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The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

arXiv:astro-ph/0511626 · doi:10.1393/ncr/i2007-10015-9

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.

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

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