• Background radiation is a measure of the level of ionizing radiation present in the environment at a particular location which is not due to deliberate...
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    Cosmic background radiation is electromagnetic radiation that fills all space. The origin of this radiation depends on the region of the spectrum that...
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    The cosmic microwave background (CMB or CMBR) is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. It is a remnant that provides an...
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  • Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...
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    testing, background radiation has decreased to very near natural levels, making special low-background steel no longer necessary for most radiation-sensitive...
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    1989 to 1993. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB or CMBR) of the universe and provide measurements that would...
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    The discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation constitutes a major development in modern physical cosmology. In 1964, US physicist Arno Allan Penzias...
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    particle radiation consists of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic...
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  • Internet background noise (IBN, also known as Internet background radiation, by analogy with natural background radiation) consists of data packets on...
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  • extinction rate Background independence, a condition in theoretical physics Background noise Background radiation, the natural radiation that is always...
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