First maps of the soft X-ray diffuse background from the ROSAT XRT/PSPC all-sky survey

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 454, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 643-653

  Snowden, S L ^a,b,c,d   Freyberg, M J ^a,e   Plucinsky, P P ^a   Schmitt, J H M M ^a   Trumper J ^a   Voges, W ^a   Edgar, R J ^b   McCammon, D ^b   Sanders, W T ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Surveys; X rays: galaxies; X rays: general; X rays: ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944274131     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176517     Document Type: Article

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