Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect
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The Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect is the spectral distortion of the cosmic microwave background through inverse Compton scattering by high-energy electrons in galaxy clusters, in which the low-energy CMB p
First measurements of the thermal Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array with one of the most massive galaxy clusters known, RX J1347.5-1145.
Yakov Zeldovich
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Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reaction
Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect
…The Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect (named after Rashid Sunyaev and Yakov B. Zeldovich and often abbreviated as the SZ effect) is the spectral distortion of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) through inverse Compton scattering by…
Zeldovich on a 2014 Russian Post stamp
Zeldovich (right) with astrophysicist Iosif Shklovsky in 1977