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SP4: The missing baryons and the WHIM

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J. Kaastra, A. Finoguenov, et al.

What is the role of feedback by star-driven galactic winds and active galactic nuclei in the process of galaxy formation and what is the balance between gas accretion and outflows.

Observations with Athena will reveal the location, chemical composition, physical state and dynamics of the active population of baryons.

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