Physical Review Letters · 1971 · 24 citations · 6 references
Radiative Heat TransferEngineeringThermal SensingThermal RadiationFar-infrared Background RadiationRadiative TransferRocket-borne Radiometer MeasurementInfrared OpticInstrumentationPhotometryPhysicsRadiative AbsorptionEquivalent Backbody TemperatureRadiation MeasurementRadiation TransportThermal PhysicsBackground RadiationRadiometrySynchrotron RadiationAstrophysicsInfrared SensorNatural SciencesPhotometry (Optics)Emissivity
A rocket-borne radiometer measurement of background radiation in the spectral range from 6 to 0.08 mm has yielded a flux which corresponds to an equivalent backbody temperature of ${3.1}_{\ensuremath{-}2.0}^{+0.5}$ K.
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A Measurement of Excess Antenna Temperature at 4080 Mc/s.
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