{"353131":{"#nid":"353131","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Galaxy clusters: laboratories for extreme plasma physics","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Physics CRA Seminar Series: Dr. Brian W. O\u0027Shea, Michigan State University\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGalaxy clusters are the most massive virialized objects in the universe, and have the potential to be highly accurate probes of cosmological parameters. A fundamental challenge for cluster cosmology is to estimate the masses of these objects using observational proxies such as X-ray luminosity and temperature, which are complicated by the merger history of clusters and the microphysical properties of the intracluster medium. These effects, while frustrating to cosmologists, provide a rich laboratory for exploring the plasma physical processes that are occurring in these massive objects. In this talk I will present recent efforts to understand the effects that several plasma processes - including conduction and AGN feedback - have on the observable properties of galaxy clusters.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Galaxy clusters: laboratories for extreme plasma physics"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2014-12-09 11:19:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:10:39","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-12-11T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2014-12-11T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-12-11T15:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-12-11 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-12-11 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-12-11 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"111791","name":"Galaxy clusters"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}