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D.J. Horner, W.H. Baumgartner (UMD/GSFC), K.C. Gendreau, R.F. Mushotzky, M. Loewenstein, S.M. Molnar (NASA/GSFC)
We present a uniform and systematic analysis of galaxy clusters and groups observed by the ASCA x-ray satellite. Our sample consists of nearly all the clusters and groups in the ASCA public archives. We have used semi-automated scripts to extract and reduce the data and to fit the cluster spectra. Our sample contains over 250 clusters and groups with measured x-ray temperature, metal abundance, and luminosity. We use this sample to investigate relationships among x-ray properties of cluster, like the luminosity--temperature relation and abundance--temperature relation, as well as the relationship between x-ray properties and optical properties of clusters.