Warm-hot intergalactic medium contribution to baryonic matter

2006/04/21 by Andrzej M. Soltan, A. M. Sołtan · 13 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Baryon #Component (thermodynamics) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Intergalactic dust #Intergalactic medium #Intergalactic travel #Lyman-alpha forest #Universe #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065431

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 460(1), 59-66 (EDP Sciences) · 9 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 2006/04/21 · openalex publication_date 2006/09/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.Hydrodynamical simulations indicate that a substantial fraction of baryons in the universe remains in a diffuse component – warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM).

Citations

• The X‐Ray Surface Brightness Distribution from Diffuse Gas
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• The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: spectral types and luminosity functions