Probing the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium
Taotao Fang (UCB ) - October 14, Tuesday, 1 pm at 1 pm
Cosmological simulations reveal the cosmic web structure of the universe,
where moderately overdense filaments connect collapsed regions such as
groups and clusters of galaxies. These filaments, named "Warm-Hot
Intergalactic Medium", or "WHIM", account for a large amount of the
so-called "missing baryons" and are shock-heated to temperatures
between 10^5 - 10^7 K. I will discuss detailed imaging and spectroscopy
studies of UV/X-ray properties the WHIM gas via cosmological simulations
and observations. I will also talk about the correlation between X-ray
and the large scale structure. Finally I will discuss the detectability
with proposed X-ray telescopes.
The seminar will be held in 544 Campbell Hall .
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