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Buzz Bloom
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The link below is to an 12/2/15 article at phys.org titled:
The article explains a lot about the missing baryonic matter, but does not explain why these intergalactic gas structures should have such large temperatures. Can someone offer an explanation about this?
Regards,
Buzz
What is the universe made of? Shedding light on the mystery of missing ordinary matter.
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-universe-mystery-ordinary.html
Here is a quote:http://phys.org/news/2015-12-universe-mystery-ordinary.html
Numerical simulations made it possible to predict that the rest of this ordinary matter should be located in the large-scale structures that form the 'cosmic web' at temperatures between 100,000 and 10 million degrees.
The article explains a lot about the missing baryonic matter, but does not explain why these intergalactic gas structures should have such large temperatures. Can someone offer an explanation about this?
Regards,
Buzz