Branchini 2009 用伽玛暴研究WHIM(温热星际介质)

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Title:		Studying the WHIM with Gamma Ray Bursts
Authors:		Branchini, E.; Ursino, E.; Corsi, A.; Martizzi, D.; Amati, L.; den Herder, J. W.; Galeazzi, M.; Gendre, B.; Kaastra, J.; Moscardini, L.; Nicastro, F.; Ohashi, T.; Paerels, F.; Piro, L.; Roncarelli, M.; Takei, Y.; Viel, M.
Publication:		eprint arXiv:0903.1861
Publication Date:		03/2009
Origin:		ARXIV
Keywords:		Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Comment:		16 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication by ApJ
Bibliographic Code:		2009arXiv0903.1861B

Abstract

We assess the possibility to detect and characterize the physical state of the missing baryons at low redshift by analyzing the X-ray absorption spectra of the Gamma Ray Burst [GRB] afterglows, measured by a micro calorimeters-based detector with 3 eV resolution and 1000 cm2 effective area and capable of fast re-pointing, similar to that on board of the recently proposed X-ray satellites EDGE and XENIA. For this purpose we have analyzed mock absorption spectra extracted from different hydrodynamical simulations used to model the properties of the Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium [WHIM]. These models predict the correct abundance of OVI absorption lines observed in UV and satisfy current X-ray constraints. According to these models space missions like EDGE and XENIA should be able to detect about 60 WHIM absorbers per year through the OVII line. About 45 % of these have at least two more detectable lines in addition to OVII that can be used to determine the density and the temperature of the gas. Systematic errors in the estimates of the gas density and temperature can be corrected for in a robust, largely model-independent fashion. The analysis of the GRB absorption spectra collected in three years would also allow to measure the cosmic mass density of the WHIM with about 15 % accuracy, although this estimate depends on the WHIM model. Our results suggest that GRBs represent a valid, if not preferable, alternative to Active Galactic Nuclei to study the WHIM in absorption. The analysis of the absorption spectra nicely complements the study of the WHIM in emission that the spectrometer proposed for EDGE and XENIA would be able to carry out thanks to its high sensitivity and large field of view.

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