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On the possibility of a geocoronal contribution to the celestial soft X-ray background

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The possibility is investigated that a significant fraction of the X-ray background in the energy range 0.2–0.28 keV originates in the geocorona through bremsstrahlung. It is concluded that the geocoronal flux must be substantial at some times and the possibility exists that an observable geocoronal background exists at all times. The existing data on the soft X-ray background is found to be compatible with the hypothesis of a geocoronal component.

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  1. Dept. of Geosciences, State University College, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.

    John E. Mack

  2. Astrophysics Section, NASA-Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex., U.S.A.

    Yoji Kondo

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Mack, J.E., Kondo, Y. On the possibility of a geocoronal contribution to the celestial soft X-ray background. Astrophys Space Sci 30, 123–126 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645757

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