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Evidence for a diffuse, isotropic non-terrestrial component of X-ray radiation has been accumulating since the very beginnings of X-ray astronomy. This evidence now seems secure beyond reasonable doubt, especially in the light of recent experiments, e.g. one in which a very clean separation from the cosmic ray and terrestrial background has been achieved (Pounds, 1967), and another in which a counting rate proportional to the solid angle of the sky subtended to three different detectors was found (Matsuoka et al., 1967).
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Weymann, R.J. (1968). The Cosmic X-ray Background. In: Perek, L. (eds) Highlights of Astronomy. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3417-3_22
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