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Galactic Background Radiation at 2 cm and Thermal Electrons in the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

H. Hirabayashi*
Affiliation:
Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

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The galactic background radiation at 4.2 and 15.5 GHz was observed with a resolution of 11′ at nine points on the galactic equator free of confusion from discrete sources. Relative amounts of thermal and nonthermal radiation were determined, and conditions in the interstellar gas are discussed.

Type
Part 1: The Interstellar Medium
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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