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On the Zero-Level of the Soft X-ray Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M.J. Freyberg
M.J. Freyberg*
Affiliation:
Max–Planck–Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740 Garching, Germany

Abstract

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The soft X-ray background (SXRB, 0.1 – 2.0 keV) is generally believed to be comprised of a local component, the Local (Hot) Bubble (LHB), which is only marginally absorbed, and of distant emission (galactic halo, extragalactic background). It is vital to know the foreground emission (spectrum, intensity) if one wants to disentangle and determine the 3-dimensional structure of the X-ray emitting regions. During the ROSAT PSPC All-Sky Survey non-cosmic enhancements of the measured X-ray count rate have been observed. These lasted typically for up to 8 hours (i.e. a couple of orbits). Using PSPC data it has been shown that these so-called “long-term enhancements” (LXE) are related to geomagnetic storms and variations of the solar wind. Moreover, during an observation of the comet Hyakutake indications for a correlation of the X-ray background with the X-ray brightness of the comet have been found. This can be interpreted in terms of an X-ray emitting region around the Earth. Although the variable component of these enhancements could be subtracted from the sky maps an uncertainty remained concerning an undetected and relatively constant contribution which might be present in soft X-ray observations. As a consequence this could explain or contribute to the high PSPC count rate observed from the dark side of the Moon.

Type
Part III Observations and Modeling of the Local Bubble and the SXRB
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 166: The Local Bubble and Beyond , 1997 , pp. 113 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1998

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