INTEGRAL observations of the cosmic X-ray background in the 5–100 keV range via occultation by the Earth

2006/08/31 by E. Churazov, R. Sunyaev, M. Revnivtsev +42 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Active galactic nucleus #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #COSMIC cancer database #Cosmic ray #Earth (classical element) #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Materials science #Occultation #Physics #Range (aeronautics) #X-ray background #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066230

A&A, 14 pages, 12 figues

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Abstract

Aims. We study the spectrum of the cosmic X-ray background (CXB) in energy range ~5-100 keV.

Citations

• Absolute Measurement of the Unresolved Cosmic X‐Ray Background in the 0.5–8 keV Band withChandra
• Large‐Scale Fluctuations in the X‐Ray Background

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