The correlation of the cosmic X-ray background with the light of galaxies

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Feb 1980

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 236, Feb. 15, 1980, p. 1-5.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Background Radiation, Cosmic X Rays, Galactic Radiation, Active Galactic Nuclei, Astronomical Maps, Astronomical Models, Brightness, Correlation

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Models for the origin of the cosmic X-ray background (CXB) radiation attribute it to numerous weak, unresolved discrete sources (e.g., active galactic nuclei), to some diffuse emission mechanism (e.g., thermal bremmstrahlung from a hot intergalactic plasma), or to an unresolved population of discrete sources which evolve substantially with redshift (e.g., quasars). It is shown that the comparison of the CXB flux variations with flux variations in the light from galaxies can measure the relative contribution of these possible sources of the CXB. Applying the technique to available Uhuru data, it is found that the absence of correlation between the optical flux variations and the X-ray flux variations sets an upper limit of approximately 50% on the fraction of the CXB originating with any classes of X-ray sources substantially represented among bright (apparent photographic magnitude less than or equal to 15.5) galaxies. The data are consistent with nearly all of the CXB being due to diffuse emission or to a class of sources whose density increases rapidly with redshift.

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