Cosmic far-infrared background at high galactic latitudes

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7302720

Stecker, F W; Puget, J L; Fazio, G G

Far-infrared background fluxes from various cosmic sources are predicted. These fluxes lie near the high-frequency side of the blackbody radiation spectrum. These sources could account for a significant fraction of the background radiation at frequencies above 400 GHz, which might be misinterpreted as a comptonization distortion of the blackbody radiation. Particular attention is paid to the possible contributions from external galaxies, rich clusters of galaxies and from galactic dust emission.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center
• OSTI ID: 7302720
• Report Number(s): N-77-15973; NASA-TM-X-71254; X-602-76-274
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640101* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Cosmic Radiation
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
COSMIC RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FAR INFRARED RADIATION
FREQUENCY RANGE
GALAXIES
GHZ RANGE
GHZ RANGE 100-1000
INFRARED RADIATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
RADIATIONS