NASA NTRS · 19840046173
The soft X-ray background
Abstract
Soft-X-ray maps in the B, C, and M (130-188, 160-284, and 440-1100-eV) bands, based on sounding-rocket observations obtained in the Wisconsin all-sky survey over a 10-yr period are presented and discussed. The B and C band maps are found to be similar, and comparison with the H I column densities of Cleary et al. (1979) shows an anticorrelation of B and C emission with neutral gas, implying hot-interstellar-gas emission from within 100 pc of the sun. The M-band pattern is different, and may be due to extragalactic high-energy diffuse emission and/or M dwarfs, although extragalactic sources are not specifically required to explain the data.
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Kraushaar, W., Burrows, D., Mccammon, D., Sanders, W.. 1983-01-01. The soft X-ray background. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840046173
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