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Radio Observations of the Gum Nebula below 20 MHz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

G. R. A. Ellis*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania

Extract

Low frequency radio waves propagating in the interstellar medium are attenuated through absorption by thermal electrons, the optical depth being given by

where f is the radio frequency in MHz, the emission measure in cm-6 pc, and Te the electron temperature.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1972

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