Galaxy systems in the optical and infrared
by A. Biviano
Publisher: arXiv 2008
Number of pages: 60
Description:
In these three lectures a review is provided of the properties of galaxy systems as determined from optical and infrared measurements. Covered topics are: clusters identification, global cluster properties and their scaling relations, cluster internal structure and dynamics, and properties of cluster galaxy populations.
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