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Internal Velocity and Mass Distributions in Clusters of Galaxies for a Variety of Cosmogonic Models
The mass and velocity distributions in the outskirts (Mpc) of
clusters of galaxies are examined for a suite of cosmogonic models utilizing
large-scale Particle-Mesh (PM) simulations ( cells, particles
and box size of Mpc, giving a nominal resolution of Mpc
with the true resolution about Mpc). Through a series of model
computations, designed to isolate the different effects, we find that both
and (Mpc) are important to the mass and
velocity distributions in clusters of galaxies. More details in the full
abstract.Comment: 29p plaintex submitted to The Astrophysical Journal on Jan 7, 199
The Intergalactic Medium and Soft X-ray Background
I present an overview of some of the recent advances in our understanding of
the distribution and evolution of the ordinary, baryonic matter in the
universe. Two observations that strongly suggest that most of the baryons seen
at high redshift () have turned into some forms yet undetected at
are highlighted. With the aid of large-scale cosmological hydrodynamic
simulations, it is shown that most of the baryons today are in a gaseous form
with a temperature of Kelvin -- the "warm/hot gas", shock heated
during the gravitational collapse and formation of the large-scale structure at
low redshift. Primarily line emissions from this warm/hot gas may account for a
large fraction of the residual (after removal of identifiable discrete sources)
soft X-ray background at keV. How this warm/hot gas may be detected
by the next generation of EUV and soft X-ray instruments is indicated.
Detection or non-detection of this warm/hot gas will have profound implications
for cosmology.Comment: An invited overview presented at "Small Missions for Energetic
Astrophysics", Los Alamos, March 1999, full paper with color figures can be
obtained at http://astro.princeton.edu/~cen/PROJECTS/p1/p1.htm
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