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Spectroscopic Observations of the Far Ultraviolet Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

Christopher Martin ,
Mark Hurwitz  and
Stuart Bowyer
Christopher Martin
Affiliation:
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory New York, NY USA
Mark Hurwitz
Affiliation:
University of California Berkeley, CA USA
Stuart Bowyer
Affiliation:
University of California Berkeley, CA USA

Abstract

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We report on results from the Berkeley Ultraviolet Experiment (UVX), which performed 15 ± 2 Å resolution spectroscopy of the diffuse far ultraviolet background in eight directions. We have used the spectrum obtained in the direction of low H I column density to derive constraints on any extragalactic background. We find evidence that a hitherto unidentified dust component is present that accounts for most of the background in directions of low neutral hydrogen column density.

Type
III. Diffuse Galactic Radiation from Dust and Gas: Observations and Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 139: The Galactic and Extragalactic Background Radiation , 1990 , pp. 223 - 224
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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