Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Preliminary maps covering more than 85 percent of the sky are presented for three energy bands: the B band, the C band, and the M band. The study was undertaken to find evidence that most of the diffuse X-ray background at energies less than 1 keV is local to the galaxy and that it is most probably due to thermal radiation from a low density plasma which fills a substantial fraction of interstellar space. A preliminary analysis of the data is provided including a report that most of the B and C band flux has a common origin, probably in a 10 to the 6th power K region surrounding the Sun, and that most of the M band flux does not originate from the same material.
Keywords:
ASTROPHYSICS
Type:
NASA-CR-162763
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NO-102
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Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf.; Aug 01, 1979; Kyoto
Format:
application/pdf
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