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Intensity and galactic absorption of soft background X-rays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

A. N. Bunner ,
P. L. Coleman ,
W. L. Kraushaar ,
D. Mccammon ,
T. M. Palmieri ,
A. Shilepsky  and
M. Ulmer
A. N. Bunner
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., U.S.A.
P. L. Coleman
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., U.S.A.
W. L. Kraushaar
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., U.S.A.
D. Mccammon
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., U.S.A.
T. M. Palmieri
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., U.S.A.
A. Shilepsky
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., U.S.A.
M. Ulmer
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Measurements of the soft X-ray background intensity show that the intensity is largest in that part of the sky where the columnar atomic hydrogen density is smallest. In the direction b II =-60°, l II = 10° the intensity is found to be 195 ± 20 photons cm−2 sec−1 ster−1 keV−1 near 0.26 keV and 20 ± 3 photons cm−1 sec−1 ster−1 keV−1 near 0.9 keV. The intensity in the galactic plane is unexpectedly large.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 37: Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy , 1970 , pp. 342 - 351
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Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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