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R. Cen (Princeton University)
Cosmological hydrodynamic simulations suggest that nearly one half of the baryons today may be in a warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM). Detection (non-detection) of the WHIM would have several profound implications, pertaining to the baryon content of the universe, the gravitational instability picture and galaxy formation. I will give an overview of the physics of the WHIM and suggest possible ways to search for it.
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35#5
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