Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979mnras.189..465c&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 189, Nov. 1979, p. 465-478. Research supported by the National Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Background Radiation, Galactic Radio Waves, Milky Way Galaxy, Nonthermal Radiation, Radio Astronomy, Radio Galaxies, Radio Spectra, Calibrating, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Polar Regions, Sky Brightness, Synchrotron Radiation, Tables (Data)
Scientific paper
Results are presented for measurements of the galactic radio background at frequencies of 5.2, 9.0, 15.6, and 23.0 MHz, which were made by using half-wave dipoles directed toward + and - 43 deg declination. It is found that the temperatures of the regions closest to the galactic poles for these declinations agree to within 10% and that the data are compatible with recent satellite spectra and southern measurements. A straight spectrum from 6 to 100 MHz is shown to yield a total background spectral index of 0.55 + or - 0.03. It is concluded that the observed polar spectra can be explained in terms of a simple two-component model consisting of a disk of uniform emission and absorption as well as an extragalactic component responsible for about 18% of the total emission at 10 MHz.
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