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Back Illustration of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect

Illustration of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect


Date: 10 January 2011
Satellite: Planck
Depicts: Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
Copyright: ESA/Planck Collaboration

This illustration explains the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE), through which galaxy clusters imprint a distinctive signature on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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