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Soft X-ray Background: Quiz
Diffuse Background Quiz
Above 1 keV, what is the dominant source of the soft X-ray background emission?
[A] Hot plasma between stars in our Galaxy
[B] Discrete, but unresolved, extragalactic sources
[C] Nobody knows
What major contribution to the study of the SXRB has come from ROSAT data?
[A] Discovery of a hot gas in the Milky Way's halo
[B] ROSAT has not detected the SXRB
[C] Confirmation that the ISM temperature is not high enough to be a contributor to the SXRB
It is easier to understand SXRB between .5 keV and 1 keV than it is at lower energies.
[A] True
[B] False
