The high energy X-ray universe

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7202-7207

  Giacconi, Riccardo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of astronomy; X rays

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; ELECTRON; ENERGY; IMAGING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPACE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 77952190451     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913079107     Document Type: Review

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