Some Aspects of Inverse Compton Emission from 3K Background Photons
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We review the history and a few features of IC/3K emission. We discuss observing strategies, the physical parameters which can be derived directly or indirectly from successful detections, and the disparities between magnetic field strength estimates found by different methods.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0002463,
title = {Some Aspects of Inverse Compton Emission from 3K Background Photons},
author = {D. E. Harris and L. S. Moore},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0002463},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages latex with one embedded figure.Published in MPE Report 271, October 1999, page 219. Proceedings of the Ringberg workshop: "Diffuse Thermal and Relativistic Plasma in Galaxy Clusters", editors H. B\"{o}hringer, L. Feretti, and P. Schuecker