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1999ApJ...522..904M - Astrophys. J., 522, 904-914 (1999/September-2)

An analysis of 17 years of Voyager observations of the diffuse far-ultraviolet radiation field.

MURTHY J., HALL D., EARL M., HENRY R.C. and HOLBERG J.B.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have systematically reduced 17 years of data from the Voyager ultraviolet spectrometer (UVS) archives, from which we have obtained 431 spectra that place useful limits on the diffuse far-ultraviolet radiation field between 912 and 1100 Å. We observe a large range in brightnesses ranging from upper limits of 30 photons.cm–2.s–1.sr–1–1. The diffuse background is correlated with the integrated TD-1 flux near the line of sight but shows no correlation with N(H I). We place a 1 σ upper limit of 30 photons cm–2.s–1.sr–1–1 on the level of an isotropic extragalactic continuum.

We have modeled and characterized the observed heliospheric H I and He I emission lines in the outer solar system as a function of heliospheric distance, apex angle from the direction of the inflowing interstellar wind, and time as specified by subspacecraft solar intensity. This modeling adequately reproduces observed intensities over a range of heliospheric distances of 15-50 AU, for an unrestricted range of look directions, and for a 12 year period (covering 1 solar cycle).


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Journal keyword(s): Cosmology: Diffuse Radiation - Ultraviolet: ISM

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