11–14 Aug 2014
Niels Bohr Institute
Europe/Copenhagen timezone

Shock Waves in Galaxy Clusters

13 Aug 2014, 14:25
25m
Auditorium A (Niels Bohr Institute)

Auditorium A

Niels Bohr Institute

Blegdamsvej 17 Copenhagen

Speaker

Prof. Marcus Bruggen (University of Hamburg)

Description

The intracluster medium is an extreme plasma that cannot be studied in terrestrial laboratories. Its thermal state is largely set by shocks that occur during virialisation and cluster mergers. Shocks are also a site for particle acceleration. Observations in the X-ray and radio band are beginning to tell us more about the physics of these shocks - however, the results from recent observations have raised a number of fundamental questions. I will present recent observations that challenge our current understanding of shocks in clusters. New ways of studying them are discussed.

Primary author

Prof. Marcus Bruggen (University of Hamburg)

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