We present a simple method for tracing the spatial distribution and predicting the physical properties of the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM), from the map of galaxy light in the Local Universe. Under the assumption that biasing is local and monotonic we map the ~2 h-1 Mpc smoothed density field of galaxy light into the mass-density field, from which we infer the spatial distribution of the WHIM in the Local Supercluster. Taking into account the scatter in the WHIM density-temperature and density-metallicity relation, extracted from the z= 0 outputs of high-resolution and large-box-size hydrodynamical cosmological simulations, we are able to quantify the probability of detecting WHIM signatures in the form of absorption features in the X-ray spectra, along arbitrary directions in the sky. To illustrate the usefulness of this semi-analytical method we focus on the WHIM properties in the Virgo cluster region.

Tracing the Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium in the Local Universe / Viel, Matteo; Branchini, E.; Cen, R.; Ostriker, J. P.; Matarrese, S.; Mazzotta, P.; Tully, B.. - In: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0035-8711. - 360:3(2005), pp. 1110-1122. [10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09097.x]

Tracing the Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium in the Local Universe

Viel, Matteo;
2005-01-01

Abstract

We present a simple method for tracing the spatial distribution and predicting the physical properties of the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM), from the map of galaxy light in the Local Universe. Under the assumption that biasing is local and monotonic we map the ~2 h-1 Mpc smoothed density field of galaxy light into the mass-density field, from which we infer the spatial distribution of the WHIM in the Local Supercluster. Taking into account the scatter in the WHIM density-temperature and density-metallicity relation, extracted from the z= 0 outputs of high-resolution and large-box-size hydrodynamical cosmological simulations, we are able to quantify the probability of detecting WHIM signatures in the form of absorption features in the X-ray spectra, along arbitrary directions in the sky. To illustrate the usefulness of this semi-analytical method we focus on the WHIM properties in the Virgo cluster region.
2005
360
3
1110
1122
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09097.x
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412566
Viel, Matteo; Branchini, E.; Cen, R.; Ostriker, J. P.; Matarrese, S.; Mazzotta, P.; Tully, B.
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