Chandra Detection of X-ray Absorption from Local Warm/Hot Gas
arXiv:astro-ph/0210243 · doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0115-1_18
Abstract
Recently, with the Chandra X-ray Telescope we have detected several local X-ray absorption lines along lines-of-sight towards distant quasars. These absorption lines are produced by warm/hot gas located in local intergalactic space and/or in our Galaxy. I will present our observations and discuss the origin of the X-ray absorption and its implications in probing the warm/hot component of local baryons.
6 pages, 1 figure. To appear in "the IGM/Galaxy Connection - The Distribution of Baryons at z=0", 2002