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Cosmic Matter Distribution: Cosmic Baryon Budget Revisited

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The cosmic baryon budget is revisited using modern observations that have become available since our first publication. I also present an estimate for the heavy element abundance. An increased accuracy in the accounting of the baryon budget reveals `missing baryons', which amount to 35\approx 35% of the total. This would provide an interesting test for models of the cosmic structure formation.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0312517,
  title  = {Cosmic Matter Distribution: Cosmic Baryon Budget Revisited},
  author = {Masataka Fukugita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0312517},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Invited Talk given at IAU Symposium 220, "Dark Matter in Galaxies", Sydney, 21-25 July, 2003. To be published in the Proceedings