A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reports that a team of international researchers, led by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), have discovered the earliest indications of certain portions of the universe that were heated to tempe
, have discovered the earliest indications of certain portions of the universe that were heated to temperatures similar to that of the intergalactic gas medium, where the majority of atoms in the universe currently reside.
An international team of researchers led by Kavli IPMU graduate student Chenze Dong and Project Assistant Professor Khee-Gan Lee have identified the furthest patch of the universe heated up to temperatures more characteristic of today’s WHIM at a time when the universe was only 3 billion years old.
Usually, the large mass and size of galaxy protoclusters would cast a large shadow when viewed at the specific wavelength of 121.6 nanometers, caused by the absorption by the neutral hydrogen associated with the protocluster gas.“We were surprised at the absence because hydrogen absorption is one of the common ways to search for galaxy protoclusters, and other protoclusters near COSTCO-I do show this absorption signal”, said Dong.
“The properties and origin of the WHIM remain one of the biggest questions in astrophysics right now, and to be able to glimpse at one of the early heating sites of the WHIM will help reveal the mechanisms that caused the intergalactic gas to boil up into the present-day froth.
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