On the origins of the high-latitude Hα background

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 724, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1551-1560

  Witt, Adolf N ^a   Gold, Benjamin ^b   Barnes III, Frank S ^c   Deroo, Casey T ^d   Vijh, Uma P ^a   Madsen, Gregory J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Twin Oaks Observatory   (United States)

^d Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; ISM: individual objects (LDN 1780); Scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650130729     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/724/2/1551     Document Type: Article

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