Measured cosmological mass density in the WHIM: The solution to the 'Missing Baryons' problem

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 721-726

  Nicastro, Fabrizio ^a   Elvis, Martin ^a   Fiore, Fabrizio ^c   Mathur, Smita ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmological mass density; IGM; WHIM

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAYS; FILAMENTS (LAMP); IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIZING; X RAYS;

COSMOLOGICAL MASS DENSITY; IGM; WHIM; X-RAY DETECTIONS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 27744531873     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.01.053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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