Background radiation (disambiguation)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Background radiation stands for:

  • isotropic radiation in the microwave range that fills the entire universe, see background radiation
  • an isotropic extragalactic radiation in the far infrared, see infrared background
  • extragalactic radiation from infrared to ultraviolet, see extragalactic background light
  • an isotropic radiation in the X-ray range, see X-ray background
  • the part of the background radiation that consists of neutrinos, see Cosmic Neutrino Background
  • the part of a radiological measurement result that cannot be traced back to the object to be measured, see background effect