X-rays from NGC 3256: High-energy emission in starburst galaxies and their contribution to the cosmic X-ray background

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 526, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 649-664

  Moran, Edward C ^a,d   Lehnert, Matthew D ^b,d   Helfand, David J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Galaxies: individual (NGC 3256); Galaxies: starburst; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033267063     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308008     Document Type: Article

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