| TYPE | Colloquium |
| Speaker: | Professor Richard Mushotzky |
| Affiliation: | University of Maryland |
| Organizer: | Eric Akkerman and Ehud Behar |
| Date: | 13.01.2011 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Location: | Lidow Rosen Auditorium (323) |
| Remark: | This colloquium is part of the Israel Pollak Distinguished Lecture Series |
| Abstract: |
Clusters of galaxies are the largest bound structures in the Universe. They are cosmic laboratories to study a wide range of physical and astrophysical phenomena including dark matter, the chemical evolution of the universe, the formation and evolution of cosmic structure, the cosmological parameters , plasma physics on the largest scales, and relativistic particle acceleration. I will discuss these issues with an emphasis on what can be learned from high-energy astrophysics observations. |