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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 357, 期 3, 页码 929-936出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08699.x
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large-scale structure of Universe; X-rays : diffuse background
We have analysed the soft X-ray emission in a wide area of the Sculptor supercluster by using overlapping ROSAT Position Sensitive Proportional Counter pointings. After subtraction of the point sources, we have found evidence for extended, diffuse soft X-ray emission. We have investigated the nature of such extended emission through the cross-correlation with the density of galaxies as inferred from the Munster Redshift Survey. In particular, we have analysed the correlation as a function of the temperature of the X-ray emitting gas. We have found a significant correlation of the galaxy distribution only with the softest X-ray emission (0.1 - 0.3 keV) and only for gas temperatures kT < 0.5 keV. We have excluded the fact that this soft X-ray diffuse emission, and its correlation with the galaxy distribution, is significantly contributed by unresolved active galactic nuclei, groups of galaxies or individual galaxies. The most likely explanation is that the soft, diffuse X-ray emission is tracing warm-hot intergalactic medium, with temperatures below 0.5 keV, associated with the large-scale structures in the Sculptor supercluster.
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