Constraints on a hot intergalactic medium from the X-ray and submillimeter backgrounds

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Astrophysical Journal; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/185638· OSTI ID:6905067

Lahav, O; Loeb, A; Mckee, C F ^[1]

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1. Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA) California Univ., Berkeley (USA)

If the X-ray background is due to emission from a hot intergalactic medium (IGM), the cosmic microwave background is expected to be distorted as a result of Compton scattering. Recently, an excess in the submillimeter band has been measured by the Nagoya-Berkeley group. It is shown that even if the initial electron distribution function is non-Maxwellian, the reported distortion at 0.3 mm is too small to be consistent with a hot, homogeneous IGM model for the X-ray background. 25 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6905067
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal; (USA), Vol. 349; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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