Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-02-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 10 figures, invited talk at the VI International Conference on Gravitation and Astrophysics of Asian-Pacfic Countries
Scientific paper
Approximately 30 to 50 percent of the total baryons in the present universe is supposed to take a form of warm/hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) whose X-ray continuum emission is very weak. In order to carry out a direct and homogeneous survey of elusive cosmic missing baryons, we propose a dedicated soft-X-ray mission, {\it DIOS} (Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor). The unprecedented energy resolution ($\sim 2$eV) of the XSA (X-ray Spectrometer Array) on-board {\it DIOS} enables us to identify WHIM with gas temperature $T=10^{6-7}$K and overdensity $\delta=10-100$ located at $z<0.3$ through emission lines of O{\sc vii} and O{\sc viii}. {\it DIOS}, hopefully launched in several years, promises to open a new window of detection and characterization of cosmic missing baryons, and to provide yet another important and complementary tool to trace the large-scale structure of the universe.
Fujimoto Ryuichi
Furusho Tae
Furuzawa Akihiro
Ishida Manabu
Ishisaki Yoshitaka
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