| Name | 065329 |
| Title | Large Halos of Missing Baryons Around Galaxies |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0653290101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-4w0xeg4 |
| Author | Prof Joel Bregman |
| Description | If galaxies had the cosmological baryon-to-dark matter ratio, they would have 3-30 times their observed baryon mass. These missing baryons are undetected, but some fraction may surround a galaxy with a hot diffuse halo extending to R_virial (250 kpc). A loosely bound gaseous halo could be stripped in a cluster or group environment, but should be relatively undisturbed around isolated late-type spirals. Existing observations of spirals are mainly of nearby systems, where only the inner parts fit in a field of view so a halo on the scale of R_virial would pass unnoticed. To detect or place limits on a large halo of missing baryons, we propose to observe isolated L* spirals sufficiently distant that we can detect emission to at least R_virial. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2010-12-04T05:58:44Z/2010-12-05T00:00:30Z |
| Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earth's atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2011-12-22T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2011-12-22T00:00:00Z, 065329, 17.56_20190403_1200. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-4w0xeg4 |