An observation of the diffuse soft X-ray/extreme-ultraviolet background

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Background Radiation, Diffuse Radiation, Extraterrestrial Radiation, Far Ultraviolet Radiation, Radiant Flux Density, X Ray Astronomy, Black Body Radiation, Interstellar Gas, Radiation Counters, White Dwarf Stars, X Ray Spectra

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Results are reported for observations of diffuse radiation in the spectral bands from 114 to 150 A and from 44 to 120 A, which were made with rocket-borne proportional counters in areas of the sky near galactic coordinates 150 deg longitude, -15 deg latitude and 189 deg longitude, 3 deg latitude. The observed fluxes are 0.125 photon per sq cm/s/sr/eV at 180 eV, which is consistent with previous measurements, and 3.2 photons per sq cm/s/sr/eV at 100 eV, which indicates a steeply rising spectrum. It is noted that these fluxes are significantly smaller than those detected by Yentis et al. (1972), and the differences are attributed to either a terrestrial origin of the fluxes or the direction of observation. Constraints are placed on the parameters of simple emission models of celestial origin, and a rigorous upper limit is determined for the space density of white dwarfs at a blackbody temperature of at least 100,000 K.

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