XMM-Newton detection of warm/hot integalactic medium at z~0.01
Abstract
We report a ~3 sigma detection of a 21.82 A absorption feature in the direction of the BL Lac MRK 421 which is interpreted as OVII K(alpha) at z~0.01. This corresponds to the redshift of a H absorber in a cosmic void detected by HST along the line of sight of the same object. The 21.82 A line proves the existence of warm/hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) outside the Local Group, in agreement with current models of structure formation in the Universe. The WHIM at z~0.01 has temperature <~(2.5-4)E6 K for gas densities in the range 1E-6 - 1 atom/cm3. We also detect OVII, OVIII and NeIX absorption lines with zero velocity, possibly connected with WHIM in the Local Group.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0212070,
title = {XMM-Newton detection of warm/hot integalactic medium at z~0.01},
author = {Ilaria Cagnoni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0212070},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Uses emulateapj.sty. This paper will never be finished because the author moved to a non scientific job. Sorry.