Scientists hypothesize that the missing atoms lie in diffuse clouds of
highly ionized gas stretching between the galaxies.
Not exact matches
Another way is also possible: At a temperature of millions of degrees, the
gas in the corona is
highly ionized, that is, electrons are stripped off neutral atoms and move freely.
The warmer dust component is spatially correlated well with the [O III] emission and hence likely to be associated with the
highly -
ionized gas locally heated by intense radiation from the two clusters.