Background astronomy/Quiz

Background radiation astronomy, or background astronomy is a lecture that is part of the radiation astronomy department's radiation astronomy project. It has been included since the 2016 fall version of principles of radiation astronomy as a lecture.

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Quiz
{Yes or No, The temperature distribution of the intergalactic medium (IGM) depends on whether or not there exist strong galactic winds. + Yes - No
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{Which of the following are theoretical radiation astronomy phenomena associated with a satellite in orbit around the Earth? + background radiation - a charged particle wind which emanates out of a beam line + gravity + near the barycenter for the Earth-Moon system - swirls of tan, green, blue, and white in the water + electric arcs + chlorophyll-containing phytoplankton aloft in the upper atmosphere
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{Yes or No, Outflow from the galaxy M82 of PAHs is embedded in a gaseous wind. + Yes - No
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{A cosmic ray may originate from what astronomical source? - Jupiter - the solar wind - the diffuse X-ray background - Mount Redoubt in Alaska - the asteroid belt + an active galactic nucleus
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{Yes or No, High energy neutrinos may interact to produce a large cascade of particles. + Yes - No
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{Complete the text: Cosmic rays with energies over the { threshold (i) } energy of 5 x 1019 { eV (i) } interact with { cosmic microwave background (i) } photons to produce { pions (i) } via the $$\Delta$$ resonance.
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{Yes or No, The main components of background noise in neutron detection are high-energy photons, which aren't easily eliminated by physical barriers. + Yes - No
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{Which of the following are astrophysical components contributing to the sky background? + sets of point sources like faint asteroids - a charged particle wind + Galactic stars + far away galaxies - swirls of tan, green, blue, and white in the water + dust in the Solar System + dust in the Milky Way + dust in intergalactic space
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{Complete the text: A proof-of-concept structure, including a control group, consists of { background (i) }, procedures, findings, and { interpretation (i) }.
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{Which of the following are cold dark matter gamma rays? + expected signal comparable to background + annihilation radiation - a pronounced cosmic-ray halo + difficult to separate from a dark halo + dwarf spheroidals - weakly interacting massless particles
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{Complete the text: The { cosmic infrared background (i) } (CIB) causes a significant attenuation for very high energy { protons (i) } through { inverse (i) } Compton { scattering (i) }, { photopion (i) } and electron-positron pair production.
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{Which of the following are likely associated with a green emission line control group? - rocky objects + high peak to background + plasma objects + a G2V photosphere - rotation - watery surface - spots
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{With respect to electromagnetic radiation, which of the following are types of backgrounds? - cosmic optical background (COB) - cosmic dust + cosmic ultraviolet background (CUVB) + cosmic X-ray background (CXB) - cosmic cyanogen background (CCB) + cosmic infrared background (CIB) - rocky objects + diffuse extragalactic background radiation + extragalactic background light (EBL) + CMB - meson background + cosmic gamma-ray background (CGB) + cosmic radio background
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Sometimes the apparent background is actually the signal.