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Based on ROSAT X-ray data, we constructed the baryon mass function for a statistically complete sample of galaxy clusters at redshifts of 0.01–0.1. Since the derived function is similar to the total mass function for clusters, it can be used to determine cosmological parameters.
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Translated from Pis'ma v Astronomicheski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Zhurnal, Vol. 28, No. 12, 2002, pp. 883–888.
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Voevodkin, A.A., Vikhlinin, A.A. & Pavlinsky, M.N. The baryon mass distribution for nearby galaxy clusters. Astron. Lett. 28, 793–798 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1525830
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