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Ultrasoft X-Ray Background Observations of the Local Interstellar Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

W.T. Sanders ,
S.L. Snowden ,
J.J. Bloch ,
M. Juda ,
K.M. Jahoda  and
D. McCammon
W.T. Sanders
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
S.L. Snowden
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
J.J. Bloch
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M. Juda
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
K.M. Jahoda
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
D. McCammon
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Abstract

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Preliminary results from a May 8, 1984 sounding rocket survey of the soft X-ray background are presented. The X-ray detectors are sensitive to X-rays in three soft X-ray bandpasses: 80-110 eV, 90-188 eV, and 284-532 eV (at 20% of peak response). The lowest energy X-rays in this range have a mean free path of order 1019 cm-2 and provide information about the local interstellar medium. The count rate in the 80-110 eV energy band (the Be band) tracks the 90-188 eV band (the B band) very well, indicating that the same ~1 million degree gas that is responsible for the B band emission may be responsible for the bulk of the Be band X-rays as well. We estimate for the flux in the Be band ~1 photon cm-2 s-1 sr-1 eV-1 , about a factor of four lower than that found by Stern and Bowyer (1979) and Paresce and Stern (1981) over a similar energy band.

Type
Hot Gas in the LISM: Soft X-Ray Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 81: Local Interstellar Medium , 1984 , pp. 222 - 225
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1984

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