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Diffuse Galactic Light

Diffuse Galactic Light is a component of diffuse sky radiation that originates from starlight scattered by interstellar dust grains distributed throughout the Milky Way, distinguished from other galactic emissions by its extended, non-localized spatial profile and wavelength-dependent polarization characteristics.

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Diffuse radiation in the Galaxy

L. C. Henyey, Jesse L. Greenstein · The Astrophysical Journal · 1941 · 2.9K citations

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The distribution of cosmic-ray sources in the Galaxy, γ-rays and the gradient in the CO-to-H<sub>2</sub>relation

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2004 · 188 citations · Full text

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The First Detections of the Extragalactic Background Light at 3000, 5500, and 8000 Å. I. Results

Rebecca Bernstein, Wendy L. Freedman, Barry F. Madore · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 148 citations · Full text

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Detection of the Mid-Infrared Unidentified Bands in the Diffuse Galactic Emission by IRTS

Takashi Onaka, I. Yamamura, Toshihiko Tanabé et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan · 1996 · 135 citations · Full text

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A Tentative Detection of the Cosmic Infrared Background at 3.5 μ[CLC]m[/CLC] from [ITAL]COBE[/ITAL]/DIRBE Observations

E. Dwek, Richard G. Arendt · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 134 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. KT
    Kohji Tsumura

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

    6 publications · 264 citations

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  2. SM
    Shuji Matsuura

    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan

    6 publications · 243 citations

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  3. TM
    Toshio Matsumoto

    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan

    5 publications · 230 citations

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  4. MA
    M. Arnaboldi

    Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy

    4 publications · 129 citations

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  5. AN
    Adolf N. Witt

    University of Toledo, United States

    4 publications · 309 citations

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Institutions

192

  1. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

    Tokyo, Japan

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

    Tokyo, Japan

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    413 citations

  6. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

    Mitaka-shi, Japan

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    304 citations

  8. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    902 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 40 publications · 5.2K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    9 publications · 568 citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 6 publications · 300 citations

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  5. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 3 publications · 68 citations

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