Presence of Ionized Gas Around Galaxies (IMAGE)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

Presence of Ionized Gas Around Galaxies

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The presence of ionized gas around galaxies with moves with them leaves a trace in the microwave background radiation (left panel) which can be detected knowing the pattern of velocities of the galaxies provided by the map of fluctuations in their redshift (right panel).

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Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo (IAC).

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