A feasibility study of cosmic microwave radiation via graphite needles

dc.contributor.author	Sivaram, C
dc.contributor.author	Shah, G. A
dc.date.accessioned	2008-12-22T15:42:18Z
dc.date.available	2008-12-22T15:42:18Z
dc.date.issued	1985-12
dc.identifier.citation	Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 117, No. 1, pp. 199 - 205	en
dc.identifier.issn	0004-640X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/4160
dc.description	Open Access
dc.description.abstract	It is pointed out that the total amount of microwave radiation that could possibly be generated by all the graphite needles in space would be considerably smaller than the observed total energy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The question of relevant optical depth of the cloud containing the needles has been examined. It is found that the optical depth is not sufficiently large for the cloud to radiate like a black body.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	D. Reidel Publishing Co.,	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00660923	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985Ap%26SS.117..199S	en
dc.rights	D. Reidel Publishing Co.,
dc.subject	Cosmic Rays	en
dc.subject	Feasibility Analysis	en
dc.subject	Graphite	en
dc.subject	Microwaves	en
dc.subject	Single Crystals	en
dc.subject	Background Radiation	en
dc.subject	Black Body Radiation	en
dc.subject	Cosmology	en
dc.subject	Molecular Clouds	en
dc.subject	Relic Radiation	en
dc.title	A feasibility study of cosmic microwave radiation via graphite needles	en
dc.type	Article	en