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Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect In The Intra-Cluster Medium, Nathan Fronk
Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect In The Intra-Cluster Medium, Nathan Fronk
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This paper covers the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, it’s derivation, and it’s applications in astronomy. The effect is a result of inverse Compton scattering in a cloud of hot charged particles, causing an increase in the temperature of the the cosmic microwave background radiation passing through the cloud. This change in temperature can be measured, and used to calculate the physical properties of the structure in question. This paper focuses on the a method used by Adam et al. (2017) to find a temperature map of the intra-cluster medium.