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Diffuse Ultraviolet Background

Diffuse Ultraviolet Background is a pervasive, isotropic component of ultraviolet radiation in the interstellar and intergalactic medium that originates from scattered starlight and unresolved extragalactic sources rather than discrete astronomical objects.

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Variants

Diffuse Ultraviolet Background Radiation

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Fluorescent Lyα Emission from the High‐Redshift Intergalactic Medium

Sebastiano Cantalupo, C. Porciani, S. J. Lilly et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 206 citations · Full text

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First spectral observations of the diffuse background with the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

P. Jelinksy, John V. Vallerga, Jerry Edelstein · The Astrophysical Journal · 1995 · 82 citations

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A catalogue of faint, UV-excess objects.

B. J. Boyle, R. Fong, T. Shanks et al. · Durham Research Online (Durham University) · 1990 · 74 citations

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Far-ultraviolet background observations at high galactic latitude. II - Diffuse emission

J. B. Holberg · The Astrophysical Journal · 1986 · 71 citations

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Radiative Transfer Analysis of Far‐Ultraviolet Background Observations Obtained with the Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope

Adolf N. Witt, Brian C. Friedmann, T. P. Sasseen · The Astrophysical Journal · 1997 · 65 citations · Full text

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Authors

194

  1. RC
    R. C. Henry

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    13 publications · 347 citations

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  2. JM
    Jayant Murthy

    Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India

    11 publications · 322 citations

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  3. SB
    Stuart Bowyer

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 123 citations

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  4. PD
    P. D. Feldman

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    4 publications · 88 citations

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  5. JE
    Jerry Edelstein

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 146 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    16 h-index

    29 publications

    972 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    1K citations

  3. Indian Institute of Astrophysics

    Bengaluru, India

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    404 citations

  4. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    422 citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    379 citations

  6. Towson University

    Towson, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    148 citations

  7. Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute

    Daejeon, South Korea

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    342 citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    162 citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 40 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 4 publications · 94 citations

    4

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    2 publications · 110 citations

    2

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  5. Astrophysics and Space Science

    2 publications · 68 citations

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