Investigating the soft X-ray background of the Milky Way

This thesis uses the data from twenty ROSAT and XMM observations to investigate the structures that generate the soft X-ray background of the Milky Way. Ten of these observations lie in the direction of the Loop 1 Superbubble, specifically, within the North Polar Spur, the Northern Bulge, and immedi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Supper, Michelle Abbie
Other Authors: Raine, Derek
Published: University of Leicester 2011
Subjects:
520
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539802