Progress on Establishing the Spatial Distribution of Material Responsible for the 1 4 keV Soft X-Ray Diffuse Background Local and Halo Components

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Jan 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apj...493..715s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.493, p.715

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

186

Cosmology: Diffuse Radiation, Galaxy: Halo, X-Rays: Galaxies, X-Rays: Ism

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In this paper we present a new look at the distribution of emission responsible for the soft X-ray diffuse background (SXRB) using ROSAT all-sky survey data. This is prompted by the demonstration of the existence of extensive \frac {1}{4} keV emission in the Galactic halo that was not considered in the most successful previous model, in which the bulk of the observed \frac {1}{4} keV X-rays originated in a Local Hot Bubble (LHB) that surrounds the Sun. The basic distribution can be represented by two angularly varying Galactic components (the LHB and an X-ray halo) and an isotropic extragalactic component. In addition, there are the distinct enhancements of supernova remnants, superbubbles, and clusters of galaxies. Using the negative correlation between the SXRB and DIRBE-corrected IRAS 100 mu m intensity, we find a LHB that is similar to previous models, although it is possibly more limited in extent. The emission of the LHB varies by a factor of ~3.3 with direction and produces ROSAT \frac {1}{4} keV intensities between ~250 and ~820 x 10-6 counts s-1 arcmin-2 (typically brighter at higher Galactic latitudes), with inferred emission measures of ~0.0018 to 0.0058 cm-6 pc (assuming thermal ionization equilibrium). The distribution of the emission temperature of the LHB is peaked at 106.07 K with a range of +/-12% at FWHM. While this variation is small and is perhaps due to systematic uncertainties in the analysis, there is a suggestion of a cooler region in the anticenter direction consistent with previous studies. We derive halo plus extragalactic intensities that vary from ~400 to >~3000 x 10-6 counts s-1 arcmin-2 outside the absorbing gas of the Galactic disk. As the low end of the range is comparable to what is expected for the extragalactic background, this implies that the halo emission varies considerably over the sky, with inferred emission measures ranging from near zero to >0.02 cm-6 pc. The distribution of emission temperatures in the halo, again derived from thermal equilibrium emission models, peaks near 106.02 K and varies over +/-20% at FWHM.

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