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Cosmic Rays and the Interstellar Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

K. B. Fenton*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania

Extract

Absorption limits the distances at which X-ray sources may be observed at low photon energies (≲3 keV). Several authors have estimated the X-ray absorption coefficients of the interstellar medium by assuming a chemical composition such as that given by Aller for the general abundances of the elements.

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Invited Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1969

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