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arxiv: 0708.1761 · v1 · submitted 2007-08-13 · 🌌 astro-ph

Lost Baryons at Low Redshift

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keywords baryonssystemsx-rayabsorptiondiscussintergalacticlostmedium
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We review our attempts to discover lost baryons at low redshift with ``X-ray forest'' of absorption lines from the warm-hot intergalactic medium. We discuss the best evidence to date along the Mrk 421 sightline. We then discuss the missing baryons in the Local Group and the significance of the z=0 absorption systems in X-ray spectra. We argue that the debate over the Galactic vs. extragalactic origin of the z=0 systems is premature as these systems likely contain both components. Observations with next generation X-ray missions such as Constellation-X and XEUS will be crucial to map out the warm-hot intergalactic medium.

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