Flux of the cosmic X - ray backgound from HEAO 1 / A 2 experiment
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We reanalyze data of HEAO1/A2 – Cosmic X-ray Experiment – in order to repeat the measurements of cosmic X-ray background (CXB) flux and accurately compare this value with other measurements of the CXB. We used the data of MED, HED1 and HED3 detectors in scan mode, that allowed us to measure effective solid angles and effective areas of detectors self consistently, in the same mode as the CXB flux was measured. We obtained the average value of the CXB flux is 1.96 ± 0.10 erg s cm deg in the energy band 2-10 keV. We compare the obtained measurements with those obtained by different instruments over last decades.
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