Hard X-ray emission from accretion shocks around galaxy clusters

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kushnir, Doron ^a   Waxman, Eli ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Absorption and radiation processes; Galaxy clusters; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649208683     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/02/025     Document Type: Article

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