The spectrum of the cosmic X-ray background observed by RTXE/PCA

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-334

  Revnivtsev, M ^a,b   Gilfanov, M ^a,b   Sunyaev, R ^a,b   Jahoda, K ^c   Markwardt, C ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Diffuse radiation; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; TELESCOPES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS;

GALACTIC LATITUDE; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER ARRAY (PCA); SPATIAL VARIATION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0345375587     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031386     Document Type: Article

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