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A discussion of the measurements of soft X-rays from outside the galaxy which have been published by groups at the University of California and at the Naval Research Laboratory.
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BOWYER, C., FIELD, G. Intensity of the Soft X-Ray Background Flux. Nature 223, 573–575 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223573a0
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