Contribution to the diffuse radio background from extragalactic radio sources

We examine the brightness of the Cosmic Radio Background (CRB) by comparing the contribution from individual source counts to absolute measurements. We use a compilation of radio counts to estimate the contribution of detected sources to the CRB in several different frequency bands. Using a Monte Ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vernstrom, Tessa
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37898