Speaker
Mark Bautz
Description
A decade ago, high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of galaxy
clusters with XMM-Newton and Chandra led to profound
changes in our understanding of physical processes governing
the state of the plasma in cluster cores. Within the next few
years, the advent of X-ray micro-calorimetry will likely open
another new window on the the physics of the intracluster
medium. I will review the expected performance of these new
tools and discuss the potential advances they may produce in
our understanding of clusters masses and of the kinematics
and energy transport processes in the cluster plasma.
