Shocks and cold fronts in galaxy clusters
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Table of contents (abridged):
COLD FRONTS
Origin and evolution of merger cold fronts
Cold fronts in cluster cool cores
. . . Simulations of gas sloshing. Origin of density discontinuity.
. . . Effect of sloshing on cluster mass estimates and cooling flows.
Zoology of cold fronts
COLD FRONTS AS EXPERIMENTAL TOOL
Velocities of gas flows
Thermal conduction and diffusion across cold fronts
Stability of cold fronts
. . . Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
Possible future measurements using cold fronts
. . . Plasma depletion layer and magnetic field. Effective viscosity of ICM.
SHOCK FRONTS AS EXPERIMENTAL TOOL
Cluster merger shocks
Mach number determination
Front width
Mach cone and reverse shock?
Test of electron-ion equilibrium
. . . Comparison with other astrophysical plasmas
Shocks and cluster cosmic ray population
. . . Shock acceleration. Compression of fossil electrons.
. . . Yet another method to measure intracluster magnetic field.
67 pages, 38 figures. v2: minor corrections. An updated version of a review article to appear in Physics Reports
67 pages, 38 figures. v2: minor corrections. An updated version of a review article to appear in Physics Reports