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Frontiers of X-ray astronomy/ edited by A.C. Fabian, K.A. Pounds, R.D. Blandford. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - x, 246 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Forty years on from Aerobee 150: a personal perspective K. Pounds
2. X-ray spectroscopy of astrophysical plasmas S. M. Kahn, E. Behar, A. Kinkhabwala and D. W. Savin
3. X-rays from stars M. Gudel
4. X-ray observations of accreting white-dwarf systems M. Cropper, G. Ramsay, C. Hellier, K. Mukai, C. Mauche and D. Pandel
5. Accretion flows in X-ray binaries C. Done
6. Recent X-ray observations of supernova remnants C. R. Canizares
7. Luminous X-ray sources in spiral and star-forming galaxies M. Ward
8. Cosmological constraints from Chandra observations of galaxy clusters S. W. Allen
9. Clusters of galaxies: a cosmological probe R. Mushotzky
10. Obscured active galactic nuclei: the hidden side of the X-ray Universe G. Matt
11. The Chandra Deep Field-North Survey and the cosmic X-ray background W. N. Brandt, D. M. Alexander, F. E. Bauer and A. E. Hornschemeier
12. Hunting the first black holes G. Hasinger
13. X-ray astronomy in the new millennium: a summary R. D. Blandford.

ISBN: 0521827590 0521534879 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
X-ray astronomy.

Dewey Class. No.: 522.6863 / FAB/F