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Cosmic ultraviolet background radiation and zodiacal lightSpectroscopic measurements of the diffuse cosmic UV background in the 1700-2850-A range are presented. In agreement with previous results, the data have resulted in the detection at high Galactic latitude of an intensity of 300 + or - 100 photons/sq cm s sr A at 1800 A without correction for starlight or airglow, a similar intensity over the 1900-2500-A range after correction for measured airglow, and a similar intensity over the 2500-2800-A range after correction for zodiacal light. It is suggested that this radiation may originate partly in line radiation from a Galactic halo and partly from extragalactic sources, perhaps the integrated light of distant galaxies.
Document ID
19880057166
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Tennyson, P. D.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Henry, R. C.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Feldman, P. D.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Hartig, G. F.
(Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 330
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Accession Number
88A44393
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-619
Distribution Limits
Public
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