample
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2000; 318 (2): 333-340
View details for Web of Science ID 000165325100003
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A determination of the Hubble constant using measurements of X-ray emission and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect at millimeter wavelengths in the cluster Abell 1835
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2000; 538 (2): 505-516
View details for Web of Science ID 000088824800005
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The properties of cooling flows in X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2000; 315 (2): 269-295
View details for Web of Science ID 000087941700010
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Testing the connection between the X-ray and submillimetre source populations using Chandra
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2000; 315 (1): L8-L12
View details for Web of Science ID 000087480400002
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Low-radiative-efficiency accretion in the nuclei of elliptical galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2000; 311 (3): 507-521
View details for Web of Science ID 000084867400007
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Hard X-ray emission from elliptical galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2000; 311 (3): 493-506
View details for Web of Science ID 000084867400006
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X-ray emission from supermassive black holes in elliptical galaxies and low radiative-efficiency accretion
195th Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 2000: 387–88
View details for Web of Science ID 000175748200049
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Hard X-ray emission from elliptical galaxies and its contribution to the X-ray background
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
1999; 527 (1): L21-L24
View details for Web of Science ID 000084235000006
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The ROSAT brightest cluster sample - III. Optical spectra of the central cluster galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1999; 306 (4): 857-896
View details for Web of Science ID 000081686500013
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X-ray and lensing results on the cluster around the powerful radio galaxy 4C+55.16
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1999; 306 (2): 467-472
View details for Web of Science ID 000081206600019
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The ROSAT Brightest Cluster Sample - I. The compilation of the sample and the cluster log N log S distribution
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1998; 301 (4): 881-914
View details for Web of Science ID 000077872300001
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A ROSAT study of the cores of clusters of galaxies - I. Cooling flows in an X-ray flux-limited sample
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1998; 298 (2): 416-432
View details for Web of Science ID 000075941500014
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The relationship between cooling flows and metallicity measurements for X-ray-luminous clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1998; 297 (3): L63-L68
View details for Web of Science ID 000074688400003
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The impact of cooling flows on the T-X-L-Bol relation for the most luminous clusters
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1998; 297 (3): L57-L62
View details for Web of Science ID 000074688400002
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Resolving the discrepancy between X-ray and gravitational lensing mass measurements for clusters of galaxies
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1998; 296 (2): 392-406
View details for Web of Science ID 000073810600016
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The ROSAT Brightest Cluster sample (BCS): The cluster X-ray luminosity function within z=0.3
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
1997; 479 (2): L101-L104
View details for Web of Science ID A1997WU50600006
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The spatial distributions of cooling gas and intrinsic X-ray-absorbing material in cooling flows
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1997; 286 (3): 583-603
View details for Web of Science ID A1997WV68900007
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The ASCA X-ray spectrum of the powerful radio galaxy 3C 109
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1997; 286 (3): 765-770
View details for Web of Science ID A1997WV68900018
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X-ray observations of cooling flow clusters
Meeting on Galactic and Cluster Cooling Flows
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 1997: 1–10
View details for Web of Science ID 000073437600001
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Cooling flows in ROSAT observations of clusters of galaxies
Meeting on Galactic and Cluster Cooling Flows
ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC. 1997: 157–164
View details for Web of Science ID 000073437600019
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ASCA and ROSAT observations of distant, massive cooling flows
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1996; 283 (1): 263-281
View details for Web of Science ID A1996VR11000027
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A combined X-ray and gravitational lensing study of the massive cooling-flow cluster PKS 0745-191
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1996; 279 (2): 615-635
View details for Web of Science ID A1996UA90600024
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STARBURSTS IN COOLING FLOWS - BLUE CONTINUA AND EMISSION-LINE NEBULAE IN CENTRAL CLUSTER GALAXIES
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1995; 276 (3): 947-960
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RX77300026
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COOLING FLOWS, CENTRAL GALAXY-CLUSTER ALIGNMENTS, X-RAY-ABSORPTION AND DUST
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1995; 275 (3): 741-754
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RN22300021
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OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF THE ROSAT X-RAY BRIGHTEST CLUSTERS .2.
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1995; 274 (1): 75-84
View details for Web of Science ID A1995QX95600014
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ZWICKY-3146 - THE MOST MASSIVE COOLING FLOW
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1994; 270 (1): L1-L5
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PE66000001
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A ROSAT HRI OBSERVATION OF THE ABELL-478 CLUSTER OF GALAXIES
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1994; 269 (3): 589-606
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PB73100007
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A ROSAT PSPC INVESTIGATION OF THE CENTAURUS CLUSTER OF GALAXIES
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1994; 269 (2): 409-426
View details for Web of Science ID A1994NY27700023
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A ROSAT PSPC OBSERVATION OF ABELL-478 - THE DISTRIBUTION OF X-RAY ABSORBING MATTER IN A MASSIVE COOLING FLOW
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1993; 262 (4): 901-914
View details for Web of Science ID A1993LH52500012
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OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF THE ROSAT X-RAY BRIGHTEST CLUSTERS
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1992; 259 (1): 67-81
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JV67400007
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3C 109 - AN OBSCURED X-RAY LUMINOUS QUASAR
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1992; 258 (1): P29-P32
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JM50600029
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GINGA AND EXOSAT OBSERVATIONS OF THE PERSEUS CLUSTER OF GALAXIES
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
1992; 254 (1): 51-58
View details for Web of Science ID A1992GW80700008