INTRODUCTION
COSMOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND PERTURBATION GROWTH IN THE
LINEAR REGIME
- Cosmological standard model
The Linear power spectrum
Growth of fluctuations in the linear regime
ANALYTIC MODELS FOR NONLINEAR GROWTH, VIRIAL SCALING
RELATIONS, AND HALO STATISTICS
- Nonlinearity defined
Spherical Top-Hat Model
Virial Scaling Relations
Statistics of hierarchical clustering:
Press-Schechter theory
Validating the Halo Mass Function using N-body
Simulations
Application to galaxy clusters
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF GAS IN GALAXY CLUSTERS
- Dynamic range considerations
Simulating cluster formation
Numerical methods overview
Structure of nonradiative clusters: the Santa
Barbara test cluster
Effect of additional physics
RECENT PROGRESS IN GALAXY CLUSTER MODELING
- Improved Treatment of Galaxy Feedback: GALCONS
AGN Feedback: X-ray Cavity Formation by a
Magnetized Jet
ICM Turbulence
Origin of Cluster-Wide Magnetic Fields
STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES AND LIGHTCONES
- Mock SZE Surveys
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