FUV and X-Ray absorption in the warm-hot intergalactic medium
- The Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM) arises from shock-heated gas collapsing in large-scale filaments and probably harbours a substantial fraction of the baryons in the local Universe. Absorption-line measurements in the ultraviolet (UV) and in the X-ray band currently represent the best method to study the WHIM at low redshifts. We here describe the physical properties of the WHIM and the concepts behind WHIM absorption line measurements of Hi and high ions such as Ovi, Ovii, and Oviii in the far-ultraviolet and X-ray band. We review results of recent WHIM absorption line studies carried out with UV and X-ray satellites such as FUSE, HST, Chandra, and XMM-Newton and discuss their implications for our knowledge of the WHIM.
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| Author details: | Philipp RichterORCiDGND, Frits B. S. Paerels, Jelle S. KaastraORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-434226 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-43422 |
| ISSN: | 1866-8372 |
| Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (864) |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2020/04/03 |
| Publication year: | 2008 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2020/04/03 |
| Tag: | cosmology : large-scale structure of the Universe; galaxies : intergalactic medium; quasars : absorption lines |
| Issue: | 864 |
| Number of pages: | 27 |
| First page: | 25 |
| Last Page: | 49 |
| Source: | Space Science Reviews 134 (2008) 25–49 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9325-4 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
| DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 60 Technik / 600 Technik, Technologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
