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The present volume is the record of a recent topical conference on the interplay between heating and cooling processes in galaxies and clusters of galaxies. The volume documents recent progress in our understanding of the dense central regions of these objects. Chapters detail recent results from multiwavelength observations and advances in numerical hydrodynamical simulations. An additional section covers new research on feedback and self-regulatory mechanisms during cosmic structure formation in general, and in galaxy formation in particular. With reviews and technical papers written by leading scientists, this state-of-the art report will be a valuable and comprehensive source of reference for all astronomers and astrophysicists active in this field.
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ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA European Southern Observatory ——————————————————— Series Editor: Bruno Leibundgut H. Böhringer P. Schuecker G.W. Pratt A. Finoguenov Heating versus Cooling in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies Proceedings of the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference held in Garching, Germany, 6-11 August 2006 ABC Volume Editors Hans Böhringer Gabriel W. Pratt Alexis Finoguenov Peter Schuecker Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik Giessenbachstraβe 85748 Garching Germany Series Editor Bruno Leibundgut ESO Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 85748 Garching Germany Library of Congress Control Number: 2007931618 ISBN 978-3-540-73483-3 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts ther