IAU Special Sessions (GA)
SpS2: Cosmic evolution of groups and clusters of galaxies
Start date/time
August 20, 2012
End date/time
August 24, 2012
Place
Beijing,
China, Nanjing
Contact
Jan Vrtilek
jvrtilek@cfa.harvard.edu
Coordinating Division
Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics
SOC Co-Chairs: Jan M. Vrtilek (United States), Laurence P. David (United States)
SOC Members: Monique Arnaud (France), Paulo Lopes (Brazil), D. J. Saikia (India), Omar Lopez-Cruz (Mexico), Eugene Churazov (Russian Federation), Sabine Schindler (Austria), Diana Worrall (United Kingdom), Matthew Colless (Australia), Noam Soker (Israel), Manolis Plionis (Greece), Yipeng Jing (China Nanjing), Jeremy Lim (China Nanjing)
Editors of Proceedings: Jan Vrtilek (United States), Laurence David (United States)
Topics:
- Cluster Surveys
- Structure formation: Comparison between observations and simulations
- Cluster and group mass measurements (X-ray, optical, and lensing)
- Gas Mass Fraction and Missing Baryons
- Cooling and AGN Feedback
- Star Formation in the Central Dominant Galaxy in Clusters
- Chemical Enrichment over Cosmic Times
- Radio halos (mini, large-scale, relics)
- Impact of new radio observatories (LOFAR, ALMA, SKA)
- Clusters as laboratories for studying the effects of environment on galaxy evolution