Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-07-16
Astrophys.J. 614 (2004) 31-36
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 7 eps figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/423413
Large-scale structure calculations show that modest overdensity filaments will connect clusters of galaxies and these filaments are reservoirs of baryons, mainly in gaseous form. To determine whether such filaments exist, we have examined the UV absorption line properties of three AGNs projected behind possible filaments in superclusters of galaxies; the AGNs lie within 3 Mpc of the centerlines of loci connecting clusters. All three lines of sight show absorption in Ly\alpha, Ly\beta, or/and OVI at redshifts within about 1300 km/s of the nearby galaxy clusters that would define the closest filaments. For one AGN, the absorption line redshifts are close to the emission line redshift of the AGN, so we cannot rule out self-absorption for this object. These absorption line associations with superclusters are unlikely to have occurred by chance, a result consistent with the presence of cosmic filaments within superclusters.
Bregman Joel N.
Dupke Renato A.
Miller Eric D.
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