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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES

3.THEORETICAL BACKGROUND RELATED TO CLUSTER MAGNETIC FIELDS

3.1.Synchrotron radiation

3.2.Equipartition magnetic fields derived from the synchrotron emission

3.3.Inverse Compton radiation

3.4.Magnetic fields derived from IC emission

3.5.Faraday Rotation effect

4.DIFFUSE RADIO EMISSION IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES

4.1.Radio halos

4.2.Relics

4.3.Mini-halos

4.4.Magnetic fields beyond clusters

5.HARD X-RAY EMISSION IN CLUSTERS

6.ROTATION MEASURES

7.CLUSTER COLD FRONTS

8.MAGNETIC FIELD PROFILE

9.RECONCILING MAGNETIC FIELD VALUES

10.CLUSTER MAGNETIC FIELDS THROUGH A NUMERICAL APPROACH

10.1.Simulated rotation measures

10.2.Simulated radio halo polarization

11.ORIGIN AND AMPLIFICATION OF CLUSTER MAGNETIC FIELDS

12.CONCLUSIONS

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