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dicerandom
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Hi all,
I'm currently taking a course in introductory cosmology, last quarter I had an introductory course in plasma physics. Something that's been bothering me through the course of my cosmo class is the fact that plasma effects are entirely ignored even though it's acknowledged that, for instance, in the Coma cluster the ratio of intergalactic plasma mass to steller mass is on the order of 10.
I'm wondering what effects taking the mostly-plasma nature of matter into account would have on both large scale cosmology and medium-range effects such as interactions within clusters of galaxies. Could someone point me towards some good (but hopefully still accessable) papers on these subjects?
I'm currently taking a course in introductory cosmology, last quarter I had an introductory course in plasma physics. Something that's been bothering me through the course of my cosmo class is the fact that plasma effects are entirely ignored even though it's acknowledged that, for instance, in the Coma cluster the ratio of intergalactic plasma mass to steller mass is on the order of 10.
I'm wondering what effects taking the mostly-plasma nature of matter into account would have on both large scale cosmology and medium-range effects such as interactions within clusters of galaxies. Could someone point me towards some good (but hopefully still accessable) papers on these subjects?