The ionized intergalactic gas: baryonic dark matter.

Zurita, A.; Rozas, M.; Beckman, J. E.; Ryder, S.
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Astrophysics and Space Science Supplement, v. 277, p. 499-499 (2001).

Fecha de publicación:
2001
Número de autores
4
Número de autores del IAC
2
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0
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0
Descripción
We use Hα measurements of complete sets of HII regions in disc galaxies to compute the fraction of ionizing photons which escape from them using the hypothesis of density bounding. The escaping flux is more than enough to ionize the observed diffuse ionized gas (DIG) and the balance implies that an important fraction of the flux escapes into the intergalactic medium (IGM).