Theoretical Implications of Diffuse Non-Thermal Emission from Clusters of Galaxies
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A short review on theoretical implications of non-thermal emission (radio, extreme ultraviolet, high energy X-ray) from the intracluster medium is given. The origin of cluster radio halos and cluster radio relics is discussed within the framework of a network of processes producing a non-thermal electron population. Emphasis is given to the role of old, remnant, presently invisible relativistic plasma released by former radio galaxies.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000