X-RAYING THE INTERGALACTIC O VI ABSORBERS
The observed intergalactic O vi absorbers at z > 0 have been regarded as a significant reservoir of the “missing baryons.” However, to fully understand how these absorbers contribute to the baryon inventory, it is crucial to determine whether the systems are collisionally ionized or photoionize...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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American Astronomical Society
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51704 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-8441 |