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The 20keV Break in the Diffuse X-ray Background Spectrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. M. Hudson ,
R. M. Thomas  and
M. L. Duldig
R. M. Hudson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
R. M. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
M. L. Duldig
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
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In this paper we report an independent determination of the Location of the break (change in spectral index) in the spectrum of the diffuse X-ray background by applying a simple analysis technique to data already in the literature.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , September 1977 , pp. 131 - 132
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1977

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