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Title: "The Most Massive Clusters of Galaxies in the Universe"
Abstract: ESA's Planck Mission has provided a large, statistically
representative sample of massive clusters, detected over the full
sky through their SZ effect. Since the strength of the SZ signal is
directly correlated with total cluster mass, the Planck detections
provide a good estimate of the cluster mass. To better understand the
growth of massive clusters, we are using Chandra observations of 165
Planck detected clusters at redshifts z<0.35 to determine cluster morphologies.
I will show a comparison of the cluster morphologies in SZ selected samples
compared to X-ray and optically selected samples. In addition, among these very massive
systems are the HST Frontier Field clusters. For these we are combining deep X-ray,
radio and optical/IR observations to better understand cluster mergers,
the transformations of cluster galaxies, the generation of radio halos and relics,
as well as to identify X-ray and radio AGN that are lensed by the cluster.
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