Hot Gas in the Local Group and Low-Redshift Intergalactic Medium

dc.creatorSembach, Kenneth R.
dc.date2003-11-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:11:03Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:11:03Z
dc.descriptionThere is increasing observational evidence that hot, highly ionized interstellar and intergalactic gas plays a significant role in the evolution of galaxies in the local universe. The primary spectral diagnostics of the warm-hot interstellar/intergalactic medium are ultraviolet and X-ray absorption lines of O VI and O VII. In this paper, I summarize some of the recent highlights of spectroscopic studies of hot gas in the Local Group and low-redshift universe. These highlights include investigations of the baryonic content of low-z O VI absorbers,evidence for a hot Galactic corona or Local Group medium, and the discovery of a highly ionized high velocity cloud system around the Milky Way.
dc.description14 pages, includes 5 figures and cupconf.cls style file. To be published in the proceedings of the 2003 STScI May Symposium "The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311089
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311089
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/6946
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleHot Gas in the Local Group and Low-Redshift Intergalactic Medium
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