Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-10-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
An invited talk at IAU Colloquium No. 166: The Local Bubble and Beyond. 10 pages (including b/w figures). Color versions of Fi
Scientific paper
10.1007/BFb0104773
I characterize the global distribution of the 3/4 keV band background with a simple model of the hot Galactic corona, plus an isotropic extragalactic background. The corona is assumed to be approximately polytropic (index = 5/3) and hydrostatic in the gravitational potential of the Galaxy. The model accounts for X-ray absorption, and is constrained iteratively with the ROSAT all-sky X-ray survey data. Regions where the data deviate significantly from the model represent predominantly the Galactic disk and individual nearby hot superbubbles. The global distribution of the background, outside these regions, is well characterized by the model; the 1 sigma relative dispersion of the data from the model is about 15%. The electron density and temperature of the corona near the Sun are about 1.1 x 10^{-3} cm^{-3} and about 1.7 x 10^6 K. The same model also explains well the 1.5 keV band background. The model prediction in the 1/4 keV band, though largely uncertain, qualitatively shows large intensity and spectral variations of the corona contribution across the sky.
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