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X-Ray Transients — Results of Rosat Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. Trümper ,
K. Dennerl  and
J. Englhauser
J. Trümper
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik D-85748 Garching, Germany
K. Dennerl
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik D-85748 Garching, Germany
J. Englhauser
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik D-85748 Garching, Germany

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The main strengths of ROSAT [1] are its high quality imaging of extended sources and its large sensitivity for the detection of point sources. In the all-sky survey the diffuse X-ray emission was mapped with a resolution of 12 arcmin [2]. The number of point sources detected in the survey is ≈ 80 000 [3]. In addition more than 80 000 sources have been found in the ≈ 6 500 fields observed with the PSPC and HRI until now in the course of the pointed programme. A wealth of information about source variabilities has been extracted both from the all-sky survey and from the pointed observations, as well as from a combination of both.

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II. Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 763 - 766
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Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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