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An X-ray View of the Hot Circum-Galactic Medium

arXiv:2002.08257 · doi:10.1002/asna.202023775

Abstract

The hot circum-galactic medium (CGM) represents the hot gas distributed beyond the stellar content of the galaxies while typically within their dark matter halos. It serves as a depository of energy and metal-enriched materials from galactic feedback and a reservoir from which the galaxy acquires fuels to form stars. It thus plays a critical role in the coevolution of galaxies and their environments. X-rays are one of the best ways to trace the hot CGM. I will briefly review what we have learned about the hot CGM based on X-ray observations over the past two decades, and what we still do not know. I will also briefly prospect what may be the foreseeable breakthrough in the next one or two decades with future X-ray missions.

arXiv comment7 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables; AN in press; invited review for the XMM-Newton 2019 science workshop "Astrophysics of Hot Plasma in Extended X-ray Sources"

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