Infrared Background Radiation Found Higher than Expected
FEB 01, 1969
DOI: 10.1063/1.3035409
Rocket‐flight measurements of the far‐infrared night‐sky background radiation have yielded results 30 times higher than predictions based on the 3‐K cosmic background radiation found at microwave frequencies. The observed flux corresponds to a blackbody temperature of 8.3 K.
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© 1969 American Institute of Physics
