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An X-ray survey experiment, consisting of four balloon-borne X-ray telescopes, was flown over Texas last year to search for hard X-ray emission (Ex > 20 keV) from the Galaxy.
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BLEEKER, J., DEERENBERG, A. Search for Hard X-ray Emission from the Galactic Plane. Nature 227, 470–473 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227470a0
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