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Soft X-ray Background: Quiz

Diffuse Background Quiz

  1. Above 1 keV, what is the dominant source of the soft X-ray background emission?


  2. At higher energies the sources of the diffuse background are mainly located in our galaxy.


  3. Much of the cosmic gamma-ray emission comes from




 

A service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Andy Ptak (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC

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