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Science 1 March 1996:
Vol. 271. no. 5253, pp. 1244 - 1245
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5253.1244
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Perspectives

Andrew C. Fabian

Galaxy clusters often contain hot intergalactic gas that emits x-rays. In his Perspective, Fabian discusses recent results by Lieu et al. [Astrophys. J. 458, L5 (1996)] showing an unusually high amount of x-radiation at lower energies. This could be the signature of a cooler component to the intergalactic gas, which may require reexamination of current cluster models.

The author is at the Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom. E-mail: acf@cass41.ast.cam.ac.uk


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