Clusters of galaxies are the largest virialised, gravitationally bound
structures in the Universe. They form hierarchically via major
cluster-cluster mergers and continuous infall of galaxies, groups, gas
etc. Whilst the broad details of hierarchical formation are thought
to be fairly well understood, finer details such as how the galaxies and
Intra-Cluster Medium evolve during the merging process are not well
understood. Studies in this area are also hindered by difficulties in
determining whether a cluster is in fact undergoing a merger and
distinguishing major mergers from minor. We have
used the Chandra X-ray archive to select a sample of "Cold Front"
clusters. Cold fronts are thought to be caused by a merger activity. We
plan to show this to be true by conducting follow up observations at optical
and radio wavelengths to search for further evidence of merger activity.
Our long term goal is to study the galaxy evolution in this cold front
sample.