A new measurement of the cosmic X-ray background

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 493, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 501-509

  Moretti, A ^a   Pagani, C ^b   Cusumano, G ^c   Campana, S ^a   Perri, M ^d   Abbey, A ^e   Ajello, M ^f,g   Beardmore, A P ^e   Burrows, D ^b   Chincarini, G ^a,h   Godet, O ^e   Guidorzi, C ^a,h   Hill, J E ^i,j   Kennea, J ^b   Nousek, J ^b   Osborne, J P ^e   Tagliaferri, G ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Instrumentation: miscellaneous; Surveys; X rays: diffuse background

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BAND STRUCTURE; COSMOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; INSTRUMENTS; PHOTONS; POWER SPECTRUM; STARS; SURVEYS; TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; DATA ARCHIVES; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY BANDS; GALACTIC LATITUDES; GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; HIGH ENERGIES; INSTRUMENTATION: MISCELLANEOUS; LOW ENERGIES; PHOTON INDICES; POWER LAWS; SPECTRAL MODELS; STRAY-LIGHT; X-RAY BACKGROUNDS; X-RAY TELESCOPES; X-RAYS: DIFFUSE BACKGROUND;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 59049090805     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200811197     Document Type: Article

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