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The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

This brief, general review the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (S-Z) effect includes a description of the calculation of the total intensity change and polarization components, a discussion of the basic properties of the S-Z power spectrum and cluster number counts, and a summary of the main observational results.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0511626,
  title  = {The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect},
  author = {Y. Rephaeli and S. Sadeh and M. Shimon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0511626},
  year   = {2008}
}

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18 pages, 6 figures; to appear in proceedings of the Enrico Fermi School `Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology', editors: F. Melchiorri and Y. Rephaeli