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‘Evolutionary’ Theories of the X-Ray Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

M. J. Rees
M. J. Rees*
Affiliation:
Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

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It is unclear whether evolutionary effects must be invoked to account for the intensity of the X-ray background, nor whether the background could all be due to unresolved X-ray sources of the types already known. Intensity fluctuations on small angular scales are probably on the threshold of detectability. Future studies of these fluctuations – with improved sensitivity – should help to elucidate the nature of the background. The interpretation of such studies is discussed.

Type
Part IV: Interstellar Medium and Soft X-Ray Background
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 55: X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy , 1973 , pp. 250 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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