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Local Contributions to the 0.6 keV Diffuse X-Ray Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

David N. Burrows
David N. Burrows*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, The Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

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The intensity of the X-ray background between 0.5 and 1.0 keV has surprisingly little dependence on galactic latitude. Possible mechanisms for the production of these X-rays include extragalactic emission and emission from dM stars, both of which should be strongly dependent on galactic latitude, and diffuse emission from hot gas (T ≃ 3 x 106 K) surrounding the Sun. These mechanisms can be distinguished by the presence or absence of absorption by gas within a few hundred parsecs of the Sun. We use X-ray data from the HEA0-1 LED detectors and HI data from the recent Crawford Hill 21 cm survey to place limits on the 0.6 keV intensity originating within 300 pc of the Sun in the general direction of (l,b) = (150°, -30°).

Type
Hot Gas in the LISM: Soft X-Ray Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 81: Local Interstellar Medium , 1984 , pp. 215 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1984

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