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The Cosmic X-Ray Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

R. J. Weymann
R. J. Weymann*
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A.

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Evidence for a diffuse, isotropic non-terrestrial component of X-ray radiation has been accumulating since the very beginnings of X-ray astronomy. This evidence now seems secure beyond reasonable doubt, especially in the light of recent experiments, e.g. one in which a very clean separation from the cosmic ray and terrestrial background has been achieved (Pounds, 1967), and another in which a counting rate proportional to the solid angle of the sky subtended to three different detectors was found (Matsuoka et al., 1967).

In this very brief review I wish simply to discuss the current ideas on the mechanisms for the production of the background and the extent to which the present observations can discriminate between them and to consider the information obtainable from the very soft X-ray region, which so far has been relatively little exploited.

Type
Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 1: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIIIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1967 , 1968 , pp. 220 - 227
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968

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