The 2-8 keV cosmic X-ray background spectrum as observed with XMM-Newton

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 419, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 837-848

  De Luca, A ^a,b   Molendi, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: diffuse radiation; Instrumentations: detectors; Surveys; X rays: diffuse background

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GALAXIES; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SATELLITES; X RAYS;

DIFFUSE RADIATION; PHOTON INDEXES; X-RAY SOURCES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 2542492972     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034421     Document Type: Review

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