Fifty years of X-ray astronomy: A look back and into the (near) future

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 53, Issue C, 2014, Pages 130-151

  Santangelo, Andrea ^a   Madonia, Rosalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays X ray telescopes; Galactic and stellar X ray sources; History X ray astronomy; X ray instrumentation; X ray mirrors

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; X RAY OPTICS; ASTROPHYSICS;

X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY INSTRUMENTATION; X-RAY SOURCES; GALACTIC AND STELLAR;

X RAYS; ASTRONOMY;

EID: 84922695945     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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