Diffuse background radiation

被引：32

作者：

Henry, RC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Henry A Rowland Dept Phys & Astron, Ctr Astrophys Sci, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA

来源：

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 1999年 / 516卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

cosmology : observations; diffuse radiation; methods : data analysis;

D O I：

10.1086/312003

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

A new determination of the upper limit to the cosmic diffuse background radiation, at similar to 110 nm, of 300 photons s(-1) cm(-2) sr(-1) nm(-1) is placed in the context of diffuse background measurements across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including new optical, infrared, visible, and gamma-ray background measurements. The possibility that observed excess diffuse visible radiation is due to redshifted cosmological Ly alpha recombination radiation is explored. Also, a new standard of units for the display of spectra is advocated.

引用

页码：L49 / L52

页数：4