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Spectrum of Galactic Background Radiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. R. Shakeshaft*
Affiliation:
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abstract

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New measurements of the galactic background radiation between 151 and 1407 MHz have been made by Sironi and by Webster. The radio spectrum shows a bend at ~ 315 MHz in Bridle's Region I and ~ 100 MHz in Region II, implying magnetic fields of 7.6 µG and 2.4 µG, respectively.

Type
Part 1: The Interstellar Medium
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

References

Sironi, G.: 1974, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 166, 345.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Webster, A. S.: 1974, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 166, 355.Google Scholar