Chandra spectra of the soft X-ray diffuse background

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 583, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 70-84

  Markevitch, M ^a   Bautz, M W ^a,b   Biller, B ^a   Butt, Y ^a   Edgar, R ^a   Gaetz, T ^a   Garmire, G ^a,c   Grant, C E ^a,b   Green, P ^a   Juda, M ^a   Plucinsky, P P ^a   Schwartz, D ^a   Smith, R ^a   Vikhlinin, A ^a   Virani, S ^a   Wargelin, B J ^a   Wolk, S ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergalactic medium; ISM: general; Methods: data analysis; X rays: diffuse background; X rays: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043119413     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345347     Document Type: Article

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