X-ray Observations of the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium
arXiv:astro-ph/0210575 · doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0115-1_19
Abstract
We present Chandra observations that provide the most direct evidence to date for the pervasive, moderate density, shock-heated intergalactic medium predicted by leading cosmological scenarios. We also comment briefly on future observations with Constellation-X.
To be published in the proceedings of the conference "IGM/Galaxy Connection- The Distribution of Baryons at z=0". 6 pages