Galaxy systems in the optical and infrared
Astrophysics
2008-11-24 v1
Abstract
In these three lectures a review is provided of the properties of galaxy systems as determined from optical and infrared measurements. Covered topics are: clusters identification, global cluster properties and their scaling relations, cluster internal structure and dynamics, and properties of cluster galaxy populations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0811.3535,
title = {Galaxy systems in the optical and infrared},
author = {A. Biviano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.3535},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Three lectures given at the Course on the "Astrophysics of Galaxy Clusters" of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (Varenna, July 2008). 60 pages, 20 figures, 525 references