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H I structure and the soft x-ray background

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6695845

The observed anticorrelation between diffuse soft x-ray flux and H I column density has been explained as absorption of soft x-rays produced in a hot galactic halo, assuming that the neutral interstellar material is sufficiently clumped to reduce the soft x-ray absorption cross section by a factor of two to three a 21-cm emission line study of H I column density variations was made at intermediate and high galactic latitudes as 21' and 10' spatial resolution. The results, in combination with other data, appear to rule out the hypothesis that clumping of neutral interstellar mater on any angular scale significantly reduces x-ray absorption cross sections in the 0.13 to 0.28 keV energy range. It is concluded therefore, that the observed anticorrelation is not primarily a consequence of absorption of soft x-rays produced in a hot galactic halo.

Research Organization:
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (USA)
OSTI ID:
6695845
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English