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2009ApJ...695.1351B - Astrophys. J., 695, 1351-1356 (2009/April-3)

X-ray absorption by WHIM in the Sculptor wall.

BUOTE D.A., ZAPPACOSTA L., FANG T., HUMPHREY P.J., GASTALDELLO F. and TAGLIAFERRI G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present XMM Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) and Chandra Low-Energy Transmission Grating (LETG) observations of the blazar, H 2356-309, located behind the Sculptor Wall, a large-scale galaxy structure expected to harbor high-density Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM). Our simultaneous analysis of the RGS and LETG spectra yields a 3σ detection of the crucial redshifted O VII Kα line with a column density (≳1016/cm2) consistent with similar large-scale structures produced in cosmological simulations. This represents the first detection of nonlocal WHIM from X-ray absorption studies where XMM and Chandra data are analyzed simultaneously and the absorber redshift is already known, thus providing robust evidence for the expected repository of the "missing baryons."

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Journal keyword(s): BL Lacertae objects: individual: H 2356-309 - cosmology: observations - diffuse radiation - X-rays: diffuse background - X-rays: galaxies: clusters

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