TY - JOUR
T1 - An estimate of the electron density in filaments of galaxies at z ~ 0.1
AU - Fraser-McKelvie, Amelia Kate
AU - Pimbblet, Kevin
AU - Lazendic-Galloway, Jasmina
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Most of the baryons in the Universe are thought to be contained within filaments of galaxies, but as yet, no single study has published the observed properties of a large sample of known filaments to determine typical physical characteristics such as temperature and electron density. This paper presents a comprehensive large-scale search conducted for X-ray emission from a population of 41 bona fide filaments of galaxies to determine their X-ray flux and electron density. The sample is generated from the filament catalogue of Pimbblet et al., which is in turn sourced from the two-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS).
AB - Most of the baryons in the Universe are thought to be contained within filaments of galaxies, but as yet, no single study has published the observed properties of a large sample of known filaments to determine typical physical characteristics such as temperature and electron density. This paper presents a comprehensive large-scale search conducted for X-ray emission from a population of 41 bona fide filaments of galaxies to determine their X-ray flux and electron density. The sample is generated from the filament catalogue of Pimbblet et al., which is in turn sourced from the two-degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS).
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18847.x/abstract;jsessionid=057C4699D708C61C1D0FA0DBD29F7139.d03
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18847.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18847.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0035-8711
VL - 415
SP - 1961
EP - 1966
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IS - 2
ER -