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X-raying extragalactic gas: warm-hot gas in the EAGLE simulations
For these future X-ray telescopes, the strongest X-ray absorption lines and essentially all detectable line emission will come from the gaseous haloes surrounding galaxies. Some weaker, but still detectable absorption lines will come from the more diffuse gas outside these haloes. Photo-ionisation by the intergalactic ultraviolet/X-ray radiation background affects the absorption and emission lines...Show moreI have studied the hot, diffuse gas around and between galaxies. Specifically, I have used the EAGLE numerical simulations of galaxy formation to predict the properties of this gas, and I have used those properties to predict specific observables: soft X-ray absorption and emission lines. Measuring this gas is challenging, but if we can observe and characterise it, we can learn much about the gas flows in and out of galaxies that regulate their formation and evolution. Observations of soft X-ray lines with future X-ray telescopes, such as Athena and XRISM, will enable us to do so.
For these future X-ray telescopes, the strongest X-ray absorption lines and essentially all detectable line emission will come from the gaseous haloes surrounding galaxies. Some weaker, but still detectable absorption lines will come from the more diffuse gas outside these haloes. Photo-ionisation by the intergalactic ultraviolet/X-ray radiation background affects the absorption and emission lines of the very diffuse gas between galaxies, and the diffuse edges of the galaxy haloes. Emission from this photo-ionised gas is not expected to be detectable, but some absorption should be.
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- All authors
- Wijers, N.A.
- Supervisor
- Schaye, J.; Kaastra, J.
- Committee
- Röttgering, H.J.A.; Hennawi, J.F.; Simionescu, A.; Mathur, S.; Faucher-Giguere, C.A.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Leiden Observatory , Faculty of Science , Leiden University
- Date
- 2022-03-16
- ISBN (print)
- 9789464194418