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Cluster Shock Waves

Cluster Shock Waves is a physical phenomenon in astrophysics denoting a propagating discontinuity in the intracluster medium of galaxy clusters, characterized by a sudden increase in gas density, temperature, and pressure due to supersonic flow driven by gravitational structure formation or mergers.

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Intracluster Shock Waves

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377

Shocks and cold fronts in galaxy clusters

Maxim Markevitch, A. Vikhlinin · Physics Reports · 2007 · 747 citations · Full text

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A very deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster: shocks, ripples and conduction

A. C. Fabian, J. S. Sanders, G. B. Taylor et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2006 · 646 citations · Full text

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High-energy ions produced in explosions of superheated atomic clusters

J. W. G. Tisch, Emma Springate, M. B. Mason et al. · Nature · 1997 · 626 citations

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A Textbook Example of a Bow Shock in the Merging Galaxy Cluster 1E 0657-56

Maxim Markevitch, Anthony H. Gonzalez, L. P. David et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 624 citations · Full text

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A deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster: shocks and ripples

A. C. Fabian, J. S. Sanders, S. W. Allen et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 617 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MB
    M. Brüggen

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    28 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. RJ
    R. J. van Weeren

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    28 publications · 2K citations

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  3. GB
    G. Brunetti

    Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna, Italy

    25 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. HJ
    H. J. A. Röttgering

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. WF
    W. Forman

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

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454

  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    34 h-index

    142 publications

    14.8K citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    29 h-index

    104 publications

    7K citations

  3. Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    27 h-index

    98 publications

    7.7K citations

  4. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    22 h-index

    69 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    2.6K citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    71 publications

    7.5K citations

  7. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    20 h-index

    48 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg

    Tautenburg, Germany

    18 h-index

    21 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 79 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    72 publications · 6.5K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 10 publications · 496 citations

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